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A 228 Metre Long Marble Run Made From Sand Is More Exciting Than Formula 1
Video: Jelle Bakker, who has a fondness for complex marble runs, made this epic 228m long sand track that descends some 38m from its start to its finish. The 12 marbles competing in this video take almost four-and-a-half minutes to complete the run, and you’ll be surprised to find yourself rooting for your favourite.
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Try Not To Drool Over This Exquisite $9700 Replica Of The USS Enterprise
Unless you’re a model maker who works for Industrial Light & Magic, your skills at gluing bits of plastic together probably never turn out like this. But you don’t need skills to put this magnificent replica of the 2009 USS Enterprise on your fireplace mantle — just $US7000 ($9716).
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Hide This Ultra-Thin Nerf Blaster In The Same Pocket As Your Smartphone
Sometimes stealth is a better approach than brute force and raw firepower, so the tiniest addition to Nerf’s 2016 lineup, the new N-Strike Elite Pocketstrike blaster, can be easily hidden away until you’ve managed to sneak up on an unsuspecting target.
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Tiny LCD Screen Eyes Make Cabbage Patch Kids Infinitely More Expressive
The dead, glassy stare of the eyes on most dolls is kind of creepy. So to help make its newest Cabbage Patch Kid more lifelike and responsive, Wicked Cool Toys is using a pair of tiny LCD displays for the doll’s eyes, allowing them to be animated with all kinds of reactions and expressions.