HMV has got a fantastic discount offer available for today and tomorrow only - that's Wed October 31st and Thu November 1st.
Simply quote the offer code HMV036 during checkout and you will get 15% off all your videogames, DVDs, CDs and loads more. If you have to buy several videogames for kids this Christmas, at £30+ a pop, this is a great way to start your Xmas shopping early and save a tidy packet.
Visit the HMV website now and remember to use the discount code HMV036 at checkout. This offer is only for today and tomorrow to forward this page onto your friends and family.
Offer excludes games consoles, MP3 players and some other accessories.
An extra special gift that a child will never forget is a letter or phone call from Santa Claus himself. Santa.co.uk provides a range of personalised services to bring Father Christmas into your home. A classic letter from Santa costs just £4.99 and includes your child's name, the present they want most, and also the names of pets and friends to make it a totally personalised letter. Other options include receiving chocolate, teddy bears and snow with the letter.
Find out more about all the options from Santa.co.uk
Wii Play is a must-buy for any Wii owner. It comes with loads of micro games, like duck shooting (reminiscent of the NES classic), air hockey, table tennis and my personal favourite, Billiards. Because they are great multi player games, you get a Wii controller with the game.
Check out the video below where I got an insane break off in Wii Play Billiards, sinking 7 balls in one shot, including the cue ball unfortunately. This allowed me to get a 4 shot clearance and achieve my personal best score of 66. Would love to have done it without the foul, so I'll keep trying for that.
If you have a Nintendo Wii, firstly consider yourself lucky because for a second Christmas running, stocks of the revolutionary console are low. Secondly, think about how much you are spending on batteries for wii-mote controllers, and wonder if there's a better way. Thankfully there is.
The Remote Charging Stand is a neat add on for the Wii Console. It replaces the existing vertical stand that came with your Wii and has a nice new section where you can stand two Wii controllers. Whilst plugged in, it will be busy recharging the 3 AAA rechargeable batteries housed in the new battery section which plugs into where you previously put two AA batteries.
As well as that, the stand has a compartment where you can seperately charge two rechargeable AA batteries, for general use in other remote controls etc. A useful, attractive addition to your Wii setup that will save you money over time.
Wii Sports was the star of the show at the annual video game Bafta awards, held last night at Battersea Park, scooping no fewer than six awards. The coveted "best game" award went to Bioshock. Check out the full list of winners below:
* Innovation - Wii Sports * Artistic Achievement - Okami * Story and Character - God of War 2 * Strategy and Simulation - Wii Sports * Casual - Wii Sports * Gameplay - Wii Sports * Multiplayer - Wii Sports * Action & Adventure - Crackdown * Technical Achievement - God of War 2 * Sports - Wii Sports * Original Score - Okami * Use of Audio - Crackdown * Best Game - Bioshock * BAFTA Ones To Watch Award - Ragnarawk * The PC World Gamers Award (voted for by the public) - Football Manager 2007
Amazon is doing a great promotion where you can buy one Disney DVD and get another free. It's only on selected titles but there's some classic there, including:
This week's Dragons' Den saw a great quirky item called the You Doo Doll which lets owners create their own customised mini me doll. It's a really fun item and fans of the show will love to receive this as a gift.
Woolworths has a load of bikes available at half price. That means some sensational savings can be made which will certainly lighten the load when it comes to what you have to spend this Christmas.
Take a look and see if you a can a biking bargain why stock lasts.
If you're fabulously wealthy, it might be that you want something a little bit more special than the normal toys down at Woolworths.
Luckily, Hamleys as what it called its "WOW Lines" - amazing present ideas and slightly breathtaking prices. Yes, they're expensive, but also very special.
How about a giant pirate ship for the garden, with an upper and lower deck and loads of space to play. Yours for £28,000.
Or if you like videogames and want to recreate the old arcade experience, what about the Apex Arcade Cabinet with 140 games preloaded. It's a snip at £2999.99
Dragons' Den star Peter Jones has launched a new board game called Big Business. The family game is designed to encourage kids to start thinking about business, and involves having to pitch ideas in a fun environment.
