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USB Air Darts are back.
Whoa, the USB Air Darts Launcher is back on the shelves. Or rather it will be on 16th May. $59.95 Australian Dollars (US$46.33). Incoming! We truly believe this is WHY the USB was invented in the first place! Load the software (Windows 2000 and XP compatible) and acquire your unsuspecting target! The launcher pans 180 degrees and tilts up to 45 degrees. A simple move of the mouse will aim your harmless soft foam projectile…and with a click it’s bombs away, complete…
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Meccano Interactive Robot.
The Meccano Interactive Robot is USB enabled to let you download ‘personalities’, music and movements from your PC on the fly. Or rather on the robot. Because it’s obviously not a fly you’re downloading to. If you see what….aw ferget it. £69.99 ($124.23). Simply download features that make the models move, make noises, all from a USB cable! Meccano Speedplay contains 600 ultra-designed parts for easier contruction and cooler styles. It has a unique screw and pin system for easier and…
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R/C Wright Brothers Flyer.
The R/C Wright Brothers Flyer. Probably flies better than the original. And looks like lots of jolly, wizard, tally-ho fun too. $99.99. With a wingspan of just over 15 inches the Wright Bros. Flyer is a 2-Channel R/C replica of the original aircraft built in 1903. This detailed model looks great sitting on your desk (a stand is included) but can take to the air after a three minute charge from the included NiMH battery. Perfect for flying in small…
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The Foam Factory.
The Foam Factory. We’re talking 55 cubic feet of foam in 3 minutes here. So don’t let the chintzy green colour and cartoony nozzle fool you. This is seriously foam-tastic. Now you too can drench your dwelling in a matter of moments. Just for fun. £69.95 ($122.50). Simply pour in some tear-free shampoo (supplied), add water, plug it in and watch in awe as the Foam Factory starts to spew suds at an incredible rate. You and your friends will be…
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Bouncy castle.
Invasion Slide. If you’re going to have a bouncy castle at a party, just make sure it’s big, OK? Really big. Otherwise what’s the point? The alien theme comes to its maximum expression in INVASION. Not only its looks are impressive; our engineers managed to achieve a unique shaky experience for the passengers of the Space Module. INVASION’S giant slide is an invitation to reach the mother ship and later descend among the aliens to pilot the Space Module. This…
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Shadow Magic Kit.
The Shadow Magic Kit is either a genius gizmo or just weird, and we haven’t quite worked out which. Basically we’re talking strobe lighting which freezes shadows on walls. There see, told ya. Why would you want to do this? Well maybe you’re Peter Pan, dufus. $24.95. This high-tech strobe freezes shadows on the wall – you keep moving, but your shadow doesn’t. Add doodles, details and other drawings with the special light pen. Amaze your friends and discover a…
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Lazer Trip Wire.
Lazer Trip Wire. Don’t put up with the kids giving you trouble, just stand them inside this vicious looking lazer alarm system and watch them roast as they try to bust free. What’s that? Oh. I see. Apparently the frikkin’ lazers aren’t the same type as worn by sharks. $26.99. The Lazer Trip Wire system is a set of three devices that communicate through harmless light beams. Kids can set them up in their doorways or across their rooms, in any…
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Robo Pitcher.
The Robo Pitcher. We’re talking 4 plastic baseballs and 1 plastic baseball bat. Babe Ruth it ain’t. Still at £15.95/$27.80 we’re not talking major league costs here either, are we? After you’ve pummelled the balls into the ether, simply reload the pitcher and start again. Hours of fun and no backchat. Why the Robo Pitcher never even fancies batting itself, so you can hammer spheres into the atmosphere all day long, if you please.
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Fireball Gun.
The Fireball Gun. Lifelong pacifists that we are, still we find ourselves strangely attracted to this pump action, foam ball shootin’, yellow groovin’, cubicle war funster. 18 balls included, range 12 – 14 metres. Worth paying £16.99 ($27.35) for the cool clunk noise on load and fire alone. Take that Simkins, you rotter! Holding 4 rounds in the mag and one in the chamber, The Fireball is a sleek pump action gun that fires bright yellow foam balls at a heck of a…
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Dr Who Tardis Mobile Phone Flasher.
The Dr Who Tardis Mobile Phone Flasher. It’s kind of a sacrilege to trivialise a Time Lord’s mode of transport like this, especially one which exists in six dimensions, but if it helps the good Doctor to buy some more Dilithium Crystals to continue on his….what? Ah sorry, temporal discontinuity problem. Anywho, it’s £12.99. Fantastic for all Dr Who fans or just as a great desk or bedroom phone call warning system. Put your phone on silent then when it…
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Sticklers.
Sticklers. Stencil and glaze pens for decorating your iPod. Aaargh sacrilege! $5.99. It’s as “Easy as 1 -2 -3”!! You can transform your greeting cards, stationery, cell phones, MP3 players, mirrors & PDA’s into personalized ones by adding unique outline shapes and coloring in with either Glaze or Soufflé, 3-dimensional pens. Sticklers Kits utilize metallic colored die-cut outline stickers with 3 coordinating special craft pens
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Dot-s.
Dot-s. OK, so gotta be honest, not sure what this stuff is. Looks like a kit to let you create your own real life avatar, out of pins and a board. OK, so it’s not high art, but since when did you lot get so picky? Heh, those crazy Japanese. Around $12.00 a set.
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Dalek delivered.
Oh boy, oh boy, full size Daleks for sale. Complete with voice and working lights chipset. Price at an earth shattering (geddit?) £1,995.00 ($3,463.92). You can also own a full size Tardis if you want. Yowsers, serious Dr Who geeks only please! So, we took moulds and a million measurements from a Dalek we borrowed for a week (thanks to Martin Wilkie at Experience Design and BBC Worldwide). (There are slight variations in the first NSD episode and the second…
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Cress-fallen?
The Cress Covered Keyboard Prank. Crazy Swedes with too much time on their hands. After that it was time to pour the cress seeds into the gaps between the keys. The seeds required some blunt persuasion to take their places. An old creditcard came in handy. This took far longer than I had expected. The reason I did not place the seeds directly on the cotton before replacing the keys was that I wanted the cress to come up between…
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