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Alien Facehugger Plush Toy Feasts on Your Face

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Beware of the kid who likes a Facehugger for a bedtime companion. I don’t care if this thing is made of candy; it still scares the hell out of me.…

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March 28th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Warcraft Invades Our World With Wow Plush Pets

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Blizzard will soon unleash cute plush pets for World of Warcraft… fans, starting with the Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Hatchling.

Each adorable widdle monster will come with a special code that will unlock its virtual, non-combat, account-bound equivalent. No word on the price or exact date of release yet,

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February 11th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Spock Monkey: Half-Vulcan, Half-Sock, Half-Monkey

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That’s right: each Spock Monkey is a combination of three halves, resulting in one logical, emotionally detached yet huggable primate. I used Vulcan math to calculate Spock Monkey’s constitution.

Each Spock Monkey is lovingly handmade, so each of them is unique. Some are uglier than the others. There’s also a…

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September 27th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Ozaki Imini Pet iPod Dock/Radio/Alarm Clock: Cute or Just Plain Creepy?

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I’m pretty sure that the guys at Ozaki love Brando. My proof? Ozaki’s iMini Pet. Like most of Brando’s gadgets, it’s a mish mash of functionality – in this case an iPod dock, a radio and an alarm clock – with a touch of weird – a stuffed pet that…

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June 10th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Giant Plush Microbes: Cute, Huggable and Possibly Lethal

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Ever wanted to hug an accurate representation of the Black Death bacterium? Or punt an Athlete’s Foot fungus for all those embarrassing years in high school? Or play house with a sperm cell and an egg cell? Or stage a play featuring a cast of microbes? Rejoice, you nerd: the…

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March 3rd, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

Make Your Own Monster Brings Your Horrible Drawings to Life

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Toy store FAO Schwarz has a special service whose results could either be really cool or really abysmal. Although the store’s name sounds like it should be a division of the German army, the name of their service is straight to the point: Make-My-Own-Monster.

As you might have deduced from…

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November 20th, 2008 by: Lambert Varias

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