MetaFilter posts tagged with gadgets and toys

I think that's a hard G.

Manhasset — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:30:38 -0800

Gizmine - "the world's largest Japanese gadgets and lifestyle design shop." Viewable by color, theme, price, popularity, or brand.

electric music

madamjujujive — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:08:08 -0800

Tesla coil music system (YouTube alert) and five other musical gadgets you didn't know about.

Desktop cool: a gallery of imported and independent toys

rudyfink — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 02:34:57 -0800

The gallery of Kidrobot is a collection of toy photos I ran into on a recent search for a U.S. retailer of a desktop toy I wanted by Cube-Works. Outside of finding what I came for, I enjoyed just browsing the photos and descriptions. In the vein of "fair and balanced", I also found the toy at Sweatyfrog, which has some other neato-torpedo things.

iconomy — Tue, 16 Jul 2002 04:33:17 -0800

There are lots of toys modeled after automobiles, but no automobile has ever been modeled after a toy (?), until now. The insanely popular Choro-Q line of toy cars of Japan (ebay pics here) have inspired a whole new line of impossibly cute real cars, to be unveiled in November of this year. The tiny, brightly colored electric autos look like something straight out of a Roger Rabbit cartoon, seat one, go 50 miles on a battery charge, and cost around $10,000.00 - $16,000. Must...have...one...