Fun and games - toys and kits for nerds

Superheroes tend to look absolutely flawless: Beautiful hair, big muscles, perfect proportions... but doesn't that get boring after a while? At Soa...

The kingdom of Hyrule is in danger. Once again. But this time it's not Link who can save it, but you alone. Ganondorf has taken control of the most...

While electronics certainly is a complex and fascinating field, many newcomers are put off by the sheer amount of complex information out there. Wh...

To survive in battle, you need the right equipment. Knights and soldiers in the Middle Ages knew this too. They often carried a sword in one hand t...

Anyone who's even remotely interested in electronics and tinkering would probably take a bath in LEDs, batteries, transistors and other parts Scroo...

Over the course of millennia, mankind has managed to explore almost every square metre of the Earth's surface. As such, only the deep sea and space...

Real gamers are game players. Shock news! But gamers through and through, not just at the console. If you have a hard time with chores like cleanin...

We're pretty sure we know what Guybrush Threepwood would say about this example of a three-headed monkey from the monkey island. It's just too bad ...

There are many curious and often somewhat strange-looking creatures in the deep sea. One of the best known is the so-called blobfish, whose scienti...

Pluto isn't just chronically lonely - far away from the sun, the Earth, and the other celestial bodies of our solar system - the poor orb has even ...

Don't we all dream of constructing our own robot? Unfortunately, pretty much anything beyond a fighting machine designed for Robot Wars can be pret...

When you were a kid, did you used to love rolling marbles down a run and watching them roll down and around and around...? It was probably only mad...

The Airzooka is an air cannon with which you can shoot an "air ball" up to 6m. It consists of a large plastic tube with a diameter of almost 30cm, ...

We are aware that the name of this toy is very ambiguous. But it's best to decide for yourself how you prefer to use the Stress Chicken. If you wan...

No matter how great the graphics of today's games are, they will never be able to beat the nostalgia factor of their ancient predecessors. For many...

A Niffler, like the one Newt Scamander has, is a cheeky little creature, about the size of a cat, with the appearance of a mole. Despite its incred...

As we all know, Schrödinger's cat is both dead and alive at the same time, at least as long you don't look in the box ;). Our Schrödinger's Cat Plu...

Every true dinosaur fan has certainly dreamed more than once of experiencing the prehistoric giants alive. Unfortunately, time travel is still not ...

Everyone has their own methods of coping with a panic attack: Some just scream at their colleagues and others throw their computer out of the windo...

There are only a few people who have an innate talent for solving a Rubik's Cube. If you're not one of them, the very thought of it will probably c...

Sometimes you just want to wring your colleagues' necks. For obvious reasons, you shouldn't do that - but what's the alternative? After all, the pe...

The sole goal of the Great Old One, Cthulhu, is, and has always been, to return to Earth and usher in the destruction of humankind. Fortunately for...

Bubble wrap is a restless person’s best friend! Unfortunately, it also has a life expectancy of about 10 seconds, after which it becomes useless. I...

Slimy snails are not something you want to touch. However, you won't want to put these sturdy plastic specimens down. The Fidget Slug Stress Toy is...

As we all know, patience is a virtue. Especially, when it comes to solving the Star-Shaped Magic Cube! While it may look like a regular magic cube ...

The frightening, mysterious Night Fury that terrorises the village Berk in the movie “How to Train Your Dragon” turns out to be a cute and rather s...

Masters of the Universe is an absolute classic among action figures. The muscular warriors of Eternia have been around since the early 80s! As oppo...

Finally there's a chance for pirates and Pastafaris to build their own shrine with the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster. In contrast to other non-prov...

In recent decades, technology has changed faster than ever before. Sometimes our still stone-age brains just can't keep up. Who doesn't know the fe...

Haunted houses don’t have to be scary. We’ve known that since “My Neighbour Totoro”. The phenomena that the sisters Satsuki and Mei encounter might...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.George Bernard ShawWho would know that better than the gamers among ...

Among the horrors lurking in the vastness of space, the Xenomorph from Ridley Scott's masterpiece ‘Alien’ is arguably one of the most fearsome. Wit...

Anyone who was a fan of the "Masters of the Universe" in the form of comics, series or radio plays in the 80s will certainly have owned countless c...

Great plushies don’t just fall from the sky – but magical princesses do, at least in the movie “The Castle in the Sky”. And Laputa, the place where...