Friday, May 6, 2016

Now the enterprise crew knows how GLaDOS felt

Star Trek Potato Heads

Like peanut butter and jelly or portals and cake, the marriage of Star Trek: The Original Series and Mr. Potato Head is a match for the ages. Both were enjoyed by children from the mid-60s and onwards into our modern era. Both involve suspension of disbelief. And if you're into writing fanfic, you're probably no stranger to Kirk stealing and wearing one of Uhura's dresses.

The folks at Mr. Potato Head teamed up with Star Trek to make these four amazing toys. Can you capture Kirk's animal magnetism in a plastic potato? Maybe not quite, but he makes us smile whenever we look at him. Each Potato Head has parts that can be exchanged with other Star Trek Potato Heads.

Product Specifications
•Amazing Star Trek themed Mr. Potato Head toys
•Modeled after characters from The Original Series
•Choose your pair:
◦Kirk & Kor the Klingon
◦Mr. Spock & Uhura - coming soon!
•Slightly smaller than a standard Mr. Potato Head
•Tiny details make them as true to TOS as a potato can get!
•Now the Enterprise crew knows how GLaDOS felt
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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Touch your parts to make a drum beat!

Ningen Gakki Body-Conductive Musical Instrument

We could make up a funny story here, but with the Ningen Gakki Body-Conductive Musical Instrument, truth is stranger than fiction. It looks like a littler person with metal contacts on its hands and feet. Here's what you do: get three friends to each hold onto one of these contacts, turn your Ningen Gakki Body-Conductive Musical Instrument on, and then hit each other. What results will be musical magic. Read on!

See, each time a circuit is completed (i.e. you touch someone else holding a contact) the Ningen Gakki Body-Conductive Musical Instrument plays a different sound. There are three modes: Song Mode (pick from one of 10 songs - each touch will advance the song one note); Sound Effect Mode (choose from 3 sound banks - each touch will make a sound); and Drums Mode (our favorite - your bodies become a drum set). Now, you don't really have to hit each other, any touch will do (we just think hitting each other to make a drum beat is funny). With the Ningen Gakki Body-Conductive Musical Instrument, you and your friends will be able to make beautiful music together with your bodies. Let the games (and the beats) begin!

Ningen Gakki Body-Conductive Musical Instrument
•4 people hold onto the Ningen Gakki and then touch each other to complete circuits and trigger sounds.
•It's sort of like a combination of The Three Stooges and a human beat box.
•Three Modes:

◦Song Mode - select from one of 10 songs and then each touch will advance the song one note.
◦Sound Effect Mode - select from one of 3 sound banks full off sounds from bleeps to animals.
◦Drums Mode - enjoy a really nice drum set. Slap to the beat!
•Auto shut off feature.
•Straight from Japan!
•Batteries: 2 AAA (not included).
•Dimensions: approx. 4.25" x 3.75" x 1"
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