Inhaltsverzeichnis für July 2018 in Mania

FROM COUNTRY TO CITY! The Green family have packed up their country home and moved to a bustling metropolis! Join Cricket, his sister Tilly and their new friend Remy, as they go on AWSM adventures in their brand new surroundings! JOKES 4 COUNTRY FOLK! Q: WHERE DO COWS GO ON VACATION? A: Moo York City. Q: HOW DID THE FARMER FIND HIS LOST COW? A: He tractor down. Q: WHY SHOULDN’T YOU TEIL A SECRET ON A FARM? A: Because the potatoes have eyes and the corn have ears! Q: WHY DID THE POLICE ARREST THE CHICKEN? A: They suspect ed it of fowl play! Q: WHA T KIND OF PIGS KNOW KARA TE? A: Pork chops! COUNTRY VS. CITY TAIL TREES (FOR CLIMBIN’) VS. APARTMENT FIRE-ESCAPES THINGS GET QUIETER…

THE FACTS AWAKEN HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW STAR WARS? Porgs were created because in real life the remote island that Luke Skywalker exiles himself on is covered in puffi ns. To hide the puffi ns, the crew used CGI to replace them with Porgs!!! The TIE Fighter’s iconic engine howl was made by combining the sound of an elephant bellowing and a car driving on wet pavement! The door to Luke’s hut on Ahch-To is made from one of the wings from his X-wing! YODA WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE PLAYED BY A REAL-LIFE MONKEY THAT WAS WEARING A MASK! At the end of The Last Jedi, did you spot the Jedi books in the drawer Finn opens to get a blanket for Rose? IN ROGUE ONE, CASSIAN MENTIONS…

WHO WILL BE THE SLIME CUP CHAMPIONS? In Slime Cup, 12 teams of Nickelodeon superfans will face off in the Slime Arena! But only one team can win the Slime Cup! TURTLE TIME! The semi-final’s crash course will be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themed! The teams will need some serious ninja skills and AWSM turtle power to win! THE FINALE SHOWDOWN! The epic finale is set to take place at a secret, epic location! Here are a few guesses of where we think it’ll be: • The Moon • On top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge • The bottom of the ocean • Inside a non-active volcano SLIME FACT An estimated 2,432 and a ½ slime buckets will be dumped onto the crash courses in Slime Cup! The most popular…

THE ZOO! NEW EPS AIR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 2ND JUNE @ 7:25PM ON ABC ME! You’ve never seen a zoo like this! A beat - boxing tortoise, a penguin that thinks he’s a person, scaredy cat lions, and an oddball gang of gorillas led by Jürgen! T ake a walk on the wild side with this hilarious new show where every animal is wackier than the last! OK K.O.! LET’S BE HEROES NEW EPS AIR WEEKENDS FROM 7TH JULY @ 6PM ON CARTOON NETWORK! Get ready for more butt-kicking fun with OK K.O.! Join the wannabe superhero as he hangs with his bros Enid and Rad while protecting the plaza from Boxman’s evil robots! Prepare yourself for some superhero silliness and EPIC action-packed showdowns!…

TIDY-UP TORTOISE In 2013, while cleaning their cluttered storage room, the Almeida family made a shocking discovery: their pet tortoise, Manuela, who has been missing since 1982! This resilient reptile had been living in there for almost 30 years, eating bugs! Kitty, VIC “BELLY RUBS, PLEASE.” KITTY’S HAVING A NAP WITH HIS KITTEN PITCH! RUNAWAY UNICORN! It’s not everyday that you see a unicorn, so the California Highway Patrol were surprised when they were asked to find one! Before you get excited, it wasn’t a real unicorn. It was a pony in a costume who had managed to escape! WHAT A GOOSE! Debbie the goose isn’t like normal geese. For one thing, she thinks she’s a dog! She also loves the local postman, Steve, and will excitedly run up to…

DINOSAUR PROTECTION GROUP MAKING SURE DINOSAURS DON’T GO EXTINCT… AGAIN. A NEW START After the destruction of Jurassic World, former park manager Claire Dearing has created the Dinosaur Protection Group (DPG). Think RSPCA, but instead of kittens and puppies, it’s giant reptiles! MOVING DAY! Isla Nublar, home to Jurassic World, is under threat from a volcanic eruption that will destroy the island and everything on it! DPG want to head back to Jurassic World and save the dinos! There’s only one problem: how do you catch a hungry dinosaur before it turns you into dinner? A HELPING HAND! Claire is gonna need a hand tracking down and capturing these dinos, so who better to help than Owen Grady? Maybe he can find Blue, his favourite velociraptor! GOOD NEWS Benjamin Lockwood,…

