Sharpshooter helicopter fires up the imagination

Men seem to be losing their masculinity for many reasons, and more husbands are now hen-pecked than ever before. Could this have something to do with the lack of more macho toys for boys? If you want little Johnny to grow up being testosterone filled, then the Sharpshooter remote controlled helicopter might be just the thing. This missile-firing toy comes with a dozen missiles for you to wreck havoc on enemy lines, and you can always practice your firing skills with 6 targets bundled in the package. Each $19.95 purchase comes with a rapid charging controller so that you can always dive back into the action soonest possible.

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Feeling Egg glows to soothe

If you have some extra cash to spare and feel the absolute need to spend instead of save, the Feeling Egg from Banpresto is the perfect shopping fodder. Sharing the same dimensions of a real egg, each Feeling Egg emits a relaxing glow of light thanks to the internal LED. Each carton contains four eggs of different colors, and being waterproof, they’re perfect for company when taking a bath. The LED provides fading light that help you unwind after a long day at work. Each Feeling Egg is powered by three LR44 batteries. You can pick up one carton for $59.

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Japanese Nano Tech Water Maze Game

Pachinko with water? That's what the Nano-Tech Japanese Aqua Dance Game accomplishes with hyper-beading "Adesso WR" technology using a nano-tech agent invented and patented by Nikka Kagaku Co., Ltd. of Japan. On a game-scale we're happy, on a water park scale where you zoom down slides with giant balls of water chasing you we're even happier. Maybe one day, until then...

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Ropid Robot! can run and jump on your command!

You got to admit that Ropid the robot looks like it should have been in the recently released Astro Boy movie. By the way, that movie is actually pretty good, just so you know.

Ropid is the creation of a Kyoto based group known as Robo Garage, and it has the ability to run and jump. By the way, the robot is programmed to jump with a vocal command. In other words, if you say “jump”, then the robot may not say “how high”, but it will jump as high as it can, which is 8 centimeters high.

That’s not bad considering Ropid measures 38 centimeters tall, and weighs 16 kilograms. The robot has 29 joints and four gyro-sensors, and is powered by a lithium-ion battery. By the way, the vocal commands will also run when you tell it to run, and stop when you say stop. Now if it could run and jump, perhaps it could beat the Olympic long jump record.

So far, there is no plans to market this guy, but I think that Wowwee would be all over this thing. Ropid’s movements aren’t as fluid as say, a human, but it is enough to beat the snot out of any toy robot out in the market right now. Now, if only it could fold up into a car or something.

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Puppy-Doll Baby Monitor

Let your baby feel your presence every time you are not near or every time your baby falls asleep, with a high tech baby monitor which is at the same time so fluffy and cute. This gadget is so called the wireless poppy doll baby monitor.

It is a lovely soft toy, a smart one as it has a little 2.4 GHz camera hidden in its nose that transmits pictures directly to the 2.4 GHz receiver.Its SMA antenna is 50 ohm and the receiving sensitivity is more than 85 dBm. Has 4 available channels and a 90 mw speaker’s output.You will even discover that it is easy to use, has a convenient DC rechargeable LI – Battery for the power source and even a volume and brightness control. A bunch of cool features in one small 128 * 75 * 30 mm smart gadget. In addition, its description does not stop here, as its main purpose is a hidden camera. It has a quarter of an inch CMOS image device, a 628*582 (PAL) and a 510*492 (NTSC) TV system. Its own horizontal definition reaches 380TV lines, the angular field of view is 62 deg.

Also has a built in microphone, and automatic backlight compensation, an internal synchronization system, a minimum illumination – 1.5 lux/ F1.5 and 8V power adapter. The advisable range for objects it shoots is 1 - 8 M 10M max.Every parent will love it, as they can have their eyes on their kids even being 100M away.

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