technics
Toys
3:47PM Nick Broughall | Lego Technics is not the Lego you fell in love with as a child. It looks different. It feels different. It smells different. But even though it has so many different traits to the original Lego building blocks, it still brings that joyous feeling of creating something wonderful with your own two hands. More »
The Lego Technics Quad Bike: Rediscovering The Joy Of Lego
3:47PM Nick Broughall | Lego Technics is not the Lego you fell in love with as a child. It looks different. It feels different. It smells different. But even though it has so many different traits to the original Lego building blocks, it still brings that joyous feeling of creating something wonderful with your own two hands. More » 
Toys
Theophile Lego Technic ‘Walking Machine’ Slowly, Inevitably Invades My Nightmares
1:00AM Jack Loftus | If I didn’t really, really love Lego and Technic, like many of the staff here at Gizmodo, I might very well be running in terror at the sight of this eight-legged, Theo Jansen-inspired monstrosity. It barely makes a sound as it claws its way across the floor, aside from the slight hiss of the motor that drives this thing inexorably into my nightmares. Oh, and on a related note Theo Jansen made a sick BMW commercial back in the day that certainly served as inspiration for this Lego arachnid. More »
Gadgets
Technics vs. Marvel Shirts Are Perhaps the Most Incredible Shirts Ever
7:30AM Jason Chen | Even though our (pretend) DJ days were over back in college, we still have a fond spot in our hearts for Technics and their beautiful equipment. The Technics 1200s are legendary DJ gadgets after all, so when we saw that the company actually issued a series of shirts featuring Marvel characters behind the decks, our various body parts exploded. It’s hard to tell which one is the best, but we’re going to go with either Iron Man or Captain America, though the Captain Britain vs. Captain America one has its charms as well. If they weren’t US$50 each, we’d stock up on one apiece. [DMCWorld via Audio Junkies] More »
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8:15AM Seamus Byrne | At last week’s Panasonic launch event, one item that jumped out at me that was otherwise completely undiscussed was the new PTX5 2.1 channel home stereo. It’s small, it’s pretty, and it has serious audio chops while also playing the role of DVD player so it’ll do the ‘complete’ solution in a very small space. Warning: it isn’t cheap.
Panasonic doing stereos? Here’s the scoop: Matsushita (the company behind the Panasonic brand) also owns a little number called Technics. Oh yes, THAT Technics! The engine behind the PTX5 is all Technics, baby, and it all starts to make sense when we cranked this little number and it filled what was a space larger than most living rooms I’m ever likely to spend time in. They’ve made a nice choice to keep the two channel speakers relatively small while giving the sub a bit more substance to give that bottom end some serious grunt. More »
Stealth-launch Panasonic SC-PTX5 is a sexy 2.1 channel stereo
8:15AM Seamus Byrne | At last week’s Panasonic launch event, one item that jumped out at me that was otherwise completely undiscussed was the new PTX5 2.1 channel home stereo. It’s small, it’s pretty, and it has serious audio chops while also playing the role of DVD player so it’ll do the ‘complete’ solution in a very small space. Warning: it isn’t cheap.
Panasonic doing stereos? Here’s the scoop: Matsushita (the company behind the Panasonic brand) also owns a little number called Technics. Oh yes, THAT Technics! The engine behind the PTX5 is all Technics, baby, and it all starts to make sense when we cranked this little number and it filled what was a space larger than most living rooms I’m ever likely to spend time in. They’ve made a nice choice to keep the two channel speakers relatively small while giving the sub a bit more substance to give that bottom end some serious grunt. More » 