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Big Lebowski Talking Jesus Action Figure
The Big Lebowski is one of those cult films that seem to last through the ages, boasting a staying power which one could never have predicted right from the get go. If you happen to love the film to bits, and have memorized all of the quotable quotes, then here is something for your collection which would certainly bring a smile to your face. The £34.99 Big Lebowski Talking Jesus Action Figure does just as how it is described – where it will depict John Turturro’s scene-stealing, scenery-chewing turn as the Dude’s snake-hipped bowling rival, Jesus Quintana. Also know as “The Jesus”, the few lines that he mutters out are now immortalized for good.
The speaker is located on the base, and “The Jesus” stands at 8” tall, being exquisitely detailed figure which will share seven of his well-known catchphrases. Of course, kids ought to have their ears shielded whenever the Big Lebowski Talking Jesus Action Figure starts talking, since most of his lines are filled to the brim with expletives, where there is no point listing them down since it would be filled with nothing but asterisks after all.
WowWee AppGear combines augmented reality with real toys
I’m sure that most of you coolest-gadgets readers are familiar with WowWee, as they make some really cool robot toys. Last year at CES, they unveiled the Cinemin Slice, and CES 2012 will be the year of the AppGear.
I have a video of it after the jump, and it apparently uses augmented reality apps for both iOS and Android, combined with physical toys. I’m not certain how it all works, but it could be the next generation of gaming.
After all, who doesn’t want to see their toys come to life? It looks like the Alien Jailbreak works by placing the alien jail toy in front of you and then shooting the aliens with an iOS or Android augmented reality application of some type.
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Hovering car racetrack apparently not as real as we want it to be
When you hit the jump, you are going to see a viral video that looks quite neat. Not to be too much of a spoiler, but it features tiny hovering cars on a miniature racetrack.
It certainly looks real, and if you wanted to create a hovering vehicle, then the liquid nitrogen tanks that you see inserted in these miniature racers would be the way to go. Liquid nitrogen is both superconductive and magnetically repellant, so it can make objects float if you manipulate it right. The problem is that there is way too much evidence supporting that the video is a fake.
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Swann has trio of new RC helicopters
When it comes to remote controlled helicopters, you cannot really go wrong with a name like Swann backing such an endeavor. After all, this company has had ample experience in the past, rolling out decent RC helicopters, and they now have a trio of new additions with two of those sporting on-board wireless video cameras, while the other will be able to “talk” to an iPhone, iPod and iPad. Both the Sky Eye and Black Swann will allow you to record your flights as either videos, or you can also snap still photos with but a single touch of a button. Needless to say, these images and videos can be retrieved only after you land the helicopter and transfer it to a PC via USB.
Something tells me that with this new, albeit rather obvious, spying capability, your neighbor who loves sunbathing in the nude might just think twice before going out in his/her birthday suit. Let us take a look at the three RC helicopters in greater detail after the jump.
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iLaunch Thunder loves your iPhone
Feel like you are the President of the US with the £79.99 iLaunch Thunder – imagine you hold the “nuclear football” in your hands, and you have already been sent all the relevant launch codes to send a reply to North Korea’s recent nuclear attack on one of your country’s military bases – all it takes is a single press of a button, and a retaliatory missile is sent all the way back to North Asia. Of course, this is nowhere near as serious, and does not endanger a single human life, but it might help you experience a feeling of power albeit momentarily.
No longer do you need to throw bits of paper or rubber at your colleagues to irritate them (or paying tit for tat), but all you need to do is adjust where this sleek missile launcher is supposed to point at, where its air-powered pistons will then get to work, shooting safe, spongy projectiles up to 8 meters away. Of course, the iPhone is not the only device that enables control of the iLaunch Thunder, as the iPod Touch and iPad will get the job done as well. Bluetooth connectivity is what delivers the commands over to the iLaunch Thunder, and sporting a rotating angle of 270 degrees with the ability to tilt up or down through 45 degrees, you have quite the weapon on your desk.
Micro Mosquito Helicopter 3.0
The Micro Mosquito Helicopter 3.0 is said to be world’s smallest, lightest, quietest, fully-functional RC helicopter. Now those a re a whole lot of superlatives when it comes to describing it, and we are glad to say that you can drop £49.99 for this puppy, as it is now available over at the gadget mavens known as Firebox. Just in case you are in need of spare rotors, those will cost you £7.99 a pop. Playing with it is a wonder, as it tips the scales at just 15 grams, despite being so small that it is capable of taking off from your palm as well as land on it. Hopefully your piloting skills would be up to snuff, though.
The counter-rotating blades on the Mosquito make it extremely manoeuvrable, and once you have managed to get the hang of its twin-toggle, digital proportional transmitter, you won’t have any issue handling this like a boss. It does not matter whether you are trying to have it go up, down, hover around, move forwards, backwards, left or right – it will obey your every command like magic.
Crazy 3x3x7 puzzle will challenge you Rubik’s cubists
Our friend’s at Brando, who have created many fun gadgets in the past, have now created the Simplity Cubic 3x3x7 IQ Brick.
I think the company is trying to avoid the word Rubik’s Cube due to copyright infringement. It really is the same basic principle, but instead of the 3 x 3 x 3 cube that you must solve, this is a 3 x 3 x 7 Cube. At least it’s not the 17 x 17 x 17 puzzle we reported about before.
As you can see by the illustration, it looks like a regular Rubik’s Cube from the 80′s, but two of the “layers” (for lack of a better word) have three layers to them. Gee, I really hope that this makes sense, because I can’t figure out a better way to describe it. Hopefully this image from the Brando website makes it clear.
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Pinoky brings stuffed animals to life!
Bringing stuff animals to life can either be cute, like in Mary Poppins, or horrifying, like in Akira.
The Pinoky is really nothing more than a claw with a magnetic grip which has the power to shake a part of stuffed animal. This includes an arm, a leg, or, if you are a snake, the whole body.
I will let you decide what the effect of the Pinoky is, but there is a video after the jump if you want to see it for yourself.
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