Hasta La Gadget!

Out of all the useless characters in Star Wars, which do you think can be dispensed away with, without impacting the storyline in general? I am quite sure that Jar Jar Binks would rank pretty high up there with the rest of them, although when it comes to droids, you can say that R2-D2 is a whole lot more useful than C3PO, despite the latter being a protocol droid who is proficient in thousands of languages across the galaxy, but he has hardly done anything on purpose that benefitted the Rebel Alliance. Ah well, here is his chance at redemption, by appearing as the $11.99 LEGO Star Wars C3PO Keylight.

This 3″ C3PO LEGO figure keychain will feature a couple of LEDs – one located at the bottom of each foot, and these LEDs will obviously provide an adequate level of light when squeezed. It is also nice to know that the LEGO Star Wars C3PO Keylight already arrives with batteries within right out of the box to get you started right away. The batteries required will be a pair of CR2025 batteries, so just make sure you have some spares lying around at home just in case they run out during the most inopportune moments.
[ LEGO Star Wars C3PO Keylight means this protocol droid is more useful than I originally thought copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Normally I silently wish a moving violation on anyone I see cruising the streets of my town with stickers of any sort on their car. I harbor particular ill will for anyone with stick-figure families adorning their vehicle. However, I have found an interesting sticker that I wouldn’t mind seeing on someone’s car over at ThinkGeek.

The sticker is officially called the Moving Tail Kitty Car Decal. The name does a very nice job of describing exactly what the sticker is all about. You actually get two cat sticker bodies with one smiling and another that looks rather like Grumpy Cat.

You place the body of the kitty around the rear windshield wiper of your vehicle. You then take another sticker that matches the kitty and apply it to the windshield wiper itself. The idea is when the windshield wiper is running it looks like the kitty is wagging its tail.

Like a cat would ever be caught performing such a menial task.

You can pick the sticker kit up at ThinkGeek for $12.99 (USD).

Do you believe that we are not alone? If you have answered in the negative, but know of someone who is adamant that we are not alone in the universe, then you might want to have some fun with him or her with the $39.99 R/C Space Messenger. Yes sir, the R/C Space Messenger happens to be a remote controlled toy that will hover in the air, lighting up while depicting the message that you have programmed prior. Each R/C Space Messenger will have a 20 word memory with a maximum of seven letters per word, and you can opt to advance through the words at will, or opt to cycle the entire list using the “auto” function.

This definitely makes it the ideal device for you to deliver a message from afar, and imagine trying to calm down an angry spouse simply because you failed in your responsibilities yet again, perhaps this gentle approach might work well from a distance. After all, it does have its endearing qualities, no? The seven LEDs on the outside arms will get the job done, with 2 blue colored ones for the border, and another 5 red LEDs for text, using the persistence of vision phenomena to send the message across. Meant for indoor use only, the R/C Space Messenger is powered by an internal Li-Polymer battery that is charged via the controller, which in turn is powered by a quartet of AA batteries.
[ R/C Space Messenger delivers messages from the great beyond copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Most of us are familiar with Pac-Man – you know, the yellow colored living pie chart whose diet consists of pellets, some fruit, and the occasional ghost, and he is never a silent mover with all that wakka-wakka sounds, which means he would have failed in any mission that requires stealth as the primary factor. Well, considering Pac-Man makes a living (and literally fights for his life) with his mouth, it would not come across as a surprise to us that he carries one mean bite. Which perfectly explains the existence of the $9.99 Pac-Man Stapler.

The Pac-Man Stapler looks like Pac-Man, but functions like a stapler, and that means the only conclusion that one is able to draw from it would be the fact that this IS a stapler. A mini one, that is, as his bites are perfect to keep loose sheets of a particular document together, or you can choose to have some fun with this by creating stapled metal patterns on a sheet of paper during one of those more boring meetings. All you need to do is squeeze his head, and watch him “bite” that particular sheet of papers together. The stapler is removable, which means it can be refilled, making this far more useful than a one time use device only.
[ Pac-Man Stapler proves that he’s got quite the bite! copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Most of us do not even carry a single phone book around, simply because our smartphones these days already come with more than enough storage space to stash away the phone numbers of people we know, in addition to their other contact details such as address, work numbers, fax numbers, and the rest. Why not take a step back from the rat race, and take a look at the $19.99 Retro Phone Book? You can be just like how your grandparents used to be, with an old school phone list. All you need to do with the Retro Phone Book is to slide down to the corresponding letter, press the button, and you will see it pop open, revealing your current contact list that starts with that letter. It is sure to confound others with retro technology, especially those who were born in the late 1990s as well as early 2000s, who most probably grew up on a digital diet.

With the Retro Phone Book, you will be able to have your fair share of nostalgia with the others, just like how your memory of your grandfather’s phone book was. The small plastic letter selector will be able to magnify just like how its original inspiration always did, and the button works just as well. Heck, even the box of the Retro Phone Book itself resembles one that came out from the time when rotary phones ruled the roost. It comes with 19 pages to stash your information, with one of them singled out specially for instructions.
[ Retro Phone Book copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]