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If you’ve ever wanted to step inside a mesh screened box and use pneumatic arms to pummel the hell out of your buddy, who is also in a mesh box with pneumatic arms, then Hammacher Schlemmer has just made your life worth living.
Called the Bionic Bopper boxing robots, with a mere $17,000 price tag, this is what Rock Em Sock Em Robots would have looked like if they’d been designed by the guys from Jackass.
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In case you’ve ever wondered who decided the world needed fake vomit, the story can now be told, courtesy of novelty historians Stan and Mardi Timm. Professional prankster Irving Fishlove began manufacturing plastic puke in 1959. There are two plausible stories about who invented the stuff, but Fishlove bought the idea and went on to perfect it.
Not only did Irving Fishlove buy the idea to mass-produce and sell, he also took matters into his own hands. His son, Howard Fishlove, told the Timms about coming home as a schoolkid to find his kitchen counter covered in various types of fake barf. Turns out, Dad was so excited about this upchuck gag, he was experimenting with his own formulas of brown or yellow latex mixed with chunky bits of colored foam. “He told us it was the most disgusting thing he had ever seen,” says Mardi Timm.
The formula they settled on has been a closely-guarded secret ever since. Read all about the history of “Whoops,” the original latex barf at Collector’s Weekly. Link -Thanks, Ben!
Kayla Kromer was featured on Neatorama about a year ago for her Hamburger Bed. Now she strikes back with this must have bed for any Star Wars fan. Featuring working headlights, starfield projection, and hidden compartments, its cockpit can also hold action figures (although the two she picked are, indeed, sacrilege). I like the radar dish pillow.
Link to Kayla’s Facebook photos.
Chung Dha Lam, a student at Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam in the Netherlands got the idea of his animated business card after receiving a special book called magic moving images. By using a printed overlay animation to vamp up his regular old business card, his mission was to catch more attention and make the receiver remember the card better and stand out from the others thus ensuring that it doesn’t get thrown away – as most business cards usually end up.
“Less is more and keep it simple”. - Chung Dha Lam
This novelty ice cube tray is made from soft food-safe synthetic rubber that will allow you to freeze up a batch of Frozen Smiles and drop them into any glass as a gag.
Source: Worldwidefred