PLANCK LENGTH: The smallest unit of length. It’s equal to 0.0000 00000000000000000000000000 000016m! HORSE LENGTH: The standard length used to measure a horse from nose to tail is equal to roughly 2.4m. SYDNEY HARBOUR: Also called a Sydharb, it is a unit of measurement that’s equal to the amount of water in Sydney Harbour – which is approximately 562 gigalitres! LUNAR DISTANCE: This is the distance between the Earth’s surface and the Moon’s surface! It’s roughly 384,000km! GIGAPARSEC: The largest unit of length. It’s equal to 3.26 billion light-years — and a single light-year is equal to 9.5 trillion kilometres. You’ll need an extra big calculator to do that math! SEE ANT-MAN AND THE WASP ON THE BIG-SCREEN FROM JULY 5!…

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Hogwarts Mystery could have been a totally AWSM Harry Potter experience – joining Hogwarts and playing through a cool original story is absolutely our jam! Unfortunately we got pretty annoyed by all the microtransactions – expect long waits between activities! But, it’s still worth a look for fans! iOS, Adventure, Free SCORE 7/10 Retro Highway This super cool game reminds us of Out Run, the classic Sega arcade game, but with a motorbike and objectives! You need to drive as far as you can, collecting coins and completing objectives on each run. It’s super fun and looks amazing with its cool old-skool graphics! iOS/Android, Motorcycle racer, Free SCORE 8/10 Touchgrind BMX 2 Doing BMX tricks using two fingers on the screen is super fun! You jump,…

Jennifer, VIC Donut Rush (Android) “It’s fun and you can win cool prizes!” Sunny, WA LEGO Jurassic World (Xbox One) “You can tame dinosaurs, feed them and even ride them! It’s awesome!” Julian, VIC Mario Party: The Top 100 (3DS) “I love playing it! It has so many fun minigames!” YOU COULD WIN! Send us a bite-sized review of your fave game (and which platform you play it on), along with your photo, name, age and address! This month’s winners score a copy of Brick Building 101. Send your entries to: MANIA 214 Yak Bytes Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards NSW 1590 GAMING FACTOID  Luigi is green because the game designers reused the green Koopa’s colours in the first Mario game!…

MEGA MINECRAFT MAPS  ZOMBIE CASTLE DEFENDERS CREATED BY MNOPJH STEP 1 Equip your weapons! STEP 2 Step up your defensive position! STEP 3 Protect your castle from wave after wave of hungry zombies! THE MINER 2D CREATED BY ANCKERSTUDIOS The game is simple: How many emeralds can you mine before the time runs out? Did we mention that the area is full of hidden unbreakable obsidian and lava blocks? Don’t get burnt! To win, you need to hit one of the special multipliers – which you can only reach by building a bridge! SKY WALKER CREATED BY KRIS MADAS AND IWACKY Another super tricky but super fun parkour level! Our hands feel sweaty just looking at it! Jumping from block to block = Hard. Jumping from a block to a…

MANIA’s editor, Dom, loves dinosaurs and collects fossilised dino teeth! I have lots of raptor teeth and hope to get a Theropod’s tooth soon! PREHISTORIC POOP George Frandsen has managed to collect over 1,200 pieces of coprolite. Impressive! Oh, did we mention that “coprolite” is the scientific term for fossilized dinosaur poop? That’s right, Mr. Frandsen has the world’s largest collection of dino dookie! Luckily, they don’t smell. EGG-SELLENT COLLECTION! The Heyuan Museum in China is home to the largest collection of dinosaur egg specimens with over 10,000 individual samples! All of the eggs date from around the late Cretaceous period, making them somewhere between 89 to 65 million years old! RAWR-SOME COLLECTION Randy Knol is the ultimate dinosaur enthusiast! When he isn’t writing for the Prehistoric Times magazine, he’s…

STORIES FOR BOYS WHO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT BY BEN BROOKS This book is full of inspiring stories about boys who made the world a better place. Learn about the lives of Daniel Radcliffe, Dynamo, Steven Spielberg and 97 other famous boys from the past and present day. We really like this book because it teaches us how boys can be tough and overcome adversity, but they can also be compassionate and generous at the same time. BRICK BUILDING 101 BY COURTNEY SANCHEZ If you’re a LEGO fan and you’re looking for some fun side projects in-between putting together some awesome LEGO models, then get this book. There are 20 LEGO activities to try including how to build your own LEGO fidget spinner, marble maze, and memory game. Turn to…

