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super mario chess set: peach to goomba 4 – checkmate!

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Mario and all his friends are ready to take on King Bowser and his Queen Koopa in this Super Mario collector’s edition chess set from USAopoly.

The chess set includes 32 hand-painted figurines from the classic Nintendo video game series including Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Toad, 1-up mushroom, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Birdo, Goomba, Hammer…

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August 7th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys just plain fun video

meeple keychain is made of (wooden) people

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Okay, before we get down to the cutest little wooden keychains you will see on a blog today, I know some of you are sitting there thinking, “meeple? what?”, so it might first be best to explain. Meeple is the word for simplified humanoid boardgame pieces, and some cat has gone and turned ‘em into…

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April 29th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

the real paper mario [board game]

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This awesome papercraft Mushroom Kingdom board game was created by designer Ashley Buerkett. I’m not sure this was what Nintendo was thinking when they released Paper Mario.

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February 17th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun quickpix video games

low-tech tetris

Tetris Tower 3D by Radica

We don’t need no stinking video game consoles to get our Tetris on around here. No-siree, we like to play it using real 3-dimensional blocks instead.

Tetris Tower 3D is the classic puzzle-piece video game brought to life. Little lights indicate which block you’re supposed to drop in next. You drop the appropriate colored plastic…

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September 7th, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys just plain fun retro video games

forget microsoft and sony, nintendo is a monopoly

Monopoly Nintendo Collectors Edition

All of your favorite classic Nintendo characters have now been memorialized in theĀ  Monopoly: Nintendo Collector’s Edition board game from Parker Brothers.

The game features special pewter Nintendo tokens including Mario’s cap, Link’s iron boots, Donkey Kong’s barrel, a Hylian shield, a Koopa shell and an NES controller. The game board is loaded with references…

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May 14th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun video games