The National Media Museum in Bradford is having a fun Moshi Monsters Half Term from Saturday 4 February through to Sunday 26 February. It’s free to get in and packed with fun Moshi activities to keep you busy on your school break. There will be Moshi Monster clay animation workshops using the cool Clay Buddies packs. Pop-up online Moshi stations for some online gaming and you can step into a Moshi world in their virtual media studio. If you’re around the Bradford area then do pop along and let us know what you find by emailing photos and stories to getintouch@pocket-world.co.uk!

From a simple online game to complete world domination! That’s the way that Moshi Monsters is going with the game increasing its player base by one per second and expanding from being originally UK players to American, Australian, Canadian – you name it, they’re playing Moshi! This takeover of the world is now affecting toy shops too! It has started already at The Entertainer in Birmingham, England with a special Moshi Zone where Moshi-loving kids can try out the latest Clay Buddies craft packs, enter colouring competitions, have a Moshi tattoo painted or even meet Furi in the flesh (or should that be fur)! This phenomenon will soon be taking over a toy store near you as more and more Moshi Monsters products fill the shelves. It won’t be long before you will be getting your own Moshi Zone!

Coming your way just in time for Valentine’s Day, Arrow Films & Fabulous Films proudly presents The Smurfs – My Smurfy Valentine on DVD. This pack comes with four favourite episodes of the classic The Smurfs, perfect for the one you love! It’s available to own on DVD from 30 January.

Whether you’re young or old you’ll love My Smurfy Valentine. It’s a classic cartoon from the masters of kids’ TV in the 1980s, Hanna Barbara. Far, far away, in a small mushroom village, live a group of little blue pixies in short trousers and white bonnets called The Smurfs. Only as tall as three apples, they speak in ‘Smurf’, a language that only they understand. The Smurfs are carefree, peaceful creatures that live in harmony with nature. But they have a nasty habit of wanting to act like man, which causes them 1,001 problems.

You can grab yourself a copy of My Smurfy Valentine for only £5.99 from here, or we’ve got five DVDs to give away to Pocket World’s website readers. To win one simply email us the answer to this Smurfy question…

In last Summer’s The Smurfs blockbuster movie, which city did the little chaps explore?

A. London

B. New York

C. Sydney

Click here to email your answer to us. First five chosen at random will win a copy of The Smurfs – My Smurfy Valentine! The competition closes on 23 February, so get emailing quick!

Competition Rules

1. All entries must be received by 23 February 2012. 2. There is no cash alternative. 3. The publisher’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. 4. No employee of Imagine Publishing Ltd or any company with products on offer within this competition is eligible to enter. 5. Only one entry per person, per competition. 6. By entering, competitors agree to be bound by the rules and requirements of the competition. 7. You may be sent news about products and opportunities from related companies. If you do not wish to receive such information, please indicate as such on your entry. 8. Prizes shown are for illustrative purposes only, prizes of equal value may be substituted.

Are you a master Beyblader who thinks he has what it takes to win the coveted title of World Beyblader Champion? After the success of the first international Beyblade tournament in 2010 in Seoul, South Korea, a new Beyblade World Champion will be crowed in 2012 – and it could be you! Bladers from around the world in over 40 countries, including the UK, will have the opportunity to compete for honour of being crowed the No. 1 Blader in the world. To qualify players compete in national and regional tournaments – the finals, where the top regional players duke it out will take place in March in Toronto, Canada. These tournaments are taking place as we speak – dates in the US, France and Canada have already been announced. UK tournament dates and locations are sure to be announced soon – go to the Beyblade website where events are announced – www.beybladebattles.com – while there you can also hone up on your battling skills. Let it rip!

In the magazine we ran a fantastic feature covering the history of the Pokémon Adventures manga. We only thought it would be fitting to reveal the newest Pokémon Adventures books heading to an online bookstore near you this year! Volume 5 of Diamond & Pearl will be released 5 June, while volume 8 of Black & White will be released 3 July. Both will be available exclusively online at retail giant www.Amazon.co.uk – we can’t wait! Diamond & Pearl follows the adventures of Lady Berlitz as she battles the evil-minded Team Plasma, along with her mates, Diamond and Pearl. In Black & White, we follow the adventures of Black and White: Black is an aspiring Pokémon master, while White trains a band of performing Pokémon. Both books sound exciting – we can’t wait to order them!

Show your love of Moshi Monsters with the all-new line of silver jewellery. Available from online retailer My Flash Trash, individual charms retail for £24.99 – choose from Hansel, Iggy, Shi Shi Panda and Oddie Doughnut charms. Keep an eye out for this mighty fine jewellery at this URL…

www.myflashtrash.com

This Summer get ready to return to the world of LEGO Batman as the super hero arrives back on a console near you! The caped crusader has to save Gotham City once again in a brand new game from LEGO supremos Traveller’s Tales and Warner Bros, but this time he has some friends along for the ride!

