Technabob » sesame street http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Let’s Rock Elmo in Black T is as Emo as Elmo Can Get http://technabob.com/blog/2011/02/11/lets-rock-elmo/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/02/11/lets-rock-elmo/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:28:34 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://technabob.com/blog/?p=49301 Sesame Street… a lot, as most kids did. Elmo wasn’t on the show back then, but the little red guy is so popular now, he has all sorts of toys and got to stand closer to Katy Perry’s massive and fantastic vocal cords]]> When I was a kid, I watched Sesame Street a lot, as most kids did. Elmo wasn’t on the show back then, but the little red guy is so popular now, he has all sorts of toys and got to stand closer to Katy Perry’s massive and fantastic vocal cords than I ever will.

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Elmo has popped up in another toy sure to irritate parents called Let’s Rock Elmo. Elmo has gone a bit Emo with a black shirt and he has six songs for kids to play. The toy sings with two new tracks and has three instruments.

The toy has tech inside that will recognize what instrument Elmo has, and the kids can play along on the other instruments. The included instruments are a mic, drums, and a tambourine. Other instruments can be purchased separately like a guitar, keyboard, and another mic. The toy will retail for $69.99 (USD) and the other instruments are $14.99 to $19.99.

[Press Release]

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There are a number of cases and covers available in the collection. There’s also some travel headphones, which are quite colorful. Kids will probably love them. The cases include plush cases and skins for your iPods and iPhones. The case for the iPad is rubberized so that should help protect it.

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I’ve seen a lot of kids use Apple devices. The touch-based and motion-based games are definitely an easy way to keep your young kids occupied. At least this way, maybe your iGadgets will be protected from their little kid exploits. Check out Dreamgear for more details.

[via ChipChick via Leetlady]

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If you have kids or if you are just weird and still like to watch Sesame Street, (that Katy Perry video doesn’t count as weird for the record) you can get your hands on some new Sesame Street character flash drives from ATP. The drives cost about $25 (USD) each and look like the face of the character on the video.

Each of them has a wearable cord, which appears to make them like a bracelet for kids. There are seven flash drives in all with versions for Elmo, Cooke Monster, Ernie, Abby, Big Bird, and Grover. One of them is just the Sesame Street logo and has more than one character on it. Each has a full-length video installed and has enough space for 400 photos on the drive.

They’re available now over at the Sesame Street Store.

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Watch now, and you’ll have a new song stuck in your head for the rest of the day…

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[via YouTube]

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Artist gavacho13 combined classic characters from the children’s TV show with the ultimate fighting game to create some really insane new characters with names like Kernie and Beryu, Pig-Li, C. Monda and Baldog.

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In a split second, my childhood memories have at once been defiled and supercharged. Check out the complete Sesame Street Fighter collection over at gavacho13′s deviantART gallery.

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Rubber duckies always, always, always make me think of Bert and Ernie. I guess I just watched too much Sesame Street as a child. Just seeing this mouse got Ernie’s Rubber Ducky song stuck in my head for like 4 hours.

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I came across this item on uncommongoods. It’s an optical USB mouse for Macs or PCs, and will set you back $30. So if you’ve got an ambiguously gay coneheaded unibrowed pal, this might just be the perfect gift for him or his “roommate.”

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2008/07/10/rubber-ducky-mouse-for-your-inner-bert-or-ernie/feed/ 1 The Worst Remote Control Ever http://technabob.com/blog/2007/04/02/the-worst-remote-control-ever/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/04/02/the-worst-remote-control-ever/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:35:31 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/04/02/the-worst-remote-control-ever/ If you’re looking for the ultimate gag gift for the home theater buff in your life, you’ve gotta check this remote control out. This new universal remote control is guaranteed to make ‘em cringe.

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The $15 remote control features the likeness of Sesame Street’s most annoying character of all time, Elmo. It’s got big soft candy-like buttons and is shaped like Elmo holding a big pink or orange heart. I can only pray that it doesn’t make any of those wretch-inducing Tickle Me Elmo sound effects when you press a button.

If you ever catch me using one of these to control my system, please put me out of my misery.

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