STATS Born: 18/05/1950 From: California, USA Genre: New Wave, synth-pop, movie soundtracks. SOUNDS LIKE MARK! You might not know his name, but you definitely know his music! Mark Mothersbaugh is responsible for some AWSM movie and TV soundtracks! Here’s a couple of our favourite Mark Mothersbaugh soundtracks: REGULAR SHOW THE HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA SERIES THOR: RAGNAROK THE LEGO MOVIE ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED AND THE ROAD CHIP. TOTAL DEVO! Apart from creating soundtracks, Mark is also the frontman for the wild, wacky and wonderful band Devo! They’re famous for the strange costumes they’d wear on stage, and their wacky red hats known as Energy Domes! CRAZY COLLECTOR Mark loves to collect unusual or vintage musical devices, such as the Electronium! TRENDING ON MANIA FM Walk the Dinosaur – W as…

OPERATION: ESCAPE ROOM PRICE: $39.95 • AVAILABLE FROM: All leading retailers A play-at-home version of an Escape Room! You need to complete a series of challenging tasks before the timer runs out! You’ll need skill, strategy and a little bit of luck to win! OUR THOUGHTS PROS ✔ The tasks are challenging, but fun! ✔ The alternate skill levels helps bump up the difficulty, so it’s never too easy or boring! ✔ Nothing feels better than finally solving a super hard puzzle! CONS ✘ You get frustrated very quickly! POP ROCKET PRICE: $39.95 AVAILABLE FROM: All leading retailers Pull the fuse, roll the dice and place your bowls to catch the rain of stars that explode from the rocket all over the palce! Whoever catches the most stars wins! OUR…

Broken puppets for sale: no strings attached. The world tongue-twister champion just got arrested. I hear they’re gonna give him a really tough sentence. Velcro? What a rip-off! If we shouldn’t have midnight snacks, then why is there a light in the fridge? I wrote a song about a burrito. Actually, it’s more of a wrap. Jokes about TV controllers aren’t even remotely funny. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now. My friend’s bakery burned down last night. Now his business is toast. RAD READER JOKE! I don’t like circles. They’re pointless! YOU COULD WIN! PRIZE ALERT! Send us your best joke and a photo for the chance to win an awesome prize. This month’s winner scores a Tech Deck…

Q: What vegetables do sailors hate? A: Leeks! Q: What did the snowman say to the other snowman? A: Can you smell carrots? Q: What’s small and red and has a rough voice? A: A hoarse radish! Q: What do you find on an old BBQ? A: Ancient Greece! Q: How do you know if an elephant is under your bed? A: Your head hits the ceiling! Q: Why do people never eat clocks? A: Because it’s really time-consuming. Q: What has 4000 eyes and 8000 legs? A: Two thousand dogs! Q: How does the ocean make itself taste good. A: It uses sea-soning! Q: What do you get if you cross a Kangaroo with a sheep? A: A woolly jumper! Q: What did the traffic light say to the…

LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 Jumped back into LEGO Marvel after watching The Avengers: Infinity War? Here are the unlock codes for heaps of characters! Just go to ‘Extras’ then ‘Enter Code’ from the pause menu. BCR7QJ: Antman QG3VH9: Baby Groot (Ravager) M68P3L: Captain Britain CDS278: Crimson Dynamo S947TP: Darkstar GAVK9R: Giant-Man LBYT59: Grandmaster (Ragnarok) XG7SAL: Green Goblin G6K2VM: Hawkeye NCMJU4: Hellcow 5G7HFS: Hulkling JDNQMV: Loki HCE926: Maestro UUTZNC: Militant BK9B3Y: Misty Knight HL7L7Y: Ragnarok JD9GQA: Scarlet Spider D6LJ4P: Songbird CW9BRS: Spider Woman RMADXF: Spider-UK 4U9DAT: Vision (Civil War) 7KDY3L: Vulture (Homecoming) 8KD3F6: Winter Soldier DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: TROPICAL FREEZE UNLOCK HARD MODE Finish the game to unlock Hard Mode, where you only have one heart! Finishing Hard Mode is the only way to unlock all of the concept art…