zibits mini r/c robots spin into town

February 14, 2010 by Eran Abramson · Leave a Comment 

Would you believe this cute little robot toy costs less than $10 bucks? Zibits are a new series of low-priced miniature robots that are perfect on your desktop or for your kids (or cats) to play with

chatman displays your emoticons and nags your kids

February 11, 2010 by technabob · Leave a Comment 

Chatman is a new sort of toy that plugs into your computer, helping to make your instant messaging more interesting for everyone, especially kids. Chatman is kind of an emoticon itself, but it’s able to display different faces based on your IM discussions.

lego big mac combo: and no, you can’t eat it!

February 11, 2010 by technabob · Leave a Comment 

If I didn’t have my glasses on, I’d probably be fooled, but you won’t. This LEGO Big Mac Combo was created by the Japanese LEGO artists Sachiko .

henry’s robots: metal model mechs make me merry

February 7, 2010 by Eran Abramson · Leave a Comment 

These amazingly intricate robot models come to us courtesy of Henry’s Robots. Henry has been amassing a virtual army of miniature metal mecha in his laboratory over the last few years. Each one is lovingly handmade by Henry, and I only wish I could have one sitting on my desktop right now.

lego and muji let you create toys out of brick and paper

February 7, 2010 by Tal Siach · Leave a Comment 

Japanese retail store Muji has teamed up with LEGO for a special line of toys that combine the world famous bricks with… paper. Basically each set consists of basic rectangular and square LEGO bricks and a bunch of colored paper – I also saw translucent paper in one of the sets – and templates for cutouts. It seems a bit gimmicky to me, but then again it does make a good gift for kids, because it exercises their creativity

incense smoking robots: huh, wha?

February 6, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment 

Normally, if I told you your robot was smoking , you’d have to send it in to a technician to have it looked at. I’m not quite sure why anyone came up with this idea, but they did.

famous landmarks turned into lego landmarks

February 6, 2010 by technabob · Leave a Comment 

In yet another LEGO-related post … I found a bunch of different landmarks that were copied using LEGOs. Some of them are merely passable, while others look amazing