2010 is a busy year for The UK’s best selling pre-school construction brand, MEGA Bloks as it celebrates its 25th Birthday AND launches NEW Thomas & Friends construction sets for kids aged 3+! Opening up a whole world of new characters, rebuilds, themes and destinations, the new range will give your little builder’s lots of play set fun based on treasured Thomas themes!

Also marking Thomas’s 65th Birthday, the Thomas & Friends sets are traditional and simple capturing children’s imaginations through engaging characters, play patterns and storylines. Kids can follow Thomas and his friends as they embark on exciting adventures using their creativity to build and transform the play sets.

The Thomas 3 in 1 Buildable sets include 4 beloved Thomas scenes including Thomas Loads Coal, James On The Move, Emily Loads Luggage & Toby Hauls Wood. What’s more, all these play sets are 3 in 1 adding significantly to the play value for your little ones, and with compatible blocks and parts they will be wanting the whole collection in no time. Easily tidied away and simple to store these toys are guaranteed to impress you as much as your kids!

The Thomas Buildable Characters will feature all your little ones favourites including Thomas, James, Percy, Gordon, Henry, Harold, Diesel and Spencer! Plus, the exciting NEW play set builds will include destinations such as ‘A Busy Day At The Quarry’, ‘Thomas at the Sodor Fair’ and ‘Cranky The Crane’. Each set also connects to the next to create the amazing Thomas World!

Adding to the construction fun, the innovative 2 in 1 Buildable Thomas provides hours of fun & interactive play as kids build Thomas and then easily transform him into a train station!

Keep checking My Kids TV for your chance to win a fantastic Thomas Load & Go Mega Bloks set!

Peppa Pig: The Fire Engine and Other Stories is a perfect Easter present for all young Peppa Pig fans. As with all Peppa Pig stories, they are packed full of fun and your kids will never get tired of watching them over and over again. Released on Monday 29th March, Peppa Pig: The Fire Engine and Other Stories is available from all good stores, including Amazon UK.

The BBC released the eleventh Charlie and Lola DVD last month (and coincides with the release of the Series 3 Box Set) and contains 9 episodes:

• I am Goody the Good
• What can I wear for Halloween
• But we always do it like this
• I am going to save a panda
• I slightly want to go home
• Do not ever never let go
• Autumn Special – Everything is different and not the same
• I would like to actually keep it
• But I don’t really like this present

As we’ve come to expect, the stories are excellent, just like the animation. The artwork of Lauren Child’s original books is well preserved with a mixture of 2D animation, real textures and archive video footage. The Halloween episode was very popular in our house because of the time of year (even if it was a tiny bit scary for some).

I would thoroughly recommend this as a great Christmas purchase for any Charlie & Lola fan. Don’t just take my word for it – check out these great clips from the DVD.

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Charlie & Lola 11 “Everything is different and not the same” and the Charlie & Lola DVD Series 3 Box Set is available to buy now from Amazon UK with free delivery!