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Tag Archives: Toys

Is The Nano Falcon The World’s Smallest RC Helicopter?

By David Ponce on 05/28/13 • Leave a comment!

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Weighing in at a ridiculous 11g and measuring 65mm across, the Nano Falcon from Japanese company CCP could very well be the world’s smallest such toy. For a bit of perspective, the iPhone 5 weighs 112g, so roughly 10 times more. It’s gyro stabilized and uses contra-rotating blades instead of a tail rotor and despite its small size, manages around 5 minutes of flight time on a 30 minute charge. The range from the IR remote is a little pitiful at 5 meters, but this isn’t the kind of toy you’re expected to take outside. If you know someone of the right age whose birthday is right around the corner, it’ll cost you ¥4,704 ($48) to make them happy. It’s available in Japan, starting June 7th.

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The Toy We Never Knew We Wanted: A QuadCopter RC Car

By David Ponce on 05/27/13 • Leave a comment!

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UK-based product designer Witold Mielniczek has created the above prototype, which is both an off-road remote controlled car, and quadcopter. It’s called: B. As you would expect, the rear-wheel powered vehicle does drive about like a regular off-road RC car, but at the touch of a button can be airborne. Each wheel is “driven not by a center-mounted axle, but instead by cog mechanisms at the bottom of the rim. This leaves the center of the rings clear for four 7-inch propellers, which allow the vehicle to get airborne on the fly (no pun intended).” The wheels are flexible and have special mounts that allow for hard landings without breaking. A full charge of the battery gives you around 15 minutes of flying/driving time. And best of all is the inclusion of a 720p video camera that can record point-of-view footage to a Micro SD card. You totally shouldn’t go spy on your neighbors or anything because that’s probably illegal… We’re just saying that it’s something the B can do.

Of course, you’re going to have to pay for it. It’s doing the Kickstarter dance, and a pledge of $484 will get you a disassembled version with no remote while at $605, you’ll get it fully assembled and with an RC transmitter.

Hit the jump for more pics and links.

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Nerf Vortex Pyragon Blaster Won’t Soon Run Out Of Ammo

By David Ponce on 05/09/13 • Leave a comment!

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With a self-aggrandizing name like Vortex Pyragon, you’d be forgiven for confusing this plastic toy with Iron Man’s sidearm. But that’s the point, we suppose. Whatever the reasoning behind the toy’s name, it does stand out from other Nerf offerings in that it features a large 40 round magazine. This means you can go on a rampage in the office and won’t run out of “bullets” before you run out of targets. It shoots special Vortex discs and is even capable of fully automatic shooting, though for how many rounds, we’re not sure. There’s even a rail on which you can attach other accessories, which of course are sold separately. The Pyragon will set you back all of $42.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Uncrate ]

Jenga Boom Adds An Explosive Timer To An Old Classic

By David Ponce on 04/03/13 • Leave a comment!

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Playing Jenga is pretty stressful. There are a few ways to add even more nerve-wracking elements to the game. Drink. That’s one way. Or purchase Jenga Boom. It’s the same game, only now there’s a bomb-shaped timer atop which you stack the blocks, and which will cause the entire tower to fall down after a set period of time.

It’s $18.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ Gizmodo ]

NanoBlimp Is Allegedly World’s Smallest RC Blimp

By David Ponce on 03/14/13 • Leave a comment!

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This looks like a fun toy. The Nanoblimp is a remote controlled blimp that uses regular party balloons filled with Helium, and to which you attach a set of propellers. There’s three of these, which used in combination allow for upwards/downwards, forwards/backwards and rotation movements. That should be enough to get you anywhere, even if you can’t move sideways. What blimp moves sideways anyway? There’s a set of ballasts that you also attach to the balloon to achieve neutral buoyancy and the remote control frequencies allow for up to 4 such airships in one room. That means battles and mayhem, which is the best way to spend a Friday afternoon in the office.

It’s $50 for one, which includes ten balloons, the propellers, ballast and remote control. The Helium, you have to find yourself.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ TheGreenHead ]

There’s A Chewbacca Angry Bird Plushie? Of Course There Is

By David Ponce on 02/20/13 • Leave a comment!

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One of the more successful editions of Angry Birds is the Star Wars flavour. Not only is the artwork tastefully rendered, the gameplay features novel physics which makes for a cool improvement over its Earth-based variants. So it should come as no surprise that there’s a healthy amount of Star Wars Angry Birds-themed merchandise. Our favorite? The above Chewbacca Bird.

It’s 4.8 x 4.8 x 4.5 inche and weighs 4.8 ounces. It costs all of $10, and would make a cool present for a Star Wars or an Angry Birds fan. Not an awesome present, mind you, because hey, it’s still just a plushie. But if it’s a kid? What do kids know? Kids will love it.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ NoPuedoCreer ]

This SuperSoaker Packs Some Ice

By David Ponce on 02/13/13 • 1 Comment

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Very few things scream “summertime” louder than running around the yard with a SuperSoaker in hand, shooting at anything that moves. It’s all fun and games… and it remains so even if you equip yourself with the Arctic Shock Super Soaker pictured above. Instead of just water, this particular gun also stores ice, which chills down the water it shoots. That’s sure to be really popular in the sweltering heat. And as the ice it stores melts, that too become additional ammo. It has a range of about 30 feet but is unfortunately not battery powered. The storage compartment fits 25 ounces of water, or water/ice mix and when it hits the shelves this spring, it’ll set you back $20.

[ Product Page ] VIA [ DVice ]

Add An Electric Propeller To Any Home Made Paper Airplane, And Control It With Your iPhone

By David Ponce on 02/13/13 • Leave a comment!

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TailorToys have been making the PowerUp systems for quite some time now, but their new 3.0 version has iPhone control. That’s awesome, but let’s start at the beginning, because we’d never even heard of the 1.0 or 2.0. The PowerUp devices are little electric propellers that clip onto the tip of your paper airplane, and give it some thrust. This way, gravity, aerodynamics and paper airplane engineering aren’t the limiting factors; battery life is. And yes, this works with just about any paper airplane, from the shitty to the elegant. The 3.0 version seems to have added iPhone control, though we don’t have any details on just how well the plane is controlled with this scheme. It would appear that the new device doesn’t just give the plane forward thrust, but would allow you to steer as well. Considering the toy just won Popular Science’s Best of Toyfair award, we’re going to go ahead and assume it’s pretty well done.

They should be available later this year for an unspecified price. Considering previous generation models are going for around $17, we can’t imagine it’ll be that expensive.

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UndeadTed Zombified Teddy Bears are Every Kid’s Nightmare

By Hazel Chua on 01/29/13 • 1 Comment

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Shows and movies like The Walking Dead and Zombieland have pushed the zombie trend into a more prominent position in pop culture. As a result, we’ve got more people dressing up as zombies during Halloween and we’re all seeing a lot more things that are getting the undead treatment–the most recent one being a bunch of what used to be cuddly and adorable teddy bears.

These bears, aptly called UndeadTeds, are the handiwork of UK artist Phillip Blackman. He created a whole line of these zombified teddy bears which are now, unsurprisingly, all sold out. He’s hard at work on a new set of gory bears, so it shouldn’t be long before he has new ones up for sale on his Etsy shop.

You can hit the break to see what you missed–but if you grew up loving teddy bears and cuddling them when you were little, I suggest you look elsewhere, because undead teddies are not a pretty sight.

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