Archive for the ‘Toy’ Category
It’s time to get ‘Lucky’. Just in case I got your brain wheels churning as to how you can get lucky, it’s really uncomplicated. You just gotta make a trip to Japan and get lucky. Sega Toys Japan is selling a robot dog specifically designed for children between 4-8 years old. He’s incredibly charming and dutiful. Lucky does tricks like handstands; he barks when spoken to; and can respond to a total of 13 spoken phrases. Lucky will react to commands such as “sit”, “there, there”, “sit up and beg” etc. What is really lame is that for some really peculiar reason lucky can sing too. The dog stands 25 cm tall and is equipped with 3 mini motors and if it ever makes it to the Unites States of America, it will cost $86.
In Space No One Can Hear You Scream
What happens when you take a deadly extraterrestrial with chest-bursting parasitic offspring and acid for blood then turn it into a cute plastic figurine? Well you get these Giant Alien Kubricks of course. Made by toy master MediCom of Japan this 400% Kubrick stands almost 11″ tall and features a lever to extend and retract it’s teeth. Use it to discipline your Lego minifigs.
Product Features
- Giant Alien 400% Kubrick toy features extending and retracting teeth
- Fully licensed Alien movie collectable
- Packaged in a fifth panel deluxe 4 color window box
- Stands approximately 11″ high
- Imported from Japan
With no-presets, this fully-functioning R/C Bat Tumbler really puts you in control of the action. Navigate the streets of your own personal Gotham City in search of danger and excitement. This large-scale R/C vehicle is rich in detail and powerful enough to overrun obstacles in its path. Bring the caped crusader’s adventures to life with the Batmobile as it’s featured in Batman, the Dark Knight. Requires 3 “AA” batteries, included. Measures 10.5″ x 4.5″ x 5.8″.
Features
- Rich in detail
- Powerful enough to overrun obstacles in its path
- Requires 3 “AA” batteries ( included )
- Measures 10.5″ x 4.5″ x 5.8″
- Bring the caped crusader’s adventures to life
The guys at Think Geek are bringing R/C junkies one of the cheapest 3-channel mini choppers on the market with the new “Black Stealth.” Unlike dinky 2-channel versions, the Black Stealth can handle forward flight with ease—or so they claim. In fact, Think Geek goes so far as to say that it is the easiest to fly small copter they have ever used. I would be kind of skeptical with a price tag of only $30, but the video below does a good job of showing off its capabilities.
Work’s getting a bit dull, your boss has disappeared to the pub, so what better time for a Star Wars stylie showdown.
Plug this $45 Star Wars Lightsabre into your USB port, and not only do you get a show of lots of pretty lights, but then, once it’s charged, you can challenge one of your colleagues from “the dark side” of the office to a battle.
Hours of fun it is…
The latest generation of the WowWee robots moves away from their cute and fluffy persona to that of a bastardized Cyber Dog. He’s called Wrex the Dawg, and looks like he’s been hastily assembled out of factory leftovers, with his remote modelled on that of a crane. Forget the Pleo, wave goodbye to the Roomba, and welcome this rabid looking dog to the scene.
He has a personality to match his exterior, with three mode settings of happy, angry and crazy. Apparently you can tell the difference based on his eyes, and as he has 10 eye combinations and nine motors, I guess we’re looking for some seriously *strange antics*.You can use him to guard areas, as his internal motion sensors will react to foreign objects, and you can also teach him to dance, beg, and play dead.
There are three main activities to enjoy, exercise (lots of walking in circles), Call of nature (don’t you love taking a robot to the toilet?) and Hunger. Just to confuse things even further, you can also reprogramme him to be a cat. Yes, you read that correctly. I guess if you’re bored of him eating, sneezing and fake peeing in the bushes, you can have him doing the same motions as a feline. Whether this will include chasing dustballs and climbing trees is not confirmed, but it’s almost certainly going to sulk and treat you like a servant.
So who wants to add this schizophrenic pup to their robot collection? I’m actually kinda tempted…
£99.95 from Gizoo at the end of August
At first you may think this is just another cute teddy bear but look at its paws and you’ll see this is no ordinary bear. Teddy, is an Mp3 player! An Mp3 player with Play/Forward/Previous/Power/Vol+/Vol- button controls in its paws, 1GB of flash memory, with support for MP3 and WMA audio formats. Sure, we’ve seen Teddy Bear MP3 players before, but only plastic ones - not the kind that you can cuddle with, as long as you can forgive the fact that he has a USB chord coming out of his backside. This Teddy Bear MP3 player will also play nice with both Mac and PC. How could you resist this little guy…he even comes with a little pink bow! The Teddy Bear 1GB Mp3 Player retails for $27.49.
With the new Clone Wars animated film hitting theaters next week, why not show up to the premiere in style? This new helmet not only makes you look like a Clone Trooper, it lets you sound like one too.Just slip the helmet over your head, switch it on, and it makes your voice sound like that static-y radio chatter that you hear when Clones talk to each other. And if you’re at a loss for words, press another button and the helmet will speak on your behalf - with phrases like “Get ready to turn those clankers into scrap metal,” and “I’ve got a bad feeling about this, sir”.
Fisher-Price has again one of the hottest toy gifts for the Holidays 2008 in their offering with the new Elmo Live. In February the company demonstrated the new Elmo and as you can see in this Elmo Live Video he is hilarious.
Elmo Live is now available for pre-order on several of the major online stores for $59.88 and up. (Thanks to RobotsRule for the tip.)
Elmo Live is shipping on October 14th. I recommend pre-ordering now. If you are into eBay selling, take as many as you can and are allowed to.
The new Elmo Live seems to actually be speaking as his mouth opens and closes just like the real Muppet, Elmo, from Sesame Street. Elmo Live waves his arms, sits, stands, and even crosses his legs, all the while telling stories and jokes, singing songs, and playing games. Like with last year’s Elmo edition, Elmo is actually more fun for adults as for little kids. Elmo Live will sure induce the fun in your Christmas Eve night or morning.
Elmo Live is available for pre-order at the lowest price on Wal-mart right now for $59.88. Amazon.com offers Elmo Live for $65.99 with free shipping.
The Discovery Power Welder’s sales pitch is fantastic, and worrying: “discover the power to make and create with the tool that safely welds plastic to plastic.” And sure, the kit comes with specially-crafted parts that’ll let your little-ones knock together a plastic dinosaur, plane or car. But what happens then? Do they start tackling their Lego collection with it, or decide to weld your iPod to your vacuum cleaner? Ok… so it’s battery powered, and probably doesn’t get all that hot, but we know just how “inventively naughty” kids can be. For just $30 this could allow your children to fuse your credit cards into one lump, never to be used again.