Category: Toys
Geek makes scale-model Nokia 5200 mobile phone, whole internet laughs
Not only has someone got too much time on their hands, they’ve also got a pointless little Nokia 5200 scale-model on their…
OCD sufferers, rejoice: ThinkGeek now stocking the electronic bubble wrap popping keychain!
Remember that awesome electronic bubble-wrap popper game from Bandai, the Mugen Puchi Puchi, which up until now was only available in Japan? Time to head on over to ThinkGeek, and purchase one, as the US purveyors of electronic and geek tat have come to the rescue yet again.
In case you need a reminder, the keychain device contains eight rubbery buttons in the shape of bubble-wrap bubbles. When…
Harry Potter and the Death Eater voice-changer mask
Fancy scaring your kids so hard, they’ll be reduced to a quivering mess for days afterwards? Toy manufacturer Corgi has created the perfect product for sadistic parents, with the Death Eater Voice Changer mask.
Before you question where a mask this scary is suitable for children, the books the Death Eaters appear in…
H-racer – The hydrogen-powered toy car for sustainable children of hippies
Even toy cars have to worry about being environmentally sound nowadays. This little thing runs on a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, delivered to it via a solar-powered refuelling station for the ultimate in parent/teacher evening smugness.
The Horizon H-racer is as environmentally friendly as riding your bike to the local salad shop…
Drive the Knight Rider car around your house
Is your life lacking a bit of 80s nostalgia? You need your very own Knight Rider car.
Will Hornby's new RailRoad model trains recapture a golden age?
Buy your child a model train for Christmas, and they’ll eye you with barely-concealed disgust before going out to mug enough grannies to buy a PS3 for themself. At least, that’s the fear of many modern parents. Yet Hornby is fighting its corner in the modern-day toy wars, with the launch of a new range of ‘RailRoad’ trains.
Fisher Price aims to get kids out of the crack dens, and into exercise and gaming
The things parents have to do these days to convince the kids to get off the darn couch and exercise already.
With recent reports that the obesity problem in the UK will be on scale with global warming in a few years time, the Smart Cycle from Fisher Price sounds ideal for provoking kids to develop an interest in keeping…
A Green Goblin Pumpkin Bomb to make Spider-Man PAY this Halloween
If you’re going out dressed as the Green Goblin to try and get some free sweets by terrorising pensioners to tears, try and get one of these first.
It’s a perfect replica of the Goblin’s chuckable bombs…
Hey, morons! The Wave Street Surfboard has your name written all over it!
Imagine seeing someone using this on the street. Imagine laughing at them, as they hurtle downhill on something akin to a surfboard. Imagine running over to their limp, lifeless body after they crash head-on into a tree, and facing the conundrum of whether you should call an ambulance or not – after all, you reason, what were they expecting, the morons?
The Wave Street Surfboard is intended for fun times, indeed! It allows you to experience the feeling of…
Rubik's Cube who? The Fentix Cube is the 21st century fun-cube
And you thought the new Rubik’s Revolution Cube was the height of geek chic!
Designer Andrew Fentem has created the Fentix Cube, which is similar to the ‘80s playtoy we all have languishing in that draw containing rubber bands and marker pens missing their lids. Each side contains…
