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LEGO Ideas Airstream NASA Astrovan

We love NASA. We love LEGO. We love Airstreams. So naturally, it should come as no surprise that when we saw a vehicle that combined three of our favorite things we were all in. Enter…

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The World’s Most Valuable Hot Wheels Collection is Worth $1.5 Million

For many of us, Hot Wheels are a distant memory. They remind us of how our passion for cars started. But that passion never ended for Bruce Pascal, 59, who has collected what appears to…

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RM Sotheby’s Pedal Car Auction

Maybe an actual car isn’t in the budget this year, but at least you can get a classic one for your kid in the form of a vintage pedal car that crushes any plastic jalopy…

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LEGO ‘Fast and Furious’ Dodge Charger

The first Fast & Furious film came out almost two decades ago. The $5 billion grossing franchise has had spinoffs, animated series, theme park attractions and more actors (Statham! The Rock! Dame Helen Mirren!) attached…

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LEGO International Space Station

You’d never guess the largest single man-made structure in space travels around the Earth in 90 minutes at a speed of 17,500 mph. It’s also been continuously occupied since the year 2000. Not quite as…

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LEGO Originals Wooden Minifigure

Whether you’re talking about constructing your own versions of one of the wonders of the world like the Taj Mahal or the incredible Ferrari F40, you can make almost anything with LEGO. In our haste…

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Rare Star Wars Boba Fett Figure Could Auction for up to $500k

Star Wars is a phenomenon, a cultural touchpoint and a collection of movies–outside of the prequels–that everyone needs to see so they can experience the wonder of the “galaxy far, far away.” In addition to…

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NERF’s New Ultra Blasters Fire Farther Than Ever

From rubber band guns and air cannons, to rocket launchers and drones, there are plenty of great options when it comes to weapons for cubicle warfare. But for our money, there’s still no better option…

Ghostkube Is a Kinetic Sculpture Based on Moving Origami

Erik Åberg is an artist based in Stockholm, Sweden who makes objects and performs all over the world. His latest creation is Ghostkube, a sculptural piece inspired by moving origami that you can actually own…

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Mattel Is Rereleasing the Original Hot Wheels Cars

In 1968, Mattel decided to take a shot at the die-cast toy car crown. Matchbox, the champ at the time, was popular for its toy replicas of real vehicles, and had been since its inception…

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‘Hot Wheels: From 0 to 50 at 1:64 Scale’

Somewhere in a closet is a bin of Hot Wheels all dinged up from a childhood of epic chases, races, and crashes. We put our toy cars through a lot. Now, as adults, we can…

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Ceda Tool-Less Foam Blaster

Nerf guns have come a long way since they were just weapons of childhood warfare and neighborhood foam dart fights. Now, the foam firearms can be seen in fun offices all over the country. We’re…

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7 Toy Race Cars That Look too Good to Play With

When we were kids, there was no group of toys we played with more than our cars. Diecasts, Hot Wheels, roll-arounds, scale models, whatever. If they had four wheels, we were all about spending hours…

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‘Isle of Dogs’ Collectible Toys

If you haven’t seen Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, you need to go do that immediately. Fox Searchlight is releasing a collection of six collectible Isle of Dogs toys that are as cute as they are…

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Halospheres Is a Desktop Toy That Spins at Over 3,600 RPM

In our quest to find the perfect desktop toy to kill time between meetings, we’ve come across numerous gadgets and gizmos. Most, however, are riffs on the same idea. Halospheres is different. Halospheres is the…

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