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The hardcore LEGO geeks over at The Brothers Brick have said that the new LEGO Friends play sets aimed at girls kill the imagination, but I don’t agree. My daughter is seven and her name is Emma. One of the little LEGO Friends characters is named Emma as well. That…

I used to love shooting hoops with my cousins back when I was still a kid. I was pretty bad at it though, so I set aside some afternoons to just practice by myself. I tire pretty fast though, so after a short thirty minutes, I’d call it a day.…

You know, Elmer Fudd was always calling Bugs Bunny a screwy rabbit, but I think the Karotz rabbit thingy is even screwier. This little rabbit doesn’t dig holes or gnaw on carrots. Little bunny Karotz sits on your desk and acts like a voice interface for Facebook – among other…

The deranged systems engineer – oh wait. Wrong Isaac. This little figurine is of the baby Isaac from the rogue-like videogame The Binding of Isaac, made by Super Meat Boy… creator Edmund McMillen and loosely based on a Bible story of the same name. Those not familiar with the

Indie developer Mojang just pulled off a major Yo Dawg moment. The creator of virtual sandbox game Minecraft… finally caught the attention of the king of many real sandboxes, gathered 10,000 supporters in LEGO’s Kickstarter-like CUUSOO project site. Will there will be a free set as well?

Last spring we talked about a giant LEGO recreation of the Garrison of Moria from The Lord of the Rings. The only thing missing from the setting was official LOTR… minifigs. Now it looks like these missing characters are coming soon according to a pic that has surfaced.

Star Wars fans, here’s something you probably never imagined would happen to your beloved X-Wing and TIE Fighters – they’ve been turned into slot cars. The new sets come courtesy of UK outfit Scalextric.…

Want to have a pet but none of the responsibilities that go along with it? I just use my imagination, but if you want something more concrete you can get an electronic goldfish in a bowl. You don’t need to feed it, clean its home or worry that your kids…

I used to ride My Little Pony, until I took an arrow to the knee. Thankfully, I can still get some My Little Pony… Action in a horrifying, flying little girl toy way. A geek going by the gibberish name zdzichorowerzysta, which I believe to be Russian for ZOMG… Ponies,

If you had to think of two toys that really stand out from the past and have left their mark on the world, these two would be the ones. The Viewmaster and the Etch-a-Sketch are true classics. Everyone knows them the instant they see them.…