You have a sunrise meeting with your kingdom’s most dimwitted-yet-influential barbarian lord over teeming coffee and bacon burnt black to parley for a leave of absence from your labor and livelihood to join the joviality of your village’s Renaissance Festival. Sadly, you lack sufficient wisdom to enchant your +5 ...
When you gaze upon Hammacher Schlemmer’s Ride-On Robotic Armor, does the sight give you pause to wonder just how many children who have ever lived would pass up the chance to become an invincible cyborg juggernaut? Here’s a hint: none. Absolutely none. As soon as little Johnny or Jill 5 steps onto the non-slip ...
Like any conscientious human being in the year 2017, you would as soon spend all night downloading porn over a 56K modem plugged into a smart fridge before you would go about your day without fully charging your phone. Yet, do you ever think about thoroughly cleaning it before pressing it to your face? The makers of ...
Any voice-controlled Amazon Echo smart speaker could best be described as a Jack-of-all-trades home concierge whose astounding versatility is worth several times its weight in gold. The Sonos One ups the ante by pairing the Amazon Alexa virtual assistant platform with premium hardware chosen explicitly to appeal first ...
The true measure of an industry leader can be observed by witnessing a refusal to rest on one’s laurels at the top of the mountain. With the introduction of the trailblazing HERO6 Black, GoPro appears determined to make the mountain that much steeper for competitors to climb in order to claim their throne. The ...
Stop taking yourself out of the picture. The lightweight, hands-free Google Clips digital camera lets you capture the impossible-to-forget moments you’re only a part of once in a lifetime and actually join in the memory-making without flipping a coin to decide who steps out of the fame to handle shooting. ...
In action, the world’s finest remote-controlled cars hum with the essence of the real-life vehicle that inspire them. That’s exactly what makes the DHK Maximus 4x4 Monster Truck brought to us by Gear Best is such a damn rush: few RC trucks made today bring the thrill of recreational off-road racing and stunt driving ...
Generations before the Kardashians and Jenners infuriated the length and breadth of humanity with their mere existence, consummate master painters the world over had long since uplifted portraiture to an elegant art form. What, you believed your parents and grandparents when they groused that they grew up in a time ...
Whether you own a PC or Xbox, or both, no doubt the name ‘Razer’ is familiar to you, it should be, especially if you are a gamer? The company Razer is well-known for producing all kinds of gaming accessories for gamers, in fact, many gamers do not settle for anything less than Razer products such as gaming ...
If interactive smart home components such as LIFX Tile integrate any more smoothly, we will all have cause to fear the day our domiciles achieve true sentience and begin regarding their residents as frustratingly less-competent burdens upon their existence. Oh, well. Thanks to this surprisingly helpful addition to our ...
The Quiet Punch might as well be the versatile home-gym apparatus deliberately designed to appeal to every jet-setting unassuming professional who has ever moonlighted as a pugilistic vigilante, from Bruce Wayne to Danny Rand. Sometimes, no matter how desperately a billionaire playboy may need to stay in fighting trim ...
We can’t be the only ones who long for a time before Apple seemingly became as obsessed with trendy signature visual cues across their entire line of gadgets as they once were with engineering unmatched user-friendly software and hardware. Thanks to Elago’s M4 Phone Stand, we can at least pop our iPhones into the ...
How would like to have console-style gaming for your iPad, iPhone, or Apple TV? Well, now you can with the GoPlay Sidekick from Kanex. This is a pocket-sized game controller that packs a punch! It’s got a Lightning connector, pressure sensitive buttons, trigger buttons, dual analog joysticks with a directional pad, ...
As of the time of this writing, October 2017 has been a curious month in gaming. Nintendo’s Super NES Classic mini-console has received virtually unanimous praise after hitting retailers in surprising numbers - for a Nintendo release, anyway. The J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired “Middle-earth: Shadow of War” recently ...
It makes no difference if you’re a highly respected professional contractor or a weekend-warrior DIY amateur. A ready supply of chilled refreshments makes any workplace a better place to be. As a matter of fact, why should those proud men and women who make their way in the world by the sweat of their brows and the ...
This Inflatable Illuminated NFL Helmet is a graceful solution to the dilemmas of a certain...shall we say, “exceptionally ardent” football fanatic. We won’t name names, but you know who are. You’re well-aware of what you do and how your passion for gridiron warfare consumes your day-to-day life with ...
Kurt Adler’s plush “South Park” Mr. Hankey Ornament stands as proof that, for a “new” Christmas tradition to endure popularly for decades on end, its sentiment has to reach down and tickle something nestled deep inside the bowels of every young and old soul alike. For instance, Mariah Carey gave the gift of “All I ...
