Coolest Toys

The sweltering heat of summer is right around the corner, and that means it’s time to break out the pool gear, the slip n slide, those baggy jams for surfing the waves, and it’s time to clean the pool and get rid of the green muck that’s been accumulating since you fired your pool man. But where’s the fun in that? Better to have the Backyard Inflatable Waterslide. That way the kids get wet, stay cool, and you don’t have to worry about it.

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Last year, NASA launched Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber into space on the shuttle for a brief orbital journey before it headed to the Smithsonian. Now, they’re doing the same with Buzz Lightyear which should make him feel right at home, at least right next to being in a toy store.

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FilmSchool Rejects is having a contest to give away an ultimate Indy toy prize pack which includes some serious toys , DVDs, music and more based on the hit blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Cue John Williams, Please …

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As if skateboards weren’t green enough, there’s now an electric skateboard that can go up to 19 miles an hour in about 4 seconds from a dead start without kicking, pushing or any other physical attempt to get it going. Jeepers, where’s the fun in that?

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Or should I say fantastic. Lego has a new Lego set for 2008 that incorporates the fantasy meme with a Lego Troll Warship. The twin-masted warship comes with 6 troll warriors, knight and dwarf minifigures, a 3″ tall giant troll, armored dragon that is 13″ long with a 13″ wingspan, and tons of accessories.
The ship comes complete with crimson red sails to intimidate your opponents on the high seas, long boats for those adventurous reconnaissance trips for buried treasure and also a brigg (prison) on the ship with removable door that really opens!

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Guitar Hero and Rock Band fans can now be freed from the wires that bind them to their consoles. Sure, there’s been other wireless guitar controllers, but what makes the Ant Commandos Double Range Guitar so note-worthy is that it has twice the range of the other guys thanks to operating at 2.4 Ghz. So, budding rock gods won’t fret running out of range or dealing with compatibility issues.

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The real downside of today’s basic R/C car is that the charge only lasts about 5 minutes. It’s certainly not the fault of the car, per se, it’s those rechargeable batteries that only hold enough juice for a fleeting R/C experience. If there was only a way to insure a constant flow of energy to the vehicle, an R/C car would last as long as the kid playing with it. Like say, if an toy race car was solar powered?

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Wow, talk about a merchandising deal waiting to happen, this R/C car can climb walls and cruise along the ceiling like Spiderman! Using a technology known as the Air Venturi Suction System, the Zero Gravity Wall Climber R/C car uses vacuum pumps to stick the Climber to the wall or ceiling and can propel itself along as it does. Wow, that kinda sucks.

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