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Coolest toys...awesome!!

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 15:14:38 GMT

clipped by: coconutshell
clipper's remarks: Oh to be a kid in the 21st century!!!

DNA Labs

Laser Beam Alarm Vault

Keep your secret treasures secure with laser-light beams, and a super-secret code.

* Motion detecting laser-lights, a secret code and thumbprint must be penetrated to get into the safe
* The unit automatically locks when closed
* Alarm sounds if the laser connection is broken or an incorrect code is entered
* Keypad is hidden in a sliding panel

Laser FX Bowling

Take bowling at home to the next level, with lights, sounds and colors to ramp up play. With the light-up bowling pins, you can play in the light or in the dark for evening challenges. Includes auto ball return and pin reset, motion activated light-up bowling ball, two light-up balls, cool arcade sounds and phrases. This will become the coolest bowling alley in the neighborhood.

Screen Machine Electric Arcade Motorcycle

Remote Control Superman

ATM Machine

DIY Metal Detector

The Metal Detector Kit allows kids to screen relatives for firearms before the holiday dinner.

Tattoo Maker Kit

Frigits

The idea is to arrange the pieces into your own magnetic ‘roller coaster’ and watch as the marbles roll, drop, plop and spin down the fridge door until they land in a collection tray. Which, believe us, is infinitely more entertaining than arranging fridge poetry or dressing a magnetized version of Michelangelo’s David in a pink tutu and cowboy hat.

On many Xmas lists this year, you are going to see Xbox, PS3 and Wii but if you want something with a retro flavor you may want to look at Big Electronic Games Home Arcade Machine. It was previously mentioned here before and now has a new release with 12 different classic games: Frogger, Blades of Steel, Green Beret, Contra, Gyruss, Castlevania, Hyper Sports, Time Pilot ‘84, Shao-Lins Road, Jungler, Scramble, and Super Basketball. For more info visit FosFor
Price:$500

Tags: toys, entertainment, fun

Grow your own 1up mushroom

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:10:02 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What about the fireflower?

Clip Source: www.thinkgeek.com


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Extra Life!

Deep in the basement of an ancient house in Sonobe (tucked in the fields of Kyoto, Japan), an amazing discovery has been made: real 1up Mushrooms. We know this sounds unbelievable, and we laughed when we were contacted by an exporter about them two months ago. But then we were sent a sample, and that's when our lives changed forever.

The instructions are pretty simple. All you do is add potting soil to the green sewer-pipe-shaped flower pot, and push the spores deep into it. Soak the soil with water using the dropper, add a squirt of the food solution, and then it's off to a dark location for a few weeks. We left ours in the darkest corner of our server room, and broke out our NES to relive some classic Mario memories. Three weeks later, we checked in on it. To our surprise, what you see in the photo above is what greeted us - a perfect 1up mushroom. Thrilled, we jumped up in the air, punched the ceiling tiles (earning 10 coins), and instantly bought the entire stock of them to offer to you, our friends.

The packet claims that eating the 1up Mushroom will grant "immortal life beyond dreams of man." It also has the warning: Do not put in face. To be honest, we haven't gotten up the courage to eat one yet. We have, however, sent one to the Smithsonian Institution and another to the National Institutes of Health for study. So far, everyone we show it to, especially the mycologists we know, have been very excited about this discovery. We sell them to you now, warn you not to eat them (yet!), and join us in crossing your fingers for the lab results. We'll post more as soon as we know.

Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit Includes:

Green Pipe Planter
"Seed" packet (though, they are really spores)
Food solution bottle
Water dropper

Tags: mario, gaming, product, mushroom, intersting, fun

R/C Sumo!!!!!

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:59:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ooooo!! But they don't do that waddle/side-stepping thing....

Clip Source: www.thinkgeek.com

Hakke-yoi! Nokotta!

Anyone wanting to become a Sumo champion has to undergo a drastic lifestyle change. Everything from where and how you live, to what you eat, to what you wear, to what you do all day is dictated by your sport and tradition. And it's not like you can just use a fancy name and a silly gimmick like in WWE - you need skills. Eating skills. Strength skills. Sumo skills. Or, you can just get a pair of R/C Sumo Wrestlers, inflate them, and battle it out with your colleagues and friends.

