toys
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Playful Lego-Compatible Mechanical Keyboard Works With Your Own Bricks
One of the many reasons to switch to a mechanical keyboard — besides the mustache-twirling joy in shattering the silence of a quiet office — is being able to easily customise your keyboard’s appearance: a selling point the creators of the MelGeek Pixel are heavily leaning on with what they claim is the world’s first Lego-compatible…
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Researchers Have Taught Machines How To Follow LEGO Instruction Manuals
The enduring appeal of LEGO comes not from the complexity of the sets, nor the adorable minifigure versions of pop culture icons, but from the build process itself, and turning a box of seemingly random pieces into a completed model. It’s a satisfying experience, and another one that robots might steal from you one day,…
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Barbie’s Latest Gig? Web3 Huckster
Barbie’s got herself a brand new side-hustle. The role? Flogging crypto and NFTs to little kids. Extremely cool and normal thing for a toy to do.
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Buying Hot Wheels Has Become Almost As Hard As Buying An Actual Car In The U.S.
When was the last time you saw pegs stacked with Hot Wheels at your local big box retailer of choice? I’d estimate it was about nine months ago that I started noticing every Target in my immediate vicinity licked clean of die-cast miniatures. This wasn’t particularly surprising over the holiday season, but we’re in February…