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The Basketball Mug

The Basketball Mug

Hoops fans, see if you can score some hot cocoa 3-pointers using mini marshmallows with this 16-ounce basketball mug that has a built-in hoop and backboard. We don’t recommend slam-dunking though the ceramic hoop though.

The LEGO Trains Book

The LEGO Trains Book
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Do you aspire to someday make an awesome LEGO railway like this one? Holger Matthes’ book could be the place to start. The hardcover book features 248 pages packed with the history of LEGO trains, and instructions for building your own working LEGO railroad.

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Hot Toys R2-D2 Deluxe Action Figure

Hot Toys R2-D2 Deluxe Action Figure
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Hot Toys’ new R2-D2 sixth scale figure comes with a ton of pop-out arms and tools, a Death Star data plan card, Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber hilt, and two Princess Leia hologram figures. It also has remote controlled sound effects and LED lights.

Cooler Master ControlPad

Cooler Master ControlPad

Unlike other keypads and most mechanical keyboards, the keys on Cooler Master’s ControlPad provide pressure-sensitive output for a more nuanced and realistic experience, particularly for gaming. It has optional keycaps for gaming, PhotoShop, Premiere and Illustrator.

Toyota Mega Ace II Minivan

Toyota Mega Ace II Minivan

Based on a 1991 Toyota LiteAce, Yota Imports‘ lifted minivan is the perfect retro-styled off-roader. It packs 4WD, a 2.0L turbodiesel engine, a sweet skylight roof, and offers seating for eight that converts into a bed.

D’Hauteville Concrete Low Armchair

D’Hauteville Concrete Low Armchair
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Julie Legros and Lavallard Boget created this truly special interpretation of a classic Eames mid-century modern chair, replacing fiberglass with concrete, and swapping aluminum for steel rebar legs. The seat side has a smooth finish, while the rear is rough and unfinished.

Samsung Serif TV

Samsung Serif TV

Designed by Studio Bouroullec, the Serif bucks the trend of increasingly thin televisions. It was made to look solid and utilitarian, like a classic piece of furniture. It will be available in select European countries in 24″, 32″ and 40″ sizes.

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Best Pixel Art Ever

Best Pixel Art Ever

Artist Gerardo Quiroz aka “Kirokaze” creates incredible animated .gif pixel art which conveys a tremendous sense of mood, composition, depth, light and shadow, all with just a handful of frames. Be sure to check out his DeviantArt page for more examples.

Slackline Biking

Slackline Biking

Trials rider Kenny Belaey demonstrates his incredible balance as he makes his way to the top of a rock, and then proceeds to ride his bike across a slackline over a 367 foot drop, all the while facing the challenges of the ~8900 foot altitude. Thank god for safety gear.

2015 Amazon Fire Tablet

2015 Amazon Fire Tablet

Yep, that’s a six-pack of tablets. Amazon’s new entry level 7″ tablet costs just $50, and if you buy five of them you’ll get an extra one for free. It has a 1024×600 IPS display, a 1.3GHz quad-core CPU, 8GB storage and a microSD slot.

Arrowhead (Trailer)

Arrowhead (Trailer)

After creating the excellent low-budget short film Arrowhead: Signal, Jesse O’Brien and Samuel Baulch moved on to create a full-length adaptation of their sci-fi flick about a mercenary who finds himself stranded on a mysterious desert moon, awaiting rescue from above.

Carry-On Cocktail Kit

Carry-On Cocktail Kit
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A TSA-approved kit that has everything you need to make an Old Fashioned, a gin and tonic or a Moscow mule mid-flight. Well, everything except alcohol of course. Stupid rules. Each kit makes two cocktails.

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Nike Lunar Force 1 Duckboot

Nike Lunar Force 1 Duckboot
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Nike gives more teeth to the Lunar Force 1 Sneakerboot. This duckboot variant has rubber spikes on its toecap, Water-shield protection on its upper, an insulated lining and a Lunarlon midsole.

5k iMac vs 90mm Cannon

5k iMac vs 90mm Cannon

It pained us to watch the wanton destruction of expensive hardware, but FullMag’s epic slow-motion footage of the cannon firing at this pricey iMac made us feel better – just a little. Though next time, send us the new computer, and we’ll send you an old one to blow up.

Lil Dicky: $ave Dat Money

Lil Dicky: $ave Dat Money

(PG-13) True to the song’s message – about being a cheapskate – Lil Dicky begged rich folks in Los Angeles to lend them their time, house, yacht, cars and establishments for free to make this low budget music video.

The Sbyke

The Sbyke

This unusual looking conveyance combines elements of bicycling, skating and scootering in one. Rear-wheel steering enables a tight 2-foot turning radius, and it brakes like a bike. Plus, it’s versatile enough to use for transportation or tricks. Available in three sizes.

Fantastic Mr. Blackalicious

Fantastic Mr. Blackalicious

Benjamin “Animal Robot” Roberts mashed up footage from Wes Anderson’s stop-motion classic Fantastic Mr. Fox with The Blowup by Blackalicious. The end result is a surprisingly perfect music video for the hip hop track.

Solar Soda Bottles

Solar Soda Bottles

This may not be the first time it has been done, but it’s nonetheless inspiring to see something as simple as a plastic soda bottle be repurposed into something much, much bigger. (Thanks, Juanjo!)

Mini Metallica

Mini Metallica

A group of 8 to 10 year-olds performs Enter Sandman at the Buckleberry Beer Festival. We’re less perplexed by kids playing Metallica than why they’re playing at a BEER festival.

Sarah Hears Herself

Sarah Hears Herself

If you considered Operation Smile a success, then you’ll probably like this video Sloan Churman shot of his wife Sarah, born deaf, hearing her own voice the first time thanks to a cochlear implant.

iPod Nano (2011)

iPod Nano (2011)
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There’s plenty of buzz about the new iPhone 4S, but we’re giving some love to the newly-enhanced Nano, with built-in fitness tracking, bigger home screen icons, and a ton of cool watch faces.

Optimus Hates Julia Roberts

Optimus Hates Julia Roberts

We’re not exactly fans of her wooden acting either, but Optimus the Malamute seems to be completely freaked out by Ms. Roberts and her horse-like appearance. Or is it the music in the background?

1,000 Popsicle Sticks

1,000 Popsicle Sticks

What happens when you carefully interlace 1,000 wooden popsicle sticks, then flick just one of them? If you know what you’re doing – something pretty spectacular, as is evidenced by this video clip.

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