Adorable BB-8 droid from 'The Force Awakens' is now available to own

For $149.99, you can take home the adorable BB-8 droid from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It's remote-controlled and interacts with your smart phone. "But for all the added bells and whistles," we are told, "the BB-8's primary directive is really just to be a ball of cuteness." And that it is.


Amost as cool as the Millennium Falcon drone.

Scare your kids with the Hillary Clinton action figure

No, this isn't a joke. Creator Jason Feinberg is a fan of Hillary Clinton, and he wants to immortalize her in the form of an action figure that will surely terrify young kids everywhere.


From Feinberg's KickStarter site:

We started with one simple goal; to make Hillary Clinton into an awesome iconic action figure. Basically, we're hoping to kick off some light-hearted excitement about her campaign and the amazingly cool prospect of America getting its first woman president.

After months and months of work, we're all ready to go!

Actually, this four-inch piece of plastic would be less annoying and a much more effective leader than the real thing. If only this version could get on the ballot next year.

Button football championship coincides with World Cup

Have you ever heard of button football? Neither had I, but it's apparently pretty popular. It even has its own World Cup of sorts:


So where were ESPN's cameras during all the excitement?

Skeet-shooting Obama now an action figure

Remember that skeet-shooting photo of Obama the White House didn't want manipulated? You knew it was only a matter of time before someone made an action figure.

And, as far as I know, the White House hasn't issued any statement regarding the manipulation of presidential action figures.

Full-length, live-action version of Toy Story

Young Arizona filmmakers, Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta, shot a full-length, scene-by-scene, live-action version of Toy Story. Yeah, it's pretty cool!

(via Kottke)

The 11 Lego Doctors

(from photographer Andrew Cookston)

Angry Birds: Star Wars due out next month

Angry Birds: Star Wars will be available for download on November 8.

Father sends son's toy train into space

What little boy wouldn't like to send his favorite toy on an epic journey into space? That's what Ron Fugelseth did for his four-year-old son. Check it out:

Spartan chess

I don't know. It doesn't look all that fun to me.

(via Facebook)

Famous scenes recreated using Star Wars action figures

David Eger uses Star Wars action figures to recreate film posters, movie scenes, album covers, paintings, and famous moments from history.

View more here.

Star Wars lightsaber from 1978 (balloons not included)

My son is a big Star Wars fan. His birthday is next week. I wonder if they still make these...

LEGO marriage proposal

Using LEGOs to pop the question? That's how 24-year-old Anthony Pinder proposed to his girlfriend.

Anatomy of a Lego man

Informative sculptures from artist Jason Freeny.

(via Colossal)

World's largest Scrabble game

This nearly 50-square-foot Scrabble board, available from Hammacher Schlemmer, is the perfect addition for any home. And, best of all, it's only $12,000!

Stormtrooper and child spending quality time together

Touching.

(via Now That's Nifty)

The Barbie with the dragon tattoo

The new tattoo-splattered TokiDoki Barbie isn't the Barbie your grandmother played with when she was a little girl. Kristin Tillotson has the scoop:

At a little over 50 herself, Barbie's no tattoo neophyte. She's sported a little ink at least twice before -- in 1999 when one model had a butterfly on her stomach, and again in 2009, when Totally Stylin' Barbie came with temporary tat kits that kids could use to decorate her and themselves.

But this time, flowers completely cover her clavicle, a sinister-looking dragon curls across her back and a large geisha adorns her left shoulder. Her black shirt sports crossbones under a heart (love + death = confusing message), and the rest of her ensemble includes pink hair, hot-pink miniskirt, fanged mouth-shaped-belt buckle, leopard leggings, silver stiletto pumps and black toenail polish. This Barbie looks more like she's headed out to an underground club than a Dream House.

You've come a long way, baby...but that ain't necessarily a good thing.

Kids just wanna have fun; don't let them

While I'm on vacation, please help yourself to some old slices of Lemon Harangue Pie.

Kids just wanna have fun; don't let them
(originally posted 10/09/2006)

When I was a kid, I had these:



...and my sister had this:



What's funny is that those three toys, packaged and in mint condition, could fetch over $1,000. The same goes for toys like these:



And I had a lot of 'em!

Of course, being kids, we didn't see the big picture. We just had to play with these valuable collectibles. We didn't even save the boxes they came in. Boy, were we stupid!

So, if you are contemplating buying dolls or action figures for your kids, go ahead. But whatever you do, don't let them have any fun. Keep the toys in their boxes, safely tucked away where they can't be found. Your kids will only render them worthless.

The Princess Bride Monopoly game

(via 22 Words)

I want a flying shark for Christmas

3-player chess on a round board

I really want to try this:

Finally, a Chess variant board has been developed that accommodates three players, without compromising ANY of the rules, strategies, or competitive challenges that make Chess the best board game in the world.