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These Folks Made A Marshmallow-Firing Bazooka

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For five or so years the people at the Marshmallow Fun Company have been making increasingly-sophisticated weaponry that shoots Marshmallows. For 24 hours since Toy Fair, I’ve been trying to recover from what happened at the end of this video.


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Halo: The Mega Bloks Toys

The Master Chief posing at Toy Fair was made up of about 500,000 Mega Bloks, a representative for the company behind the Lego-like toys told me yesterday. Behind him was Iron Man. Behind that, new Halo Mega Bloks toys.


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At Last, A Keyboard With A LOL Button

The Fast Finger keyboard was made for people, mainly children, who are not yet comfortable with the QWERTY layout of most keyboards. It’s also made for people who’d love to use just one button to type TTYL, L8R or BRB.


February 16, 2010
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Street Fighter IV: The Toys

In a corner of Toy Fair 2010, Neca had a booth stuffed with gaming figures. One of the line’s highlights is the Street Fighter IV series, some released, some upcoming, captured here in video.


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The $US160 Doll Of Lara Croft’s Nemesis

The Tonner company makes finely-crafted dolls, including an already-released $US125 Lara Croft doll. Next in their Lara line is a doll of Amanda Evert, the sometimes-nemesis in recent Tomb Raider games.


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Halo Reach: The Toys

Straight from the floor of Toy Fair 2010 here in New York City are the first hints of Halo Reach’s toy line from the McFarlane toy company including dummy action figure boxes. Prototype Reach Warthog also included. Expected release: third quarter.