we said it before and we are going to say it again: not everything we featured here is to tempt you to part with your money. there are times when we kicked and stumbled upon stuff that makes us go ‘wow’ and that’s when money-can’t-buy-stuff gets featured here. the LEGO Ghostbusters Headquarters by Orion Pax
if you perceive Air Hogs as a kid’s toy, then there’s a good chance that the new Air Hogs Elite Helix X4 Radio Control Quadcopter might change your perception. make no mistake here. the Elite Helix X4 is not an infrared-control two (or three, at best) channel flying toy that your five-year old nephew runs around with.
and we thought the Hasbro Transformers Constructicon Devastator was huge but apparently it is now being dwarfed by the new grandaddy of the Transformers: the Hasbro Transformers Metroplex. standing a mega-sized two-feet tall, this metal beast (figuratively speaking, of course. it is still made of hard plastic parts) is officially the tallest, if not the biggest, Transformers yet.
Kre-O, a direct competition to LEGO, may not have as rich of a history as the near century old Danish toy company but it sure knows how to grab licenses (thanks in part to its parent company Hasbro) to draw attentions from children and grown ups alike. perhaps their brick-based G.I Joe and Transformer toys
stop duping your kids with those stationary kiddie rides. all they do is shake along with music and be done with it in an unrealistic fashion but with the “Western Trails” Traveling Pony Kiddie Ride, things for your kid is going to get a little bit more yee-har! literally. developed by Southland Engineering Company this kiddie ride
the Apple that Steve Jobs built has no doubt made history and with that, we also witness the birth of the great, great grandaddy of all-in-one computer – the original Macintosh. having said that, what better way to immortalize this icon then by crafting a ‘replica’ (albeit a scaled and non-working example) with an equally big
have you ever wondered why LEGO bricks are in plastic and not any other materials such as wood? well, we don’t have an answer for you but you could actually find out in person how wooden ‘LEGO’ bricks work out for your creations (or your kids’) by purchasing the Mokurokku Wooden ‘LEGO’ Bricks. it comes in a set of 50 bricks…
the first smartphone controlled robot, it is not but still, the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 is one heck of ‘toy’ that both children (10 years and up) and grown ups can enjoy. we shall not delve into the MINDSTORMS’ beginning some fifteen years ago cos’ what you really need to know is how awesome this latest incarnation is. this third generation robotic…
Christmas is over but that doesn’t mean you should stop buying. having said that, when an object of desire crosses your path, any day is a gifting day – that’s at least for yourself. we call that doing yourself a favor. anyway, in this particular instant, the LEGO Technic 4X4 Crawler would be one such ‘object of desire’. the LEGO Technic 4X4 Crawler consists of 1,327…
we know what are you thinking. you must be thinking, ‘yeah, custom movie action figures. so what? i have loads of Star Wars man-folks collectibles stash my basement’. but we are not talking about those kid-friendly, parent-happy man’s version of barbie dolls. instead, what we are talking about are action figures that will probably make parents frown in objection. just think…
generally, we are fascinated by robotic developments and even more thrilled if it can be bought and further hacked to whatever we desire but we can’t say the same for the Phantom X AX Hexapod. while we are excited by it being a robot, its freakish agility and realism that somehow betters its living counterpart, kind of creeps us out. this giant size robotic spider scuttles like a real…