The King family with Ryan Tubridy this past weekend

Toy Show season is just ahead, and the call is out now for young people to apply to appear, and share their passions with the biggest annual audience in Irish television. 

One young man whose Late Late Toy Show appearance brought him on an interstellar journey was Adam King, the aspiring astronaut who captured the hearts and minds of the nation in difficult times - and whose grá for the stars went as far as one of his "virtual hug" designs making it into space.

Yesterday, Adam and his family were reunited with Toy Show host and toymaster general Ryan Tubridy, who stopped by to catch up - including some trampoline time.

Thanks so much Ryan @RyanTubridyShow for visiting us today in #Cork. We ate cake, bounced on the trampoline & tried not to vomit 😄 Ryan & Adam have become such good pals since the @RTELateLateShow #LateLateToyShow & today was a wonderful reminder of that The best time💖 pic.twitter.com/DPt3VdY3bu

"I made a promise to somebody and I need to call in and say hello," Tubridy said on his Instagram stories on his way to the King home.

Outside the house he added: "Nearly two years ago I promised I'd visit a little friend of mine. And I couldn't for ages and ages and ages. It's gonna happen today. In fact, it's gonna happen now."

In a video showing his embrace with the Toy Show star, Tubridy captioned it: "It took two years but we got there... Coffee, cake and a hug from Adam."

It's heading into a busy time for both of the Toy Show pals - the new season of the Late Late is upcoming for Tubridy, while this year's Toy Show will be hard-pressed to beat a viewership of 1.8 million Irish people across the weekend, or the over €6million raised for Irish charities.

Meanwhile, having launched an animated pilot and a jewellery line in recent times, Adam and father David are launching a new book, 'Sir Adam the Brave and the Moody Monsters', which sees the Cork spacefarer don medieval garb and set out to restore order at the Wompie Wonder Fair when moody monsters wreak havoc - it's up for pre-order at your local bookshops now, on shelves October 13.

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