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Chatman the talking USB emoticon (distantly related to Pac-Man) is a cute little guy that likes to throw in his two cents about conversations you might be having on any one of the major IM platforms. His eyes, ears, arms and mouth also animate while he speaks.
Alen Yen has completed the first sofubi of Nekosaur which is in limited production, and supplies are already waning. So if you want to get 6″ of retro robot toy nostalgia complete with paper guts, you’d better act fast!
Move your Simpsons and Star Wars figures, to the side. You need a little space to show your Google allegiance with all 12 Android toys. Though not equipped with Kung Fu grip, the Androids do have movable heads and arms, and isn’t that the next best thing?
Only a spy would have passports for the US, Russia, UK and Australia. That’s right—Australia. You may not know it but the whole country is teaming with robot koalas and undercover agents that look like Paul Hogan. Of course, since you aren’t a spy, these passports are really only fancy notebooks.
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As if you needed another sign that society is headed in the wrong direction, take the stupid products people spend their money on. Every year they get stupider and stupider, but we are right there to spend our hard earned dollar. Why? Because poop never stops being funny and it’s hard to resist a “limited edition.” So, without further ado, here is Part I of the epic master list of the stupidest products of 2009.
Just in time for the second Iron Man movie, Sideshow Collectables and Hot Toys are bringing you a ridiculously detailed figure from the second Iron Man movie depicting Tony Stark in the mech testing phase. Check out the list of features and a full gallery after the break.
Create a pop culture shrine with these five luminaries immortalized as high quality stickers. You’ll bask the the silk screened presence of legends such as Rod Serling, Don Knotts and Bob Ross. Plus, for the hell of it they’ve included two stickers of each figure, for a total of 10 sticky pop culture icons. They’ve also thrown in two “Pop Culture Parody Accessory Packs” which will allow you to see what Barney Fife looks like with a soul patch and what Bob Ross looks like wearing a Pickelhaube… Good times.
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Here are the top ten Nerd Approved Gadgets for the week of December 7th-13th, 2009:
New Feature: Show us your stupidest, nerdiest toys and gadgets.
Ultimate R2-D2 Statue: Comes with bells, whistles (and a periscope, saw, gripper…)
Guillotine Ornament: Festively morbid.
Handmade Felt Mice: Your favorite nerdy movie roles, played by mice on a Christmas tree.
Flip Book Sticky Notes: Avoid unnecessary messaging.
Today Arimaz announced the release of Pingo the Penguin, the first in a series of MyDeskFriend robotic toys. The device allows users to tap into their Facebook accounts and breathe life into their new buddy by giving it a name, a profile, a personality and control over it’s moods and daily life. So, it’s kind of like a social networking Tamagotchi, except Pingo isn’t completely needy and useless. UPDATED: Video and image added.
Manually passing salt and pepper to those around the table may have been fine in the 20th century, but now that we are ready to begin the second decade of the century it is time to move into the future. These Salt and Pepper Bots can be wound up so that they can walk themselves over to the next person looking to add a bit of spice to their meal. These robots may not be quite ready to join in Skynet’s takeover, but they could be a tool to get us used to having robots around.
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