Toys and Games

Plushie 360

Plushie 360

From deviantArtist “*kickass-peanut” comes this a-dorable Plushie 360. She should really think about selling these on Etsy. I would LOVE to have one on the shelf of my entertainment center (making this the first 360 I’ve ever wanted to buy). Xbox 360 Plushie [via] – Link

Pleo at Maker Faire

Pleo at Maker Faire

John Sosoka, CTO of Ugobe, was at Maker Faire Austin showing off Pleo, the company’s robotic dino pet, and answering questions about the bot, especially its hackability. The video interview is rather awash in the ambient noise of a very busy Maker Store, so the transcript on RobotsRule is your best bet. [Photo by Scott […]

Kiddie lightsabers 2.0

Kiddie lightsabers 2.0

Steve Lodefink, not one to rest on his past hacks (have you ever sat on a plasma beam weapon?), has revisited his two-minute lightsaber project and come up with something far cooler (and a bit more involved) than that quickie effort. These would be really fun for kids to play with (and by kids, I […]

i-Sobot Fight Club

The i-Sobot, Tomy’s mini-humanoid, has barely been stacked on stores shelves and already toybot enthusiasts have been busy making silly videos with them (as has been widely done with Robosapien and other consumer robot “toys”). The above all-in-good-fun goofiness is brought to you by Robert Oschler, chief meatbot at Robots Rule. Looking at this elaborate […]