A cute little wind up train

Advantages: runs well
Disadvantages: none

...This Pintoy wind up wooden toy train is really cute. I saw it in a toy shop and bought it as a stocking filler. This train will cost £2.99 from http://www.treasureislandtoys.co.uk/ or from http://www.smartstart-toys.co.uk. This train comes in a choice of 4 colours. The natural wooden base sits on black wheels and the cab can be either red blue yellow or green the3 engines a different colour blue yellow green or red respectively . On the side of the train there is a small handle /knob to twist this will wind the train up .When released this little train will wizz across the floor. These trains will wizz along the floor or table. Pin toys also make a wooden railway track that is compatible. These toy trains are only little W6.5cm x D4cm x H4.5cm. They are suitable for over 3 year olds. I think these trains quite...

mumsymary 10.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pintoy Wooden Wind Up Train

Wind this caterpillar up

Advantages: fun
Disadvantages: may not last long

...Little Arabella Millar had a woolly caterpillar, first it crawled upon her mother, then upon her baby brother, all said Arabella Millar take away that caterpillar The wind up caterpillar from Toyday toys would be a good aid in reading /saying this poem. . The plastic tobar wind up caterpillar is suitable for children aged over 3 years old+ These toys come in either 2 shades of green, yellow or orange they are clockwork caterpillars only 8 cm long. The caterpillar had 6 segments to his body that move when the little wind up key on the side gets turned... This caterpillar will them move quite rapidly across a smooth flat surface. He sort of wriggles along on wheels that are hidden under his body. This toy is quite fun a novelty. I might use it with my special need children to get their interest for them to eye...

mumsymary 18.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Tobar Clockwork Wind Up Caterpillar

Is this some kind of wind up?

Advantages: No batteries needed, useful hook to hang in the tent, protective cage surrounds the LEDs
Disadvantages: Looks cheap and nasty, quite expensive outlay but will save you in the long run

...Everyone who goes camping, or has camped in the past knows the importance of having a good and reliable light, torch or lantern. There is nothing worse than waking up in the middle of a dark and rainy night for a call of nature with the toilet block a 200m walk only to find that your lantern batteries have given up the ghost and you have no light. It is moments like these that can seriously make you consider whether camping is really worth it. Before I got this lantern I always ensured that I had loads of spare batteries to ensure that I never got caught short, but this turned out to be quite expensive and I was forever ?mislaying? the spares. Wind up torches, lights and lanterns have been around for years and I have read many good, as well as many bad things about them so I had never investigated any further. That was until I...

yackers1 16.07.2009 (17.07.2009) · Read review
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Review of Gelert 12 Led Wind-up Lantern

Wind me up and turn me on

Advantages: No need for batteries
Disadvantages: Winding mechanism feels a little weak

...cannot really fault this torch. Not only has it been designed so that anyone can use it, but it saves on having to replace batteries all the time. I suppose I would have liked to have seen the winding arm/ mechanism made stronger, but then again I can say that even after much use the mechanism on my mothers torch still seems in brilliant order. There are numerous other brands and makes of wind up torches available, some with 5 LED?s, some which also have a radio, most of which are more expensive than this model. So I would definitely recommend this as not only does it do the job brilliantly you are also doing your bit for the environment by not using standard batteries and also by not using mains electricity to charge the device. © Christianfilmcritic June 2007...

christianfilmcritic 12.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Uni-corn Wind up Torch

Keeping Up Appearances

Advantages: A couple of pretty decent tracks, strong lyrics at times.
Disadvantages: Most of the album is really rather bland and forgettable.

...Capdown was a Milton Keynes based band active between the years of 1997 and 2007. During the decade that the band was around three albums were released, the third and final of which was the 'Wind Up Toys' album. 'Wind Up Toys' was released through Fierce Panda Records in early 2007 and consists of twelve tracks. It is my opinion that this is by far the weakest of the three and every time I listen to this album I feel nothing but disappointment. The bands first two albums were excellent, 'Wind Up Toys' is nowhere near the same sort of quality however and only a few tracks present here really impress. 'Terms And Conditions Apply' is one of the few impressive tracks present here, and it's only really the lyrics that appeal to me. During the bands career Capdown had a lot of problems with record labels; this track lyrically looks into...

