I knew Matchbox cars had been around for a while, as I played with them when I was a kid, which was longer ago than I care to admit. I remember being particularly proud of my special carry case with little trays that made it easy to store all my cars neatly. But it still came as s surprise when Matchbox contacted me and asked me if I’d like to review their special edition 60th anniversary models. 60th anniversary?! Surely they can’t be 60 years old? But yes, they are. And given the geekson’s love of cars, I couldn’t say “no” to the review opportunity.
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This is a special guest post by the geekdaddy. He wants to tell you all about an event he was invited to recently.
Something usual happened. An invitation came through the geekmummy email but it wasn’t for the geekmummy. It was for me, the geekdaddy and it was a chance to go and play with some cool new gadgets. Normally we don’t accept invitations that mean travelling all the way to London from where we live in Cheshire but I’m a sucker for gadgets and audio equipment so I said yes and on Wednesday afternoon off I went.
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I was lent a Barnes and Noble nook HD tablet to review a couple of months ago, and subsequently given a nook HD+ to use. You can read my full thoughts on the tablet in my nook HD review, but in summary I thought it was a good tablet, excellent hardware for the price, the best profile system I’ve seen for multiple users, but let down by the limited app selection since Barnes and Noble were running their own (small) App Store.
So I must confess the nook HD+ has been languishing on the side in the kitchen whilst I’ve stuck with my iPad mini, and the the geekdaddy has been using his Nexus 7.
Well, last Friday that all changed. I think the nook HD just became the best Android tablet on the market today…
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When I first heard that the musical version of The Lion King was coming to Manchester, I knew I wanted to take the geekdaughter to see it. I love musical theatre and I’m a big fan of the Disney musical films, which I’ve been enjoying rediscovering with the kids. Since it opened on Broadway I have heard nothing but praise for the Lion King stage version, so I have always wanted to see it. And last half term I got my chance…
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I knew Matchbox cars had been around for a while, as I played with them when I was a kid, which was longer ago than I care to admit. I remember being particularly proud of my special carry case with little trays that made it easy to store all my cars neatly. But it still came as s surprise when Matchbox contacted me and asked me if I’d like to review their special edition 60th anniversary models. 60th anniversary?! Surely they can’t be 60 years old? But yes, they are. And given the geekson’s love of cars, I couldn’t say “no” to the review opportunity.
