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Amazon is having a huge sale on Hasbro toys and board games (and Black Friday is still 3 weeks away)

sudshr47 November 6, 2018

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Looking for a Black Friday-style sale — three weeks ahead of schedule? Hasbro is kicking off the deals early with savings of up to 54% off on toys and board games on Amazon. If you were thinking about getting your kids or young nieces and nephews a fun gift for the holidays, we got you covered on amazing deals on select Hasbro products. This is also one of Amazon’s “Deals of the Day,” so take advantage of the deep savings before the sale ends.

While these discounts aren’t on every Hasbro toy and board game under the sun, the deals do include a lot of classics and fun favoritesHasbro’s Connect 4 Game is on sale for only $6.15, which is 53% off its list price, while Clue Junior Game is priced at just $9.99. These are great board games for children just learning the ins-and-outs of board games and friendly competition. Read more…

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Gorgeous collectible ‘He-Man’ action figures are coming from Mondo

sudshr47 October 2, 2018

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Mondo, the Austin-based boutique art house behind so many amazing limited edition pop culture posters (and an assortment of other collectibles), has a new line of toys incomingHe-Man toys.

If that fact alone isn’t enough to get your ’80s fandom radar screaming, here’s an extremely content-appropriate trailer.

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The Casio Secret Sender JD-6000 was the *original* messaging gadget

sudshr47 September 26, 2018

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Poor ’90s tweens! They never used Facebook Messenger. They couldn’t text people from their iPhones, they couldn’t add GIFs to their WhatsApp messages, and they were far too young for any Twitter DMs. 

Somehow, they survived. And a lucky few of them even had access to one of the most sophisticated pieces of messaging technology to come out of the mid-’90s: The Casio Secret Sender JD-6000.

This tiny purple toy, marketed to tween girls, is the messaging app’s true digital ancestor.

If you’re an Xennial like me, you might remember  Casio My Magic Diary, an “electronic organizer” that premiered in 1993. At the time of its release, the Magic Diary was the height of technology. It had software that could store phone numbers and addresses, report local times from across the world, function as a calculator, record friends’ birthdays, log diary entries, give users their horoscopes, and even allow them to “design” digital faces — ideally of their crushes <3 <3 <3. Read more…

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Watch this self-solving Rubik’s cube march its way across a table

sudshr47 September 24, 2018

This wild, 3D-printed self-solving Rubik’s cube is amazing. To make it work, a Japanese inventor used servo motors and Arduino boards to actuate the cube as it solves itself. Sadly, there isn’t much of a build description available but it looks to be very compact and surprisingly fast. There is a description of the project […]

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This solar system AR toy proves that you don’t need to be an astronaut to explore space

sudshr47 September 19, 2018

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Becoming an astronaut is tough. First, you need a degree in engineering, math, or science, and have at least three years of field experience. Second, you have to pass an incredibly demanding physical examination. 

And even if you do get selected, you have to undergo training which involves squeezing yourself into tiny simulators and gaining fluency in Russian. Oh, and once you finally get to go on a deep-space mission, you also have to trust the universe not to let you end up like Matt Damon in The Martian. (We know, that was fiction — but still.) Read more…

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Ever dreamed of making your LEGOs fly as a kid? Now you can with this DIY drone kit.

sudshr47 September 17, 2018

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Is it just us, or have people become drone-obsessed lately? They fly them in parks, beaches — basically any wide open area they can find. Your neighbor’s drone is probably even lodged in the tree in your backyard as you read this.

With the rise of recreational drones, users are more concerned with how to take the perfect aerial selfie as opposed to how their small, pilotless aircraft is capable of maneuvering the skies in the first place. Wouldn’t it be cool to discover the inner workings of the flying vehicles you love so much?

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Ever dreamed of making your LEGOs fly as a kid? Now you can with this DIY drone kit.

sudshr47 September 17, 2018

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Is it just us, or have people become drone-obsessed lately? They fly them in parks, beaches — basically any wide open area they can find. Your neighbor’s drone is probably even lodged in the tree in your backyard as you read this.

With the rise of recreational drones, users are more concerned with how to take the perfect aerial selfie as opposed to how their small, pilotless aircraft is capable of maneuvering the skies in the first place. Wouldn’t it be cool to discover the inner workings of the flying vehicles you love so much?

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Mattel Alpha Training Blue review: a cute lil’ robot raptor you can train

sudshr47 August 31, 2018

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Alpha Training Blue
$249.99
The Good

Heavy • durable plastic • Looks exactly like the dinosaur from the movie • Total Control Mode lets you control the dino like a puppet

The Bad

Indoor only • Charging port hidden by screwed-on panel • Controller settings aren’t as intuitive as we’d like

The Bottom Line

Mattel’s Alpha Training Blue is a sure bet for anyone who loved the movie. Surprisingly expressive and fun to play with for hours.

Mashable Score4.0
Cool Factor5.0
Learning Curve3.0
Performance4.0
Bang for the Buck4.0

Mattel’s newest Jurassic World toy, “Alpha Training Blue,” is an adorable, controllable, cheeky little robotic velociraptor that comes with dozens of animations and game modes. Mattel lets users take full control so that they can basically use the toy like a futuristic puppet, or, in our favorite mode, train the raptor to respond to different controller motions. Read more…

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