Voice Activated R2-D2
Awwww yea! Now we’re getting somewhere! MorningLemon.com HQ has been waiting for this for quite a long time. This little feat of engineering genius will respond to upwards of 40 different voice commands, can protect the sanctity of your geek infused boudoir and will even get a bit cheaky from time to time. Oh R2, how we love you.
$199
Check it out at hammacher.com
Personalised Superhero Action Figures
Ever wanted to be a super hero? What about a super villain? Now you can! Create your very own personalized super sized action figure of yourself! Well, to be clearer, what actually happens is that your face is transposed on a new “head” for an existing super person and voila! You’re now a super-something!
$127
Check it out at Firebox.com
Social Sticky Notes
Rejoin reality, use your hands and a pen or pencil to write notes for your loved ones – with a Facebook theme!
$5 approx.
Check them out at spinninghat.com
Oakley Radarlock Sunglasses feature removable swap out lenses
New from Oakley this month is an update to the RadarLock line of Sunglasses. A simple hinge design will allow you to swap out your lenses based on your environmental requirements.
I will admit, I don’t think I’m active enough to require a set of sunglasses with specific lenses based on specific environmental factors. However, I endeavour to be.
I can see the weekend warrior, the mountain biker who requires an element of protection needing to adapt to varying conditions. Or, if you’re an outfielder – and really concerned with your slo-pitch effectiveness and ability to perform to your peak, you may require the ability to swap out your lenses.
You may have a condition that means you are susceptible to changing light conditions. If so, these are your sunglasses.
I will say one thing about the Oakley Corporation. Oakley does not design cheap, flimsy, b.s. products that will break or lose their effectivenss quickly. I’ve gathered this information over numerous test cases, be it sunglasses or flip flops. You can be sure that your investment in an Oakley product, providing you don’t lose them, or your dog eats them, will be well made. Not something you can say about a lot of other companies. Oakley truly, truly, makes a good product and won’t put a product to market unless it’s going to last. Just look at their military contracts for even more evidence.
Wipe your bum with your Twitter Feed – GetShitter.com
Yes, you read that correctly. A new service, that requires you to authorize them as an app on your twitter feed, will print your feed on to four rolls of premium ass-wipe and deliver them straight to your door step, all for the low price of $35.
A novelty gift to be sure, I mean, I know I normally don’t wipe my poop-pipe with anything less than a couple Benjamin’s but I might just give in to GetShitter.com for the shear joy of making poop smears out of my Twitter feed.
This is progress, I think.
$35 – pack of four.
Check it out at GetShitter.com
Game of Thrones Playing Cards
I love the catch phrase on the box – “You Win or You Die!” If only things were quite that dramatic we might actually accomplish the more menial tasks around here, but I digress.
Do you like Game of Thrones (who doesn’t?), do you like playing cards (who doesn’t?) – then it most certainly makes sense to combine them, no? Oui, indeed, it most certainly does.
The best part is, they’re really rather inexpensive at $4.99 and would probably set hearts aflutter among the most ardent Game of Thrones fans in your life. Do ‘em favor, get ‘em some playing cards.
$4.99
Check them out EntertainmentEarth.com
Batman Moneyclip
After heralding a new real-life superhero as the true Batman yesterday, today we’ve found out we can use good ‘ol Bats ingenuity to keep our ducats safe too!
ThinkGeek, as always, produces and sells quality gear for the geekiest of geeks in your life. The Batman Money Clip is no exception, moulded via a die-cast process, covered with a matte black rubberized coating and magnetized to keep your money where it should be you’ll feel like an billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne where ever your travels may take you.
$40
Available from ThinkGeek.com
Poketo Reclaimed Branch Colored Pencils
Bring back an earthy touch to your crafting sessions. Your kids will get a big kick out of these coloured pencils and form an understanding of how products are made through their use. That can only be a good thing.
Plus, they’re made from reclaimed wood that otherwise would’ve went to the scrap heap. Have fun, turn some heads with your pencil crayons!
BMW Mountain Bike Enduro 2012
BMW not only makes cars and motorcycles, but via their shop.bmwgroup.com site, you can take a look at all of their various other wares. First and foremost, their Enduro line of Mountain Bikes – BMW design’s with beauty and the Enduro 2012 is unquestionably beautiful.
Featuring a new robot-welded powder coated frame, with 4-pivot rear suspension and a 30-speed Shumano Deore shift system – the bike will be available in showrooms soon.
