TOYS
Make Yourself a Custom Anime Mini-Model with Chibify
This Santa Monica-based startup will let you design and create "super kawaii" statuettes of yourself.
Feed This No Face Piggy Bank Just Like in “Spirited Away”
This official Studio Ghibli 'Spirited Away' figurine will gobble up your gold (and your money).
This Neat Knick-Knack Lets You Defy Gravity to Distract Yourself
Meet 'Moondrop,' a desk toy that employs the same free-fall physics as the Moon or Mars to give you something to fidget with.
Optimus Prime vs Prime Interest Rate: Were 80s toys a good investment?
Sell your collection from the “golden age” of toys, and you might just afford that down payment.
How Artists Are Remembering David Bowie, One Year Later
Also, new David Bowie songs and a music video dropped over the weekend.
Furbies Are More Unsettling Than Usual in This Horror Game
Behind those glossy eyes are something sinister, grotesque and extremely annoying.
Christmas' Hottest Toy Is Telling Some Kids to ‘Fuck Me’
For one couple, the toy they got their six-year-old son for Christmas immediately started channeling Regan in 'The Exorcist.'
Peaceful Gundam Wins Competition for Giant Fighting Robots
A young designer from Taiwan wanted to show that a battle robot could exist and find new purpose in a peaceful world.
In Frenzied Bid to Save Christmas, Parents Are Spending Hundreds on Stuffed Eggs
In a craze reminiscent of the Tickle Me Elmo hysteria of the 90s, a shortage of Hatchimals, stuffed animals that hatch out of eggs, has led to outrageous bidding wars.
It’s Trivially Easy to Watch Porn On a Restricted Tablet Made For Kids
The infamous Internet of Things vendor VTech shows how not to do parental controls.