Gift Ideas For Boys

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Fast Lane 1:10 Jeep Wrangler

BIG is just one impressive feature of this all-terrain beast! Far more impressive than any other radio control car out there, pneumatic tyres combined with a solid axle front and rear spring suspension means super control over all that stands before it, whether that be the pavement, garden or the great outdoors.

Scaled to be one tenth the size of the real thing, the Jeep Wrangler comes with a double joystick transmitter operating at a frequency of 49 MHz and 9.6V rechargeable battery and charger (included!).

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Razor E300 Electric Scooter

The E300 is an incredibly powerful electric scooter capable of speeds up to 15 mph! It has a high quality design and finish (standard for Razor's fantastic bikes), and the scooter will run for up to 45 minutes! Impressive!

The E300 also has a folding mechanism to minimise the handlebars for easy storage and convenience.

Important! - Age suitability 14+

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Freeline Skates

Combine the world of skateboarding with snowboarding and what do you get? The answer is Freelining - a high adrenalin multi-trick sport unlike anything you may have seen before.

With lightweight aluminium skates under each foot direction change is a synch - simply shift your underfoot weight whilst turning your feet outward. Whether carving nice and wide S-turns downhill, pulling off small kickflips and grabs on each skate, performing jumps and drop-offs or even going uphill these Freeline Skates are perfect for the pro and novice alike.

See just how exciting Freelining is by watching the video. Improve your technique with the mega helpful online YouTube tutorials.

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Remote-Controlled Battle Tank

Computer games don't stand a chance when you can step out of the virtual world and play around with REAL tanks! These incredible detailed 1:16th replica models of either the German Tiger II or US Snow Leopard can be manoeuvred over small obstacles, low steps and shallow ramps to shoot at each other with BB pellets.

Their range is impressive, at 25m this is one serious air gun with realistic machine gun and cannon sounds alongside smoke effects emanating from the exhaust to boot!

Runs for 30 minutes before charging, includes remote with rechargeable battery pack, holds 40 pellets and turns on a powerful red warning light just prior to firing. This tank is quite a monster size at 54 by 47 by 72cm.

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Soar Through The Air With Flybar 800!

Every wondered what it would be like to bound across the moon in a near weightless fashion!?

Get ready for the Flybar 800 to take you to the next level of bouncing madness launching you up to 6ft in the air.

Co-developed by leading pro skateboarder and the forefront pogo stick producing company SBI enterprises this the Flybar uses a super powerful array of 12 rubber bands.

The perfect present for anyone that loves loads of air time combined with a good dose of exercise.

Recommended for riders in the weight range of 80-180 lbs.

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WildSling Waterbomb Launcher

Behold the hugestist waterbomb thrower ever! Perfect for lazy hot summers days -the waterbombs here can whizz over 300 ft!

Three people are needed to properly operate the WildSling, 2 holding the sling handles at shoulder level, whilst the third person holds the ammo pouch with water bomb inside. Watch the bomb literally rocket high into the air before connecting with the target.

Set includes: WildSling Launcher, carrying pouch and approximately 100 water balloons. Caution - children under the age of 18 must be supervised when using the WildSling!

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R2-D2 Whizzwatch

R2-D2, what a fantastic interstellar do-it-all dustbin, complete with all his whizzing sounds and incredible ability to pass over any terrain with rigid wheeled legs. R2 may well have been into bottle openers and toasting cheese sandwiches as a kid, but this wily tin can sure did go on to achieve greater things!

As a perfect souvenir for all those super uber StarWars geeks out there that really loved good old R2-D2 heres a fantastic watch that actually remotely controls a miniature R2-D2.

To see R2 whizz around on a desk or other similar flat surface, simply unclip this robotic legend from the watch strap, place him upright on the desk and use the watch buttons to make him pull off some serious StarWars moves.

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Spy Kite - Quality Photos From Unreal Heights!

Take aerial photos from heights of up to 82'/25m! This amazing new Spy Kite has its own digital camera attached, for the best kite-flying fun you’ve ever experienced.

Up to 25 high definition photos, or 100 low definition photos are possible. The kite its self is tough and light owing to Ripstop nylon and fibreglass struts. The supplied digital camera uses 640 by 80 pixel images. An installation CD and USB cable are also supplied.

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Magnext iCoaster

Newton had a point. In fact, if one reads his Principia Mathematica, he had several. But one of the most significant of these - loosely translated as 'what goes up must go down' - was written several hundred years before the not inconsiderable invention of the Magnext iCoaster.

For this is a device that, although not possessing perpetual motion or gravity-defying properties, does nonetheless momentarily challenge that premise. If you catch one's drift.

