Know somebody that enjoys spending time in the great outdoors, our latest gift guide should have a gadget especially for them.

Ultra Stomp Rocket

I got one of these as a gift earlier in the year and they are great fun to play with down the park, the Stomp Rocket

Stomp® on the Launch Pad and a blast of air propels the Stomp Rocket® over 200 feet in the air! The kit contains 4 rockets with the OG-1 Nosecone. The Ultra is designed for ages 8 and up.

Cost : $10.75

LED Umbrella

Umbrellas are normally boring, but when the shaft looks like a light sabre then they are pretty cool, here is the LED Umbrella.

Even if you don’t live in a quasi-futuristic Los Angeles, and aren’t a Blade Runner, you can still have the coolest umbrella on the street. With a push of a button, the shaft lights up, illuminating you and your path. Now, even in the darkest of nights, you’re a lot more visible to the cars on the street, making your long walk home through the rain a lot safer.

Cost : $24.99

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I’ve just received this email from Think Geek and as it’s full of gadgety offers thought it was worth sharing, enjoy…

Spend $30 and get $5 Off Your Next Order - So Say We All

Is that cash burning a hole through your pocket like a death ray through stellar matter? We think not. As a geek, you probably have enough dough to grab that latest graphics card, while you are content to subsist on crackers and noodles until the next check arrives. We feel you. And we can help. Simply rack up $30 or more in goodies to your shopping cart (excluding shipping and taxes), then during checkout enter the following promo code to get $5 off your order: RAMEN Make haste, mortals! Offer expires 12/09/2007!

Ion USB Cassette Deck - $99.99 for 48 hours only! Save $50 off the Regular Price.

Don’t let your audio cassettes die a slow and lonely death moldering in your basement for years. Liberate them digitally with the Ion USB Cassette Deck. Simply plug this high-quality dual cassette deck into the USB port on your PC (Windows or Mac) and use the included Audacity software to rip your vinyl directly to MP3 (or WAV format) for playback on all your newfangled devices like the iPod. Now $99.99 for 48 hours only! That’s $50 off the regular price. http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/9778/

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What happens when a biological psychology professor slash jewelry-designer checks out the work of an optical microscopy research scientist? You end up with an unique line of accessories that shows off the fact that you’re just the kind of person who loves to confuse and befuddle people with trying to figure out just what it is you have in your possession.

ThinkGeek offers the Molecular Keychain and Molecular Earrings. Both feature the photomicrograph of a specific molecule taken by Michael W. Davidson of the Optical Microscopy Division of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University then is attached to a sterling silver finding using jeweler’s grade sealant. It won’t corrode, it won’t discolor and it won’t matter if you get it wet or not. Read the rest of this entry »

Halo 3

The game for the Xbox 360, you probably want to make sure they haven’t got it before buying, but a 360 without Halo 3 is like scuba diving without oxygen.

Cost : $59.99

Sound Seat Video Game Chair

Make games and music come alive with the Sound Seat Video Game Chair.

• 3″ full range speaker
• 5.5″ subwoofer
• RCA inputs
• iPod™/MP3/PSP™ input and holder
• Headphone jack
• Volume and base control
• RCA multi-player outputs
• Breathable poly-stretch fabric
• Folds for storage

Cost : $129.95

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If your kid is into all things military, then the Black Ghost Helicopter toy could be just the right present.

Not far off looking like an Apache helicopter (if you squint a bit) but sadly without the weaponry, this tiny little powerhouse is so astonishingly stable even an idiot can fly it. We tested it on of our idiots in the IWOOT office just to make sure. As well as being an easy flyer it’s also pretty darn resilient along with full altitude and directional control plus a super steady forward motion. It charges up from the remote (which takes 6 AA batteries) and you should get at least 10 mins flying time before it needs another charge. This really is the most stable and controllable little helicopter we’ve ever played with - and we’ve played with a lot (it’s important research you know). This well and truly rocks.

The Black Ghost Helicopter would make a pretty good stocking stuffer at the relatively affordable price of £24.95.

While the title sounds pretty weird as “knit” would be a better choice where wording is concerned, Lillian Vernon has decided to embrace technology by launching the Build-a-Stocking.com website. How many times, after all, have you suffered stress and anxiety whenever Christmas rolls around the corner because you have failed to finish with your holiday shopping? With Build-a-Stocking.com, that is set to change. Developed by a 56-year old cataloger, you get to choose from one of over a dozen handcrafted Christmas stockings or totes, personalize them with the recipients’ names and ‘stuff’ them with items specially selected from Lillian Vernon’s array of unique gifts. There won’t be a commercialized look to this, since a vast majority of the gifts on offer are also personalizeable.

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So you’ve bought the coolest remote control toy and robot what you need now is some stocking fillers, here’s a quick selection of small gadgets that I’m sure any gadget geek would appreciate.

Tetra Tops - Multu Axis Shapes

You see, normal tops have one axis of spin, which is mathematically boring. But by borrowing from nature’s designs, Tetra Tops have multiple axes of spin and can spin on any one of their spheres. Each package contains two random (in style and color) Tetra Tops. Maybe you’ll get the fun loving tetrahedron (4 vertices); or perhaps the loquacious octahedron (6 vertices); or if you’re lucky you’ll get one of the dream team: the icosahedron or the cubeoctahedron (each with 12 vertices).

Cost : $9.99

LED Projection Night Light

The LED Projection Night Light makes even the dullest of rooms look cool.

There’s a boogeyman in your closet. He’s in there, snarling with 6 inch razor sharp fangs. He’s just waiting patiently for the light to turn off, and for you to fall asleep. Then, he’ll slowly open the closet door, and stalk to your bedside… You lie shivering under the covers, which are pulled up to your nose. Your eyes peer into every shadow. You jump at every noise. Was that the creak of a door?

Cost : $9.99

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Fancy going out for a bowling game with your mates, but have yet to get permission from the missus? The Bowling Game could help stave off your itch temporarily.

This bowling game allows you to roll strikes, spares, and gutter balls on a desk or table. Players use the ramp to aim and hurl the steel ball down the lane; the ramp slides across the width of the lane to provide the necessary ball-release angles for picking up the dreaded seven-ten split. The solid oak lane has target arrows that provide a visual guide, and the pins are easy to set up, yet offer a stern challenge to both novice and seasoned tabletop bowlers.

The Bowling Game is available from Hammacher for $39.95.