Say hello to you and your kid’s new BFF, Earth Blocks.  Basically now you can feel less guilty about purchasing so many  plastics-based toys when you shell out $30 for a pack of 50 Earth Blocks from the Guggenheim.

This eco-friendly Lego alternative has been carefully made from cedar tree bark, coffee beans and compressed dust from sawn cedar logs, along with a small amount of polypropylene to hold all those good bits together.

Unfortunately, now that we’re going green with our Legos, we’re sorta trading in the green and other vibrant primary colors for the natural hues of coffee and tree bark, but who says you can’t color these with Crayons and the like?!

Now that’s what I’m talking about!  It’s almost Thanksgiving and that means one of two things, one step closer to the real holidays and one step closer to snow, which makes this Crossbow Snow Launcher from Sharper Image bring me that much more excitement this rainy day.

Check out how much fun $40 can buy you as you’re shooting snowballs further than you’ve ever even imagined.  This incredibly handy Crossbow Snow Launcher is capable of shooting snowballs up to 60 feet, your enemies won’t know what him them.

I mean, imagine what this could have done for the cast of A Christmas Story.  But don’t worry, you won’t poke your eyes out.  All you do is pull back on the crossbow’s level until it is firmly locked in place and you’re ready to rock and roll.  The snowball press will even help you churn out perfectly sized snowballs simultaneously to ensure your maiming of the opposite team.  Best $40 you’ll ever spend.

If you’ve ever tried to knock a habit like the beastly cigarette, you know how challenging the task can be.  But what if you had a physical representation of what you quit to actually bury?  Would it help knock that habit?

How about the Bury the Habit Recordable Coffin?  This quite unique take on quitting your bad habits will allow you to record any message to bolster your resistance before you bury the coffin in the fish tank, back yard or graveyard.

For a $20 spot this may just be the best way to start down your path to giving up those smokes for good.

Who knew that the 1950s-designed Etch-A-Sketch would endure as long as it has and become of late one of the best selling toys in the States, especially since it was a French gadget originally.

But wait, there’s a new game in town and it might just take you and your old Etch-A-Sketch into the third dimension.  Say hello to the Connect-A-Sketch, the brainchild of graduate design student Andrew Little.

Simply put, it networks two etch a sketch screens together, so that when you draw something, it instantly appears on your partner’s screen (and vice-versa). If you shake and erase your screen, your partner’s screen will vibrate, letting them know to do the same. The Connect-A-Sketch will be on display at London’s New Designers conference in June.

Well, we’re sold, but we’re an easy target for gadgets like this.  Whaddoyou think?  You ready to move into the next dimension with the Connect-A-Sketch?

Okay, okay, it’s after St. Patty’s Day, but wouldn’t you always want a chance to find a pot o’ gold under rainbows? Yeah, we thought so.

The clever folks over at Uncle Milton have created a unique projector gadget that we’re sorta dorkily in love with, check out the Rainbow in my Room Projector.

This tiny nifty little gadget that can be used as a magical night light, projects a rainbow onto the walls or ceiling of the room it is placed in, depending on how it is positioned. Other than that, it doesn’t do much of anything else, but if you or your kids always wanted a rainbow indoors, this is the closest thing you can get for now. The toy also comes with a window prism disk for you to create real-life daytime rainbows when it’s too bright to use the projector. It is available on sale now for $17.99 on Amazon.

Before you know it it’ll be snow season and are you prepared for what the neighbors are gonna be dishing out this year?

Check out the new 150 Foot Slinging Snowball Xistera and see if this duo packs enough punch for your wintery needs.  With a built-in snow-scoop you will always form the perfect snowball without regret and did we mention the 150-foot slinging capacity?  Yeah, your siblings and neighbors are gonna be in trouble this season.

Cost, $25 for the pair.

Designed by Martin Smith, the Laikingland Applause Machine is a kinetic work of art measuring 18 inches.  All you have to do is press the button, and instant applause gratification will occur.

This is a perfect gift of the one in your family who says no one appreciates them.  Cost, $300.

Even though your desk is probably a crime scene, you might just need a little extra yellow tape around the perimeter with the Dead Fred Pen Holder. 

Stab away at Fred as long as you need after that downsizing meeting with personnel and know that your pen will be safely stored in Drop Dead Fred.   At just $10, it’s harmless and needed fun.

WowWee has been releasing a lot of programmable robots. From sapiens to dinosaurs, they have many, many little droids in training on the market. This holiday season, they’re going to take it one step further by introducing their very first female robot.

The Femisapien is pretty much like the Robosapien except its designed for girls, and has features like singing and dancing. What I find particularly disturbing is the gratuitous butt shot of the thing as its walking down the red carpet in the intro video on its official site.

This young robot that is surely part of a future invasion that will rule over us all will only set you back $99.

The next time you are drinking some beers with your friend and step away for a second, don’t forget to turn on the Beer Burglar Alarm, it will make the “so called friends” don’t finish your beer.

Basically you attach the alarm system to a glass, and since it has a proximity sensor it will make the (sound) alarm go on if anyone tries to drink the beer.

The “mafia” voice keeps even the most determined beer burglars at bay.

It costs £5 (approximately $10).

PS – replace beer with any other beverage.