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Wristwatch With Tiny R/C R2D2 May Be Best Office Distraction Toy Ever
Posted by Kit Eaton at 11:30 PM on September 23, 2008
This toy wristwatch is Star Warsishly perfect: it's a digital blue and white Artoo-themed digital watch with a mini detachable infra-red remote control R2D2. I'd be sending this trundling down the desks in my office to put a smile on my colleagues faces in a pew-pewing instant! (Well, I would if I worked in an office. Here it'd just get chewed by the cats.) Doesn't look like it makes Artoo's trademark beeps, though: you'll just have to be a big kid and supply 'em yourself. It's out now for about $US40. [Firebox via RandomGoodStuff]
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Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 12:09 AM 24/9/08
No love for GUNK? C'mon, at least a pocket watch.
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
chumleyex
Posted 12:05 AM 24/9/08
That's pretty awesome, R2 FTW.. Oh and new comment bubbles.
chumleyex
danatoth
Posted 11:48 PM 23/9/08
Must.....have.....this....r/c....brains.....what?
danatoth
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
Posted 12:21 AM 24/9/08
Both Woz and Grant from Mythbusters break their enter key when ordering.
Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->
nutbastard
Posted 1:16 AM 24/9/08
It really needs the R2 beep... the force is weak with this one.
nutbastard
Alchemistmerlin
Posted 1:36 AM 24/9/08
Yep, just waiting on that paycheck.
Alchemistmerlin
Kit Eaton
Posted 1:29 AM 24/9/08
@nutbastard: ? Do you mean it's not "RF" ?! Uhhhhhh....
Kit Eaton
nutbastard
Posted 1:20 AM 24/9/08
and TECHNICALLY this isn't RC, per this:
"Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation that are created when a charged object, such as an electron, accelerates with a frequency that lies in the radio frequency (RF) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum...Other types of electromagnetic radiation, with frequencies above the RF range, are microwave, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays.
Could be common use, though, i don't have any remote-controlled toys.
nutbastard
RE-L
Posted 2:47 AM 24/9/08
I think I like this one better. [www.thinkgeek.com]
RE-L
nutbastard
Posted 3:12 AM 24/9/08
@strider_mt2k:
gotcha - when i see "RC" i think "Radio Controlled" - i KNEW someone would set me straight.
nutbastard
strider_mt2k
Posted 3:04 AM 24/9/08
@nutbastard: RC can also simply mean "remote" control.
The interchangeability of the terms is the culprit here.
They need to be defined:
IRC
RFC
That would make it much less confusing for the consumer.
strider_mt2k
sexyrobot
Posted 2:45 PM 24/9/08
the episode 2 r2 action figure is pretty rad too if u can find one...
sexyrobot