Tag Archive for 'toys'
Admitting this might make me a childish geek, but I don’t care: when I saw this awesome, huge collection of Transformers on eBay I wanted to squeal. I imagine there are an awful lot of other people who’ll have similar reactions to a set of toys that so encapsulates a childhood era. They’ve been gathered [...]
I’d thought that long ago I’d reached the age where a simple ball could entertain me for hours. After all, a ball is a ball, if you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. However, the Waboba Ball does something that most balls don’t.
Video after the jump.
If you’ve been thinking of going to the beach and making a giant iPhone sandcastle, then you might want to pick up a Castle King kit before you leave. Based on the equipment used by professional sand sculptors, the non-stick sheath uses sand’s inherent water-retention balance to create big, carvable chunks.
Are you so lazy you don’t like to lift a finger to do anything? For you it might be quite frustrating to have to move your whole hand to play rock paper scissors. I mean some people even use two hands and that would be completely uncalled for. Well now you can [...]
Anyone who has read SlashGear for a while will know that we love remote-control toys, and this incredibly lightweight plane from Takaratomy in Japan looks to be another cool addition to our covet-list. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use (though I’d suspect you’d need a very calm day) it charges on the remote in just [...]
Summer is nearly upon us, which means that we need to find creative ways to stay cool. Here’s a great way to cool someone else off from over 100 yards away.
Stumped on what to get your Dad for Father’s Day? Thankfully you’ve still got time to find that perfect gift. But if your dad has a good sense of humor, you might try out this cool Star Wars gift.
Nothing brings back memories of the good old days in elementary school like spitwads. Today’s kids are raised on video games, televisions in every room, and pretty much any other hi-tech devise you can think of. Well why shouldn’t they update the classic spitwad?
I’ve loved LEGOs ever since I was a child. I still have my collection of spaceships, including my own Star Wars creations that I made before ever getting the official sets. But whoever built this set is my hero.
How much do you love your kids? Or, to put it another way, do you love your kids enough to give them a 5-inch tall Gundam model made of solid platinum worth up to $55,000?