Countless hours have been spent engaged in an R/C Sumo Championship here at ThinkGeek HQ. Currently, Ming Lei is battling Wai Lee for dominance over the ThinkGeek Kitchen Arena. It's so easy to fight with the two button remote control. One button moves your wrestler forward, the other moves it backwards while turning (so, it's like controlling a tank). And every so often, your wrestler will yell out at your opponent one of the bold words in the title above. These are both terms referees in Sumo matches yell at the wrestlers to keep them going. Hakke-yoi!

Each R/C Sumo Wrestler Set Features:

Two 13" inflatable Sumo Wrestlers
Two controllers
Two selectable Sumo voice sounds
Batteries: 2 9V (1 per controller) and 8 AA (4 for each Sumo) - Not Included

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Tags: toys, fun, games, sumo, wrestling, gadget

Pro gaming: not always fun?

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:51:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If I knew that much about gaming, and people were willing to pay me to coach, I'd quit this desk job.

Clip Source: ca.news.yahoo.com

Professional video gamer says it's not all fun

LOS ANGELES, Nov 8 (Reuters Life!) - Professional video gamer Tom Taylor, aka Tsquared, is the envy of every young video game player but he wants to debunk the myth that wielding a joystick for a living is all fun and games.

Taylor, 19, now earns $120,000 to $150,000 a year between prize money reaped playing "Halo 2" and Gaming-lessons.com, an online site he founded last year to teach people gaming skills -- and he is about to almost double the hourly tutoring rate he charges.

But he says he has had to be disciplined to succeed, sometimes playing games for up to 12 hours a day ahead of competitions and sticking to an exercise regime and good diet to keep a mental and physical edge.

"A lot of people think playing video games isn't a lot of work. It doesn't leave a lot of time for vacation. In five years I've never had any personal downtime for myself," Taylor, told Reuters.

In June 2004 he signed a $250,000 contract with professional league Major League Gaming and as team leader of Str8 Rippin, he is one of the league's top-ranked players.

He appears on Stuff Magazine's list of the 20 most influential people under the age of 30 and after the MLG National Championships in Las Vegas later this month, he's raising his video game tutoring rate to $115 an hour from $65.

Taylor is also shifting to a different screen soon with USA Networks, which will start airing coverage of the MLG 2006 Pro Circuit on November 11. The TV series chronicles the eight-month competition that culminates in Nevada's "Sin City," where gamers will battle for the title and a $234,000 purse.

On an average day, Taylor plays two to three hours of video games -- a session that usually starts after 11 p.m.. That time investment jumps to 10 to 12 hours ahead of tournaments.

While Taylor says no age is too old to be a pro gamer, he admits the average competitor is college-aged.

Tags: entertainment, gaming, media, video games, career, work

Mario Halloween

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:33:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: All together now....awwwwwwwww.....
Plus I still want to get Mario Hoops!

Clip Source: www.kotaku.com

Mario Hoops Halloween Cute Overload

Sure, Hallowe'en is over, but that doesn't mean the recapping is gonna end. Especially when you've got a monitor smashingly cute photo of a grown man and a little boy (about the size of 3 stacked DVD cases) sporting respective Luigi and Mario costumes playing a little b-ball.

These two took part in the Nickelodeon Studio Costume Contest, but some how managed to not win. I guess total ADORABILITY wasn't factored in during the judging process.

I can't wait to have a kid, so that I can dress him or her up in all manner of embarrassing game themed costumes. *sigh*

Tags: super mario, gaming, photos, cute, entertainment

Pac Man Chart

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:28:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I thought it was funny

Clip Source: www.bitsbytespixelssprites.com

Percentage of chart which resembles Pac-Man

Tags: pacman, chart, photos, funny, humour, gaming, entertainment

I...am the Foz....which muppet are YOU?

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:52:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Wakka wakka!

Clip Source: www.blogthings.com

You Are Fozzie Bear

"Wocka! Wocka!"
You're the life of the party, and you love making people crack up.
If only your routine didn't always bomb!
You may find more groans than laughs, but always keep the jokes coming.

Tags: fun, quiz, muppets