Think you have got it all down pat upstairs, and take pride in your perfect 4.0 grades at school and college? Well, if you’re a puzzle lover who has yet to meet your match, perhaps the Revomaze Extreme Puzzle might just break that precious record of yours by offering an unprecedented level of challenge (unprecedented and not impossible – ThinkGeek isn’t asking you to the solution for world peace).

Individually milled from a solid block of metal, the Revomaze features an internal labyrinth full of dead ends, traps, and one way paths you need to navigate to remove the metal core and solve the puzzle. What makes the Revomaze truly great is its challenge to both your mental and physical aptitude. You need dexterity to manipulate the Revomaze as well as brain power to ferret out the correct path in the labyrinth. One wrong move and you’re forced to start from the beginning. However the Revomaze is very fair minded…you screw up, you get punished, but you’re always aware of whether you are making progress towards the solution.

You could do a lot worse by handing $119.99 over to someone else to tickle your mind…

While houses are getting greener, here’s the Solar Powered Bamboo Dollhouse that takes eco-friendly to a smaller level, especially when you have many daughters under your roof. Forget about the traditional dollhouse that is made out of wood or plastic – this one uses sustainable bamboo and even boasts solar-powered LEDs that can be used to illuminate its fully furnished interior for added effect.

An adjustable solar panel housed in the roof collects enough energy to power five LEDs (three in the “media” room wall and one in the wall of two rooms on the first floor), providing ambient yet realistic scale illumination. Composed of nine total rooms, including a spiral staircase, the dollhouse’s entire frame, walls, and furniture is made of bamboo, treated with a light water-based stain, then polished with beeswax for a natural, satin finish. Three acrylic panels slide into grooves to form partitions; they can easily be removed to customize the living space. Furnishings include beds, sofas, bookshelves, tables, and chairs–it even includes pillows, rugs, and childrens’ toys (dolls not included).

No idea why this $499.95 purchase comes with a quartet of AAA rechargeable batteries though – perhaps it is for moments when it is perpetually cloudy and you can’t get the dollhouse up and running to show off to visitors?

Jakks Pacific, the brains behind the Plug-It-In-and-Play TV Games category that made a splash in early 2002, has furthered their trend of innovative products with its new and improved EyeClops Night Vision 2.0 Goggles, the super small handheld EyeClops Mini Projector and a whole new lineup of TV Games products that follows the current trend that the Wii started – by incorporating accelerometer-driven motion technology without breaking the bank. We’ll look at each of these in greater detail right after the jump.

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Could the advancement in technology signal the death of imagination in our kids? After all, long gone are the days when keeping a kid entertained included throwing him/her a piece of paper and some pencils to doodle with, or even to amble about in the garden while having a field time checking out the kinds of wildlife that are residing just outside. No sir, kids these days need their Pokemons, PS3s and iPods to remain “docile” in a sense, making a ruckus once their electronic source of entertainment is no long available for whatever reason. Vtech understands this trend, and has made sure that their 2009 line of products won’t bore anyone to sleep, incorporating innovative play that contemporary kids ask for without sacrificing on educational value that moms are always on the lookout for. We’ll take a closer look at those right after the jump.

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You can never be too careful these days, considering just how our world has degenerated in a rather alarming manner with all sorts of crimes and evil deeds being reported on the news round the clock. Gone are the days of innocence, where one can sleep in peace without locking the front door of the house. Not to mention the criminal atrocities associated with children by devilish adults, making parenting a more stressful job than it already is. Amber Alert aims to alleviate some of the parents’ fears by introducing their Amber Alert GPS 2G child tracking device which is capable of keeping tabs on the little ones all the time, giving their parents a sense of control and much needed peace of mind.

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Renewable energy is something that has become an important part of technology, which makes it important to teach the younger generations about it.  This isn’t one of those kits that only teaches about solar energy, instead it helps children to compare more than one type of of renewable energy.  Allowing for them to see for themselves how well each one works.  This experiment kit would be great for any kid that enjoys science and seeing how things work.

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Can’t get enough of George Lucas’ creation? The Star Wars Force Trainer ought to be a toy that not only children will enjoy but adults as well. Remember the early Jedi training that Luke Skywalker had with his lightsaber? Well, this one’s different as it purportedly develops your power of concentration.

The Star Wars Force Trainer is a fantastic leap forward in technology. The headset actually measures your brainwaves – brainwaves you will learn how to control. Seriously, your brainwaves will lift the ball in the Star Wars Force Trainer device (well, technically air will, but the strength of your brainwaves will control the power of the air). Using dry sensor technology, the Force Trainer can determine the differences between the alpha, beta, gamma and delta waves present in your brain. You can control these different brain ’states’ by using your ability to focus and to concentrate. A micro-chip inside the Force Trainer then uses an algorithm to figure out which brain state you are in and then decides how to raise or lower the ball based on that state.

Sounds almost like magic, but there really isn’t anything more than modern technology at work here. The Star Wars Force Trainer can be yours for $119.99 a pop.

Forget about big boys’ toys – this one is for the kids. This little digital camera will not only be able to capture favorite memories from the eyes of your little one, it was also built tough to withstand the rigors of being a child’s toy.

Housed in a thick plastic case with sold, rubber handholds that provide a sure grip for an entire hand (versus just using the fingers), the camera has a 0.3 MP image sensor that takes both 640 x 480 resolution pictures and 320 x 240 resolution videos. It has a fixed-focus lens, so children simply line up a shot and press the button; images are shown on its 1″ color display. It can store up to 150 JPEG pictures and 3 1/2 minutes of AVI video on its 16 MB memory, which can be downloaded to a computer running Windows via the included USB cable.

Each $59.95 purchase comes with relevant software used for image editing once your kid is done, and it will be powered by a quartet of AA batteries. Don’t worry about Junior breaking your DSLR now after getting him this!