STRANGE TOYS

THE BRISTLEBOT

If your kids are fond of playing with their old toothbrush, this

is definitely a must-have! While this vibrating and buzzing mini bot

is made of a hacked-off toothbrush with a battery operated motor,

it has nothing to do with cleaning one’s teeth. This toy is meant to

be played with on the floor as it careers around the room

ricocheting off walls.

THE PREGNANT BARBIE

While the point of some toys is to teach kids about real life,

this one really takes it to another level. Understandably, the

pregnant Barbie was met with some controversy when it

hit store shelves.

TUTTUKI BAKO DIGITAL PET

Tuttuki Bako is a cubic hand-held electronic game created by

Bandai in 2008 that works and looks like Tamagotchi. The only

difference is that in order to manipulate it, you have to put your index

finger through a hole on the side of the box and do what

basically amounts to poking your pet.

THE SEGA ROBOT CAT

The strangest (and most terrifying) thing about this creature is probably

its name. Also known as “Yume Neko Venus” or “Dream Cat Venus” it

basically responds to your affections via touch sensors.

SENSE OF RIGHT ALLIANCE

H-BOUYA

H-bouya is a weird toy designed by Cube in Japan that you simply

plug into your computer via USB. The toy doesn’t really do much

though for the exception that it starts glowing red in the eyes when

you press the “H” key on your keyboard.

SPACE MONOLITH

Brought to you by the folks over at Think Geek, this large black

rectangle is the greatest toy a nerd could ever hope for. It’s

basically a block designed to the exact proportions of Kubrick;s

towering, evolution, pushing movie Monolith.

YUME-CHAN

We’ve seen pregnant dolls, now it’s time for mourning dolls.

Just inject her with a water filled syringe and she will start crying

all over the place. Looks like a really fun way to raise depressed kids.

GUN O’ CLOCK

It’s an alarm clock that you turn off by shooting it with a gun.