Now THIS is a great way to encourage kids to be responsible with money

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Introduce your little Thomas fan to the wonderful world of finance and get them saving right from the very word go - well, actually from 3 years onwards due to small bits it says in the item blurb.

Fve pence peices are ideal swallowing size too so just make sure they can't get their sticky mitts on this until they are old enough not to want to eat money - they'll forever take ever last penny you have, but just as long as they don't choke on it that's 'fine'.

So, Thomas - he doesn't do anything! No flashing lights, no "PEEP! PEEEEP!" noises or steam noises or snippets of the, by now, ohhhh so familiar Thomas soundtrack; no moving parts, no batteries required, he just sits and looks after your child's cash.

Now this really appeals to me in a Thomas world full of noise and lights and going broke to not having shares in Duracell (other batteries are available hur hur), it's nice to just have something simple.

The rrp on this little Thomas treasure is £12.99 so you'll save yourself a tenner - hey, maybe you could put it in the money box when it arrives and get your child's savings off to a flying start!  It was just an idea *grin*

Thanks to nicnicrees over at HUKD!

"Excellent the price on this Star Wars laptop is!" (you have to say that in your best Yoda otherwise it just doens't work).

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This Clone Wars junior laptop should be £39.99 but has been reduced to £9.99 - stocks are already limited so if you want one don't mess around because I imagine they are going to fly off the virtual shelves as if they made the jump to light speed!

We are all BIG Star Wars fans in this house (and btw...The Empire Strikes Back really IS the best movie out of all of them!) and my youngest has ditched Bob the Builder and Co in favour of all things Star Wars, so he's going to LOVE this.

The laptop has 8 inter-galactic games, an ABC keyboard and, according to the blurb and powerful sound effects (I'm sold on it just for the sound effects - by the way if you're a Star Wars fan with an iPhone you have to check out the lightsabre app!)

The laptop games will help your child to build on their maths skills, logic and memory, expand their vocabulary and improve spelling and encourages music.

Standard postage on this is £3.95, it takes 2AA batteries but I can't see anywhere that says whether they are included or not .

Thanks to imsofoxy over at HUKD!