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Just what else do you use your smartphone for apart from listening to your favorite tunes, watching movies on it on a long haul flight, and generally keeping a tight schedule? Well, Thinkgeek might have something just for you – the $29.99 Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Carbot. It will play nice with the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices, boasting a quartet of play modes and will juice up via USB – how is that for unprecedented convenience?

This pocket-sized race car will deliver hours of fun racing on and around your desk. The CarBots are specially controlled using the touch screen of your favorite smartphone or tablet (as long as it is any of the ones described above, that is), and when your manager takes a glance over at your side, it does seem as though you are typing furiously away, how about that for being productive?

You will be able to choose from the drift ‘n’ race, a battle mode, a maze mode, and a personality mode. Bear in mind that different colored CarBots can be used together for added mayhem.

[ Smartphone Controlled Desk Pet Carbot copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

So, your beloved Star Wars movie franchise has just been bought over from Disney, and you can more or less say that Ariel and Leia can duke it out for the sexiest princess title considering the kind of suits that they wore in the past. Perhaps for this Christmas or holiday season, you might want to bring some Star Wars cheer to your home, and how do you do exactly that without any outside help? Fret not, Thinkgeek is to the rescue yet again with the $29.99 Star Wars Holiday Lights, allowing you to light your tree with friends and allies from a galaxy far, far away.

There are 10 lights on each string, with individual strings measuring up to 138 inches in length. It is rather unfortunate that one cannot choose from the Dark Side of the Force, presumably because the Light Side of the Force is in a far more grammatically correct position. You can select from either Yoda or R2-D2 to light up your room, and we do recommend you have a healthy mix of space-related ornaments as well as other Yuletide decorations.

[ Star Wars Holiday Lights copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

The world’s – or should I say, the galaxy’s most beloved astromech droid, R2-D2, has just gotten yet another boost to its portfolio of devices and toys that will further enslave the minds and wallets of parents (and Star Wars fans) everywhere, coming in the form of the $59.99 Star Wars R2-D2 Inflatable R/C. Yes sir, can you say that this is the ultimate galactic accessory?

Since this is one R2-D2 that is inflatable, it is a good thing each purchase will be accompanied by a pump for easy inflation, instead of you having to huff and puff your way while roping in the help of a certain Big Bad Wolf. Unfortunately, while you cannot send any kind of holographic messages on this puppy, this inflatable and feisty droid measures over 65cm in height, and has detachable drive units that ensure R2-D2 remains compatible with other Star Wars characters. You can opt to spin it 360 degrees, drive forward, back, turn to both left and right, and get this – in the indomitable spirit of R2-D2, it also boasts of a self-righting system that ensures it remains upright even when knocked over or driven down stairs. Up to 3 units can be driven at once for some R2-D2 mayhem at home, and the handset requires a single 9V battery, while the drive unit runs not on lightsaber crystals, but a quartet of AA batteries.

[ Star Wars R2-D2 Inflatable R/C copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Are you looking forward to the premier of The Hobbit (the first part of the movie, anyways) which will hit the silver screen at the end of this year? Well, if you have answered in the affirmative, then you would probably want to suit up as well when the movie arrives in your locality. After all, it makes the entire movie going experience a whole lot more fun, especially when you get into the mood of things. Everyone should know of Sting by now, where it will glow in blue whenever orcs are around.

Having said that, the $24.99 Hobbit Deluxe Sting Sword from Thinkgeek will be able to help you get into the role, where it has a glowing blue feature as well as plays back battle sounds, measuring a Hobbit-ly 18-inches in length. This ancient elven sword has been passed on to Frodo Baggins from good ol’ Bilbo, and this is an officially licensed product for those who are wondering about its authenticity.

[ Hobbit Deluxe Sting Sword copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

What do you do when you have some old circuitry lying around that you do not want to throw away, and yet figured out that there should be a new lease of life for it? Well, I guess those with a more creative slant can always come up with something different, using their hands to fashion a cool new product from what was previously unwanted. The folks over at Thinkgeek must have stumbled upon someone (or an organization, who knows?) who is capable of such, resulting in the $49.99 Executive Motherboard Desk Clock.

I guess you can call this the “mother of all clocks”, where it is made out from real-life recycled circuit boards. Definitely the thing to have if you want your desk to be a whole lot cooler compared to everybody else’s. Heck, you don’t even need to be of the executive level if you are going to purchase this and count down the hours before it is time to go home and relax. You know what? There actually should be a new timepiece for office drones which, when the clock strikes 5 (or whatever time it is to be off), it will shout, “Beer O’Clock!”. The Executive Motherboard Desk Clock is powered by a single LR44 watch battery which thankfully, is included right out of the box to get you started.

[ Executive Motherboard Desk Clock copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]