Wearable cameras are here, and they are not just being used by police departments, but everyday people are using them too. There are a few brands of wearable cameras on the market, but most are a bit awkward to wear, not like the new FrontRow camera. Weighing just under 2 ounces, the camera can be worn comfortably ...
There’s never a bad time to honor a quintessential tipping point in the seemingly eternal struggle between the noble Jedi and ruthless Sith with the galaxy’s fate hanging in the balance. Just to make sure you never miss an honorary moment, bring home The Bradford Exchange’s exclusive Star Wars: Sith vs. Jedi Wall ...
Did you grow up in the Halcyon days of arcade video game cabinets determined that you would one day hold a personal “Frogger” machine in the palm of your hand? If you did, then you either dreamed of one day growing up to be Optimus Prime and stuffing full-size coin-op attractions in your pocket, or you foresaw the ...
Given its phenomenally versatile resume of features and dimensions tailored for service in even the most minimal spaces, the newly revealed Echo Spot makes a case for simply listing the few things Amazon’s Internet of Things nexus and its ubiquitous companion virtual assistant Alexa still can’t do. So far, we have ...
You smug millennials think you have it all figured out. Or at least Faux Real does when it comes to halloween masks. Halloween rolls around, and you parade around in your fancy Old-Man Masks like this polyester number here. Well, la-dee-freakin’-da. When we were your age, do you think we had one-stop online ...
Why sugar-coat it? If there is an entire month of the year devoted to solid excuses for alcoholic bliss, it could only be October. As if Halloween’s customary costumed adult debauchery and mischief doesn’t pair well enough with boozy libations all by its lonesome, Munich’s own storied Oktoberfest festivities amount to ...
There are many times when wearing headphones to listen to music or to use to talk to people on your phone is uncomfortable, hinder-some, or just not efficient. Now, there is an alternative to earphone speakers – speakers that you can wear comfortably on your shoulders. Its called the SoundWear Companion – ...
If you have a TV, monitor, or projector and a DVD player, you have the makings of a haunted house full of s*** that will turn you white. Screw the spooky-scary foam skeletons and hanging cobwebs by hand without the aid of a re-purposed and powered-up glue gun. No need for ghosts that can't hover hauntingly without ...
C’mon, now. Show us someone who has seen any movie in the “Despicable Me” trilogy or the absurdly popular spin-off “Minions” without wanting to bring home an insane babbling corn-nugget creature, and we will, in turn, show you...well, either a suspiciously joyless toddler or an adult who will never again gaze upon a ...
Maybe it’s explainable by little more than the whole “being really tiny and envying the big, cool adults” thing, but there’s just something about commanding heavy machinery that draws children like flies to honey. By that comparison, Hammacher Schlemmer’s Ride-On Loader and Backhoe lives up to every bit of the fantasy ...
We were warned that the knives of the Iron Chefs would blot out the sun. First, we asked ourselves, “Who actually just tosses cutlery into the air? Does that strike anybody else as absurdly and unnecessarily dangerous?” Once we ceased taking the glib movie reference so literally, we smirked and retorted, “Then we ...
Our feline roomies will never appreciate living in a decadent world of fantastic instant gratification where handmade-to-order Cat Caves can be manifested from across the sea just by punching a few buttons. We don’t see the fantastically talented Etsy merchants at WoolyCatCaves weaving us cozy personal furniture ...
Star Wars Meets The Sushi Bar! Sure. Go ahead. Tell us all about how a real equivalent to these Kylo Ren Light-Up Chop Sabers would never work because they would “slice right through the sushi.” No, we aren’t being sarcastic. That’s actually a great point. It’s also a crying shame. We didn’t think there was any ...
When it gets cold outside – snowing cold, then you must know what it is like to remove frost off your windshield? It’s not easy without a decent ice scraper, to say the least. Driving in the snow can also be a pain, especially if you get stuck because your vehicle tire spins without traction. Well, there is a tool ...
What is the one thing no Bar Mitzvah, divorce hearing, spelling bee or funeral is complete without? A hot tub, of course. Now, what is the one thing always conspicuously absent from these and other such places where good times are had? Here’s a hint: a hot tub. Don’t you want fun to follow nipping at your heels ...
We are, far and away, much bigger fans of handmade or at least tangible holiday decorations. Even we have to admit, we're coaxed to the techie side of seasonal spirits by the Superior Holiday Scene Projector's capacity to make our living rooms windows positively surreal with moving life. The projector delivers a ...
