In the night garden ninky nonk train set

Advantages: strong, versatile, compact, nice bright colours, fun to play with
Disadvantages: none so far

...I decided to buy the in the night garden ninky nonk train set from Amazon as my young daughter is a big fan of in the night garden and whenever it comes on TV she gets really excited. So as my daughter already had some of the other characters from the show I wanted her to have the whole set and since buying it the train set the ninky nonk train set has become one of her favourite toys to play with on a daily basis. The train set can come apart and be attached on many different ways and my daughter enjoys looking at the nice bright colours and putting some of the other in the night garden characters onto the train set even though it keeps falling of now and again it keeps her busy and sometimes I hear her in fits of giggles. The train set is very cute and versatile and its great as children such as mine can have hours of fun with it...

jmarlene 02.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hasbro In the Night Garden Ninky Nonk Train Set

A great set of rollers!

Advantages: shiny, full of volume curls!
Disadvantages: Still time consuming!

...I used these a few weeks ago at my friend's house and I was really impressed! When I go out to a wedding or a big occasion I like to spend some time getting ready and making my hair look nice. I have tried using curling tongs and GHDs to curl my hair but i'm always getting it uneven or burning myself or I get half way throguh and decide i'm fed up!! I went to my friend's house and used her roller set and I was really impressed with them! They heated up very quickly and were really easy to use. The box contains 20 rollers which are ceramic. They are in 3 different sizes which is dfferent to what I've used before as they only had two sizes. There are large, medium and small so you can get the right type of curl for the right part of your hair! They secure into place with the grips really easily which again is a bonus, it can be...

lorriellah 20.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of John Lewis 3060JU Roller Set

My First Scalextric Set

Advantages: Great starter-set
Disadvantages: One is not enough?

... My First Scalextric Set Having seen the Ad on TV and Boy really desparate for one I thought this the best to go for in the way of remote control race track as at 4 he's really not old enough for a big expensive set so he got this for Christmas. Cost us £30 from Toys'r'Us though can be found in many other stores and on-line, the price is about the same everywhere but you may find it a bit cheaper. Age on box states not suitable for under 3 years, due to small parts and functional sharp edges - we haven't found any particularly sharp bits yet ? so unsure which bits that refers to. Also tells you that new controllers may become warm and emit vapour and give off slight smell -this is normal and disappears after use. Nice ! Our first Race.. The track is easy enough to click together, to create a simple figure of eight...

The-ex-Raven 04.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Scalextric My First Scalextric Set

Wonderful Literary Chick Flick Trilogy Box Set

Advantages: Well acted, Great Book Adaptation Storylines, Fun for All Ages
Disadvantages: Each Movie is About Three Hours Long

...be ignored by the overall storyline. I was slightly disapointed by this third story since it really didn't go by the books my L.M Montgomery at all. The first two movies are at least based on her books , but this movie was almost entirely made up. I was hoping the third movie would follow the other books about Anne as she is grown up with Children. Still, the movie was well made and entertaining. It was good to see the actors again, and the costumes anad attention to detail from the World War I era are fantastic. It's not as good as the first two movies, but well worth a watch. ******Conclusion***** All these movies in the Box Set; Anne of Green Gables, The Sequel , and The Continuing Story, are so much fun. Children around the age of 7 and up will enjoy the first one. While children more around the age of 10 and up would...

i_heart_elo 25.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Anne Of Green Gables (Box Set) (DVD)

Ready, Get Set, Go

Advantages: Favourites from Cbeebies
Disadvantages: None

.... They incorporate into the programmes counting and colours, it does a spring and autumn watch, there is a programme on the channel that looks at special children and teaches sign language. The channel is very good all round entertainment for youngsters. The DVD is called Get Set Go, which is the name of the breakfast part of the channel. It is presented by Sid and Andy and is on from 6 am until 9.00 am every morning. This part is very upbeat to get young children set up for the day. The DVD begins with some funky music accompanied by some brief clips of a lot of the programmes that are available to watch on the channel. The DVD contains the following episodes: Boogies Beebies - Sporty Boogie The episode starts with a bit of a dance as a warm up. The episode tells children all about track and field sporting events...

paulpry118 19.09.2008 (08.01.2009) · Read review
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Review of Cbeebies - Get Set To Go (DVD)

Dead Set - Main Feature Only

Advantages: Brilliantly written, tense, funny and full of seriously OTT gore.
Disadvantages: The "Big Brother is the devil" thing is all a wee bit silly.

