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  • Community Credit Prizes for September

    Grand Prize: Optimus Mini Three Keyboard
    Fabled Mini Keyboard with Animated Keys

     

    The Optimus Mini connects to your PC via USB and features three keys, each with their own backlit OLED screen. Each key can display a static image or full animation. Press the key and a different action occurs depending on what is assigned to it. Think it as some kind of futuristic dynamic hotkey device.

    The bundled Optimus Mini Configurator software allows you to assign various actions to each of the three keys. Furthermore you can instantly switch between six different key layouts by holding down the Ctrl, Shift, Alt-Shift, or Ctrl+Shift keys on your larger keyboard. Hotkey options for Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Outlook Express and Windows media player are included. But forget about the practical stuff... what we liked best was being able to assign a different webcam image to each key and have them dynamically update. Or have a clock face with animated second hand displaying the time in Tokyo on one key while a CPU Usage graph scrolled across another key. You can of course mix and match the key functions to your desire and there is even support for portrait or landscape orientation.









    1st Prize: 512 MB SpyDisk Pen
    Talk about a multi-functional pen!

    The SpyDisk pen from Japan might not be on par with the ones 007 use, but it offers a chance to smuggle out data without looking too suspicious. The pen cap's clip also houses an SD card slot that is expertly disguised, fooling most but the most eagle-eyed of people. Lest we forget its primary use, the SpyDisk pen can be used as a standard issue pen to sign those business contracts.







    2nd Prize: USB 2.0 Bracelet Flash Band
    Not only a Bracelet but also with USB Flash drive function


    This wrist looks like any other, but it isn't!  It sits comfortably on your wrist, looks attractive in it's many colors, but the best thing is that it contains a flash drive.  You can't get a much cooler accessory than this.








    3rd Prize: Uber Cool Finger Mouse
    Use your fingers as a Mouse

    The weirdly named EEM-GTMS-300BK finger mouse is actually a 800dpi USB-powered optical mouse that works while strapped to your finger. You can use your finger to write on the screen if you like, but otherwise it functions very much like any other optical mouse save for the different form factor






    4th Prize: Mazu Kan: Two Player Invisible Fighting Game
    Superhero(ine) Training

    All superheroes and superheroines have to find a place to hone their fighting skills. Many times these places are high tech installations full of traps and tests to push the hero or heroine to the edge of their ability. A true superperson will be able to confront their fears and weaknesses and conquer them. Unfortunately, most offices aren't set up for superhero fight training. Until you break out the Mazu Kan, that is.

    Mazu Kan is a two-player, superhero(ine) training, virtual fighting simulation. Huh? By squeezing the palm button and punching the air, you will send an attack toward your opponent. If they do not block (by a simple hand movement), you score a hit and their chest unit vibrates. You can play in beginner or advanced mode, depending on your skills. Advanced mode opens up new attacks (like Double Power Punch) and new defenses (like Force Field). And because Mazu Kan uses virtual attacks, you can literally punch though walls to score a hit. That sort of power is very addicting - everyone who has tried it at ThinkGeek HQ has become a Mazu Kan Maniac. Begin your training now - super latex/spandex costume and cape not included.









    5th Prize: Lazer Trip Wire
    Secure Your Cubicle

    According to all the James Bond, Pink Panther, and other spy or “heist” movies, valuables are always guarded by glistening red beams. Cross a beam and a loud alarm sounds, which normally summons scores of security guards, ninjas, or robot henchmen. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was an inexpensive way to get this sort of security for your cubicle?

    Luckily, we found the Lazer Trip Wire – a wonderful addition to low-cost personal property protection. It doesn’t use lasers (hence, Lazer), but rather infrared light beams. You get three Lazer units, one primary and two secondary (each with a sensitivity switch to compensate for different light conditions). Clamp the Lazer units anywhere, and just align each Sender (IR light) to each Receptor (light sensor). Use only two Lazer units, or set up a perimeter with three or more units (multiple sets can be combined for one major invisible protection system). When all the units are connected, a nice voice will announce “System Armed.” Break one beam, though, and an alarm will sound, alerting everyone to the security breach. Ninjas and robot henchman, sold separately.








    6th Prize: The Ultimate Mars Rover Kit
    Create your own Mars Rover for space exploration

    Build your own Mars Rover and explore the Red Planet Players set out the cardboard pieces of the surface of Mars, whose design is based on real-life maps of the planet, complete with canals and rocks. Establish Mission Control, which houses a pack of Mars trivia and fact cards, and you're ready to go. A correct answer to the question on a card is rewarded with a timed period exploring the planet's surface with the rover.







    7th Prize: Relativity Watch
    As Albert Einstein said "Everything is relative"

    Albert Einstein once said, "Everything is relative." Or perhaps it was a relative of Albert's who said it. It doesn't matter. Or maybe it does matter. And that's the point... nothing is set. The universe is in motion. Everything is relative. See, we have come full circle, even though your computer monitor is rectangular. How's that for a mind blower?

    Nothing proves Einstein's theory more than this Relativity Watch. This watch spits in the face of convention. It grabs hold of "the norm" and flushes it down the toilet of conformity. And it tells time, too.

