A blog about being a pretty average dad… and stuff (formerly Henry's Blog)
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few years, you’ll be aware that Thunderbirds have had a bit of a resurgence. No longer confined to their (literal) puppet-masters, our favourite rescue organisation are now fully-CGI and better than ever before. The first two series of the newly-digital show have been firm favourites…
Anybody who knows me will attest to the fact that I am long-time Star Wars fan. It’s not just the films either – I’ve read a lot of the “extended universe” books, collected the trading cards, have a loft full of action figures (both classic and new) and much, much more. In short, I’m a…
I don’t know about your house, but the Cars films have been an entertainment staple in ours for the past 5 or 6 years now. We saw both of the first two films at the cinema (the second being Freddie’s first ever trip to the cinema) and we’ve got more Cars toys than you can…
As most people who read this blog will probably be painfully aware, I’m a bit of a Lego fan. Actually, that’s probably an understatement – I’m a huge, geeky Lego fan – and thankfully my children like it quite a bit too. We have boxes and boxes of the stuff (all sorted by colour, obviously…
Having bought the kids the complete set of Super Hero “Mighty Micros” sets last year for their birthdays, we have been eagerly awaiting the release of more from the series. Thankfully, we weren’t disappointed – this year sees the release of a whole new set! Just like the first series, this line comprises of 3…
As with most of my reviews, I should probably start this particular one with a disclaimer: I don’t pretend to be a consumer champion, an expert reviewer or (as you can probably tell) a genius wordsmith. To be honest, I’m not even sure why people bother to ask me to review stuff. But ask me…
I was recently contacted by a lovely lady from a website called ‘Science4You‘, who asked if the boys and I would like to review some of their sets. Having never heard of the site before, but being intrigued enough by the name, I accepted happily and awaited my parcel in the following week’s post. The…
The good people at Mattel are clearly feeling in the festive spirit, as they asked the boys and I if we’d mind reviewing not one but TWO new Hot Wheels sets. Given that my oldest is an utter Hot Wheels fanatic, I wasn’t about to say no – so that’s exactly what we’ve done! I…
With the realisation that we are probably not going to have another child – at least not any time soon – comes the decision that we probably needed to clear out our attic of all the baby accouterments we’ve been storing there for the past few years. Now I’m not going to pretend the decision…
Chances are you will have seen a video from Greenpeace somewhere in your social feeds this week – if you’ve not seen it yet, take a look at the clip below. In a nutshell, Greenpeace are campaigning for Lego to drop their partnership with Shell Oil – a relationship which has been going for 50…