Jumeau Dolls

Apparently, Jumeau Dolls are very collectible. But I'm not sure I could share my home with the "Screamer" model.

That’s One Small Train

There's more information at James River Branch.

Trik Trak

Who wouldn't want one?!?

Lego Sudoku Solver

Having problems solving that Sudoku puzzle? Well, worry no more because someone had the idea to construct a robot to do that for you. Now you can sit back, relax and drink your morning coffee without having to worry about all those pesky little numbers. The robot is built from the ever versatile Lego Mindstorm kits. There's also one that solves a Rubik's cube. Head over to Tilted Twister to check it out.

Lego house will include working toilet

James May built a garden out of plasticine, but is really excited for his new Lego house. The Top Gear presenter is hosting a show called "Toy Stories", and wants the lavatory to work. Now if he can only get enough Legos -- got extras?

Here's the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/surrey/8168892.stm

Bonus -- picture of the plasticine garden!

Blythe Dolls

Check your closet for Blythe dolls. These weird mutants are highly collectible today.

Coleco Electric Football Game

Was there ever a stupider toy?

The Art of the Brick

A recent comment about erecting a Lego statue reminded me of something I saw a while ago, but forgot to pass on to WU.

Nathan Sawaya won a competition for the Lego Master Model Builder title in 2004, and went on to work for Lego itself. Later he decided to open his own art studio, one where all the sculptures and pictures are made out of the ubiquitous little plastic bricks. Many of his creations, such as Blue pictured below with Sawaya himself, can be seen on his studio's web-site, The Art of the Brick.

My personal favourite, though, is the Lego Han Solo in Carbonite.

Forgotten and Unseen Electronics Part 2

On May 21st 2008 Wii Fit came out. Ever since then there's been a lot of sites saying this is Nintendo's first exercising game. It's not. Back in 1986 a game in Japan came out called Family Trainer and in 1988 it was released in North America as Family Fun Fitness. It didn't use a small mat like Wii Fit did, instead it used a mat that looks like an early version of Dance Dance Revolution called the NES Power Pad.





Due to lack of interest from players and developers most of the games never made it out of Japan.

Human Hamster Balls

All future arguments on WU shall be settled by TRIAL VIA GIANT HUMAN HAMSTER SPHERES! Participants may purchase spheres here.

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