The full title of the new game is LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, so that means Batman will be joined by Superman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern! The game is being developed for Xbox 360, PlayStation3, Wii, PC, DS and 3DS along with the shiny new PlayStation Vita – a handheld we have yet to get our hands on!

Amazingly, the original LEGO Batman has sold 11 million games around the world, and we have to admit that it’s still one of our favourites here at Pocket World. The new games will perfectly compliment the new LEGO toy range that has just been released. There are five new construction sets titled LEGO Super Heroes: DC Universe including the Batcave and buildable action figures of the heroes.

Fans of the arch villians will be overjoyed to learn that Lex Luthor and the Joker make an appearance in the new games, with cooperative play the order of the day, just like in recent LEGO games like the Harry Potter series. It’s this working together gameplay that has made the LEGO games such a hit with kids and parents alike!

Make sure you keep buying Pocket World, and returning to this website for the latest news on the new LEGO Batman!

Before Beast Quest, a battle raged between good and evil…

Deadly Beasts. Brutal Combat. Welcome to the NEW Avantia.

In the second Chronicles of Avantia book, Chasing Evil,Tanner and his Flame Bird, Firepos, have met a companion, a Chosen Rider to a ferocious wolf-Beast. Together they must race to locate the missing pieces of the Mask of Death.

If evil Derthsin gets the mask first, Avantia will be destroyed in a reign of fire. Who will Tanner meet next on his journey? And what horrors lurk in the Hidden Mine’s endless tunnels?

The Battle for Avantia is about to begin…

The Chronicles of Avantia: Chasing Evil is £5.99 and OUT NOW and available at all good bookshops. Click here to get your copy from WHSmith for just £3.95.

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We just love the Avantia books here at Pokémon World. The first book, First Hero was a great read and we have really been looking forward to the second in the series from Adam Blade. With the special offer currently on the WHSmiths website, it’s definitely worth picking up a copy! You could also try out the excellent “The Mask of Death” game on the book’s website here, we can’t stop playing it, plus there’s a trailer to watch for the new book…

www.chroniclesofavantia.com

- log on and sign-up for trailers, downloads, exclusive competitions and bonus material!

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Or as a special exclusive for Pokémon World website readers, right-click on this link to download a pdf of the first chapter of the book absolutely free!

To celebrate the launch of MySims SkyHeroes, we are offering 12 lucky Pokémon World readers, plus a friend and parent or guardian, the chance to play the game before it is released at a very special preview event.

On Saturday 25^th September, winners will be summoned to high flying london location¹ to be among the first to play MySims SkyHeroes.

MySims SkyHeroes is an all-new adventure game which combines the thrill and high speed action of flying with the creativity and customisation of the MySims world. Go from unknown pilot to celebrated hero as you lead the resistance against the evil morcubus and his drone army to stop his plans to take over the skyways.

As you progress, you can build, customise and tune your aircraft to give you an edge in combat – upgrade your wings for swifter maneuvers, switch out your engine for a speed boost, or change the paint job to camouflage your plane and avoid enemy fire.

MySims SkyHeroes will be available on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.

So, do you want to be one of the lucky 12 to attend the event from Pokémon World? All you have to do is click this link to be entered into the prize draw – send your name, address and age to the people arranging the event. Winning entrants will be chosen at random and contacted in plenty of time before the event to arrange their tickets. Have fun!

¹ venue is 20 minutes on the underground from Euston Station in London, and 10 minutes from the M1 for any guests coming from outside of London.

Know It All

£16.99  |  9781405355339  |  OUT NOW TO BUY

Here’s a book that’s fascinating, factual, fun and frighteningly addictive, all in one. Know It All from DK is the ultimate trivia-fest, jam-packed full of everything you ever wanted to know.

From the weirdest beetles, to the fastest jet aircraft and the scariest sharks, Know It All is stuffed full of facts on just about anything you can think of.

This fast-paced, fact-packed book has tons of topics to explore like Science, Nature, Places, History, Society and Culture.

Did you know….?

…that a crocodile can swim at speeds of up to 30kph (18mph)?

…that the longest public ice skating rink is 7.8km? THAT’S MASSIVE!

Do you think you Know It All? Test yourself to find out and enter the prize draw to win a Dell Inspiron™ Mini laptop …click here to play.

If you like the sound of Know It All, you’ll also love these other awesome books (click on a cover to read more)…

What you need to know now £16.99 | 9781405353717

The Science Book £19.99 | 9781405354134

Big Ideas that Changed the World £16.99 | 9781405356831