Present ideas for 8 year old son : s

pollyskettle

I thoroughly recommend the k'nex. I have a very similar son of exactly the same age. I did buy him Logiblocs for his birthday which he seems to like, but not as much as the k'nex, or the old favourite lego!

themull1

the goonies is good.

baby_fuzz

I'm nearing the big 3-0, and I STILL like k'nex!

bizzybee

My son sounds like yours, these are some of the things he got for his 8th birthday and Christmas in the same year:

Marble run

Electronic kit for making various circuits that light bulbs or buzz buzzers

Membership to Club Penguin

Professor Layton games

A cheap hand held GPS that allows him to go geocaching - if your son isn't particularly active this could well encourage him to get outside (although an adult would need to accompany him)

Day out at a climbing wall

Rush Hour (a block moving game)

Magazine subscription to Pokemon World, Aquila (an educational magazine), Junior National Geographic

cagsd

Board games?
Meccano / K'Nex?
Chemistry / experiment set (Horrible Science do a couple of good sets!)
Lego games

RoxieW

Thanks for all the suggestions and the tip about tkmax, I will look there for knex.
Jorose, labyrinth is the favourite from my childhood
We do sometimes do geocaching on my phone. He loves club penguin and has a membership, I'm not sure when it runs out so will check that. Had a look in Disney at the related toys but they seem a bit young for him.
For some reason he doesn't enjoy meccano that much. He had the remote car that you build but lost interested in it quite quickly.
He has his dsi which I think is an mp3 player but I'm not sure how to get music on there? One for his dad I think! I have ordered him some earphones.
Thank you

kjmtidea

I have a 9 year old son and he has asked for a microsope this year, argos do a good national geographic one. My eldest 3 boys have all asked for bakugan, which seems quite popular at the moment. My eldest is completely crazy about the professor games. Bop it and Bop it bounce are great fun too, I love them

ZootHornRollo

what about airfix style model kits? available in all manor of subjects and ability levels so bound to be at least one - if not a whole genre - to suit.

or a remote control car - can be pricey but half decent ones are also available in kits so would need to be built before it can be run.

sarah*a

Richard Hammonds Blast Lab kits are 3 for 2 in sainsburys HERE - and the Science Museum gifts are too HERE (I like the Hydrophobic Sand )

Of course you can mix and match too - they have some Wallace and Gromit stuff too HERE

bluenose1

My son loves Club penguin as well. I bought him the collectors tin with 6 packs of cards from Tesco.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.208-6912.aspx

I recently bought him a pack of Club Penguin cards off ebay with a 100,000 coins for his Club penguin account. He has been delighted being able to buy whatever he wants from Club penguin shop. Think they cost £3.99. Just looked and they still have them on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLUB-PENGUIN-CARDJITSU-PACK-FREE-GIFT-100-000-COINS-/320612923298?pt=UK_Soft_Toys_Bears&hash=item4aa604f7a2