Star Wars! Ninjas! Pirates! Aliens! Race cars! Mummies! Castles! Dragons! All made off delicious bricks. Hot off the magical Lego Factory in Billund, Denmark, here are all the Lego sets for the year 2011 in one epic roundup. More »
WowWee, the same folks who brought you Paper Jamz, are giving yet another American leisure-time institution a makeover, and this time they’ve set their sights on laser tag. Carrying over the Paper Jamz aesthetic, Light Strike aims to “bring video game action into the real-world” with a set of laser tag guns and accessories that sport fingerprint ID, long-range LED targeting, built-in health and ammo meters, and the ability to play with up to four teams of unlimited size. The game’s stable of weapons includes Light Strike’s signature gun, the Assault Striker, a machine gun bipod with recoil action, a scope attachment with 100-foot range, and a grenade launcher that can shoot groups of enemies down in a single shot. Now, who’s going to lead the campaign to make the Assault Striker the official gun of the 2012 Olympic Pentathalon? Light Strike is set for an August 2011 launch with guns starting at about $40, but you can get a very dramatic preview after the jump.
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We spend a whole day wandering through our favorite fair of the year, and we had a lot of fun playing around every shiny thing we could find. Here is all the best stuff: More »
After witnessing Mattel’s new line of robotic toys for for girls, I’ll say this–Fijits are cool. And really, really creepy. The toys have a decidedly Teletubby like quality to them. They’re made of a soft, silicone-like material. They respond to voice commands, dance, and can have something approaching a conversation. Fijit can recognize words and has more than 150 pre-programmed phrases.
The Fijits also have “Sonic Chirp” technology, which can unlock pre-installed features with external devices like mobile apps, TV commercials, etc.. She’s hitting the market in fall for $50.
Video of dancing, joking, and one really, really enthusiastic spokeswoman, after the jump.
The most amusing experiences of this year’s Toy Fair? Watching Rock Star Mickey in action was certainly up there. Disney’s public domain-proof rodent was strutting his stuff in the Fisher-Price booth, to a customized version of the 60s Kinks jam, “You Really Got Me.”
Mickey does the Chuck Berry duckwalk, bobs his head, does the splits–everything short of a full Pete Townshend windmill, really. He’ll hit the market in September, priced at $49.99.
Video (the best part, naturally) after the jump.
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