Leisure
G.I. Joe Mighty Muggs
Hasbro’s latest Mighty Mugg vinyls feature G.I. Joe and will launch in November. Boy are these stirring up Saturday cartoon memories; Snake is still the most bad-ass out of the bunch.
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xTool O1 Omni Printer
Designed for makers, designers, and small businesses, the xTool O1 printer can print on acrylic, wood, glass, metal, apparel, and more. It combines UV, DTG, DTF, and UV DTF printing in a single desktop machine. Its dual-printhead system supports hard goods, fabric printing, decals, 3D textures, fluorescent inks, foiling, and lenticular motion effects.
Fashion
weRobot T-Shirt
51 robots from film, television, books and toys, all packed onto one tee shirt. It’s almost too much for our giddy 12-year old inner child to handle. Available in charcoal, black or red on Alstyle shirts.
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Keebox Green Escape Room Puzzle Box
Do you love escape rooms and tricky puzzles? The Keebox Green should be right up your alley. The mechanical puzzle offers a sequence of challenging puzzles to solve in the correct order to reveal the hidden token inside. One or two people can play, and digital hints are available if you get stuck. For more
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Cadman Workstation
We like West Elm’s Cadman Workstation for its modularity; mix and match three different-sized units. Also slick: powder-coated steel frame and frosted (or silver-toned) glass.
Leisure
Yoshi Matcha Liqueur
Matcha-loving teetotalers may have a change of heart now that Yoshi introduces the world’s first matcha liqueur. Blending ceremonial-grade matcha green tea and oat milk in a neutral grain spirit base, Yoshi is non-dairy, gluten-free, low-ABV, and lower in sugar and calories than most other shelf-stable cream liqueurs.
Art + Design
Turning a Mortar Shell Into a Balisong Knife
Abdulla Siddiqui from Random Hands shows how he transformed one weapon into another by taking apart a rusty old mortar shell and using its metal to create a shiny new balisong knife. After discovering its cast iron casing was too brittle to hand-forge, he switched to using its steel tail fins for the knife’s blade.
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GoateeSaver
Never mind that it makes you look like a Cylon, but the GoateeSaver does promise to save time in the morning. The three metal rollers are adjustable for height and width.
Living
SOG Voodoo Hawk Mini Axe
A heavy-duty, compact axe designed for outdoor living as well as throwing. The SOG Voodoo Hawk’s 12-inch head and 2.75″ blade are constructed from long-lasting 8Cr13Mov stainless steel, attached to a sturdy glass-reinforced nylon handle. It weighs just 23.1 oz. and comes with a ballistic nylon sheath.
Toys
LEGO UCS Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer
This 6130-piece LEGO kit lets you assemble a 53″ long model of Darth Vader’s flagship. The Ultimate Collector Series set looks just as imposing as it did in The Empire Strikes Back, and required serious structural engineering to hold it together. The kit also comes with a mini ship and seven minifigs, including the dark
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Making a Jack-o-Lantern Cake + Candle
When it comes to making cakes that look like other things, pastry artist Natalie Sideserf is one of the best in the business. In this Halloween video, she shows how she created a dessert that looks exactly like a jack-o-lantern, complete with an edible candle inside. We had no idea that nuts burned like candles.
Tech
Keychron K8 All-Wood Wireless Keyboard
This special edition of Keychron’s K8 HE wireless mechanical keyboard features a wooden body. The 80% keyboard has hot-swappable keys and comes assembled with responsive Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic Nebula switches. While its “All-Wood” moniker doesn’t reference its brown plastic keycaps and aluminum parts, it’s still a refined upgrade to any desktop.