Here’s an easy way to improve your swing — without an hourly fee — and a great gift for your family golf lover. The go-anywhere Gyro Golf Grip and Powerball let you work on your grip, range and accuracy whenever the mood strikes (or you’re bored out of your skull at work). Dynaflex makes these conditioning gadgets designed to increase golf grip and forearm strength, club speed, and range of motion for any level golf player; a little practice time and you’ll be set to surprise your friends on the next Saturday morning trip out with a tighter game.
The TourGrip Golf Gyro comes with a patented handle that zips up to 9,000 RPM with 32 pounds of torque resistance, and an included CD provides instruction on how to get the ball rolling. The Powerball Gyro, ready to go with only a few seconds of charging, speeds up to 14,000 RPM with 41 pounds of gyroscopic force — even if you’re not a golfer, this could be a zippy desktop accessory to help strengthen muscles and stave off carpal tunnel. Both items come with a docking station, but the Powerball will need the assist of 2 AAA batteries. Currently on sale over at RedEnvelope, you can pick up the combo for $70 (normally $100).
How many Freudian slips does it take to get to the sugary center of his head? Ask your mother, or try it out yourself with Watermelon Flavored Sigmund Freud Head Pops from (who else) Archie McPhee. Now ol’ Sigmund comes on a 4″ plastic sick ready to take on your curious oral fixation with subtle contours for a textured leg up on standard lollies. At 2.25″ tall, Freud doesn’t make for a quick sucker, or promise revelations and dream interpretations — just a sugar fix. The box of 24 pops comes with its own display case (if you’re the sharing type) for $27.95.
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Admit it, you loved staring up at the stars when you were a kid and still remember the first constellation you ever learned to identify. Unfortunately, all grown up and living in cities, it’s gotten harder and harder to get your stargazing on without driving for miles to escape the urban glow. The 21st century solution? Bring the stars home to you.
Segatoys has improved on their much loved home planetarium by offering the high-quality HomeStar Pro 21st Century Home Planetarium. In a fully dark environment (what, you don’t have black curtains?), take the time to kick back and enjoy the bright lights of our solar system, and maybe even catch a shooting star or two. Featuring high brightness white LEDs, the included Full Moon sidereal plates rotate in slow motion with an adjustment ring near the lens for perfectly sharp imaging. The user manual is in Japanese, but assembly in use is fully intuitive — if you were able to fit the square block in the square hole when you were younger, you’ll be able to figure this one out. Available for $289 from AudioCubes.com.
Last week saw a heavy debate between colleagues about which movie was better, the first or second installment of The Godfather. Because we’ve yet to see any stuffed Fredos on the market, it just may stand that the first movie is the king of the trilogy — how else could you explain the Horse Head Pillow?
True, it’s no $600,000 stud horse, but this plush dead ringer makes for a humorous (morbid?) addition to your bed — or a great warning shot for your enemies that’ve been running their mouths. Available in stuffed or un-stuffed versions (to save on shipping costs), the dead-eyed chocolate Khartoum is a real cuddler, but a bit of a space hog at 33 inches from nose to neck, so if you’re still rocking the twin bed he may be a better fit in the living room. At $70 from Kropserkel, you can sleep like a wise guy — nobody will make you look ridiculous!
I’m not too proud of my typing speed, but those who are will find this unique product a great desktop gadget to show off their impressive typing skills to passerby’s.
The USB Speed Typing Mouse plugs into any USB port on your computer and displays your current typing speed in words per minute on its 4 digit LED display. What’s more, the mouse actually pedals while typing, and stops when you aren’t.
For a cool RRP of £19.99 you can show off your natural talent to friends and colleagues. Not too proud of those skills? Then get your practice here.
Who says you can’t play with your food? Fun for kids of all ages, the Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker lets you make your own soft serve ice cream — anywhere! We had the chance to try this out at home and — pardon the pun — had a ball with it. There’s a novelty in making your own ice cream; as a kid, I remember sitting by the side of my grandparents’ pool watching my grandfather crank away at a wooden ice cream maker sitting in a metal saucer, and still contend that no ice cream ever tasted so sweet. Now you can build those memories yourself, rolling the ball around your own back yard or on your next camping trip with the kids.
And it couldn’t be easier: with three ingredients and two steps to get the ball rolling, your only limitation is your imagination as you create new flavors and ingredients of your own. We kept it indoors and made a game of “keep away from the dog” as we rolled the ball back and forth in the living room. It takes about twenty minutes to get the blend to a solid state (maybe twenty-five for a perfect freeze, but we’re not a patient bunch), but all of the rolling and shaking is immediately rewarded with soft serve ice cream right out of the container. Available in Original (serves two) or Mega (whipping up a full quart) sizes, put this on your must have list for summertime fun. Just be careful of the screws outside the container — if you’re batting this back and forth on your own, your hands might get irritated by the slightly rough edges. Currently on sale for $28.95 - $39.95 at Amazon.
Remember when the Rubik’s Cube first came out, wasting hours cranking the plastic block left and right? The game remains a classic – unlike forgettable spinoffs, like Rubik’s Magic — and has recently met its 21st century match: Sudoku.
Slam the two together and what do you get? Enter the SudoKube. Stripped of the familiar primary colors, each face of the cube represents one ninth of a complete sudoku grid, numbers one through nine. Instead of simply pairing up like colors on each face, you’re now challenged to place the correct numbers and align them properly. It makes my brain hurt just thinking about it. Still, it’d be great to see people on the subway in the mornings trying to work these things out.
The SudoKube is a bargain at Amazon for $4.95.
So you want to have some fun shooting off some industrial size rubber bands but you can’t afford the Cadillac of rubber band guns? Then the Fireband is for you. Listen, I know you are too cool to sling a rubber band around your finger and shoot it old school style that is why we hunted for a cheaper alternative.
The Fireband comes with 20 eyeball liquefying 12 inch rubber bands so you will be ready to aggravate everyone in the office right out of the box. Before you do that, the retailer of this gun wants you to know…
“This is NOT a toy. We repeat… this is NOT a toy. Do not fire this gun at any person or animal!”
Which leads us to ask…if it is not a toy, then what the hell is it?
With this masterpiece of woodworking I can finally enjoy two of my favorite pastimes… shooting stuff, and poking peoples eyes out. This fully functioning rubber band machine gun is equipped with 12 barrels capable of shooting 12 rubber bands for an eyeball maiming 144 shots. Standing at 40 inches tall it is sure to intimidate anything that stands in its path.
The price tag on this gatling gun is a little steep at $395 but, if you were any kind of man you would just go ahead and purchase yourself a set of plans for $29.95 and build your own.
If you are the kind of person that is known to throw parties with a few beers involved then this shocking gadget is for you. Get a few unsuspecting players to put their finger in one of the four slots, and let it spin. Lights and sounds start out fast and gradually slow down to prolong the tension. When the sound stops someone is getting a nice shock. I am not sure how hard it hits but this is a nice little disclaimer that just screams fun.
“Caution: Use at your own risk. Not recommended for children under 14 years old, adults over 50 years old or persons with ANY medical conditions.”
You can grab one of these torture devices for under 15 bucks. Check out the video after the jump…
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