NEWS – Remember back when fidget spinners were hot and everyone and their brother was spinning them between their thumb and index fingers? That was just the beginning of the whole fidget toy craze that appears to have no end in sight. Fidget toys can help you concentrate and relieve stress and who doesn’t need […]
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REVIEW – I have never really been into gaming gadgets and quite frankly, the only games I play are usually card type games on my smartphone while I pass the time traveling on the railroad back and forth to work. When I got the opportunity to review a pair of the GJS GEIO gaming robots,
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ARTICLE – So I’ve been cleaning up under my parent’s house recently and found my 1975 VR headset 😛 Yes, the View-Master Stereoscopic Viewer. Remember these? 3 reels of 7 stereoscopic images and a little booklet that told you the story. Luckily none of the reels have been damaged with water or age. I pulled
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NEWS – Let your imagination and creativity sore to new heights with the PowerUp 2.0 paper airplane conversion kit electric motor. In just minutes you can convert your own paper airplane into a motorized flying machine. The PowerUp 2.0 includes: 50K RPM motor Carbon-fiber body Reinforced nylon nose clip Quick-charge port Charger (3 AA batteries
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NEWS – If you always wanted a dollhouse when you were a kid but never got one, now is your chance to change that as an adult. Robotime dollhouses are small 7-8in one room diorama kits that come with everything you need to create a cool miniature model of a study, greenhouse, and more. Each
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REVIEW – Here’s something we don’t see very often these days… it’s a toy that doesn’t require an app or a user account in order to use it. Let’s take a look at the i-Top. What is it? i-Top is a… wait for it… top that spins. Yes, that’s what it is. It’s a spinning
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NEWS – Did you have Hot Wheels cars as a kid? I had a few of the cars, but I wasn’t lucky enough to have any of the track sets that would let me create my own race track setups. But after seeing the Hot Wheel Zoom In, I have a strong urge to order
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NEWS – Surfer Dudes look like a miniature surfboard and surfer dude or dudette. These beach toys have been specially designed to automatically return to you when you throw them out into the ocean. This makes them the perfect toy to take with you on your next trip to the beach. Your kids (and even
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Barbie has been around for years, and she’s had hundreds of jobs and thousands of outfits and accessories. Today, she has fancy remote-controlled cars and multi-level houses, but back in the day, her accessories were simple and required using your imagination. Mattel has harkened back to a simpler time with the reintroduction of the 1962
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When was the last time you wished you could have a 25-inch inflatable replica of yourself? Only every day right? Well, your dreams can now become a reality because Italian company 25INCH.me allows their customers easily create a 25-inch-tall inflatable doll of themselves or anyone they like. Just head over to their website, upload a headshot
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I have two young sons, 7 and 5, who are obsessed with building. Legos, old sets of Lincoln Logs, boxes, whatever. They are constantly building and creating things. Recently my 7 year old started getting into robots so when I saw the Meccano M.A.X. robot erector set I knew it would be a hit. I
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The VW Bus T1 Campervan 3D puzzle from Ravensburger won’t be big enough to drive to the beach this summer, but it will decorate a bookshelf nicely. It’s designed after the Samba, in the United States also known as Sunroof Deluxe, which Ravensburger says was the most luxurious version of the T1. The puzzle is
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Actually, the standard Clover Cube is apparently the more frustrating version of a Rubik’s Cube, and this Clover Icosahedron D1 IQ Brick takes the standard Clover Cube to a new level. Brando says a core feature of Clover Cubes are the two locations on each edge that allow the puzzle be rotated freely. This
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There were a lot of cool things unveiled at this year’s New York Toy Fair, but Hasbro may have topped them all when they introduced the galaxy to the Star Wars Ultimate Co-pilot Chewie. As the newest addition to their FurReal line not only is the 16” tall animatronic fuzz ball cute to look at he also
Thanks to the Arctic blast, winter is here from the North. It’s time to grab your sword and prepare for battle, and thanks to ThinkGeek, it can be a White Walker sword. This blade is 41.5″ of acrylic icicle, with 31″ of that the actual blade. This White Walker Sword is officially-licensed Game of Thrones
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Few toys aimed at girls encourage their interest in the STEM fields, but the new American Girl Doll of the Year is helping them reach for the stars. American Girl dolls are designed to introduce girls to different historical eras and different cultural backgrounds by issuing dolls, their introductory book, and a set of accessories
In 2015, The Gadgeteer introduced to Makey Makey Go: Makey Makey Go makes your spacebar edible Almost three years later, Makey Makey is back; new and improved. The possibilities are endless with this wildcard of a toy. Turn bananas into a xylophone, your own drawing into a touchpad, play-dough into a game controller, buckets of
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Let me state up front that the Anki Cozmo robot is a difficult review to write. It’s not because I don’t like it (frankly, negative reviews are easy to write); it’s because I really like this robot and it does so many things—most of them silly—that I’m having a hard time deciding what to leave
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I remember back in 1989 when Sony introduced the first AIBO (Artificial Intelligence Robot) to the world, I thought wow I wish I could get one of those. Sadly after about six years and several iterations of the AIBO Sony discontinued the manufacturing of the AIBO. If you missed your chance to get an AIBO
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Is there such a thing as a premium fidget spinner? You bet there is and it’s the Xero fidget spinner from RocketLife. Let’s take it for a spin! <- You knew I was going to say that right?
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