It’s the heat of battle. You are the last one left for your team. The enemy is just across the way. You jump up to unleash a torrent of foam at them and two darts in your blaster quits firing. You’re out of ammo. Every Nerf player’s worst fear is running out of darts in the heat of battle. Having to take out your ...
Fans of the hit TV show Rick and Morty should be glad to hear that the famous portal gun is now a real thing. Well, sort of. Although this replica can’t take you to Pizza Universe or Dog Dimension, it sure is fun. Great for fans of the show or kids running wild with imagination, the Rick and Morty Portal Gun is sure ...
One of the most classic shows of all time has been honored with its very own minifig collection. Geeks, sci-fi fans, and space nerds alike will go crazy for the Star Trek TNG Minifig collection. All of your favorite crew members shrunk down into a tiny, brick-like body. Ready to explore the final frontier: the top of ...
Once upon a time, mariners and artists built mysterious, highly-detailed, models of ships and somehow got them to rest inside a bottle. This intriguing display has been around for centuries, impressing the eyes of everyone that sees them and inspiring legends of the high seas. Captain Jack Sparrow himself had a ...
THE POWER OF FLIGHT LITERALLY IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND: NEW KD INTERACTIVE AURA DRONE IS CONTROLLED BY HAND GESTURES Tell the Wright Brothers that one day you’d be flying a drone with only movements of your hand and they would have laughed at you. Well they would laugh, after stopping to catch their breath from ...
Take your construction worker’s imagination to a whole new level, putting them in the driver’s seat of their very own heavy (not so heavy) machinery. No more having to dig up sand for the sand-scraper with a shovel. With this motorized digger they will be able to move however much material they need to build that next ...
Duh dun duhdun. A wire lowers you down from the ceiling and your x-ray vision goggles show you the vault behind the fake bookcase. You drop down and use a laser gun to cut through the bookcase and into the vault to get intel on the big heist planned. Quick, someone’s coming! You jump out the window and swing to safety ...
YOUR DREAM OF A PET PORG IS FINALLY A REALITY *screeeech* Everyone’s favorite Last Jedi character is now here to keep you company. Porg captured the hearts of Star Wars fans everywhere with eyes as big as Tatooine’s suns and a personality that makes it impossible not to love. While not as classic as a Wookie, Porg ...
If radio-controlled aircraft shrink down to sizes much smaller than the Rabing Miniature Drone, we may not be far from officially classifying the next-smallest device as nanotechnology. The Rabing Miniature Drone may measure an unthinkably slim 3.1 by 2.6 inches and an inch thick, but this 23.8-gram flying machine ...
We haven’t yet stumbled across a common set of circumstances that would necessitate the unique skill set exhibited by Hammacher Schlemmer’s RC Truck Tracking Drone. That only fuels our determination to concoct an ever-evolving situation that absolutely calls for consistent radio-controlled vehicle reconnaissance. A ...
The Motorized Ride-On Mario Kart is emblematic of anything that starts out as a charming, fairly innocent idea but has all the necessary potential to veer off Rainbow Road and careen into the unexplored outskirts of Awesome Town with just a few nefarious tweaks. By itself, this is already a real-life working model ...
Funko’s “Stranger Things” Demodog Plush Nesting Doll Set awakens questions left over long after Netflix's Stephen King-inspired thriller wraps up its sophomore season. Specifically, we keep coming back to this one query: what the hell, Dustin? If we were to cozy up with this furry three-in-one set representing all ...
This skeevy Remote Control Cockroach raises only one question: why would anybody buy only one? Think about the worst-case scenario. Suppose we discreetly scare the bejeezus out of someone with this obedient little bug’s miniature remote control from around 20 to 25 feet away in direct sight of the roach. Although ...
Blurs Line Between Avenger And Mighty "Champion" Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok” Hulk-Out Mask reminds us of everything any kid loves about pretending to channel Bruce Banner’s surly green alter-ego and every sigh of relief we adults breathed that all the lovey-dovey business between Banner and Natasha Romanoff in ...