Big Business will cost £19.99 and the launch takes place tomorrow at Hamleys at 10am.
Want to enjoy the music from the CBeebies hit, In The Night Garden? You can listen to the theme tune and other music from the show with this CD -"In The Night Garden: a Musical Journey".
It's released November 26th but is available for pre-order now from Amazon at a price of £8.99. Don't forget - orders over £15 qualify for free delivery!
Eyeclops from Vivid Imaginations is set to be a popular toy this Christmas. Simply take your Eye Clops, plug it into a TV and point it at objects to get view which is magnified by 200 times. See incredible details on the smallest objects - even hair will look as thick as rope, and it will appear in brilliant colour on your TV set.
Woolworths is just launched a "price crash" section on its website with loads of discounted Playstation 2 titles, including: Babe Eragon Flushed Away Final Fantasy X King Kong Sonic Heroes Pirates of the Carribrean Rayman Raving Rabbids
Popular toy shop The Entertainer has relaunched its website at a new address - www.thetoyshop.com. It has loads of great toys and games as you would expect from such a renowned retailer. Their old website was at www.theentertainer.com but I always typed in www.theentertainer.co.uk. Hopefully I'll have more luck remembering the new address!
UPDATED: We have arranged an exclusive 5% discount on anything you buy TheToyShop.com - Enter "TAVG" at checkout and get the discount taken off your purchases.
This page will be frequently updated in the run up to Christmas with the best offers and deals for the Nintendo DS - the most popular handheld console in the world.
DS and a Game for under £110 GAME have loads of bundles to choose from where you can get a DS and a game for under £110. Click here to see the full list.
If you are a fan of the BBC's Dragons' Den program, you may remember the iTeddy. An innovative children's teddy bear that cunningly conceals a media player in its tummy. This allows it to be used for playing music, stories, cartoons and more. It was backed on the show by Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones and the good news is that this Christmas, you can buy iTeDDy.
I don't remember it originally have the two "D"s in upper case - maybe that's a nod to its appearance on Dragons' Den?
Costing £59.99, and available in brown or white, the iTeDDy is a cuddly companion that can offer children learning and fun. It connects to a PC by USB cable so you can top it up with fresh content from the iTeDDy website. It uses a rechargeable lithium battery so it won't cost you a fortune in batteries either.
Click on iTeDDy Brown to purchase... Click on iTeDDy White to purchase...
Are you wondering what toys will be big this year? If you need to buy a present but aren't sure what to get, play it safe and pick one from the Toy Retailers Association's prediction for the top 12 dream toys for Xmas 2007.
The list includes:
Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old - Hasbro
Baby Annabell® New V4 - Zapf
Barbie Girls - Mattel
Doctor Who Dalek Sec Hybrid Voice Changer Mask - Character
Flytech Dragonfly - Character
Golden Balls - Vivid
GR8 Art Bindeez Super Deluxe Studio Centre - Character
In The Night Garden - Blanket Time Igglepiggle-Hasbro
Puppy Grows and Knows Your Name - Mattel
Roary R/C Car - Vivid
Say What? - Radica
Transformers Movie Leader: Optimus Prime - Hasbro
We've put together a page that lists these top 12 toys for Xmas, and where you can get them.
Ben 10 is a cool cartoon from the States, produced by the Cartoon Network. Ben 10 is all about the adventures of Ben Tennyson, who finds a watch like device called Omnitrix in an alien crash landing. When he puts the Omnitrix on, he gains the power to turn himself into a variety of alien lifeforms - each of which has its own special powers.
Ben 10 uses his powers to defeat evil enemies - Go Ben!
Super Mario Galaxy is hotly anticipated title for the Nintendo Wii. Super Paper Mario has whetted our appetites, but Mario-fans really want the next generation Mario title to follow in the footsteps of other classics, like Super Mario World, Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine.
Super Mario Galaxy will be available in mid November - preorder it now so you aren't disappointed.
Woolworths has a range of toys available for half the normal price in their clearance sale. Offers remain open whilst stock lasts, and subject to availability.
