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LEGO Green Toy Story Mini-Fig Soldiers – Prepare to Want

by Jay Garrett on March 9, 2010

You’ve probably seen Toy Story right?

Even if you’ve somehow managed to avoid the computer generated animated flick you may have played with those cheap green plastic soldiers – if you happen to be a certain cousin of mine you probably also set fire to them at some point too!

Well, the genii at LEGO have only gone and released mini-fig versions of the little green GI’s!

They even come complete with removable stands. There’s even a 3″ long Jeep and a stretcher.

The £9.99 pack contains:

  • 4 Army Men minifigures, jeep and stretcher
  • Soldiers’ jeep equipped with spare tyre

Go here and buy at least one pack now!

That’s an order soldier!! Or is that a soldier order?………..

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Xachi – iPhone App Powered Virtual Pet

by Jay Garrett on February 18, 2010

Here’s a Tamagotchi for the iPhone generation.

The oddly cute Xachi pets are controllable from your iPhone/iPod Touch.

They have animated eyes, squeakers, accelerometers for games, touch sensitivity and even robotic legs so that they can dance for you.

Apparently they get a bit gnarley if you turn them upside down – but don’t we all?

The iPhone app shows your Xachi’s Thirst, Health, and Happiness so you can keep it happy where-ever you are.

You gain Xachi food by playing games.

It should be out in the summer – visit the site for more details and sign up for email alerts :)

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K’Nex Helps You Enjoy the Roller Coaster Thrill in Your Home

January 30, 2010 Click to read more →
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If, like me, you take a lot of convincing (and bourbon) to get on the latest breed of big-dippers then this could be your gadgety answer.
K’Nex will be launching a roller coaster set later this year and it will include a webcam so you can watch the ride from the comfort of your chair whilst [...]

Bigtrak is Back! Now With Rockets and Digi Cam

January 26, 2010 Click to read more →
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This might be lost on those not around in the early 80’s but this gives me thrills aplenty!
Bigtrak was a marvel – It was a six-wheeled vehicle with a front-mounted blue photon beam headlamp, and a keypad on top.
Yup – this excitement is partly due to the fact that me and my bro never had [...]

Parrot AR.Drone Mixes iPhone, Augmented Reality and Wi-Fi Controlled Helicopter to Make Want!

January 6, 2010 Click to read more →
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Say hello to the latest reason to get excited if you own an iPhone.
Using the handsets accelerometer and connecting via Wi-Fi you can fly the Parrot AR.Drone!
As if that wasn’t cool enough it has two on-board cameras that beam a pilots-eye view right to your phones screen.
This means that you don’t need to see the [...]

Tiny i-Sobot Unleashes Weapons on Tanks, Dinosaurs and Random Toys

December 23, 2009 Click to read more →
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The i-Sobot was once crowned as the world’s smallest bipedal humanoid robot and since then I reckon the power and the fame has gone to the little droids head.
Now he’s contacted a mini-arms dealer and bought himself a small arsenal of weaponry which he unleashes upon his fellow toys.
I reckon that there’s more than a [...]

Ultimate R2-D2 is Perhaps the Finest R2 Collectable

December 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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R2-D2 must be the galaxy’s most loved and most recognised droid.
As well as being adorable as a companion he’s also proved himself handy to have around – whether as a mechanic or patching into computer interfaces he’s helped many a human, as well as fellow droids, out of rather sticky situations.
This R2 statue is probably [...]

Rocking Chopper – Get Your Kids to Grow Up to Become Easy Riders

July 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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Those toy Porcshe’s , Ferrari’s, Bentley’s are all very swish but if you’re more into your 2 wheelers and not quite ready to ride (even with stabilisers) there is another way – thanks to the designer brain of Felix Götze.
This rocking chopper is so beautiful I want Felix to make me an adult-sized one so [...]

Pellermodel Concept by Bandai for Stalkers and Puppet Masters

June 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you’re one of those people that like to ‘cartoonize yourself’ or ‘create yourself as an avatar’ then this is right up your boulevard!
Say hello to a model you courtesy of the odd Pellermodel concept, the art of creating “true 3D paper objects”.
Now Bandai is planning to sell “Pellermodel” kits, so you can build a [...]

Yuruppy By Takara Tomy – The Strokable Touchscreen Pet

February 26, 2009 Click to read more →

Were you guilty of watching your Tamagotchis die?
Did you go for the upgraded everlasting colour version?
Well I think you may want to put it down (not in the sense of killing it! Just to one side) as Takara Tomy brings you the Yuruppy.
The Yuruppy is  a virtual pet that lives inside a small touchscreen.
You get [...]

Radio Controlled Black Widow – Not For the Timid

December 1, 2008 Click to read more →

I know that if I was foolish enough to buy one of these that I’d wake up dead and the last thing that I would see was my girlfriend force-feeding me this gadget; not necessarily via my mouth either!
But I risk all to share with you the joy of this RC Black Widow [...]

Warning! Posable Caution Sign Figure Ahead!

November 17, 2008 Click to read more →

We are all aware of the little yellow signs with the accident prone fella tripping over something, slipping on something or generally coming to grief in one way or another.
Chances are that the more creative souls out there have one or three more humourous but equally perilous positions to put that stick figure into.
Well, that [...]

Santa Micro-Helicopter – Rudolph, Donner and Blitzen on Holiday

November 9, 2008 Click to read more →

It’s time that Santa got up-to-date and also gave Rudolf et al a Christmas off for once.
It seems that he’s letting the Reindeer have a crimbo-party and delivering the gifts by way of a ‘Little Nellie’ style copter – which is nice.
This R/C flying Santa micro copter is guided about the place via a 3-channel [...]

R2 See Through – Radio Controlled Transparent R2D2

July 30, 2008 Click to read more →

Tomy have released a transparent radio-controlled R2-D2.
The mini light saber, which is also transparent, doubles as a remote control.
As well as contolling R2D2 around the place the remote also lets you rotate his dome as he rolls, beep and whistle, and illuminate his photoreceptor “eye”.
The transparent plastic lets you see the inner working of the [...]

The Catbot of your Dreams? Dream Cat

January 19, 2008 Click to read more →

From the makers of Dream DX dog comes the Dream Cat. A pretty realistic catbot until you discover that it doesn’t purr or meow – it talks!
Yup, the feline droid is preloaded with 333 words (all Japanese at the moment). It has sensors over its body and depending where you touch it responds accordingly. A [...]

Sakura Girl

November 22, 2007 Click to read more →

Looking for Christmas ideas for my neice I found this on Shiny Shiny. This is the Sakura robot, it’s pink and seems to get around on a customised Segway. Apparently, she knows a few jokes, can give you “fun facts and fashion tips” and play back five different songs. Additionally, her board can be remotely [...]