RazzaLazza 09.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Wind Up Toys - Capdown

The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

Advantages: Outstanding,powerful work
Disadvantages: Maybe length

...This novel developed from a story by Murakami called The Wind Up Bird and Tuesday's Women,which is an early version of the first couple of chapters of this book. That story was somewhat below par for Murakami, lost in translation. However, it has been expanded into what is undoubtedly Murakami's finest work. This novel moves with exceptional fluency, integrating numerous surrealist stories into a beautiful, coherent work giving the reader a valuable insight into contemporary Japanese life and the mindset of its people. The novel is based around Toru Okada losing his cat. From this seemingly innocuous event, he goes on to find his wife has left him without saying goodbye, staying with her psychotic genius brother who Toru hates. Toru has recently quit his job and so spends his days doing very little and occasionally looking...

NeilG1 14.09.2005 (26.09.2005) · Read review
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Review of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami

Waking up with Wogan

Advantages: entertaining
Disadvantages: terry has a lot of holidays

...news and traffic updates and even then you have to have the music. The majority of the time it is music from years and years gone by, with the odd Killers or Scissor Sisters track thrown in. I don't mind though as I was brought up with the old stuff and a lot of it is just as good. Terry is often referred to as the TOGmeister thanks to his legions of TOGS. Terrys Old Geezers/Gals/Gits however there are a generation of younger TOGs called the TYGs - Terrys Young Geezers/Gals due to the fact that they listen to Terry Wogan on the way to school in the car. If you want to listen to the TOGmeister from 7:30-9:30 weekdays the station channel is on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz. If you continue to listen next up will be Ken Bruce who I swear sounds just like Terry. Terry Wogan is the best radio presenter to wake up to along with the rest of his...

crezzie 29.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wake Up To Wogan (Radio 2)

Wake up and smell that wind baby!

Advantages: It's Zelda!
Disadvantages: Maybe you wont like THOSE graphics! A bit short for some

...you ask? Well the world in which the Wind Waker is set is based upon a vast ocean, which has been gridded up on your sea chart. All in all there are 64 different locations to visit, and using his boat and the Wind Waker, Link can guide the wind in the direction he wishes to travel, and then by putting his sail up on his boat, he will move through the water with speed in the given direction. The controls for the Wind Waker are fairly conventional, with items being able to be assigned to the X, Y and Z buttons, and the A, B and R buttons being context sensitive, like in Ocarina of Time(A previous Zelda game on the N64). The L Button allows you to target enemies that are close to you, enabling you to attack them, and if there are no enemies near, the L button will move the camera behind Link. The C stick is used to control the camera...

MilkyMalky 23.06.2003 · Read review
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Review of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube)

Wind freeze

Advantages: Suspenseful, gels together surprisingly well
Disadvantages: Weird special effects, largely unnecessary supernatural element

...geeky and obviously has a hidden agenda, but I was immediately on his side because of the girl's attitude to him. Like the girl, his character really does develop during the course of the film and so Holmes also has the opportunity to prove that he really can act. Although there isn't as much character change as with the girl, and therefore he perhaps doesn't make so much of an impact, I really liked the way that we are kept guessing as to his motivations - this little element of mystery really made the film for me and I think that Ashton Holmes did a great job of playing on it. Although he has very little on-screen time, Martin Donovan, who plays an 'interesting' policeman, is worth a mention. I've seen the actor recently in The Haunting in Connecticut, in which he was largely a waste of space. In Wind Chill, however, he is actually very...

sunmeilan 10.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wind Chill (DVD)

It's a wind up!

Advantages: Needs no batteries, eco friendly
Disadvantages: Not pretty, not DAB.

...Review of Tesco Value RAD-306Wind-up Radio **The product** This is another bargain priced Tesco Value product. A neat little radio ideal for use at home or when traveling. The radio is AM/FM with a headphone socket. The controls are basic, two slider type controls, one for frequencies the other for volume. Channel selection is via a dial on the front of the radio. An antennae style extending aerial is mounted on the top of the radio and this is fully positionable. The radio is an analogue model, no DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) here! The controls are simple and easy to use and the reception I have found to be excellent, even when in use inside my steel narrowboat. Radio and TV reception are something many of my boating friends grumble about even with far more technically advanced equipment than my humble Tesco radio...

brittle1906 25.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Tesco Value RAD-306