Doctor Who Adipose Science Putties: Blobby Putty

You might remember the Adipose from that crazy Doctor Who episode where Matron Cofelia packaged Adipose seeds as weight loss pills, and sold them to unsuspecting customers to help them lose weight. While these Adipose Science Putties won’t steal your body fat,  they are cute and fun to play with.

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You get three Adipose putties that will melt into a puddle over time after you take them out of the packaging. Shape them into whatever you want and play with them. When you are done, just put them back into their Adipose molds. You also get plastic eyes and smiles that you can add to them.

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I’m not sure if they also work like Silly Putty and transfer images, but that would be cool too.

[via ThinkGeek]

ThinkGeek’s Power-Up brings the arcade controls to your room’s light switch

Think Geek's PowerUp brings the arcade controls to your room's light switch

Sure, you could get one of Think Geek’s iCade controllers to play actual arcade-style button mashing games — or you just bring the nostalgia of the joystick to your light switch for $30 with its recently introduced Power-Up Arcade light switch plate. The unit can replace any standard light switch plate, turning it into a faux gaming control panel. A traditional joystick replaces your old switch nub to control the lights, while its two action buttons enable “pew pew” sound effects when pressed. If all that wasn’t enough, the Power-Up also acts as a nightlight after you use it to pwn hit the main lights in your quarters (you’ll have to provide of a duo of AA batteries yourself). Check out the video below to see it in action for yourself.

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