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Lego Promos New ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean Kit!
If you were asked to name things that are iconic from the 1980s, then I dare say that ‘Back to the Future‘ and the DeLorean DMC-12 would likely be among them. The connection between the two is, of course, synonymous and it’s almost impossible today to associate the one without…
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Fisher-Price Launch a Working Version of its Iconic Toy Phone
I daresay that many of you reading this probably owned a Fisher-Price ‘Chatter’ telephone at some point in your childhood. In fact, being a (pretty well established) adult now with a kid of my own, not only did I have one of these growing up, but I also bought one…
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Lego Unveils its Biggest Kit Yet! – An 11,695 Piece World Map
I have to admit to having had a lot of love for Lego when I was younger. Then I got old, had kids, and realised that having something lying around with many small and easily disassembled parts probably wasn’t a good idea. Not for my overall sanity, at least. However,…
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DJI Introduce New ‘Tank’ Drone Designed to Teach Kids Coding
DJI Reveal ‘Tank’ Drone DJI is, without a doubt, one of the best-known names in terms of drone manufacturers with them providing both entry-level and exceptionally-high level drone products. Their latest reveal, however, is taking things very much back to terra firma! Following the release of a video, DJI has…
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Hasbro To Release Ghostbusters / Transformer Mash-Up Model
Hasbro Any child growing up in the 80s will have undoubtedly have encountered two of the biggest toy franchises around. Namely, Ghostbusters and Transformers. Admittedly, both of these franchises have had a bit of a mixed treatment in recent years, but for many fans of retro and nostalgia, both keep…
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Sony Announces Limited Edition ‘Chocolate’ Aibo Robot Dog
New Limited Edition Aibo Model The newly redesigned Sony Aibo dog robot melted hearts back when it made its debut at CES 2018. Now Sony of Japan is announcing a new limited edition “chocolate” version. Internally, it is pretty much the exact same ERS-1000 model Aibo. Except now its body,…
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You Can Own Sony’s New Aibo Robot Dog Soon for $2,900 USD
New Pet in time for Christmas Sony‘s revived Aibo dog robot stole hearts at CES 2018 earlier this year. Unfortunately, availability has been limited to Japan. However, it appears that Sony has now changed their mind and will be finally bringing it to play in a wider market. That is…
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Blizzard is Releasing a Nerf Gun Replica of Reaper’s Shotgun
Nerf This! Hasbro and Blizzard Entertainment have teamed up to deliver a nerf gun for hardcore Overwatch fans. The new NERF RIVAL Overwatch Reaper Wight Edition blaster looks exactly like Reaper’s signature shotgun with the Wight skin. Fans of Overwatch will enjoy custom NERF RIVAL rounds with the Overwatch logo that…
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Hot Toys to Release 1:1 Melted Darth Vader Helmet Replica
Hot Toys Sideshow collectibles are well-regarded by fans for its attention to detail and high quality construction. As such, they often fetch for a hundreds to thousands of dollars a piece. Especially their 1:1 life-size replicas. A 1:1 Alien warrior head from the movie Alien for example costs $1,999 USD.…
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Ultigesture – The RC Car Controlled by ARM and Your Arm
Remote controlled cars have traditionally been controlled with joysticks and trigger styled remotes. But no more, at least if all goes as the makers of Ultigesure want it to. Ultigesture is a new remote controlled (RC) car and control system that has appeared on Kickstarter. The Ultigesture is powered by…
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You Can Now Play Doom II on a Rapsberry Pi Painsaw
It’s almost impossible to overestimate the significance of Doom and Doom II in video game history as both titles helped to popularise the first-person shooter genre. Doom’s core mechanics still hold up in the modern era and it’s clear where many shooting games draw their inspiration from. Of course, pretty…
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Get Your Own Levitating DeLorean on Indiegogo
We have barely entered 2016 and I think that I’ve already found my favourite collectable of the year, at the very least it will be a very tough one to beat. I almost missed this completely, but I’m glad that I came across the Indiegogo campaign site for the 1:20…
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Disney Is Devising a 3D Augmented Reality Colouring Book
I don’t know, children today in developed countries have it all in terms of tech, where tablet computers and Smartphone’s are the norm and internet access is available 24/7 to assist with homework, yep, let’s assume it’s for school work and not for social networks. Now, Disney has incorporated augmented…
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Star Wars Fan Makes His Own BB-8 Robot
How are you finding the first footage of Star War’s BB-8 robot? Pretty interesting, isn’t he? Well, if you like him a lot, you probably should know that a Star Wars fan out there made a perfect replica and it actually moves! The first time we saw BB-8 was in…
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Indiegogo Toy Aims to Help Teach Children How to Code
A lot of companies have been struggling to release something that will help children how to code. The use of apps and toys have been the most obvious choice for them in order to make coding a lot more fun. The latest initiative comes from an Indiegogo startup and its…
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