I think that's a hard G.

November 26, 2008 10:30 PM

Gizmine- "the world's largest Japanese gadgets and lifestyle design shop." Viewable by color, theme, price, popularity, or brand.
posted by Manhasset (11 comments total)

I think I'd seen this somewhere once. Absurdly badass.
posted by delmoi at 11:10 PM on November 26, 2008

Awesome.

However, they don't sell usb personal cooling ties panko do though, and now have a store in English.
posted by sien at 11:54 PM on November 26, 2008

I didn't know I needed a Poodle in a Cup but I do, I really do.
posted by minifigs at 12:56 AM on November 27, 2008

I usually have to spend hours looking across various sites for stuff like that. If I was buying presents this year instead of making them, I'd pretty much be set.
posted by darksong at 6:16 AM on November 27, 2008

Impress your friends and freak out your office mates with your very own USB powered chameleon pet. This little guy perches on your monitor as its eyes rotate, and tongue rolls out at random times. Perfect for scaring away the cute girl in the cubicle down the aisle!

What?
posted by chuckdarwin at 6:32 AM on November 27, 2008

Also absurdly badass is this Facebank.

"Its mouth will start to water when you wave coins in front its motion-sensitive eyes. Then stick the coin in its mouth and it will chomp away."
posted by tybeet at 8:47 AM on November 27, 2008

$500+ for a knife-resistant shirt? I'll take my chances without it. I wonder how many people get up in the morning and get dressed for knife fight.
posted by fundip at 9:51 AM on November 27, 2008

I wonder how many people get up in the morning and get dressed for knife fight.

You rang?
posted by mandal at 11:45 AM on November 27, 2008

Perfect for scaring away the cute girl in the cubicle down the aisle!
What?

Understanding sexual dynamics in Japan: it's not only the women who seem stuck at age 11.
posted by rokusan at 1:30 PM on November 27, 2008 [1 favorite]

Oh man...so much useless stuff...who knew I wanted this much useless stuff?
posted by dejah420 at 3:43 PM on November 27, 2008

The name makes it sound like a major supplier to the Japanese Bukakke porn industry. A place that exploits its workers so badly, they create labour songs to keep their spirits high as they labour to produce the enormous volumes of Giz that are needed just for one film.

For example:

Working in a Gizmine,
Goin' down down down,
Working in a Gizmine,
Whop! about to slip down,
Five o clock in the mornin'
I'm already up and gone,
Lord I am so tired,
I'm gonna need a fluffer to deliver another one...

And then there's...

Stroke, bash,
Sploosh, splash.

That's the sound of the man,
Working at the Gizmine
That's the sound of the man,
Working at the Gizmine
posted by PeterMcDermott at 6:24 PM on November 27, 2008