Category Archives: Toys and Games

The Faraway Tree on the Nintendo DS

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Fiona

Christmas 2020 I got a Nintendo DS game of the Adventure Series which I reviewed here. Although it wasn’t brilliant I think the DS games are interesting, and are a rare example of Blyton’s works being adapted as video games with … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on the Nintendo DS

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Fiona

You may remember that way back at Christmas 2019 I got a Flips Nintendo DS game of The Adventure Series. My DS tends to live in a drawer at the back of the living room cupboard, in a plastic drawer … Continue reading →

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Noddy at the Little Treasures Museum

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Fiona

I think if you go to any British museum for toys or childhood you’ll encounter Noddy. I found several Noddy items at the V&A Museum of Childhood in London, and I wasn’t at all surprised to find plenty at the … Continue reading →

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Lego Blyton: The Magic Faraway Tree and The Wishing Chair

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Fiona

During lockdown (the first one if you’re in England, the only one so far if you’re in Scotland) I did some Blyton-themed Lego builds. I’ve already shared Five On a Treasure Island, Five On a Hike Together and an entirely … Continue reading →

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Lego Blyton: The Secret Seven

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Fiona

I’d rather forgotten about these Lego scenes I did a while ago. I posted about the Five On a Treasure Island one, and Five on a Hike Together and now it’s the Secret Seven’s turn. The Secret Seven and the … Continue reading →

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Lego Blyton: Five On a Treasure Island

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Fiona

Lego Blyton. Two words that aren’t normally put together! There are Lego sets to go with dozens of movies and TV shows (Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Avengers, Friends, a ton of Disney movies, DC, Indiana Jones, Lord of the … Continue reading →

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Blyton by others: Game books

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Fiona

There are still more books with Enid Blyton’s names on the covers that are not continuations or retellings, and most of them come under the ‘game book’ heading. Game books, for want of a better term are books which at … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton Christmas gift guide 2019

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Fiona

This year’s gift guide has been a bit harder to put together. Last year there were plenty of new Noddy-related toys and games tied in with the Dreamworks’ Noddy Toyland Detective tv show. This year, however, none of the big … Continue reading →

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On my bookshelf

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Fiona

I love looking at other people’s bookcases, both in person and in photographs. I love seeing what books they’ve got, how they’ve organised them and what else they put on the shelves. I’ve been known to zoom in to read … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton Christmas gift guide 2018

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Fiona

The Enid Blyton brand has really been growing lately, with ‘new’ books coming out and there have been some tie-in products over the last few years as well. Here’s a guide of what to get for your Blyton-loving friends and family, … Continue reading →

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Modern Noddy in Fuzzy Felt Toyland

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Fiona

A while back I did a post about the vintage Noddy Fuzzy Felt set I had bought. Well, I’ve just bought another Noddy Fuzzy Felt set, but this one is quite a bit more recent. The first one is from … Continue reading →

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Ripping Things to Do by Jane Brocket

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Fiona

You may recognise the name Jane Brocket, she wrote the recipe book Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer as featured quite a few times when Stef has tested out the Blytonian recipes. I’ve been reading Ripping Things to Do with interest … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five Party Game as played by Fiona

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Fiona

First up: I didn’t throw a party to play this game. It’s really not that sort of game in fact! I bought it mostly because I just love Eileen Soper’s work, and because it wasn’t too expensive. I don’t know … Continue reading →

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Noddy at the V&A Museum of Childhood

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Fiona

Two weeks ago on my trip to London, I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green. I had hoped to see one or two Blyton-related items, and I was not disappointed. The first thing I found … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five Adventures Card Game played by Fiona

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Fiona

I persuaded Ewan to play this with me last night, and we fell into the same trap as Stef and I did. We drew a card on every turn (the instructions are not quite clear!) and made it pointless to … Continue reading →

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What Blyton products we would like to see in 2016

Posted on January 22, 2016 by pippastef

After the joys of Christmas and the new year have left us and that January gloom has set in, let us get back to the consumerism that we’ve all been trying to avoid in the longest pay month in the … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five Stationery

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Fiona

I was treated to all three items of stationery in December. (I have a huge desire to mis-spell it as stationary every time I type that, despite knowing how wrong it is.) They came out in September last year and … Continue reading →

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How to Throw a Famous Five Party

Posted on August 7, 2015 by pippastef

I know I know, I have failed to bring you a review of The Circus of Adventure  yet again, but I’m sure you’d rather I’d had a refreshing read of it, before I wrote about it. This means that I’m going … Continue reading →

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Noddy in Fuzzy Felt Toyland

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Fiona

As promised I got out my fuzzy felt set and took plenty of pictures for you. On trying to make the suggested pictures I discovered there were actually quite a lot of missing pieces but mostly just the narrow strips … Continue reading →

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