The luxury toy market is booming, but space in your toy store is limited. Maximise play time with our guide to the latest high tech toys.
Polaris Slingshot
‘What the hell was that?’
The Polaris Slingshot is an attention-grabbing three-wheeled roadster, straight out of Mad Max. If you want a head turner of a vehicle, so rare scarcely anyone will recognise it, you need a Slingshot onboard. Impossible to ignore, and the centre of attention as you buzz into any town square, these futuristic autocycles cause many double takes from confounded bystanders.
Slingshots are sexy and low-slung, with an open cockpit, and about thirteen centimetres from the ground, for that wild speed rush as you tackle those winding mountain hairpins.
We love the myriad of upgrade options, including 23 new accessories and three new series, so there are millions of custom combinations. You’re guaranteed never to see the same ride twice. When you’re behind the wheel of a Slingshot, the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Navatics MITO underwater drone
Produce astonishingly crisp footage with the world’s most stable recreational underwater drone.
Hidden beneath the waves, there are creatures, reefs, wrecks and caves of astonishing beauty. With the Navatics MITO, you can explore this world from the safety and comfort of your deck. And unlike aerial drones, it’s simple to ‘fly’, even for first time users.
Zoom through shoals of tropical fish, get close up to a shark, zip through rainbow reefs and kelp forests to meet the colourful inhabitants. The drone can accompany you while diving, supervising any novices you may have. The sleek design allows it to enter tight spaces, and its negligible wake makes it the go-to choice for anglers. Plus you can use it for less glamorous tasks such as hull inspections.
Exceptional agility and stability comes from four thrusters, and the drone can pivot down to 45 degrees, giving you outstanding views of what lies beneath. Heading into a dark cave or wreck? The two 1000 lumen headlights will banish shadows and create a scene bright as day, all streamed in HD or 4k back to your device.
The MITO can help you discover new dive sites, sea life zones and the best fishing spots – it’s the new and essential toy in your box, and one that will certainly get plenty of use.
Platypus Swordfish
The world’s first semi-submersible tender, brand new for summer 2020.
Go through the other side of the mirror, in the world’s first boat that turns into a submarine. In a few seconds, up to eight passengers can go from above the waves to below, seated in leather armchairs. Slick.
Swordfish is a good looking Gallic girl indeed, designed by French team L2Concepts, an established name in car design. Her futuristic lines echo a supercar or stealth aircraft; her movement is silent, in total respect to nature; and her trimaran hull guarantees smooth movement and almost complete lack of roll.
It’s the ultimate superyacht super trick and we hear James Bond is first in the queue.
Full Swing Pro Series Golf Simulator
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The most realistic golf simulator on the market, and the only sim to combine infrared technology and high speed cameras. If you ever get a dinner invite from Tiger Woods, you’ll find one in his house too.
Ideal for winter practice, rainy days, or honing your swing before a big game. Whack that ball from the fairway-realistic mat, and two infrared light waves measure speed, launch angle and direction.
An overhead camera detects your ball when its dropped into the hitting area. Ultra high speed flight tracking technology means zero delay on screen. And you’ll gather reams of clubhead and ball data to perfect that shot.
Software upgrades include a vast library of championship courses. Bored of golf? Try the MultiSport pack, with soccer, hockey and rugby. And don’t tell the kids there’s Zombie Dodgeball and Showdown Golf or else you’ll be at the back of the queue for the tee.
Full Swing Virtual Green
Golf greens are not flat and perfect, unlike your average, and rather boring putting mat. The Virtual Green from Full Swing replicates the fiendish slopes, hills and valleys of a real green with dozens of actuator modules under the surface.
They can switch to any topography you choose in seconds, and contours can be controlled on a HD touchscreen. Various sizes and designs are available to fit your yacht. Guaranteed to make your peers green with envy.
Lift eFoil. Electronic Foil Boards
Walking on water? Old hat. Flying on water? That’s more like it. The Lift eFoil is an insanely fun board that allows you to ‘fly’ at up to 40 km per hour, no wind or waves required. Looks like an optical illusion as you rise from the water on a carbon fibre mast. Within a few hours, you can become a confident foiler, even if you’ve never surfed before.
There are four boards in the Lift eFoil line up. The two larger boards are better for beginners, and the smaller pair make for better handling, with sharper, more aggressive turns. With an hour of run time, the advanced lithium-ion battery powers a silent, and emission free electric motor.
At 25kg, it’s a small and easy stash for your toy store, not taking up much more room than an average surfboard. But when was the last time a surfboard amazed bystanders by starting to fly?
Iguana Day Limo Amphibious Craft
A superyacht needs a super tender. And getting your feet wet when disembarking is not very super at all. The Iguana Day Limo is all about getting on shore dry and safe. Iguana gives you unlimited access to all shores: landing on rocks, mud, or a slope is now a sea breeze.
Taking only eight seconds to deploy the tracks, this sleek craft was designed as a boat first, with the added benefit of transforming into a land drive.
Hop straight out onto dry land from a steady platform – especially useful for children, disabled or elderly guests.
PAL-V Pioneer Edition flying car
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“As soon as Nicolas Cugnot invented the automobile and the Wright brothers made their first successful flight, people started dreaming of combining the two into a flying car. It turned out to be more complicated than initially estimated – a complex puzzle. Nevertheless, once solved it would create ultimate freedom in mobility.
Dingemanse, CEO of PAL-V.
Get your Coutts chequebook out and quickly: only 90 Pioneer Editions will be made. There are a number of flying cars, on Youtube at least. But being a viral Youtube hit is very different from being a real product that is tested, credible, and safe to fly. Neither a helicopter, or plane, the PAL-V Pioneer is a gyroplane, which means the rotors are powered by airflow, not directly by a motor: the propeller on the rear provides forward thrust. It’s like a continuously open parachute which cannot stall, making this far safer and more user-friendly than the average plane or helicopter.
When it hits the road it’s a super agile three wheeler – aplanes need three wheels for landing in crosswinds. But this doesn’t compromise road handling, as ‘tilting train’ technology ensures you stick to the road as you should. Now you can FlyDrive to your favourite remote destination, airborne one moment, and racing along winding roads the next. The PAL-V FlyDrive Academy will take your driving licence to the next level, and make you a confident, safe pilot.
Yamaha 500Li Seascooter
No human being looks cool in flippers. But you will look cool with the Yamaha 500Li Seascooter in your hands. Spend more time exploring and less time swimming to your dive site, with one of the fastest sea scooters on the market, with a top speed of 7 kilometres per hour. The lithium ion battery makes the scooter small, compact and lightweight – small enough for hand luggage even. Cover more ground, spend more time enjoying the scenery. The Yamaha Seascooter won’t outpace a dolphin, but could allow you to keep up for a few precious moments longer.
FunAir Floating Island
After all those high tech thrills, you may need to come back down to the ground. Or the water. We’re loving the whole range of FunAir products, such as inflatable climbing walls, slides and even water golf. But sometimes you just want to drift away from it all, get back to basics and appreciate the calming effect of the ocean. The FunAir Floating Island features luxurious inflatable sunloungers around a central dipping pool. Put on the meditation headphones, breathe some salt air, and decompress. After all, playing with all these toys can be hard work.
