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USB Whac-a-Mole: Whack It at Your Desk

USB Whac-a-Mole

Bring a little bit of that carnival feel to your cubicle with this mini Whac-a-Mole desktop game.

The dreadfully named “Whack It” game connects to your USB port and lets you play with yourself at your desk.
No, they’re not really moles. The little dudes look more like oversize red,…

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October 1st, 2007 by: Technabob

Annoying Neighbors? Take ‘Em Out With This Paintball Tank

Mini Paintball Tank

(Sub)urban warfare has a new face, and it goes by the name of Paintball Panzer. The pint-sized tank has a turret-mounted paintball gun which lets you fire rounds of paint ammo while keeping you safe and sound from the tomatoes and eggs which may be thrown at you in return.…

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September 25th, 2007 by: Technabob

R2-D2 Grinds Out Fresh-a Pepp-a

R2-D2 Pepper Mill

Star Wars… may be over 30 years old, but that hasn’t stopped those LucasFilm merchandising folks from cranking out fresh ideas. That’s why I’m absolutely loving these R2 unit pepper mills.

Imagine having the boss over for dinner, asking if he’d like some pepper on his salad, then whipping out

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September 24th, 2007 by: Technabob

These Space Invaders Like Cocktails

Space Invaders Rocks Glasses by Missval

Leave it to Etsy to turn up with another great video game inspired piece of handywork. Here we’ve got a set of rocks glasses with some excellent etched Space Invaders on ‘em.

They’re the perfect companion to those Pac-Man shot glasses you picked up a couple of weeks ago. I…

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September 21st, 2007 by: Technabob

Sound Activated Mini Dancing Monkeys

sound activated mini dancing monkeys

The title speaks for itself. Sound Activated Mini Dancing Monkeys has to be the best product name I’ve heard in a long time.

What more can you ask for than mini monkeys that dance along to sounds? I wonder what would happen if you got these guys together in a…

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September 20th, 2007 by: Technabob

Domo-Kun Mimobot Drives Set to Bare Their Teeth

Domo_kun

Already insanely popular with hipster-doofuses and the artsy-fartsy set around the globe, Domo-kun (aka “Domo”) is a strange little character that’s been seen on Japanese television screens for about ten years. Whether you think he’s cute, weird or disturbing, there’s something for everyone when it comes to the little brown…

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September 15th, 2007 by: Technabob

Mysims for Wii Hands-on Sneak Preview

MySims Logo

This week, a handful of us bloggers had the opportunity to hang out at EA’s sprawling headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA to meet with the team that created the new MySims game for the Nintendo Wii. The game is a total reinvention of the Sims franchise, extracting a little bit…

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September 14th, 2007 by: Technabob

Pac-Man and His Namco Pals in Pillow Form

Namco Plush Figures Pac-Man and Dig Dug

Did you cut your teeth dropping every last quarter of your allowance into arcade machines back in the 80s? Here’s a little something to bring back those memories whenever parked on your couch or reclining in your La-Z-Boy. Check out this great set of plush pillows of your some of…

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September 13th, 2007 by: Technabob

Giant Inflatable Talking Robots Invade Wal-Mart

Mega Mech Inflatable Robot

I’ve always wanted a headline like that. It sounds like something out of Weekly World News. However, I assure you that this time it’s 100% accurate.

The Mega Mech Airmagination Inflatable Robot has to be one of the worst product names I’ve heard in a long time. Even though this…

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September 13th, 2007 by: Technabob

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…

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September 7th, 2007 by: Technabob

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