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paper mario + paper clips + mario kart = awesome

mario_kart_wire

I love this little Mario Kart sculpture made out of coins, binder clips, wire, and other found office supplies. From the creative mind of Donald Kennedy (aka Kody Koala).

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March 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft quickpix video games

pting-pting! it’s a mario block piggy bank!

Mario Perler Bead Piggy Bank

Here’s another insanely amazing Perler-beaded creation from lostmitten: the question mark block piggy bank! Lostmitten really got the appearance of the block spot-on.

Put coins and even paper bills inside! Or mushrooms and flowers and stars and leaves. Although they look fragile, the blocks are actually held together by contact cement. So if you get one,…

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December 3rd, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

game banks make saving fun

jinsei ginko bank japan yen saving

It’s a good week for saving money while playing games. If Tetris and Breakout aren’t your bag, you might want to try something even simpler, like Bankquest or Jinsei Ginko.

It seems that piggy banks that double as tiny gaming machines are quite the happening trend in Japan these days. These simpler banks offer a variety of…

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December 1st, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: cool toys gadgets technology video games

tetris and breakout piggy banks help you pinch pennies

Atari Breakout and Tetris Piggy Banks

Remember when it cost just a quarter to play your favorite arcade games? What would you say if I told you that you could play two Atari arcade classics for just one red cent a game.

While these pint-size versions of Breakout and Tetris aren’t totally faithful to their arcade counterparts, they only charge a…

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November 29th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys retro video games

hungry piggy bank eats coins for lunch

Hungry Piggy Bank

Looking for a place to keep all that loose change you’ve been saving up since you gave up on tipping the baristas at the Starbucks? Keep ‘em all in this whimsical piggy bank that chows down on your coinage before it heads deep into its porty, porky belly.

As soon as you put a coin…

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July 29th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys gadgets just plain fun