ThinkGeek DIY Music Box Kit
Time to Tinkle! Music boxes came to prominence in the 19th Century, but their history dates back a few hundred more years. You see, there was this bell ringing dude who got tired of all the hard work. So, he decided to engineer a device to ...make his life a little more hip. It was a cylinder with metal studs. Each stud (as the cylinder rotated) operated cams which rang the bells. Further research determined that the first song played on this new system was the theme to Super Mario Brothers! And so that's the first song we made when we got our hands on this awesome little kit (albeit with one note wrong to adjust the key). This music box kit is a bit more open source, though. There are no pins, but a strip of paper, which you punch yourself. That's right, you punch all your own songs! No more listening to "Memory" - it's time for Koji Kondo's greatest hits (the genius behind many of Mario's and Link's most memorable themes). We'd love to chat more, but it's time for us to compose a lullaby for Princess Peach. Click here to download a PDF blueprint of the Super Mario Brothers theme. 'Cause sharing is caring. DIY Music Box Kit In Action! Read More
Better than fish and custard We'll admit it, we magically teleported to the UK to watch the first episode of the new season of Doctor Who before it aired in the US. We just couldn't wait. And there was The Doctor, so young, so new, so... wa... Read More
Plant attack! Real bombs are sad. Real bombs hurt. Real bombs are for making things break. Seed Bombs are happy. Seed Bombs heal. Seed Bombs are for making thing more beautiful. Seed Bombs are a simple way to add smiles to the face of the p... Read More
The Holy Grail - Part II The last time you saw the Killer Rabbit, it was blown to bits by the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But that was just the beginning of the poor Rabbit's saga. You see, Tim the Encha... Read More
The Master's Tool Back on Gallifrey, in the year P (time was different back then), two young kids grew up across the street from each other. One liked helping people and the other was a big stinking bully. Every time the nice kid got a toy,... Read More
Laugh and Learn Apptivity! The amount of great apps out there for the preschool set is astounding. Whether they like to doodle on the screen with their sticky fingers or trace the letters of the alphabet, our wee geeks want to get their han... Read More
Game's over, man! Let the fun begin! "Yes, Newt. Mommy was wrong. There really are monsters, and here's one you can cuddle up with!" Straight from your friends at Better Worlds Toys(TM), a division of the Weyland-Yutani corporation, comes t... Read More
You're in a meeting. You need to escape. You need your freedom! Sadly, escaping a meeting isn't the same as getting away from Zombies and Creepers. You can't just tunnel your way out... Or maybe you could if you just had the Minecraft Foam ... Read More
A is for Always, that's where we embark... Two children, treasure map in hand, and their pet gazelle sneak past their father, out of their house, and into a world beneath the city, where monsters and pirates roam. Will they find the treasur... Read More
iDucky, you?re the one! The heck with the rubber ducky. Throw him right out with the baby and the bathwater. Wait, not the baby. Just the bathwater and the rubber ducky. Now it should just be you and the iDuck, which is the ultimate parenti... Read More
Beware of the ooze. In the beginning . . . no, let's start again. A while ago, there were these puddles of goo. And inside the goo, smarter goo formed. And then some alien dude melted into black gunk and monkeys began hitting each other wit... Read More
Game's over, man! Let the fun begin! "Yes, Newt. Mommy was wrong. There really are monsters, and here's one you can cuddle up with!" Straight from your friends at Better Worlds Toys(TM), a division of the Weyland-Yutani corporation, comes t... Read More
To buy me, you want Now you don't have to go to Dagobah to seek guidance from the wise Jedi Master Yoda. Looking much plusher than his 900 years, this Talking Yoda Plush can shower his wisdom on you while you cuddle up in bed. Sure to pleas... Read More
Slurpees at home! Everything is better with the internet. We can work from home, shop from home, put in orders to our favorite pizza place without talking to a human being on the telephone (from home), but until now, making a Slurpee at hom... Read More
Rule the prehistoric world with the ferocious 3-in-1 T-Rex! Run for it! The mighty T-Rex is on the loose! Rule the prehistoric world with his opening mouth full of teeth, powerful moving legs and a long tail! Rebuild it into a flying pterod... Read More
Defend the Turtles' Lair in a Dark Ninja ambush! It's an intense day of training in the Turtles' Lair. Instruct Leonardo in the ninja arts with Master Splinter and the rotating training dummy. Then experiment in Donnie's lab. When the explo... Read More
Happy 50th, Doctor! Rolling dice is fun. So is poker. That's why everyone loves Yahtzee - it combines the best of both worlds. Well, let's all travel through timey-wimey stuff and gaze upon this new version, just in time for Doctor Who's 50... Read More
Plant attack! Real bombs are sad. Real bombs hurt. Real bombs are for making things break. Seed Bombs are happy. Seed Bombs heal. Seed Bombs are for making thing more beautiful. Seed Bombs are a simple way to add smiles to the face of the p... Read More
Laugh and Learn Apptivity! The amount of great apps out there for the preschool set is astounding. Whether they like to doodle on the screen with their sticky fingers or trace the letters of the alphabet, our wee geeks want to get their han... Read More
Sort and build a world of stimulating play! Stimulate your child?s mind with this great LEGOŽ DUPLOŽ Creative Sorter set. Not only does the set include an assortment of 23 color-coded basic and rounded DUPLO bricks, but the 3 matching blue,... Read More
The Holy Grail - Part II The last time you saw the Killer Rabbit, it was blown to bits by the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But that was just the beginning of the poor Rabbit's saga. You see, Tim the Encha... Read More
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