Toys

Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough…

hasbro lightsaber

For a long, long time now, in households far and near, a battle has raged over whether young padawans would be allowed to play with their parents’ movie-realistic and super-expensive Force FX lightsaber replicas, or be relegated to the clunky, much cheaper toyish versions found at toy stores across the Outer Rim (and here on

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Pally Pals: Trapezoidal, Foldable, Bobbly & Fun

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Bobble heads.  Cool, right?  How about a trapezoidal-shaped bobble head that you construct yourself by downloading a template, printing on cardstock, cutting, folding and gluing it?  Too good to be true?  Check out Pally Pal Paper Toys.  They have a growing inventory of Pal designs in several categories or download a blank template and create

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SGP iPhone 4 Leather Case – Valencia Swarovski Series Review

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SGP sells a wide range of mobile device cases and protectors, with a focus on style. At least, that’s the message delivered from their web site. I received a white Valencia Swarovski Series leather iPhone 4 case for review, and immediately turned it over to my resident bling expert, my 14 year old daughter. I’ll

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Control the Seasons With the Starlight Starscope

levenger starlight starscope

This Starlight Starscope from Levenger looks like a regular flashlight, until you turn it on.  The Starscope projects stars and constellations onto a wall or ceiling.  You can select a view of the northern, eastern, southern, or western sky.  Rotate the neck of the Starscope and the star patterns change to show how that portion

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Skitterbot – A Bug You Won’t Want to Squash

skitterbot

I had the opportunity to see the Skitterbot in action last February when I attended the International Toy Fair in NYC. The Skitterbot is a small bug shaped robot that is crazy fast. It can travel at one foot per second. You can control the Skitterbot with the 5 function remote that includes controls for

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Woogie is fun, plush iPhone protection

griffintech woogie

Have your kids asked you for the umpteenth time, “Can I play with your iPhone?”  Then check out the Woogie from Griffin Technology.  Billed as 50% stuffed animal, 50% speaker case, 100% fun, it’s a green asterisk-shaped plush toy with a slide-in iPhone/iPod touch case attached to the side.  Kids can listen via headphones or

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Tegu Blocks

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One of the great things about being a geek and a dad is the new justification for purchasing that being a parent gives you. Sure, my wife did not really buy that the Star Wars Bobble-Heads I bought on Woot were for the boy, but it helped me justify the purchase. My latest interest is

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