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If you’ve played every expansion available, and have mixed up the rules six ways from Sunday, but are still finding yourself bored of The Settlers of Catan, here’s a hail mary pass that might just make it interesting again. It involves turning the game’s 2D board into a 3D sphere that Instructables user PenfoldPlant calls the Catanosphere.

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Are you a huge Doctor Who fan? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you would know that if there is anything at all to do with Doctor Who, merchandise included, it would be worth checking out the $199.99 Doctor Who Collector Series Dalek Watch. Touted to be one of the last vestiges of the great Time War, this is a limited-edition Doctor Who Dalek timepiece which comes in a beautiful gold case alongside blue design elements alongside black leather. To make sure that it is well worth every single penny that you paid, it arrives with its own unique serial number as well as a presentation gift box.

This particular watch’s Dalek design would certainly roll back one’s memories of of Dalek Caan’s armored shell, where it boasts of brassy gold balls on a black leather band, sporting an ornate gold frame and angular blue text, alongside an eye-stalk for a winder. Do not worry about family or friends coming up to you and saying that this is some sort of fake or bootleg version, since this is an officially licensed piece of Doctor Who merchandise. Good thing it comes with a battery right out of the box to get you started right away.
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They say that practice makes perfect, and in just about any and every case, this particular saying holds true. After all, repetitive movement of a particular muscle group leads to muscle memory – and hopefully, perfection after that. Just like how Tiger Woods changes his swing from time to time in order to chase even more glory on the green, so too, does a baseball player have the chance to work on his swing to bat it right out of the park when the day comes. The $399.95 High Repetition Swing Perfecting Trainer will enable batters to hit up to 450 balls in 30 minutes, making you wonder whether you have the endurance and energy to keep up with it.

The High Repetition Swing Perfecting Trainer would come equipped with a regulation baseball that is tethered by bungee cords to the included home plate alongside a bar that hangs overhead. As a batter, you will hit the the ball into the net, where it will then take a matter of seconds to recoil into its original position, resulting in up to 15 swings every single minute. The bottom bungee cord will be attached to home plate in 10 different locations, which would then enable batters to practice pulling inside pitches, hitting outside pitches to the opposite field, and hitting pitches over the middle of the plate to centerfield. The ball’s hanging position is also adjustable, as you raise or lower it to accommodate batters regardless of their age or height.
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If you happen to be in Austria in March and have, oh, around $270,000 just lying around, you can get a memento from the Apollo 15 mission. To be precise, that amount might win you a 70-millimeter Hasselblad Electric Data Camera at a WestLicht Gallery …