Archive for the ‘Toys’ Category
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Nintendo Collector’s Edition Monopoly Board Game
Attention Nintendo fans! Monopoly has released a collector’s edition of their famous board game featuring a Nintendo theme that is sure to take the classic game to a whole new game level (get it? LEVEL!?). Classic NES characters including Mario, Donkey Kong, Zela, Metroid, Kirby, Star Fox and Wario make appearances in lieu of the original Monopoly landmarks, while players can choose Mushroom, Star, Master Sword, ...
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Life-Sized Lego Forest In Australia
One of our favourite companies, Lego, has designed and installed this life-sized LEGO forest in the Living Desert in the Australian Outback. The forest consists of 15 pine trees and 15 flower sets all 66 times larger than their toy counterparts (that sets trees at 4m high!) and are made out LEGO built the forest in celebration of the company’s 50 year anniversary. John Peddie, the ...
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Electric Paper Airplane Conversion Kit
No rowdy highschool classroom is complete without a soaring paper airplane, but to make the most of your flimsy little aircraft, you should invest in the PowerUp Electric Paper Airplane Conversion Kit designed by Shai Goitein. The electric propeller slips onto your boring paper airplane to give you over 30 seconds of flight for a single charge (the battery recharges in 20 seconds just in time ...
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Fully Working Retro Nintendo Controller Table
This fabulous Nintendo controller coffee table was designed by custom design studio Bohemian Workbench in Venice, California and is totally functional. While we’re shared whoa-worthy functional Nintendo Coffee Tables with you in the past, this one caught our eye for it’s sleek and modern interpretation of the controller finishes. Instead of grey plastics, the Nintendo controller coffee table is made from maple, mahogany and walnut, and ...
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‘In The Round’ – The 3 Player Chess Board
Ever been told two’s a couple, three’s a crowd? Well, it’s true in most cases, but if three people are looking to play chess and the game as you know it is only equipped for 2 players, fret not. The new 3-Man Chess board called “In The Round” is meant for three players and does not compromise any of the rules, strategies or competitive challenges that ...
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Super Cool ‘Chopper’ Style Rocker For Kids
Felix Götze is the coolest dad on the block, and if you want to argue this notion, just ask his son – the proud owner of the Rocking Chopper. This fabulous child’s toy was designed with high handlebars, chopper-style lights and seat in the old style. The rocker frame is made out of a single swing arm – the sleek design and light colours make this ...
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Yes! It’s A Game Boy Wrist Watch
Game Boy is awesome, there is no doubt about it, and now you can tote one around with you and invoke instant nostalgic whenever you’d like, all from the Watch Boy wrist watch. Apparently, this gem has been around since 1992 (where have WE been?!) but since it’s fresh on our radar, we’re sharing it with you now. The 8-bit gaming device was a big hit ...
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Funky Art Made From Toy Soldiers
Artist Joe Black is known for his incredible mosaic-style works using unconventional materials. This particular work of art features an image of soldier that is a famous photograph taken by Robert Capa from the Sino Japanese War. Black has used 5,500 spray painted toy soldiers to create this work, each piece carefully placed to create a realistic appearance of the subject’s face when viewed at a ...
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Nintendo Characters As Japanese Wooden Art
Japanese wood block art is known for it’s beautiful aesthetics and exotic Asian imagery, and these renditions of Nintendo characters as wood block art are no exceptions. Artist Jed Henry has created these images called Ukiyo Nintendo, featuring Samus, Link and Mega Man, aka Rockman, (not exactly made by Nintendo, as admitted by the artist, but included any way for his cool-factor). CHECK OUT THESE HILARIOUS ...
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The Anatomy Of A Pinata
Another fabulous work by the Carmichael Creative, the Pinata Anatomy is a parody on anatomical diagrams. We love imagining what is going on in this Pinata pony, and despite the graphic terminology, we’d eat all the Pinata intestines we could get our hands on. A well-executed and hilarious parody, this image is sure to make you say WHOA! just like it did to us.
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Old School Nintendo Console Briefcase
Now you can carry your valuables in true geeky style with this Nintendo NES gaming console brief case. We are hoping no Nintendo NES consoles were harmed in the making of this product, so we’ll pretend that an old, broken down console was gutted and transformed into this awesome case. It seems to be poorly lined with some kind of interior (let’s not dwell on this) ...
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Behold The Back To The Future Lego DeLorean
Behold one of the most fabulous Lego-constructed objects ever…a Lego-made DeLorean from Back to The Future. Awesome. Legohaulic works with Team BTTF – a group founded by Masashi Togmai that makes awesome Back To The Future-related stuff out of Lego for LEGO CUUSOO and donates part of the proceeds of sold items to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. LEGO CUUSOO is a site ...
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Guinness Record For Playing Card Sculptures
The current record holder for card-stacking goes to architect Bryan Berg for his incredible reproduction of the taller house of freestanding playing cards in 1992. Commissions have come Berg’s way for him to break his own record, and with much success, he now has an impressive repertoire of building models constructed using nothing more than playing cards (and maybe some adhesive?). Berg, also known as the ...
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Baby Rattles Inspired By Parents’ Profiles
Silhoutte art has a certain nostalgic beauty to it and these baby rattles made from extrapolated adult silhouettes are equally as beautiful. New York designer Russell Greenberg of RUX Design came up with this concept following the birth of his first child. The ends of the baby rattles are shaped like the silhouette profiles of mom and dad. The maple-wood toy is carved on a lathe ...
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Funky Art Piece Made From 2,500 Toy Cars
Uk-based artist David T. Waller has created a colourful and provocative work of art using 2,500 toy cars. The installation piece is called “Car Atlas”, and at first glance, appears to be made using life-sized cars (a dizzying thought). The entire work of art measures 300cm (118 inches) in diameter. We want to know where Waller gets the cars from…that’s quite the collection!
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Tetris Desk Lamp
Standard desk lamps with shades are a thing of the past (and super boring), but the Tetris Desk Lamp made by the official Tetris Brand is another story. The stackable tetiminio blocks will apparently light up when stacked on top of one that is already lit, although we cannot find an explanation online as to how this product actually works (or how one block is lit ...
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Giant Battlestar Galactica Ships Made From Lego
LEGO master Garry King has one goal — to build the all ships of Battlestar Galactica out of thousands of LEGO pieces. So far, he’s built a considerable fleet of Colonial and Cylon craft. King’s built vessels from the 1978 Battlestar Galactica (he didn’t forget the Cylons), but many of his builds are focused on the 2003 series we’ve come to know and frak. Here are ...
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Rubiks Cube Salt And Pepper Shakers
Add a little intrigue and excitement (frustration?) to your meals with the Rubik’s Cube salt and pepper shakers by Think Geek. Each cube is built around a high-quality ceramic grinding mill and uses the top layer of the cube to operate the mill. The twisting of the top layer to grind salt or pepper has the same feel and sound as the classic Rubik’s cube puzzle. ...
