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TOP 10 TECH TOYS GIFT IDEAS |
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Play golf on over 800 prestigious golf courses from around the world without leaving your home or office. You'll need your full set of clubs but you can sack your caddy! Now you can perfect your golfing skills in your very own home, office or anywhere else you can set up your computer! Golf Launchpad is a unique golf simulator available on Windows, Mac and PlayStation2 platforms.
Put away your keyboard and mouse and experience golf as it should be played with EA Sports; Tiger Woods PGA Tour and the Golf Launchpad. No longer do you just sit in your chair and press a few buttons, YOU physically play a round of golf! Use all the clubs in your golf bag; your putter, irons even your favourite driver…you can do it all! And all from the comfort of your home or office! Golf Launchpad was awarded the Innovations Award at the 2006 Consumer Electronic Association Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Available: www.thecube.com.au
SRP: $399 each
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Fly into the future with the world’s first radio-controlled robotic flying insect! WowWee Ltd™, the recognised leaders in manufacturing innovative, hi-tech consumer robotics, has combined the beauty of natural flight with the precision of modern aerospace technology to create the new FlyTech™ Dragonfly.
Modelled after earth’s fastest insect, the FlyTech™ Dragonfly uses advanced dual-wing design to flutter, soar, glide and even dive! Tearing through the air at speeds of up to 28 kph, the FlyTech™ Dragonfly is built with a durable carbon-fibre structure so it can absorb impact and handle a rough landing! Its light weight design makes it safe and ideal for indoor use.
This futuristic bug can be controlled from up to 15 metres away. FlyTech™ Dragonfly has two pairs of transparent wings with a span of approximately 40 centimetres, a powerful tail rotor, and an elongated body that fits in the palm of your hand. The size of FlyTech™ Dragonfly allows you to launch it right from your hand just like a paper airplane or from the ground.
FlyTech™ Dragonfly features two modes: beginner or expert.
Available: Major department and toy stores.
SRP: $99 |
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Roboquad is modelled on earth arthropods appearing almost crab like in design but with amazing 4 x 4 movement capabilities. With a high quality vision system and advanced sensory awareness, this is a prototype of robotic space probes that humans will send to other galaxies in the not so distant future.
Roboquad is a four-legged, intelligent robotic arthropod. Just like his insect, arachnid and crustacean brothers Roboquad has extraordinary multi-directional movement capabilities and advanced sensory awareness. Equipped with a deep infrared scanner and fast scanning head, Roboquad’s sophisticated eyes use a focused beam that reflects against the environment so that this advanced robot can sense movement from up to 1.8 meters away!
Available: Major department and toy stores.
SRP: $199 |
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The #1 Activity toy release from 2006, with over 100,000 sold between Halloween and Christmas 2006,Test Tube Aliens is back with six new Aliens landing on Earth in time for Halloween and Christmas 2007. Their survival depends on the nurturing skills of their earthly owners with their lives in your hands from the moment they bubble and fizz into life in their test tube.
Fully interacting with the website, the online health check allows earthlings to check on their alien’s health and adapt their care accordingly.
Available: Major department and toy stores.
SRP: $24.95 |
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iPond Hi Fi Fish Tank & Audio Speaker |
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It’s all about fish and music. Plug iPond into your MP3 player withy the dual plug cable and listen to all your favourite music. You can adjust your volume settings up and down with the volume control switch. You may disturb your neighbours, but not your small pet fish!
Available: Pets Paradise and Pet Goods Direct.
SRP: $69.95
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Ravensburger Mandala Designer Machine |
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With the stencils and stamps you can create your own wonderful Mandala designs every time! You can even use stencils from other Ravensburger Mandala Designers. At the touch of a button the stencil moves backwards or forwards, enabling you to create your design without the paper slipping. The Mandala Designer Drawing Machine is fully portable, and is operated either with batteries or with a mains power adapter - neither supplied. Contents: 1 Mandala Machine, 3 stencils, 1 stamp holder, 6 stamps, 1 stamp pad, 1 felt tip pen, 1 pencil, 6 coloured pencils, 20 sheets of paper.
Available: Kmart, Myer, Toys R Us
SRP: $69.95
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V.smile TV Learning System * NEW * |
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The best-selling award winning V.smile learning system has had a make-over! The new V.smile has an added microphone, for a fun sing-alongs and a writing pad stylus to teach proper letter stroke order! Two different game levels let children advance the curriculum and game speeds as they progress. The V.Smile system includes a storage compartment that holds up to six cartridges ,a jumbo writing joystick designed for both left-handed and right -handed users, four flashing buttons, and an oversized enter button created specifically for a preschooler’s active hands and mind.
Available: Kmart, Target, Myer, Big W, Toys R Us, David Jones, Toy Stores
SRP: $139.95
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Vtech® Sit To Stand Dancing Tower |
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Interactive learning toy that grows with your baby! Baby may leave other toys behind, but the Sit-to-Stand Dancing Tower keeps growing with her! Tummy time sings as baby plays with the top activity panel. Keep the Sit-to-Stand Dancing Tower close to the floor for sitting play. Then, raise it when baby is ready to stand up and dance. It’s designed for happy feet so baby can step on its dancing pads and bounce to the motion-activated music. The Sit-to-Stand Dancing Tower has five light-up buttons for learning colors, sounds and animals. There’s even a rotating microphone!
Available: Kmart, Myer, Big W, Toys R Us, Target
SRP: $109.95
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Memo Toys™ Wiggles & Thomas The Tank Engine |
Record a track and play it back! An Australian invention!!!! These new and innovative products add an exciting and fresh play dimension to the Thomas & Friends™ character licence. The child presses a button then pushes the MemoToys™ toy in any direction and pattern. MemoToys™ ‘remembers’ the movement pattern and, at the press of another button, repeats that same movement pattern. This is a fascinating and exciting new play pattern that will keep young children amused for hours.
Available: Kmart, Toys R Us, Target, Big W, Myer, David Jones, Toy Stores
SRP: $59.95
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Ravensburger Tricky Trucks |
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Load up your trucks with this fun Thomas the Tank Engine game. Thomas has collected four trucks from the sheds and is setting off around Sodor to fill them up with important cargo. Help Thomas load up these tricky trucks by choosing a station and using the loading chute to load them up. Be quick to load up your tricky truck, switch the station lever and win the game! Game features unique sound and motion activity.
Available: Kmart, Target, Big W
SRP: $44.95
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