Friday, July 18, 2008 - 11:59am
Out of ideas? Sounds like you need to get to your nearest Fun-O-Meter. Feed it 50 cents, and you'll get a vending machine ball filled with a fun suggestion. Example: "Write 'B' and 'R' on opposite ends the back...
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Friday, July 11, 2008 - 9:53am
With a big movie like Hellboy II: The Golden Army hitting theaters today, you're bound to get hit by toys and games and other related merchandise promoting the film — most of it a bunch of crap. Sideshow Collectibles...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 3:16pm
Meet Gonzo, the solar-powered wing-flapping robot. Put it anywhere where there's sun and its solar cell will charge a battery, and its wings will start flapping furiously. There's also Lilly the robot that, like Gonzo, will flap its wings...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 8:42am
Here’s a variation on that tiny VW bus that rolls around and around a vinyl record, playing a scratchy tune as it navigates it circuitous route. But this Sound Chaser record player can go places, set free on a...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 9:31am
Here's the scenario: The survivors from the Twelve Colonies finally find Earth and are invited into your living room, only to find a hulking Centurion model proudly displayed. Awkward. Still, if toy designer Fred Barton had entered our "Make A...
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 5:47am
The Wachowski brothers' mind-blowingly colorful remake of the 1967 anime classic, Speed Racer, is rolling through theaters, bringing Speed's Mach 5 to the silver screen. So what would it take to make the Mach 5 a reality? Is it...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 12:26pm
Here's a toy set I could see buying the kids just so you can sneakily enjoy them yourself. The Dueling Space Marines Copter Set is a pair of astronaut-shaped remote controlled fliers that battle one another using infrared lasers. You're...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 11:53pm
Whether you reference the insane toys of Akira or the companion bot in A.I., I've always thought the bear was the best form for our robot ambassadors to take. Taking us another step in that direction is Hykim the Robot...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 1:29pm
Bigshot Toyworks, a design studio known for its ridiculously high quality action figures, is giving one of Ashley Wood's distinct robots a real world presence. Meet Bertie, one of Wood's pipebomb 'bots from his upcoming World War Robot comic...
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 10:53am
Take a pair of radio-controlled racing boats, partition off a kiddie pool, and you have yourself an RC Speed Boat Challenge. Hey, it's like slot cars on water. Those little suckers look like they could go fast, but look...