How would like to take a typical can or bottle of beer, and then transform it into a draft quality beer that tastes fresh like it just came from the brewery? Well, believe it or not, you ‘can’ with Fizzics Waytap Beer Dispenser! Fizzics’ Technology can effectively unlock that authentic full draft beer taste and ...
Why Mince Words? Screw insincere pleasantries. You barely mustered the wherewithal to actually wrap that Rabbi-shaped vibrator you got stuck with after playing Yankee Swap at your company Christmas party last year at all. No way will you go above and beyond to pen a few lines of sentimental well-wishing crap in the ...
Touchdown! We're smashed.It is hard not to get worked-up during football season, especially when your favorite team is playing. And when you have a bunch of friends around, whether it is at home, at poolside, at a park, or when you’re tailgating-it, passing a much-needed drink to a friend can be tricky against a ...
Animal behaviorists have openly theorized that domesticated cats likely perceive their owners as bizarre, bipedal felines of freakish proportions. What might come across as an air of preternaturally arrogant regality might actually be our pets just not knowing what to make of us. In which case, BigMouth Inc. has ...
Imagine triumphing over life's every obstacle using instantly responsive arcade cabinet controls. TAP! Your taxes are filed and you can expect your instantly deposited refund to hit your bank account in about five minutes. TAP-TAP! You found your TV's remote control alongside a magic wand and a tutorial teaching ...
(Hey, everyone! Two things to point out about this Pennywise Costume…. First off, at the time of writing this, it is currently sold out online. Nevertheless, we urge you to keep checking back for renewed availability. Second, a plea for some common-bloody-sense: please, do not parlay the stunningly revived ...
Stare long and hard at this Time: Man Of The Year Bar-Size Mirror, and ask yourself one all-important question: “Am I a Lebowski achiever?” If so, we can’t help but abide. After all, you can clearly contemplate nihilism while unapologetically reveling in your innate narcissism. That’s exactly what makes you so damn ...
Nearly every child has flung rubber bands in school or at home, at sometime during their childhood. With rubber bands, everything becomes a target. In fact, many kids have even made their own make-shift rubber band guns. Well, shooting rubber bands is a past-time – fun that never gets old, that’s why companies ...
What’s this “you win or you die” crap? Mittens has solved our ridiculous human absolutism in a cagey fashion typical of the cunning we’ve come to expect not from a Lannister or Stark, but Lord Varys or Littlefinger: let the idiot bipeds fight and kill each other over the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, if it fits, the kitty ...
Not that telling time has ever exactly been complicated, but the precision-crafted quartz Wall Fish Clock hearkens back to a golden age when it was even simpler than our oft-unnecessary complicated rigmarole. When you gaze upon this elegant timepiece doubling as a 1.2-gallon aquarium for a happy little betta fish ...
Staring at this Mario Kart LED Twinkling Bracelet’s 15 luminous lights inspired us to wax philosophical about Rainbow Road’s foundational reality. Stick with us. What if that illustrious, vibrantly bedecked course is really nothing more than some cosmic overlord’s garish bangle? Much like their animated ...
All in all, it makes no difference whether you’re a preeminent producer or a hustling tunesmith fighting for that big break. Wherever you stand as a creator, only one thing about inspiration is ever remotely certain: it gives not a single lukewarm damn about your schedule. At some point, it’s on you to be prepared to ...
Oh, come on. Let’s not pretend this Star Trek Warp Core USB Car Charger is insinuating anything every Trekkie hasn’t suspected all along: every starship engineer eventually slips a lightning cable into the works to refresh a dying device’s juice. Subspace bubble be damned, nobody makes Geordi run those diagnostics ...
With every ounce of due respect to The Pokemon Company and Niantic, Lenovo’s “Star Wars: Jedi Challenges” is the jaw-droppingly immersive vision of smartphone-powered augmented reality the gaming community wished for in 2016 while riding the phenomenal cresting tidal wave of mainstream hype behind “Pokemon Go.” To ...
Under any other circumstance, our sense of compassion for hardworking creative individuals whose livelihoods hinge on the royalties their works accrue would forbid us from endorsing illegitimate video game emulators and bootleg consoles. On the other hand, that moral compass was forged before Nintendo decided to ...
Sphero’s new interactive R2-D2 replica promises to break new beeping ground like no booping Star Wars toy before. We’ve sung the praises of numerous products paying homage to the galaxy’s boldest Astromech, but they all lacked a certain sense of personality this particular little guy exhibits in spades. It speaks ...
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