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The Toy Fair's Top 10 Strangest Products

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the log-log-it's-heavy-it's-solid-it's-wood dept.

FloggingMollyrox writes "UGO looks at the recent 2004 Toy Fair's Top 10 Strangest Products. Forget about Lord of the Rings and Spider-Man, the real stuff was an art farm that grows vegetables, a pogo stick that shoots you over the moon, 'real' shrunken heads, and an educational plush toy based on an alien invasion."

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  1. Ever been to Tokyo? by JaredOfEuropa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A few hours browsing at souvenir shops or department stores in the Akihabara district will teach you the meaning of 'strange'. These toys are soothingly ordinary in comparison.

    And don't get me started to the Tokyo fish market *shudders*

    --
    If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
  2. Infrared Blade Racers? by huha · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I really wonder why the blade racers are called a high-velocity infrared racing system...
    Even if they could be steered by infrared remote controls this would be utterly senseless since they'd loose contact to the remote control when doing some loops etc. -huha