Toys




Take Your Communications into the 23rd Century

star trek usb speaker

This USB speaker/microphone from Restoration Hardware will make you feel like you’re on the Starship Enterprise.   This communicator  looks like those used in the original series, and comes complete with beeps and nine sound-bites from the  series.  It’s 5.5 X 2 X 6.5 inches, has volume and mute buttons, and a 4 ft cable.  It

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Interactive Gameplay Meets Real World Robotics

roboni i robotic gaming

I’m crazy about gadgets, robots and toys….  so when Robonica put all three together and came up with the Roboni-i Robotic Gaming System, I had to have a closer look! It’s the world’s first programmable gaming robot.  Not only does it look cool, it has 360º movement and with 4 processors on board, aswell as 16 sensors, Roboni-i can

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A Humidifier – Star Wars Style!

R2D2 Spotlight Review

During the winter, offices can become very dry.  You can now ensure you don’t dry out too much, with an R2-D2 Humidifier on your desk! This cool, fully licenced Lucasfilm collectable stands at approximately 10cm high and, once filled with water and plugged into your nearest USB port, will help keep your skin (especially your hard working fingers!) moist by blowing out a

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Galileo Gravitator

gravitator

Add some fun to your desk with the Galileo Gravitator from ScientificsOnline.  The Gravitator comes with four spheres decorated to look like Saturn, the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter.  The spheres float within the brass-colored cage of the Gravitator.  The base of the Gravitator have LEDs to illuminate the suspended globe, so it can be used

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Barbie Goes Geek

Geek Barbie

Computer Software Engineer Barbie is officially Barbie’s 126th Career Choice. Whoda thunk it?   Barbie, that iconic symbol of glamour and the impossible figure (and wardrobe) is now a nerd.  Yes, tech fans, Barbie  the doll by Mattel, is now a geek.   In order to celebrate Barbie’s 125th career choice (mid life crisis anyone?), Mattel sponsored

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Why go outside to collect bugs when you can buy a HEXBUG Nano instead?

nano

Did you collect bugs as a kid? I remember doing an exhibit for the 4H fair one year where I collected various local bugs. Catching them was fun, but I found the whole killjar thing a bit distasteful. Even as a kid, I was a tree hugger… or would that be bug hugger? HEXBUG Nanos

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Your Tauntaun May Freeze, But You’ll Stay Toasty

thinkgeek tauntaunsleepingbag

Originally one of ThinkGeek‘s annual April Fool’s product pranks, this “sleeping gag” was turned into a real product and is fully LucasFilm-licensed.  You’ll sleep safe and snug like an injured and delirious Jedi Knight while stuffed into this simulated carcass.  Featuring a built-in embroidered tauntaun head pillow, protruding leg, arm and tail, plush lightsaber zipper

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Trip Glasses Review

trip 01

At first glance Cornfield Electronics’ Trip Glasses look like a throwback to the X-Ray specs offered in the back pages of comic books.  Despite cartoons showcasing the lascivious properties of the specs, they didn’t actually do anything, whereas Trip Glasses purport to bring the user on a crazy head trip.  It’s not called a “brain machine” just

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Khet – “Strategy at the Speed of Light”

khet laser game

Khet, a boardgame from Innovention Toys, LLC, combines lasers, Egyptian-themed playing pieces, and chess-like strategy in a two-person game.  Innovention says the game is easy to learn because all pieces move the same way.  Players may move a piece or rotate it up to 90 degrees during a turn.  After each turn, the laser is lighted. 

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