Turtle Taxi's are the Feline Future!!?!

Our friends are kind of a big deal! Green Toys and Spooner Boards on the Today show!

We've got plenty of Spooners in stock as well as a number items from Green Toys!!

The World's Most Amazing Ping Pong Prodigy

Tom Spicer is the 9 year old Australian Ping Pong wizard featured in this amazing video. Below is a video from an Australian news program with a little more info on this amazing boy.

 

Working Land Rover Defender 110.

Its Amazing what you can do with Lego's!

This isn’t LEGO, this is engineering work in 1:8.5 scape built from 3 kilograms of plastic, basically 2,800 parts, plus the 7 motors and 3 infra-red receivers involved. Some might say that playing with kid’s toys isn’t a good think, but the design is intricate that it bewilders us to no end, since the Land Rover 110 built by Sheepo even has a gearbox, a transfer case and brakes. It’s even got a fur-cylinder fake engine that moves with the drive electric motors. The lego masterpiece has opening doors, working suspension, folding bench seats in the back. Disc brakes have been included in all four wheels, and the gearbox has four gears plus reverse, engaged via auto clutch. Honestly, the only way to make this more complicated is by adding guns and a beverage compartment. The body even comes of the frame, so you could potentially add a body with a full cab or whatever else flips your boat. All those tricks you see the LEGO Land Rover Defender 110 are controlled via a remote control that, get this, is also made from LEGO.-AutoEvolution.com 

Endangered Species

Think about it.

Rainbow Room

Have you ever wondered what its like to see the world through the eyes of a rainbow???? Well you could with these great glasses! Otherwise you could buy a plane ticket to Denmark and vist this beautiful museum.

Learning Resources Color Mixing Glasses

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"A SPACE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES Olafur Eliasson describes the project in the following words:“Your rainbow panorama enters into a dialogue with the existing architecture and reinforces what is assured beforehand, that is to say the view of the city. I have created a space which virtually erases the boundaries between inside and outside – where people become a little uncertain as to whether they have stepped into a work or into part of the museum. This uncertainty is important to me, as it encourages people to think and sense beyond the limits within which they are accustomed to moving”.The realization of this unique rooftop project has been made possible through a partnership between ARoS, the Municipality of Aarhus and Realdania, in that Realdania are financing the establishment of Your rainbow panorama.Olafur Eliasson has created this permanent work of art in the form of a circular walkway 150 metres in extent and three metres wide made in glass in all the colours of the spectrum. The spectacular work of art has a diameter of 52 metres and is mounted on slender columns 3.5 metres above the roof surface of the museum. Visitors to the museum will have access to this great work of art via stairs and lifts. They can take a stroll such as will delight the senses round this circular pathway, which will provide them with panoramic views of the surrounding city and Århus Bay.Beneath the “floating” work of art, the actual roof area and its c. 1500 square metres has been covered with wood, so the surface constitutes a unique recreational area and viewing platform for visitors to the museum fifty metres above street level.Your rainbow panorama will be visible from a great distance, and as you will see different colours according to where you are in the city, the work acts as a compass. At night, Your rainbow panorama is lit up from inside by spotlights embedded in the floor."

http://en.aros.dk/visit-aros/

Mini Avengers Assemble!!

Did anyone see the Avengers this weekend??? What did you think??? Found this cute video of these mini Avengers walking onto the pitch during a Spanish soccer match.

"Mom???Doesn't this lion know about force fields??"

Maybe the Lioness thought this baby was a Zebra.

Today is turning into a video kind of day. Just wandered across this and thought it was a great little story about someone who made a difference in his corner of the world. These are the kinds of things that should inspire us all to keep working twords our dreams.

"Brendon Grimshaw purchased the island for £8,000 in 1962 and set about making the island habitable. He did this with the help of one other man, Rene Antoine Lafortune…. Grimshaw and his friend planted sixteen-thousand trees, built 4.8 kilometers of nature paths, and brought and bred giant land tortoises, creating an island of incredible beauty now worth 34 million Euros. Apart from a wide variety of plant and bird life, the island is home to over 100 land tortoises…. After 20 years of persistence, Grimshaw and his assistant achieved their goal of making Moyenne Island a National Park in its own right, separate to that of the St. Anne marine park. Now known as the Moyenne Island National Park, it is the smallest national park in the world, harbouring more species per square foot than any other part of the world."

Next time youre in LA visit Caine's Arcade

We saw this video about a month ago and felt truly inspired. These are the kinds of things kids need to be doing more of. Thoughtful and Creative play. Growing up my brother and I spent many hours in the backyard building forts, castles, hideouts, and creatures from cardboard boxes. We took our  Playmobil figures and used them to guard these creations while we prepared for some sort of wild adventure that was about to ensue. Maybe a foam arrow war or some sort of obstacle/race event. I even remember building a landing pad for some old fashioned pillow case parachuting from the roof. DO NOT TRY THAT AT HOME!! It never ends well. There's a reason the cardboard box has been inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. I hope this video inspires some kids to get out there and be creative and if anyone ever needs any cardboard boxes let me know i've got more than i ever know what to do with.

You can read the whole story about Caine at his website www.cainesarcade.com.