Alcohol Shot Gun stirs up some controversy

Thumbs Up’s Alcohol Shot Gun is causing a bit of a stir in some quarters. We won’t comment much, except to say ’see for yourself’:

Thumbs Up, of course, encourages responsible and safe drinking at all times.

Giantkillers Thumbs Up take on Hasbro

On the football pitch, that is.

Thumbs Up recently took part in the Toy News charity five-a-side football tournament. Find out how it went here:

Tournament Report

And you can view one of the games, Thumbs Up vs Hasbro here:

A round up of recent TV coverage

Here’s a selection of recent TV coverage that Thumbs Up products have recieved:

Now you can give a Flying F#*k

Now you really can give a Flying F#*k!

Created by Ideas Man, Shed Simove, the Flying F#*k is a remote controlled flying word that really does what it says on the box!

Now on sale at Shiny Shack you now really can give, or not give, a Flying F#*k!

Have a look at the video below!

Please note, the actual product is uncensored, so this video is probably NSFW – not safe for work.

The perfect boiled egg every time

Whether you like your eggs soft-boiled or hard, the Beep Egg is a great new gadget that guarantees perfect results. With a temperature sensor and a timer, it goes in the saucepan with your eggs and can detect the egg-xactly right time to take out your eggs if you want them soft, medium or hard boiled.

Here’s a demo we made and also the Beep Egg being featured on TV:

The Ten Best Digital Watches – three are ours

The Independent newspaper recently had a look at the digital watches that are out there at the moment and compiled a list of the ten best.

Three of their choices are from Thumbs Up!

Click on the thumbnails below to see more:

More information on these watches can be found by clicking on the following links:

Binary Watches

WiFi Detecting Watch

MP4 Multimedia Watch

More love for the Fun Fly Stick

Our friends at Shiny Shiny also loved the Fun Fly Stick. Here’s a link to their review and an extract below:

Say Hi to Thumbs Up USA!

Thumbs Up is proud to announce the launch of the new American wing of its operation – Thumbs Up USA.

Thumbs Up is one of the UK’s leading gadget and novelty companies and has established a great reputation for providing gadgets, toys and novelties of all kinds, as well as the fashionable and exciting range of Elektro light-up t-shirts.

A dedicated US sales team will offer customers an excellent wholesale service and the launch of the new USA customer website means that its range of cool and innovative products is now fully available to retailers in the United States of America.

Business development director Wojtek Kolan said:

“Now that we’re one of the biggest companies of our kind in the UK, the next logical step was to expand into America. We’ve already exhibited at the Dallas Fall Toy Preview and are looking forward to several other future events where we can meet US based retailers.”

If you’d like to know more about Thumbs Up USA, there’s plenty of news and information on the new website at www.thumbsupusa.com, or for more specific enquires you can contact the US sales executive Andreas Palvides at andreas@thumbsupusa.com or by calling 1-888-548-4697.

MSN’s 50 great gadgets under £50

MSN recently featured a list of 50 great gadgets under £50 and several Thumbs Up products featured prominently.

Thumbs Up’s amazing Bladez 3D Remote Controlled helicopter was one of the top choices.

Also in the 50 greats list was Gupi the robot guinea pig, Binary Watches, the MSN webcam missile launcher, and the amazingly tiny PicoZ Extreme miniature RC helicopter.

All of these items, and much more can be found on Thumbs Up’s main website at www.thumbsupuk.com.

Lighting up the Dark Knight!

As many of you no doubt know, this year the caped crusader returns in the new movie titled: The Dark Knight. To help bring a little light to the darkness will be Thumbs Up’s new Batman light-up t-shirts.
The traditional Batman logo which has been a classic piece of iconography ever since the first movie is making a comeback in electro-luminescent form.

Featuring heavily in this new movie will be Batman’s arch-nemesis – The Joker. For those of you who are going to be rooting for the bad guy – because, let’s face it, he’s more fun than grim old Batman, there’s also a light-up Joker t-shirt that’ll be just the thing to show who you support.

These high-quality shirts are made from 100% cotton and contain a small battery pack that powers a flexible panel on the front of the shirt to give amazing effects, ranging from a gentle glow to a pulsing strobe. Great for night time parties, clubbing or to just attract some attention!

Officially licensed from Warner Brothers to celebrate the launch of what’s set to be one of 2008’s biggest movies, these new light-up t-shirts are a great new twist on a classic design.