There have been countless invite-only sites for booze, fashion and other esoteric desirables for a long time. Before today Grand St. was an invite-only destination for heavily curated but quirkier gadgets, and starting today the site is open to everyone.
     |
Everything’s bottled or canned these days. Even unusual stuff like air, unicorn meat, inflatable beach balls, and sand. Yep, you read that right: sand.
It seems pretty crazy at first, but it makes sense, if you think about it. I mean, the beach is usually so far away and it’s always no fun, with the huge crowds and all. So if you can’t go to the beach, then why not take a part of it with you?
Brookstone has come to the rescue with their version of sand. It looks and even feels like the real thing, but it behaves like Silly Putty. Just push, mold, and pat to form it into your desired shape. Making sandcastles and sand sculptures has never been easier. The best part? You can do so in the comfort of your own home or even in your office!
Sand is available for at Brookstone for $25(USD).
[via Werd via The Awesomer]
When you were a kid, you probably played with action figures, or something like them. They were awesome. You also played video games, which were similarly awesome. Now they’re being brought together in a way that against all odds, isn’t horrible and schticky. It actually makes a load of sense.
| |
Batman’s collection of villains are a strange bunch, where most of them are just plain mad. After all, villains tend to have this lust for power, while some of them are totally insane that they just want to introduce nothing but anarchy to the world. The Riddler, however, is willing to tempt the world’s greatest detective with his collection of riddles, that sometimes ends up as irritating. Still, here is the $349.99 Batman Arkham City Riddler Tropher Replica that allows you to display it on a shelf, be it at home or at the office.
The reason why it costs so much is because this has been hand-sculpted, hand-finished, and hand-painted, so you can be quite sure that no two of these are the same, as there should be some subtle differences between them. Not only that, the Batman Arkham City Riddler Tropher Replica would look a whole lot better in the dark and at night thanks to a beautiful LED effect. This is an officially licensed DC Comics collectible, so who knows, it might even be worth something many more years down the road when you are old and feeble, while Bruce Wayne as the Dark Knight remains young, strong and rich in the comics.
[ Batman Arkham City Riddler Tropher Replica copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
One of my fondest memories of being a kid is when my dad and I made a stop motion movie using his brand new movie camera. We never had a movie camera before, and we did all sorts of cool stuff with it, the best being a stop motion movie utilizing my Barbie and Ken dolls.
There are plenty of apps out there that promise vintage photos or special editing, but not too much that offers you the ability to make stop motion or claymation style movies without special equipment or editing. Welcome the Hue Animation Studio for Windows, specifically designed so you can get right to the fun of it, this animation studio comes equipped with everything you need to make your first feature film.
The set is meant for kids 5 and up and comes complete with the flexible, plug and play, Hue HD webcam, with a built-in microphone. The flexibility of the camera will allow you to position it however you would like, letting you catch the action from above, behind or in front of your subject. You can upload your finished films (that are all ready for sharing) to YouTube, or you can share them with your friends.
The Hue Animation Studio is available at amazon.com and comes with the camera, camera base, USB cable, modeling clay, and a quick start guide. The webcam comes in red, green, blue, pink, white or black and, its only around 89 bucks.
[ Hue Animation Studio for Windows – Easy Claymation Fun copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Do you love westerns? If you have answered in the affirmative, then I am quite sure that you would have enjoyed Disney’s The Lone Ranger that is showing on the silver screens at the moment. Heck, you might even want to get a gun of your own after that, although depending on the country that you live in, doing so might not be that easy as you would like to think. Still, there are other ways to “protect” yourself, or being a nuisance to others, and the £29.99 Bandit Guns is definitely one of them.
