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Parrot AR.Drone Now Available for Pre-Order at Brookstone

29 Jul 2010

Fans can pre-order now by visiting Brookstone online for the retail price of $299. The AR.Drone will be available exclusively in Brookstone stores beginning September 3, 2010.

Boattail Racer by Auditorium Toy Company

24 Jul 2010

Boattail Racer by Auditorium Toy Company

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Imagine Playing Blackjack with Super Mario Playing Cards

5 Jun 2010

Nintendo is releasing in late July three renditions of their playing cards featuring the imagery of the old, pixelated NES version of Super Mario Bros., then their updated, more cartoon-y versions of Mario and company and finally their more recent 3D iterations of Mario, Bowser – he’s the joker card. Just for nostalgia sake, I’m willing to bet that the retro-NES version of the playing cards will be the best seller.

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Tags: Bowser, collectibles, entertainment, Gambling, Mario, NES, nintendo, playing cards, pre-order, retro, Super Mario Bros, trading cards, Unusual, Video Games, vidgames

Final Fantasy XIII Play Arts Kai Odin Transforming Action Figure

7 Jan 2010

Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai figures are an improved version of their popular Play Arts action figure series. With a larger scale, a greater attention to detail, more articulation points, and additional parts, these are their finest action figure yet. Based on Final Fantasy XIII, the highly-anticipated role-playing game coming to the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in Spring 2010, this deluxe action figure recreates the Odin summons from the new game.

Robot Doppelgangers for Sale

14 Dec 2009

The mechanical doppelgangers are available for a limited time as part of a special New Year’s promotional sale at Sogo, Seibu, and Robinson’s department stores. They will be built by Japanese robotics firm Kokoro, which is perhaps best known for its line of Actroid receptionist humanoids.

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Gyroscopic Training Wheel Teaches Kids To Ride Bikes Scientifically

5 Oct 2009

The Gyrowheel makes use of a gyroscope, an internal, battery-powered, spinning wheel, to stabilize bikes and teach kids to ride. As young riders gain confidence, the level of stabilization can be adjusted.

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Tags: bicycles, bikes, children, exercise, gaining confidence, gyroscope, Kids, popping wheelies, riding bikes, Segway, spinning wheel, wheels, young riders, young_riders

Nintendo Wii FINALLY getting a price drop

22 Sep 2009

Yep. Starting this weekend, retailers finally have the “go-ahead” to price drop the Nintendo Wii to $199.99 in the US following suit after the price drop on the Microsoft XBOX 360 and recently released Sony PlayStation 3 Slim. All I can say is it’s about damn time.

Obama Action Figure

In: Kids|Rambling|Toys|Unusual|World Events

17 Sep 2009

Gamu Toys have concocted one of the possibly coolest things I’ve seen in a while… a well-articulated Obama action figure.

RTL’s Gift Guide for the Last Minute Shopper – #3 Nerf N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25 Blaster

22 Dec 2008

What takes six D sized batteries, is about as stealth as Roseanne Barr at an all-you-can-eat buffet, will simultaneously have you live your childhood Rambo/Predator/Commando/Unreal Tournament dream/fetish and will make your other office mates jealous with envy while ducking your soft yet automatic wrath?

Nerf N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25 Blaster.

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Beautiful Junkyard Dogs

In: Gadgets|Toys|Unusual

10 Apr 2007

The beauty of these junkyard dogs is that they are all made from all sorts of recycled metal material and in my opinion the final result is pretty good. All Junkyard Dog are bare metal and will gradually rust with age – that’s their beauty! But as we like to say – they’ll rust, but [...]