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The Bigjigs Toys Blog

With over 35 years experience in making award-winning toys, we know quite a bit about what children (and parents) love.

Explore our collection of toy and parenting blogs, written by our toy experts for you and your family.

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  • Fairy Figure of Eight Review

    Fairy Figure of Eight Review

    Good Morrow. After all the hype of our Guinness World Record Attempt we are delighted to see that reviews of our toys are still coming in. We received a wonderful...

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  • It's OFFICIAL!

    It's OFFICIAL!

    After months of agonising waiting... Yesterday it was confirmed to us that Bigjigs Toys had broken the record for the Longest Wooden Toy Train Track!! It is now official -...

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  • We

    We

    Our Marketing and PR man George is 25 today!! When we came and saw him this afternoon this is what greeted us... We think this image optimises Bigjigs Toys: cake,...

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  • Bigjigs Has The Nostalgia Factor!

    Bigjigs Has The Nostalgia Factor!

    Did you see us in the first edition of Progressive Preschool? It would appear that one of our retailers, Moda in Folkestone, receive a fair amount of the 'older' crowd...

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  • MORE Awards!!

    MORE Awards!!

    We sent George off to attend the Right Start Best Toy Awards 2012 yesterday and were delighted with the outcome (and so was George - he got free champagne, wine...

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  • Our Main Line Coast Bid

    Our Main Line Coast Bid

    We have submitted our bid for the West Cost Main Line to the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin. We would be much better than these overpriced, busy and often delayed services...

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  • Practical Pre-School Award SUCCESS!!

    Practical Pre-School Award SUCCESS!!

    The Practical Pre-School Awards are one of the most prestigious in the industry! This year the reach of the annual awards continued to include products aimed at professional childcare and...

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  • A 5* Rating

    A 5* Rating

    We are often quite boastful about our own products for obvious reasons, and we often get complimented on our product and how much our Bigjiggers love them... BUT this review...

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  • Moooooooove Over Old McDonald...

    Moooooooove Over Old McDonald...

    Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.... Old McDonald had a farm.... Hang on... Bigjigs have a far superior one (well that's what the reviews below say!) We have always loved...

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  • Bigjigs Olympics!

    Bigjigs Olympics!

    We want to wish TeamGB and ParalympicGB the best of luck at the London 2012 games! We have had a mini Bigjigs Olympics to mark the beginning of the games......

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  • Inspiring a Generation!

    Inspiring a Generation!

    During our Guinness World Record Attempt we were lucky enough to meet one of our mummy bloggers - Mrs C and Miss C! Despite being nearly 7 1/2 months pregnant...

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  • THE RECORD BREAKING DAY!

    THE RECORD BREAKING DAY!

    After months of form filling, weeks of organising, and days of preparing - the day was upon us! Tom had started the day off in spectacular fashion by getting the...

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