$4500 approx.
Check it out at shop.bmwgroup.com
The Hunger Games Trilogy
With the first instalment of the movie trilogy on it’s way to theatres, I decided to give the Hunger Games Trilogy a go. It’s interesting to me how, without question, the most pertinent and voracious readers and writers both live and breath within a much younger demographic.
Generally, books without pictures were for old people. There’s been something of a renaissance since the likes of J.K. Rowling and Stephanie Meyer made books cool for tweens. When I was younger, the height of literary genius were the choose-your-own-adventure books. Boy, have times changed, and what an exceptional triumph it’s been for publishers.
The Hunger Games, I think, tops them all – as it lends itself to both sexes, and a slightly older audience than the Harry Potter books. Very much enjoyed, very much recommended.
$30
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set from Amazon.com
Nike Method Concept Putter
Every so often Nike comes up with new concept for a putter for their method line of clubs. The new concept is striking, whether it’s the red face or the d-shaped head, the putter will have tongues wagging all over the greens. The club face has tiny little polymetal grooves inset that are designed to grab the ball at impact and get it rolling faster and on the intended target line.
The front section of the club constitutes only a third of the clubs overall weight, with the additional two thirds being housed within the D-shaped head. This gives the club a very deep centre of gravity which should increase the stability and striking ability of the putter.
Beyond that, she’s a looker.
Back To The Future Flux Capacitor Replica
This is it! This is the answer. It says here… that a bolt of lightning is going to strike the clock tower at precisely 10:04pm, next Saturday night! If… If we could somehow… *harness* this lightning… *channel* it… into the flux capacitor… it just might work. Next Saturday night, we’re sending you back to the future!
And with that, cinematic history was made. Own your own piece of history, own your own flux capacitor. Your time travelling mileage may vary.
Batteries Included: No Battery Type: 3 x AA
$299
Available soon from EntertainmentEarth.com
Callaway RAZR Fit Driver
Not to be outdone by the TaylorMade R11S we featured a couple days ago, the Callaway RAZR Fit Driver is also an adjustable beast of epic distance and control.
The technology behind Golf equipment has taken the game to new heights in the past 10 to 15 years. Every single edge and dynamic of every single piece of possible equipment one can carry on the course has been broken down, analysed, restructured, rebuilt and re-engineered for a supposedly better product. There’s failures and successes in those years, but most of the larger failures are closer to the beginning of that process, while we toil at the very end of engineering heights for golf products. We’re where failures have been already resolved.
In other words, we’re not on creating the first generation of adjustable drivers anymore, we’re on the 6th and subsequent generations, the kinks have been dutifully ironed out. These bad boys are good.
Furthermore, should you ever find yourself mandated with the uneinviable task of driving a golf ball over the Bellagio Fountains into a large lighted and lifted bullseye target, make no mistake, this is your driver. Drive the crowd wild, drive with a RAZR.
$399
Available from CallawayGolf.com
TaylorMade R11S Driver
A new way to spend your money, duffers, hackers and handicappers! Adjustable drivers will allow you to fine tune that nasty slice or hook into sweet fades and draws with a simple adjustment. Sure, right? It’s true, if you haven’t been out on the links lately with the very best in available gear, you’ve missed quite a bit. Golf technology has come a long way in a very short period of time. The shoes, clubs, balls, bags and attire have all made significant steps forward. Give the TaylorMade adjustable series driver a go, you won’t be disappointed.
The new R11S is bigger, faster, more tunable and longer than the original R11 driver. A 460cc matte-white finish head is powered by a new 5-sided ASP plate, new 1.5º FCT sleeve and movable weights. With 3D Tuning, you can independently tune loft, face angle and flight path your swing.
Features:
Tune loft up or down by 1.5° with Flight Control Technology (FCT) Tune the face to one of five angles (±3°) with Adjustable Sole Plate (ASP) Technology Tune the center of gravity toward the heel or toe with Movable Weight Technology (MWT) 460cc titanium head with Thick-Thin Crown design for lower CG Inverted Cone Technology (ICT) promotes more ball speed on off-center hits White non-glare crown and black clubface for easy alignment
$399
Check it out at TaylorMade.com
Environmentally Friendly Tube Toys
Tube Toys are an Oscar Diaz project that focused on making sure the product had little to no disposable packaging. The proof is in the pudding, as they say.
$TBD
There’s more at Oscar-Diaz.net