The Bandit Guns are made out of precision laser-cut design, where you can choose from three different modes of shooting. There is also the unspoken satisfaction deep down within when you construct your own ‘piece’, sort of like how a Jedi padawan works on his or her own lightsaber with crystal shards, where no two lightsabers are the same. With the Bandit Guns, you are able to hit your friends and colleagues with up to 10 bands in a single shot, now how about that? Just be mature enough not to point it at someone’s face and you should be good to go. What’s that? Nerf vs Bandit guns? Bring ‘em on, I say!
[ Bandit Guns bring the inner child in you out copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Want to live life a little dangerously? You are able to do so by taking your chances whenever you are behind the wheel, but why do so in real life when you become a danger not only to yourself, but to people around you? You might as well get that done in a far more safer environment – that is, using a remote controlled toy, coupled with your imagination, of course. The $44.99 Mario Kart 7 MicroDrive would fit the bill perfectly, as you see tiny Mario gripping the wheel with both hands, ready to spring into action at any time!
The Mario Kart 7 MicroDrive is one cute little toy, where this particular racer might not have a trio of swirling red tortoise shells circling it at all times, but it is capable of performing a wheelie, something that Mario is unable to do in all Mario Kart series to date. Not only that, he intends to wow the skirts off the ladies by performing 360 degree spins, too! This R/C vehicle is capable of multiple speeds to boot, and will be powered by half a dozen of AAA batteries in total. Get two of these and you have a Mario vs Mario match.
[ Mario Kart 7 MicroDrive copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Razor can be as proud as they want for making scooters cool again, but what the company will really go down in history for is this creation: a go-kart called the Crazy Cart that turns anyone at the wheel into a master drifter.
| |
My daughter loves building things, it started with those little alphabet blocks, moved on to Legos, and has continued into the virtual world with her all out addiction to Minecraft. Of all the stuff she wastes time with, I find I really don’t mind these kinds of activities, heck.. maybe she’ll become an architect someday.
So whats new in building sets these days? Check out Laser Pegs, an interesting cross between Hasbro’s Lite Brite and Legos. Laser Pegs allow your kids to snap together all kinds of interesting models, that light up with vibrant LED lighting. The idea behind these nifty Laser Pegs is that by having the components made of clear plastic, you can see both the colored LED’s inside, as well as the wiring and little boards and resistors, this not only lights up everything you build, but gives your creations a cool, futuristic look.
There is a free associated app with Laser Pegs, that allows you to look up manuals, or even create, and share instructions on how to duplicate your original designs with other kids, and each set usually makes quite a few different things, in fact the Indy Car pictured above comes with instructions for 60 different projects.
So if you have a kid thats into building, and isn’t quite ready to break out the carpentry tools, Laser Pegs might be a fun alternative to other building sets we’ve had available for eons. Sets range in price from around 25 bucks to 60, and they have an a la carte shopping option on the Laser Pegs website for when you need a very specific piece, for a special original build out. Laser Peg sets are available at amazon.com.
[ Laser Pegs – a Bright Idea in Bulding copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
If there is one particular bane of modern day toys and gadgets, it would be this – most of them would require some sort of power source to run. The kids who grew up in the 1980s (and earlier) had their fair share of toys that did not require batteries, such as dolls and action figures, although there were also other toys like little robots of Nintendo’s Game & Watch which required batteries. Remote controlled cars and robots have always run on batteries, but this time around, the trend is bucked with the introduction of the $19.99 DynamoGo Powered R/C Cars.
As its name suggests, the DynamoGo Powered R/C Cars would not need any kind of batteries to keep it going. All you need to do is crank it up with your hand, and you are good to go. Each purchase will come in either red or green shades, so hopefully you end up with one that matches the color in your home. Of course, having to crank these puppies up each time before you play also means the amount of play time is rather limited, and you might have to do far more cranking than actual playing in the long run, but think of the amount of moolah you would have saved in the long run from not purchasing batteries!
[ DynamoGo Powered R/C Cars copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
This is site is run by Sascha Endlicher, M.A., during ungodly late night hours. Wanna know more about him? Connect via Social Media by jumping to about.me/sascha.endlicher.
