Tag Archives: Toys

EPIC FAIL Naughty Fisher Price Toy Review Mike Mozart of JeepersMedia on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldah1w3TE78 It’s rare to want to punch someone in the face as hard as I want to punch this guy. Does the “epic fail” designation refer to the toy? Or to him? (I vote the latter so I can punch the latter.)

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The Gaia Online Store Messages

http://www.gaiastore.com/servlet/Detail?no=221 Wearable, green, sucker-laden tentacles, now $3 off! WANT. If only to recreate to full, cheesy effect the stupid Dr. Who episode that traumatised me through my entire childhood, and rid myself of all these therapy bills.

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Fwis • Readymech Series 002

http://readymech.com/ Oh man, are these little paper toys ever cute! I particularly like the little winged Japanese girl – I’ve got the eye of a 6 year old, and vibrant colours always revert me to a kindergartener’s mindset. Unfortunately, I also have a kindergartener’s motor skills and clammy hands, so I’d either have to find […]

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growabrain: Turtle shell

http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/2006/07/turtle_shell.html Stolen from BoingBoing – I love that last line. Bilibo’s iconic shell is a plastic kids’ toy that can be used, depending on the child and circumstance, as a seat, a rocking chair, a hat, a raft, a sled, or a turtle shell. “I love that adults always ask `what is it?’ but kids […]

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http://www.usillygoose.com/nonost.html Tempting, but the only way this would make more fun is if one of my coworkers actually *did* staple it to their face. When the time has come to stop beating around the bush, just ink the stamp using the pad supplied, and stamp your way straight to the point with these No Nonsense […]

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jeffrey heer && blog && escher + legos

http://jheer.org/blog/archives/000103.html I’m not an Escher fan, but this is freakin’ cool…

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http://www.cwfa.org/articles/753/CFI/cfreport/ The pathetically-named lobby group “Concerned Women For America” has highlighted an item for my Xmas wish list. Apparently toy Harry Potter brooms are the new Tickle Me Elmo for child-geared vibrators. And dontcha just love this description? I’m swooning already: “The Nimbus 2000 features a grooved stick and handle for easy riding.”

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