Wow, Hammacher Schlemmer. Your Transforming Robot Car sure is nifty. If only your 10-inch-tall dancing robot-in-disguise had a clever one-word name that encapsulated its most appealing action. While you’re at it, maybe you could write a rockin’ theme song about this guy that he could dance along to when we either ...
To a child, a bicycle means nothing less than freedom, but unlike a typical bicycle, an electric motorized bike allows children to reach a whole new experience of freedom and play because it doesn’t limit them to exerting their own power or physical effort to get around. The STACYC Stability Cycle series of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
When we proclaim that LEGO has outdone itself, that is covering some pretty damn serious ground. When it comes to the Star Wars Ultimate Collector’s Series Millennium Falcon, that feels like a woeful understatement. For starters, let’s put this collection’s sheer scope in perspective, shall we? The 2011 LEGO ...
If you are a Game of Thrones fan (and, who isn’t?), then you will definitely want to cast your eyes on these little Pop Game of Thrones Vinyl Figures. Everyone has their favorite characters on the show, such as the brilliant Tyrion, Jon Snow (King of The North), Bran (the Sellsword), Tormund (the wildling), Wun Wun, ...
During a recent working vacation, one of our best pals was blown away at Maker Faire Kansas City by his first Power Racing Series event. For those who have never heard of this awesome nationwide competitive spectacle of nerdy ingenuity, grown men and women take to pop-up go-kart tracks in modified Power Wheels ...
The more we play with an ever-advancing array of Nerf weaponry, the less compelled we feel to turn to hours on end playing “Overwatch” and “Doom” to quell our passion for absurd armaments. The Nerf Modulus Tri-Strike just might be our pinnacle of versatile foamy firepower and an end to toting a sidearm at all. We ...
Fans of the ‘Alien’ movie franchise are in for a horrific surprise when they discover this motion activated Alien storage egg is up for grabs! Next to Humpty Dumpty, the Alien egg is legendary, but you don’t have to break it open because it will open as soon as a potential host for the infamous Xenomorph embryo comes ...
Sideshow Collectibles has a great track record of producing the finest in genre replicas, figures and statues. So when they decided to tackle The Mad Titan, the mysterious big purple baddie that doesn’t like to stand in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you know they were going to go all out. Sure enough they did. ...
Hey, fellow older Millennials! We have a dandy of a treat for you today. Wicked Cool Toys has announced the revival of the cuddliest interactive plush companion in all 1980s nostalgia - Teddy Ruxpin! We’ve been waiting all day for you to stop by so we can all watch the exciting reveal on YouTube together and revel in ...
Take our word for it: you will never have so much fun making a beaver pop out foam balls - not this side of Tijuana, anyway. The Nerf Marshmallow Fun Beaver Blaster reassures us that better living through maximum absurdity is a concept alive and well wherever good times are had. Try as mankind might, successful ...
Michaelangelo once explained his approach to sculpture as gazing contemplatively at his marble until he could clearly see a form imprisoned inside. He would then meticulously chisel away the stone around it until the figure was free. Anyone who has ever deigned to create works of fine art using an Etch A Sketch’s ...
You know what a ‘selfie’ is, but have you heard of the ‘SELFLY’, maybe not? It is another autonomous flying camera, which might not sound like anything new, but it has a feature that makes it soar above the rest; it doubles as a phone case! While flying drones with mounted cameras can get pretty small, carrying and ...
Wow, everyday new amazing technologies are coming out that boggle the mind, Holo Cube is one of these. Although its physical appearance looks much like a very miniature version of the Borg mother ship from Star Trek, don’t let it’s physical appearance fool you to gauge its capabilities to dazzle your senses. The ...
When a torrent of ammunition won’t get your point across all by its lonesome, you need a dispenser of justice whose very presence lets your enemies know they have turned the bed brown before even the first faceful of foamy doom. That’s when you call upon the Nerf Doomlands Judge, the armament for mercenaries who take ...
