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  Lego Agents 2.0 Robo Attack Comes With A City-Destroying Giant Robot

  ENTERTAINMENT

  Nothing makes a miniature Lego city more exciting than a big giant robot strolling down the avenue.  For the Lego Agents 2.0 line, no collection is complete without Dr. Inferno’s latest creation – a stomping mechanical monster designed to crush everything in sight. Robo Attack doesn’t come with its own buildings, although the chief antagonist’s walking chunk of steel should handily destroy any miniature city you are able to put together, as Agent Trace and Agent Chase both attempt to [...]

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  Text Talk Vinyl Shower Curtain Brings Emoticons To Your Bathroom

  ENTERTAINMENT, HOME

  Have someone special in your life that needs to brush up on IM skills?  Give them the gift of learning with the Text Talk Vinyl Shower Curtain, an eye-catching sheet of drapery filled with all the emoticons they’ll ever need to learn – okay, maybe most of it. If your parents, grandparents or ex-Luddite boyfriend are too out of touch to even understand half of all the SMS you send them, you’re going to love this thing.  Hang one in [...]

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  Evidence Knife: Bloody Kitchen Cutlery

  ENTERTAINMENT, HOME

  Want to get a chuckle every time you prepare dinner?  Update your kitchen cutlery with the Evidence Knife, an otherwise functional chef’s blade that looks like you just pulled it out of a police station’s evidence repository.  In direct contrast to the Anti-Stab Knife we featured a while ago, it’s intended to pretend like it has just been used for a stabbing. Wearing spats of blood across its fine, sharp blade, you can use the Evidence Knife for a variety [...]

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  Bumblebee And Megatron Transform Into DS Lite Armors

  ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

  I’ve been waiting for cool Transformers merchandise for handheld gadgets the past couple of months and haven’t really found anything worthwhile. With the “Revenge of the Fallen” movie coming out this week, though, I figured we should be seeing a couple  more interesting ones. I think it’s begun with these new armor casings for the Nintendo DS Lite from PDP. There are only two designs as of the moment, a gray and yellow Bumblebee and a dirty-looking Megatron. Even without [...]

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  Realtime 3D Air Traffic Simulation Makes Being A Traffic Cop Cooler Than It Sounds

  ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS, SIMPLY COOL

  Being a traffic cop is by no means cool. Working as an air traffic cop, based on what I’ve seen in movies, is hardly any more glamorous. Lufthansa’s Real-Time 3D Airtraffic Network Simulation, however, makes me want to change my mind. Installed at the flight control tower of the Lufthansa Brand Academy in Frankfurt-Seeheim, the display is a real-time 3D visualization of all 16,000 daily flights taken by Lufthansa and Star Alliance planes. Instead of just watching the whole thing [...]

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  Don Vito Corleone Action Figure Looks Scary Real

  ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURED

  I must admit, I’m not a big fan of action figures. That’s not about to stop me from dropping my jaw on the floor for the Don Vito Corleone 12-inch figure from the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece line, which is simply nothing short of glorious. To put it simply, this is one of the finest action figures I’ve ever laid eyes on, with an eerie likeness (they nailed the Marlon Brando head sculpt perfectly), amazing detail (check out the age [...]

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  Halo 3 HUD Desktop Puts The Action On Your Windows Background

  ENTERTAINMENT, GADGETS

  Here’s a simple criteria to slot into: likes Halo and uses Windows. If those two things are true for you, you may want to customize your PC background the same way Ryan Kennedy did, combining a Halo 3 screenshot with a bevy of stats and controls. Looking nothing more than a grabbed screen from an online multiplayer session using the Valhalla map (complete with HUD indicators), it’s actually a functional Windows desktop, with the various objects either displaying information or [...]

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  Ninja Gaiden Diorama: The Classic Game On Papercraft

  ART, ENTERTAINMENT

  If building a papercraft New York City isn’t the kind of low-tech thrill you’re looking for, maybe this videogame-based diorama will spur you into action. Based on a scene from the classic Ninja Gaiden series on the NES, it’s one of the coolest 3D (okay, 2.5D) visual feasts I’ve seen in a while. While we’re not sure where it’s from (a certain MisterManolo is credited on the actual PDF sheet), there’s no denying how interesting of a project it will [...]

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  Build Your Own New York

  ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURED

  Want to play overlord to an entire metropolitan city?  Construct a miniature version of the Big Apple with Build Your Own New York, fantastic-looking papercraft models of some of the city’s most popular landmarks. The pieces each come as postcards, measuring  4-5/8 x 6-3/4 inches.  Every sheet comes inclusive of all the elements needed for one model, along with a description and instructions on how to put them together.  Landmarks available in printed form consist of the Empire State Building, [...]

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  Ignite Your Home With Bomb And Dynamite Candles

  ENTERTAINMENT, HOME

  If you like war games and action movies, I doubt you’ll be the type of guy who likes fancy candles too.  Perhaps, you’ll change your mind for just one purchase, though, when you see this pair of bomb and dynamite wax pieces. Branded as Notmy, as in “Not my dynamites you see in the backseat, officer,” the duo should serve as the perfect backdrop to a romantic evening between two subscribers to Guns & Ammo.  Can you imagine a quiet [...]

