Gifts and Gadgets

Play up to six players On-screen tutorials
Built-n memory (play a full season) LCD personal card view screen
Plugs directly into your screen Runs on four AA batteries (not included)

The 7-Foot Upside-Down Pre-Lit Christmas Tree
Evoking a 12th century Central European tradition of hanging a tree from the ceiling at Christmas, this unique 7' pre-lit fir is inverted to ensure a smaller footprint for less-spacious areas, and allowing more room for the accumulation of presents underneath. Originally designed for specialty stores to display delicate ornaments using a minimum of floor space, the unusual tapering shape allows the tree to stand in places that do not accommodate a traditional holiday tree, such as between two armchairs or in a corner.

Experience all of the excitement of Star Wars on one controller
Relive classic arcade game from the 80s; choose from 5 different new games
Fight enemy droids and pilot rebel ships in intense space combat
Lightweight, compact, all-inclusive controller; games stored in joystick
Play anywhere there is a TV with ATV input jacks; no gaming console required

Play action-packed paintball games right on your TV
Choose from a range of realistic scenes and blast your way through 8 levels of competition
Play with friends or solo
Marker gun looks and feels like the real thing

Our thermal printer puts titles directly onto discs for a studio-produced appearance that’s permanent and safe. It creates up to 16 lines in any of 18 alphanumeric or four graphic preset formats at 200 dpi.

The Micro Vectron is a free-flying dream. Unlike many other hovery flying things, this wonderful gizmo truly is a piece of cake to fly. Simply charge it up (for a mere 14 minutes), point the infra red Remote Thrust Transmitter at it (i.e. the Remote Control in normal language), and you're off. It's almost disconcerting how easy this thing is to fly.

The point of Micro Battling Tanks is, of course, to battle, and whether you're trundling along with a German Tiger 1, or rumbling towards your enemy with the Russian T34/85, you're about to start a game of micro-warfare that'll have you well and truly hooked. Each tank is able to 'fire' an infra red beam, and every time it fires, it has a deeply cool little jump-back recoil. If you're unfortunate enough to be 'hit' by another tank, the light on the turret will blink, and your tank will freak out, spinning crazily in a circle. You only have four lives before your tank is disabled in battle, so watch out (though you can of course re-set your tank after it's been disabled).

So with Christmas hovering over us I thought I’d pull together some of the finest robotic toys currently available to keeps the kids and adults alike occupied during the queens speech-yawn.