Yes, with Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” edging nearer on the horizon, Hasbro has unveiled Dancing Groot Vol. 2 for a Spring 2017 arrival in stores everywhere. Don’t pretend this surprises you. For those who missed out on the original surprise 2014 intergalactic adventure entirely or just its famously ...
Having a dog is like having a best friend to hang-out with anytime you want, especially when it’s time to go outside and play. Traditional dog toys abound, such as tennis balls and specially designed frisbees, but there is a new throw toy in town that has dogs running around parks and backyards like never before, and ...
We would like to remind our crotchety next-door neighbor, Mr. Weathers, that we were the reasonable ones. We wanted to resolve ownership of the apple tree hanging across our property lines without anyone getting hurt. The roots are entirely on our side. It doesn't matter if the branches hang almost entirely over his ...
Oh, Sideshow Toys. You are the reason we have can't have both money and nice things. Unsurprisingly, we consider money much more expendable than meticulously sculpted collectibles such as the Deadpool Heat-Seeker Premium Format Figure. Unveiled this past summer at San Diego Comic-Con, the Merc with a Mouth as ...
Let's look at one more reason we resent toddlers: they will never know the struggles of life on the road in the 60's and 70's. We aren't even bitter about our own rough roads traveled so that they would never have to walk those stony paths. Kids today will never understand the uncharted hell our parents braved to ...
There are few things in life that are truly timeless, the yo-yo and Lionel train sets, both are designed for kids of all ages. In fact, many children have spent part of their childhood playing with a Lionel train set. This train set’s John Deere theme is fitting, as Deere is a well-known name in farming tractors, ...
As a general rule, we don't trust anything that walks on more than two legs and can't verbally communicate its thoughts any further than we can throw it. Something tells us the makers of Feisty Pets would drink to that. This goes a little bit further than Chairman Meow challenging us to rub his belly when he knows ...
This is a first: Hasbro's Play-Doh Touch Shape To Life Studio app is one of those rare genuinely impressive enhancements to a sacred chunk of our childhoods that still makes us say to today's tykes, "Nope. Better you than us, kids." The free iPhone and iPad app turns Play-Doh creatures captured by either device's ...
It's a pretty simple underlying principle that upholds order throughout the Unique Hunters micronation: peace through superior firepower. We draw no distinction between our office cat Chairman Meow tipping over the document shredder to roll around in last year's bank statements and the Girl Scout troop who threatens ...
Are you looking for a unique birthday gift for your child, one that will be remember for the rest of their lives? Well, then Hatchimals is what you seek – magical creatures waiting to be hatch from an egg. It’s nearly a football sized egg that holds a cute little creature that will hatch open when it is played with ...
Children are fascinated with the world around them, machines that move, lift, and carry things captures their active imaginations, and kids will naturally play by mimicking what they see by role-playing. While most children will make-believe they are operating large machines they’ve seen using chairs, boxes, or ...
It’s true, cats are like children and enjoy playing, their instinct to hunt, stalk and pounce on their prey is hot-wired into their little kitty brains. Cat owners know very well that when their kitty wants to play, they ‘need’ to give them something to play with, or else, cats will literally climb the walls of a ...
They're Pinky and The Brain, They're Pinky and The Brain, One is a genius, The other's Insane... We'll rampage to the shops To own their Funko Pops, They're dinky, They're Pinky And The Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain. Egad, Funko! Brilliant! What's the only thing better than owning two genetically ...
If you own a McLaren automobile, then you understand what automotive ‘class’ is all about. The automotive manufacturer’s series of high-performance vehicles are the envy of car enthusiasts everywhere, especially among very young ones, particularly 6 years of age and under. If you are a proud parent of small ...
There are many drones ‘flying’ the friendly skies today, and they are mostly used for flying fun. Drones come in many shapes and sizes, not to mention their capabilities vary a lot, with cheaper models designed for kid type amusement, more advanced ‘adult’ models can flying higher and perform more accurate aerial ...
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