Characters Climb Your Cords with the Scaler Series

Cords and cables are boring and they get in the way. At least you can add some flair to your wires with one or two of these little things called Scalers. These will look great hanging from your headphone cables too.

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Made by NECA, these little movie characters look adorable and they just snap onto almost any cord. The currently available Scaler 1 series features all the best bad guys like: Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, the Predator and more! While the Scaler 2 series features Batman, The Joker, Spider-Man, and even the Knifehead from Pacific Rim and is available for pre-order with shipping scheduled for July of 2014.

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These guys look pretty awesome and you have a lot to choose from. Buy them all and hang them everywhere. Your house will look super geeky.

[via Nerd Approved]

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