...Charlie Brooker's Dead Set is a strange, exceptional, wholly unexpected piece of work. It has all of the misanthropy, bile and spectacularly foul wordplay of his underrated Chris Morris collaboration Nathan Barley, it has all of the wit and the critical smarts of his Guardian column and his BBC4 Screen Wipe, and it has all of the oh-my-God-did-I-just-see-that gore of a hundred Fulci pictures. It is harsh, uncompromising, extraordinarily violent and absolutely hilarious. Brilliant, in other words, although one says that with a few reservations. Originally broadcast as 5 20-odd minute episodes (the 45 minute opener excepted), Dead Set hinges on a fairly novel What If? What If a slew of gut-hungry, brain-craving zombies attacked the Big Brother house mid-series? What would happen, it turns out, is that a handful of housemates...

DavidJay 07.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dead Set (DVD)

Friends Complete Box Set

Advantages: You can own them all
Disadvantages: costly

...friends. Lisa Kudrow- Plays Phoebe Buffey. Sings loads of crazy songs which match her personality. Completely hopeless but very funny. Matt Le Blanc- Plays Joey Tribianni. Obsessed about becoming an actor, who is just as dizzy as Phoebe, and never really getting anywhere in the acting world. Mathew Perry- Plays Chandler Bing. Who's only defence is his humour, very laid back, with many people in the series thinking he is gay. David Swhwimmer- Plays Ross Geller. A nerdy palaeontologist whose wife left him for A lesbian. Sister too Monica, on and off all the time with Rachel. ********************************************************************** The very presentable box set contains 236 episodes, on double sided CD's. On the last DVD, it contains documentaries, unseen footage and gag reels, which are very funny...

dempsey_review 18.10.2005 · Read review
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Review of Friends - Series 1-10 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

Going Global - with the sharp set

Advantages: Sharp, well balanced, easy to keep sharp, look good in the kitchen
Disadvantages: Cost

...This review is of a set of 6 Global knives and a matching knife block. From the outset, I should state that I am not a professional chef, have never had any training in the art of food preparation, but am a keen amateur. I started in the kitchen using hand me downs from my parents when I went off to university. Not bad, but not good knives by any stretch, however they were adequate for beans on toast and other student staples. When I moved into my first home, I bought a set of knives that looked like they had metal handles, but were in fact plastic. The joins attracted dirt and debris that was hard to remove, and the balance was all wrong. They lost their edge after a short while, and were never as sharp again despite my best efforts with sharpening steels and stones. I upgraded to a fully metal set (from John Lewis I think...

SvenP 21.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Global Knife Set

All in one perfect box set!

Advantages: Complete seasons and all contained together
Disadvantages: None

...? What made the show so popular and why could women and lots of men (who probably won't admit it) love it so much? Let me give you my opinion. The show: ''It's about sex''. That's what anyone who hasn't watched more than one episode will say. They wouldn't be too wrong but, technically speaking it's not just about sex. Sure there is plenty of it - I mean it wouldn't have its name if there wasn't but, not only that it's about relationships in general, dating, love life, marriage and friendship. Yeah, Yeah, I hear you say - what's so special about all of that? That's just life! Well exactly! Set in New York, the thing that makes this so special is it's done in a way that is open and frank talking but all the while still having that feeling of real life - four women who all have different careers and different ideas of the perfect...

frankiecesca 03.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Sex And The City - Series 1-6 (Box Set) (DVD)

Its fun playing in the sand with this set

Advantages: good size
Disadvantages: none

...Smoby toys are a French company that make many plastic toys for children, bikes scooters, playhouses, buckets and spades are among their huge list of products. Smoby toys tend to be inexpensive and last fairly well. My work has several Smoby toys. Sorry I do not know the price of this sand set but I would imagine it would be around £5.00. Let me describe this Smoby sand set. There is a green bucket the handle to this is well attached. Then there is a round purple sieve this fits onto the rim of the bucket easy to sieve these will hold the spade and the rake. The spade has a plastic handle and blade good for scooping and digging in the sand pit.. Then the rake yellow plastic with 5 prongs/tynes on it. With this set there is also a blue watering can and a pink sand mold in the shape of a teddy bear. This set includes enough...

mumsymary 31.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Smoby Stats 18cm Bucket Set