In short, this is a nifty self-assembly magnetic rollercoaster that mixes drops, jumps, stunts and loops (to use 'coaster lingo) with one's very own DJ choons. It's a fusion of sight, sound and speed with extreme G-force, 21st century design and some rather splendid physics thrown in for good measure. So pump up the volume and crank up the speed, daddy-o.

Dimensions: 35.56cm high, 60.96cm wide, 10.16cm deep. Total weight is 2.98kg. 2 Energizer C batteries are supplied.

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Remote Control Jousting Knights

Oh to be able to relive the thrill and excitement of a real medieval joust. These Remote Controlled Jousting Knights are about as close as most of us will get.

Thankfully unlike the real thing these horses don't need mucking out, you don't have to try and cart yourself about in ton of armour, and if you lose you only suffer abject humiliation rather than being clocked one with a big pointy stick before being dumped on your bum. Hard.

As we've discovered here at Gadgets Towers these remote controlled competitors are perfect for resolving disputes such as who's going to make the next cup of tea. Alternatively you could just arrange your own tournament and compete for the favour of a fair maiden.

Requires 8 AA batteries (not supplied!).

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UB Funkeys Xener Tribe

UBFunkeys are a set of 24 highly collectible (and highly addictive) characters that build into a complete population, with three members of 8 tribes to buy. And, although it would be fine and dandy if that was all to report, there's so much more besides. For, on connecting a UBFunkey to its hub, and the hub to your PC, each UBFunkey opens-up a whole immersive universe to discover and explore (UB Funkey Hub available separately - UB Funkeys Starter Kit).

But Funkeytown needs your assistance if it's to avoid a descent into chaos. Your task is to re-establish order and decency by completing tasks, avoiding nasties and collecting crystals right across the virtual town.

But here's the trick. The more you collect, the more you can explore, particularly if you've got one of the rarer UBFunkeys out there, which grant you access to some rather fine and exclusive content by unlocking important new zones. What's more exciting though, is that you can't order a specific Funkey Character - it's completely random which Funkey you'll receive, making it even more of a challenge to complete your set (There are currently 3 Funkeys in each Tribe). Some are also rarer than others!

Important!! Your Funkeys require a UB Funkey Starter Kit to operate (available separately).

Dimensions: 7cm high, 5cm wide, 4.5cm deep. Weighs 0.1kg. Attention

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Radio Controlled Wasp

A miracle of miniaturised aero engineering, the Radio Controlled Wasp emulates the flying technique of a real wasp. Easy to control for impressive indoor flights, they can be ‘steered’ both when wings are flapping and on the glide.

Surprise your friends and family alike - see them run for the nearest giant size insect blatter perfect for what must surely be the biggest hornet/ wasp thing they've surely ever seen in their lives!

At 8.75 inches in length and a wing span of 14.5 inches this is one large flapping insect! Radio control extends up to a distance of 15m, flying time lasts around 5 minutes.

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Aquasaurs Kit - Amazing Aquatic Living Fossils

You are about to witness the birth and life of creatures that evolved more than 350 million years ago. For comparison, we humans have been on earth for about 2 million years.

Since that time, continents drifted apart, dinosaurs and thousands of other animal species evolved and went extinct, ice ages passed, humans emerged, entire civilizations rose and fell. Yet Aquasaurs managed to survive, endure and thrive.

Scientists have given them the long name, Triops Longicaudatus, but we call them Aquasaurs.

Aquasaurs are fresh water animals that belong to the class crustacea. They are related to shrimps, crabs and lobsters. Some people call them tadpole shrimp because of their similarity to frog tadpoles. They also resemble trilobites - extinct creatures that lived more than 500 million years ago - so they are sometimes called "living fossils."

Important!! Use spring water only ( available from your local supermarket).

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Solar-Powered Models

These gadgets use the power of sunlight to power them. You can choose from a perspex helicopter with turning rotor blades, a pedaling cyclist or our personal favourite the miniature wind turbine.

Easy and fun to build from scratch, place these models on a desk or window sill where the suns rays can fall onto the solar panels.

The turbine stands 9.5 inches tall, the helicopter is 6.75 inches in diameter whilst the cyclist is 5.75 inches in length.

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Phlat Ball Senior

Phlat Ball is an unusual and rather cool sports toy that lets you throw a disc and catch a ball. Due to a time delay between when its thrown as a disk and the point at which it becomes a ball, catching this multicoloured freak-ball-thing is a skill in its self whether you're and adult or kid!

The Phlat ball is thrown like a disc by squeezing down the middle to set the time delay, then in the air it transforms into a ball. The Phlat Ball has a waterproof, foam exterior, which makes it ideal for the beach or pool. And as it can be squeezed into a flat object it is easily stored or packed for summer holidays and day trips.

Colours/ style may vary!!

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