23 Toys from the Past That Are Still Getting Love (SUPER GALLERY) Edit

The following gallery will evoke the inner geek who has ever engaged in gaming, as it highlights some of the modern ways retro past times have been brought back. Scroll though and you’ll see how Lego, Rubik’s cubes and arcade style gaming like Tetris and Pacman can continue to be a party of your life today.

Top 9 Ways to Keep Tetris Alive (SUPER GALLERY)

What is it about Tetris that even decades after its release, and in the face of high-tech modern gaming innovation, it continues to hold such vast appeal? We’ve seen a range of Tetris-inspired gimmicks… [More]

Top 33 LEGO Creations - Innovating Retro Toys (SUPER GALLERY)

You didn’t think LEGO died with the rise of video games and the internet, did you? Until the last of us who played with LEGO as kids die off, the fascination with the little plastic blocks will continue.… [More]

Rubik’s Cubes

Rubik’s Cube Alarm Clock - Cube Clock Has Thermometer

In addition to looking damn retro cool, this Rubik’s Cube inspired Cube Clock offers a multitude of functions such as time, temperature, alarm and date. You can easily switch between these functions… [More]

Computer Security By Color Scheme -  Cheng-Li Hung’s Rubik’s Cube

So instead of memorizing numbers and letters, I will have to memorize color sequences? Say what? That’s what designer Cheng-Li Hung has in mind when he designed the Rubik’s cube as a security devise. The… [More]

LEGO NXT Rubik’s Cube Solver (VIDEO)

Having trouble with your Rubik’s cube?  Daniele Benedettelli has created an automated Rubik’s cube solver called the LEGO Rubik Utopy.  On his website, Daniele describes, “A motor actuates a prismatic… [More]

Rubik’s Cube Table - Bring Back the 80’s in Your Living Room

Do you remember Rubik’s cubes? Were you one of those lucky whiz kids that were able to solve the 3D Rubik Cube? I promise I was one of the frustrated ones that was never able to solve this tridimensional… [More]

Sudoku Cube -Rubik’s Cube Meets Sudoku

Toy inventer Jay Horowitz has taken the 1980’s craze of the Rubik’s cube and combined it with today’s popularity of Suduko. According to the Sukodu Cube website, “the concept of the Sudoku Cube is playing… [More]

Rubik’s Cube for the Blind

Made with metal, wood, textile, rubber, plastic and stone, the new Rubik’s cube is made for the blind.  A great gift if you know someone who is blind, or just to see if you still have what it takes with… [More]

Pac Man

Geek Chic Accessories - Pac Man Cufflinks (GALLERY)

Dubai-based British silver jeweler BeauJangles has come up with super cool geeky Pac Man cufflinks. A must have for any retro game or 70s lover. For $48, you have the choice of two Ghosts, two Pac Man… [More]

Plush PacMan Hat for Nostalgia Geeks

It’s the perfect compliment to your PacMan Belt! Check out the PacMan Plush Head. It’s sort of a hat, and sort of a costume. No matter how you wear it, you’ll rule the school as you chomp your way through… [More]

PacMan Belt - The Ultimate Geek Fashion Item

Today the word geek doesn’t only apply for men. And as being a geek has become almost normal for women as well, it was inevitable, that geek accessories would slowly flow into the stream of fashion. Here’s… [More]

Real Life Robot PacMan

Right from Japan, it’s real life Robot PacMan.  You control your pacman with a remote control and… you know how the game works.  Where’s real life Donkey Kong?
“This was one of the funniest things I… [More]

Cheap Retro Thrills – Deluxe TV Etch-A-Sketch (VIDEO)

How would you like to play a $13 Etch-A-Sketch on your $3500 52 inch LCD TV? Just about everybody had an Etch-A-Sketch when they were a kid, but if you didn’t it’s not too late. $13 will get you… [More]

Etch-A-Sketch Clock - Upgraded Toy Keeps Time (VIDEO)

Etch-A-Sketch toys have been around for decades, but people seem to continually find new and creative uses for them. This video is a good example. Angela Yuan, a former member of a Society of Automotive… [More]

Aluminated Art - Sculptures Made Of Cans (GALLERY)

With the pressure on to protect the environment, people are thinking twice before tossing their recyclable goods. Letting cans kick around a little longer evoked creativity in a group of artists who saw… [More]

Custom Etch-A-Sketch Caricature for $5,000

See your child’s portrait preserved for all time on this classic drawing screen. Renowned artist, Nicole Falzone captures your child’s likeness with the turn of the knobs, then carefully makes it permanent… [More]

Other Toys & Old School Gaming

Childhood Toys Evolved - Tater of the Lost Ark is the New Mr. Potato Head

I want a Tater of the Lost Ark. I love this guy. I will be seeing the latest adventures of Indiana Jones tonight and I will be thinking of Tater of the Lost Ark. He has shoes, and teeth, and ears and… [More]

Touch-Screen Old School Games - Multi-Touch Missile Command (VIDEO)

According to their website, Obscura Digital has developed proprietary software that allows them “to turn virtually any surface into a full-motion video canvass”, including even buildings and walls.  Well,… [More]

80s Icon Revived - Mr. T Doll Exhibition In San Francisco (GALLERY)

An extravagant artistic exhibition took place at the RX Gallery in San Francisco. The collectors Mike Essl & Greg Rivera gathered thousands of Mr. T figures, the actor who personified Mario Baracus in… [More]

Retro NES Controller MP3 Player

If your still quite nostalgic over your years spent masting Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt, then maybe the NES Controller MP3 Player is for you.  Unfortunately, this is just something random that showed… [More]

Retro-Chic Gaming - The Arcade Table (GALLERY)

If you want to entertain a party with style, the cool hunter has a table for you. Looking like it took its inspiration from Microsoft’s upcoming Surface Table, the sleek and modern Arcade Table comes loaded… [More]

Nintendo Wall Decals -  Blik Surface Graphics (GALLERY)

These are super wall decals for your little gamer! Or perhaps your not so little gamer. The designs include the wildly popular Super Mario which is the highest selling video game of all time – 40 million… [More]

Balloons for Geeks - Balloon Guy’s Art (GALLERY)

This is some wicked, really skilled balloon art. These geeky balloon sculptures by Balloon Guy Entertainment or just Balloon Guy, features such video game and science fiction characters as Mario, the Transformers,… [More]