Boys

What more could young engineers ask for than nine metres of glow-in-the-dark roller coaster? This super Skyrail set comes with a full instructions manual and 150 pieces of rail and supporting structure, so you can be really imaginative about how the track is configured. Once it’s built, get the marbles rolling and see how fast they can go. Set it up around Daddy while he sleeps! Aged 6+

A great retro gift that is sure to be a source of loud and explosive delight for tomboys aged 8 to 80! Made from die cast metal with a silver finish, this classic cap bomb includes 144 caps. Replacement caps available at any good toystore.

Young boys can look forward to lots of street cred with these funky headphones. The padded ear pieces and headband are wrapped in a stylish camouflage material, and the jack will fit any MP3 player or iPod.

This infra-red remote controlled tarantula with light up eyes will scare anyone as it scurries across any smooth surface. Watch out little sisters! Requires 2 AA and 2 AAA batteries. Aged +6

An exciting book to stimulate all Lego practitioners. This book shows you how to make 16 fantastic Lego contraptions with 60 technical pieces included. Make a zipliner or rocker racer - just like that! Aged 6+

Remember this? It’s a simple old fashioned game, but it never loses its appeal - and it’ll probably have your youngsters rolling around with laughter. Just remember to save enough breath to score… Such a good price too.

Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machine, this super bird flies up to 50yrds by flapping wings that are powered by an especially strong rubber band - so no batteries are required. It’s simply fantastic, with an unbelievably realistic flight movement. We predict that parents will be fighting their sons and daughters for it!

A fabulous gift for young mystery lovers, this fingerprint kit will allow them to play Sherlock Holmes with their friends. The kit contains a series of fingerprint filing and collection cards, plus an ink pad, dusting powder and brush, and a magnifying lens. Aged 8+

A magnetic table to plot your favourite team’s performance in the league table. 124 pieces covering the 4 main divisions. Write the scores down on the wipe clean strip. Aged 3+

Earth by day, space by night - two globes in one! In daylight see the geographic features of the earth, at night the illuminated map shows 88 constellations. Aged +3

Budding scientists and explorers will love to be able to study the stars, planets and moon in the night sky. This smart-looking telescope comes with a sturdy stand and is capable of enlarging objects 90 times their actual size. Aged 8+

Watch as hundreds of stars and constellations are projected onto your ceiling and walls with names whilst listening to an exciting audio tour of the sky at night. Theatre includes a halogen bulb, CD and booklet. Requires 5 AAA batteries. Aged 8+

Make your own all-moving and dancing technorobot with this fab craft kit. This fun guy has a cardboard outer shell housing a mechanical engine inside. The kit includes everything you need to make one robot. Requires 2 x AA batteries, not included. Aged 8+

Now you can build your own kick wire door alarm to keep little sister out - and warn you if your room is actually breached! The kit contains a plastic case and cover housing a base alarm, battery holder with switch and wires installed, a buzzer with wires installed, a selection of metal and plastic pegs, a trigger plate, string and adhesive. Aged 8+

An old favourite that all boys will love, regardless of the efforts of their PC mothers! This wooden rubber band gun is very good fun. Just load up the five rubber bands that are supplied and you can fire continuously at the target boards that come with the gun. Contains small parts. Aged 3+

Pocket-sized spies will be intrigued by this magic ink set. Create secret messages with the invisible ink, wait for it to dry and then heat the message with a hair dryer or hold close to a light bulb and, as if by magic, the writing will appear! set includes wooden penholder, metal nib, bottle of non-toxic ink, pen wipe.

The old nail-through-the-finger trick and hysterical sneezing powder moments are an essential part of growing up for all cheeky boys and girls. The little monsters will absolulty love this classic collection of at least 12 jokes. Box also includes dirty face soap, snapping chewing gum, fake fly and spider.

Buzzzzzz! This game is an old favourite that requires a steady hand and lots of patience. But this friendly robot design gives it a distinctly modern twist - a touch of the wire makes his face light up and activates his voice. And there are no batteries required, because it’s wind-up.

There’s nothing sissy about this one! Forget furry and fluffy hot water bottles - this is all boy. It still warms the bed beautifully before he settles in for the night and he may give it a snuggle, but he’ll love the strong style statement made by the knitted cover. Not a toy.

This futuristic-looking robot has such a simple, solid design. It’s a classic 1950’s toy and is a bit of a collector’s item today. Wind him up; set him down, turn him on and the powerful wind-up motor will make him walk and sparkle. Not a toy. Age 14 years +

Now youngsters can match what they see on the streets to the vehicles in their toy box. This fantastic set of painted wooden cars is designed to match those you can spot around the capital. It includes a London bus and cab, a fire engine, an ambulance, a racing car, a police van and even a trendy Mini. AGE 3+

Wind him up and as he walks see the sparks fly inside the face mask of this classic chrome robot. Not a toy. This is a collector’s item suitable for age 15 years+. H 27cm