Gadgets, Gizmos, and Games for Geeks

All aboard! The taco train doesn’t just run on Tuesdays. For some people, it’s an everyday ride. For those, I present the ultimate in taco transportation. This is the Taco Train Taco Holder. Each engine has room for two tacos, and each cargo car holds three tacos, with two compartments for chips and salsa, guacamole etc.

Spring is here, and that means it’s time to get out in the park and outside to enjoy the warmer weather. That also means running around flying a kite. If you have a kid or adult who likes military aircraft, this awesome looking kite is just the ticket. The 6-foot-long kite looks like a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet.

Back in the ’80s, I was a huge proponent of BetaMax videotapes, though it was less about the image quality for me and more about the audio quality Beta Hi-Fi, which offered up far better sound quality than other video formats at the time.

Space Invaders, the iconic classic video game we all know and love, just got even cooler. The popular arcade vertical shooter from TAITO is going to be a board game. Let’s just hope that the gameplay lives up to the arcade version.

Fans of Gundam have a new smartphone to look forward to. According to a tweet by @UniverseIce, gadget maker OPPO has partnered with Bandai Namco, to launch “a new smartphone.” This Twitter user has had reliable mobile leaks in the past, so there is a good chance this is legit. Right now we don’t know anything about this yet-to-be-announced phone aside from that it is coming soon, along with a couple of rendered images of the smartphone.

Fallout fans know that the only real way to survive the wasteland is to find some power armor and profit. ThinkGeek has got you covered with their exclusive 1:1 scale Fallout T-51 Power Armor Nuka-Cola helmet.

LEGO is one of my favorite playthings, and Stranger Things is one of my favorite TV series, so when I found out the two were partnering up, I was pretty stoked. But LEGO has really outdone themselves with their first official Stranger Things set. The 2,287-piece set The Upside Down (LEGO kit 75810) is an intricate model of the Byers house, loaded up with lots of details, and flanked by trees.

I can’t say that I’ve ever awakened and thought to myself, “let’s light up some incense.” Now that this sweet Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled incense burner is available, I might have to get some smoldering smell-good stuff. Video game fans will immediately recognize the crazy fox-like creature on the cart as Crash Bandicoot.

YouTube channel AcademeG found a cheap Bentley Continental GT (are they ever actually cheap?) and created this monster off-road version. In this case it probably was cheap since it had so many problems with the engine. For starters, the luxobarge needed new turbos for the twin-turbo W12 engine.

If you need another Avengers Endgame toy, and of course you do, make it this one. Hasbro has released the power gauntlet. This is not the Infinity Gauntlet. This is the one built by Tony Stark and used by Hulk to… (spoiler alert)… reverse Thanos’ snap.

One of the many iconic scenes from the Harry Potter movies and books is where Harry and the other first-year students are sorted into their houses. Potter naturally ends up in Gryffindor. This collectible is a life-size, wearable sorting hat, and it will sort you into the house you need. You can always just try until you get the house you want with this hat.

Being one of the world’s big superpowers, China is always building up its military might. One of their many dangerous toys is this armored vehicle from Beijing Zhongzi Yanjing Auto Co. Ltd. It looks like a Humvee of sorts, but this vehicle is deadly. Imagine this bad boy just cruising along like a regular military personnel transporter, until a bunch of launch tubes pop out of the roof.

Today is Mother’s Day, and KFC wants to help you celebrate with mom in their usual weird way. KFC’s Chickendales digital Mother’s Day cards are here to help. These customizable video cards are for sending to your mom to let her know you love her.

Most of us know Tetris from the Game Boy version and that theme song is forever stuck in our heads. But when you play the game on a mechanical display, the sound it makes also very satisfying. A geek going by the name sinowin rigged up a small computer with a joystick and connected them to an old school elongated flip-disc display.

Look, there’s no shame in admitting that we all beat our meat. How else are you gonna get it tender? I do it, you do it, the Avengers do it, even Thanos does it with his Infinity Gauntlet on.

Funko POP! is making a vinyl figure out of every character from a decent video game or movie. The latest character to get Funko-sized is Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs. There are two versions of the POP!