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  Life-Size, First-Generation Bumblebee Stands At A Front Yard In California

  ENTERTAINMENT, SIMPLY COOL

  If you build it, they will come.  While that’s not always true (especially nowadays when everyone seems to be building something), it couldn’t be more fitting for life-size replicas of Transformers in your backyard.   That’s exactly what Tom Rhoads of Lemoore, California is doing and the first one to rise looks smashing – a first-generation Bumblebee from the original Transformers cartoons. While Hollywood has fashioned the affable character into a Camaro (with a special edition model, no less), Bumblebee used [...]

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  iArtist: Make Your Own Masterpiece

  ART, ENTERTAINMENT

  Want to try your hand at making art, but never had the chops for it?  Work your creative muscles with the iArtist, a DIY kit that lets you recreate contemporary pieces directly out of the box. Created by IARTISTLONDON, each box comes with all the raw materials you need in order to build a replica of one popular art piece.  Simply crack the box open, have a look at the instructions and put those creative juices to work. Six different [...]

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  Voice-Controlled RC Chopper Forces You To Speak English Like A Japanese

  ENTERTAINMENT

  Any voice-controlled toy is pretty cool.  R/C helicopters that respond to voice commands are even cooler.  The Voice Helicopter, which is made in Japan, should provide some amusement while watching someone who isn’t Japanese control it. “Engine staato….,” that’s the command you’re supposed to say to get the Voice Helicopter to turn itself on.  ”Appu,” tells the toy to go higher.  Those of you with no Japanese accents, of course, should probably start learning a couple if you want to [...]

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  Chessboxing: A Biathlon Of Brains And Brawn

  ENTERTAINMENT, TO DO

  Fancy a challenge of both brains and brawns?  Take up the new sport of Chessboxing, which combines the mental rigors of competitive chess with the physical demands of knocking somebody out into oblivion. Originally concocted as a sport in a comic book by French author Enki Bilal, the first Chessboxing world championships crossed over to real life in Amsterdam on November of 2003.  Since then, it has attracted more athletes and even has its own international governing body: the World [...]

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  All-In-One Card Stamp: Show How Much You Really Don’t Care

  ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURED

  If you like to stamp greetings on items such as gift wraps, cards and letters, you’ll appreciate the convenience the All-In-One Card Stamp can give.  With all the most common holiday greetings pre-carved into its ink-coating panel, you’ll be churning out pleasantries by the hundreds in no time. Showing how much you really care is difficult.  Just imagine having to write “Merry Christmas” on 100 greeting cards in time for the holidays and you’ll realize the folly of doing things [...]

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  Win A Star Trek Wedding

  ENTERTAINMENT, TO DO

  Just because you’re getting married doesn’t mean you have to stop being a Star Trek dork.  This summer, snag yourself a hot wife while living out the geekiest Star Trek fantasy by getting married at the bridge of the Starship Enterprise (yep, one that was used in a real film). The Franklin Institute, who are currently playing host to STAR TREK: THE EXHIBITION, are holding an online competition to find a winning couple who will get their dream wedding aboard [...]

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  Barbiefoot Is Cute, Pink And Creepy As Only A Barbie Foosball Table Can Be

  ENTERTAINMENT, LATEST

  We know you like foosball – everybody loves that game.  Now, we also know you either like or hate Barbie.  Throw in the two together and you get the Barbiefoot, an otherwise regular “table football” setup with one twist: the non-descript armless plastic characters have been replaced by Barbie dolls with missing upper limbs.  Oh yeah, it’s pink. If you’ve been seeing a rather discomforting upsurge in Barbie stuff the past few months, don’t be afraid. The year just happens [...]

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  L-3 Link’s Simusphere, The World’s Most Accurate Flight Simulator

  ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURED, GADGETS

  Want to have the most realistic flight simulator setup money can buy?  Take a gander at the Simusphere, an ultra-high-definition F-16 simulator running on a backbone of 120 Intel Dual Core machines, each one fitted with off-the-shelf $400 graphic cards.  The resulting images are then showed off on nine high-resolution projectors, arranged to display the visuals in a 180-degree field of view. It’s the flight sim to trump all other computer-aided flying rigs, providing a 20-40 acuity – just a [...]

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  Geoffrey Parker’s Contemporary Game Table Is The 33-In-One Of Tabletop Classics

  ENTERTAINMENT, FURNITURE, HOME

  Fancy an occasional tabletop game as a break from button-mashing on the PS3?  You can buy a few boardgames at the toy store or go all out with the Contemporary Game Table, a luxurious hand-built home furnishing with 33 tabletop games slyly stored in its body. While the striking orange finish may not be your first color choice, it’s a piece that’s designed to stand out and manages it successfully.  Wrapped in high-quality Dauphin calf leather and finished with stainless [...]

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