    Unlike every other timepiece ever made, this watch has numbers that are in constant motion. The hands of the watch reflect the actual time of day, but the numbers march to their own drummer. (We haven't opened a watch yet, but we're pretty sure a miniature drummer is inside there.)








    8th Prize: Ninja Burger Honorable Employee Handbook
    There is no I in TEAM but there is an i in Ninja

    Welcome to the world of Ninja Burger. As a new employee, you are entitled to a host of benefits. Free uniforms, free meals, free health care (expect to use that a lot). However, you do not get a free handbook. That's why we're providing you with this Honorable Employee Handbook, your guide to the ins, outs, ups and downs of Ninja Burger. You'll learn to Cook, Clean, Drive, Fight and above all else what it takes to be a Ninja. While this makes the perfect supplement to your Ninja Burger RPG or Card Game, this is not an RPG product. It's a real guide to the real inner workings of Ninja Burger.

    This Handbook includes:

    • Ninja Burger History
    • Basic Training - Combat tips, Fitness, and more
    • Cooking Class - Safety, Recipes, Food Fighting, and more
    • Dispatch & Delivery - Etiquette, Driving Tips, and more
    • Employee Guidelines - Salary & Benefits, Health Coverage and more
    • Plus the Ninja Burger application, menu, employee newsletter and much more








    9th Prize: Tetran Cable Winder
    Earbuds are Delicious

    What do you get when you cross a blowfish with a high-bounce superball. We don't know either... but after feeding our staff of highly caffeinated monkeys rubber superballs for several weeks Tetran was created. We're not sure we want to know exactly how it happened and monkeys don't talk. Suffice to say that Tetran appears to be some kind of cute earbud cord keeper. Pop earbuds into his mouth and wind them around his body. He doesn't seem to mind. Tetran also makes a great stress reliever. Squeeze him when you are angry or frustrated... like at dozens of over-stimulated monkeys. Tetran is your very good friend... we think.





    10th Prize: Potty Putter
    eases bathroom boredom

    Sitting on the porcelain throne and trying to move your bowels could be seen as a waste of time by the super-productive types, which is why gadgets like the Potty Putter are invented. Works great with clean, dry toilets. The Potty Putter consists of a putting green, a couple of golf balls, a putter, and a flag stick. Personally, I prefer a good read over improving my golf swing.







    11th Prize: Strangle Your Boss
    Forget Anger Management 101

    Show of hands.... How many of you ever wanted to murder your boss or supervisor? Though we can't really see you, we'll assume that EVERYBODY raised their hand. (even those of you who are self-employed) Well, here's a very special toy that can make you smile and keep you off Death Row.





    12th Prize: Uncut Dungeons and Dragons figures
    You won't find these anywhere

    Here's something you're not supposed to be able to get. (And that's what makes it so much fun!) They're sets of Dungeon and Dragons role playing figures that were never finished. If you look at the photo, you'll see they're still attached to the bars and supports, just like when they came out of the molds.

    There are soldies with swords, barbarians with scimitars, monsters, giants, and even a demon. (hey, that rhymes!)

    We think it's cool to own something that's frozen at such an interesting stage of production like this. Of course, you can separate the figures and have little fantasy battles, but we think it's best to leave them as they -- It's almost as if an evil wizard cast a spell that froze these combatants for eternity.


     



    13th Prize: Nintendo DS Water Game
    Water-Cooled Nintendo DS

    With retro water-game nostalgia in a tiny Nintendo DS format these mini Japanese toys are perfect for lording over your die-hard Nintendo fan-boy friends.

    Simply fill with water and a drop of dishwashing soap (To reduce the water surface tension of course). Use the "controls" of the DS to squirt tiny water jets and maneuver the floating objects into the goal. There are three different styles each about 3" wide and featuring a Super Mario Brothers Character. Mario has gold coins that must be coaxed into a POW box, while Yoshi features tiny balls that you try to maneuver into two cups. As expected, Wario is the most difficult with star shaped rings that need to be looped over two spikes. Any will mesmerize or frustrate you depending on your patience level... and they never run out of batteries.






    14th Prize: d20 Spiral Necklace
    A Most Magical Device...

    The venerable d20 die, that platonic solid whose numerical etchings cast an impartial providence upon friend and beast alike. It holds the power to grant or take life, and even the power to revoke such grants. Imagine such an influential tool intricately cradled in a spiral, that ancient symbol of the cycle of life, death, and re-birth. Now imagine that spirally-fenced die bound to your body and soul by cord around your neck - ready for whatever circumstance the Fates throw at your feet. Ok, now snap back to reality. it's just a 20 sided die in a removable cradle on an adjustable cord that goes around your neck. Sorry if we went overboard there. It's certainly the world's coolest icosahedron though.






    15th Prize: Street Fighter UFS Collectible Card Game
    You've outlasted the best. You are now the strongest Street Fighter in the world!

    Sabertooth Games brings the world of Street Fighter to their Universal Fighting System (UFS). This inaugural set brings 4 of the toughest and most skilled fighters from Street Fighter to your hands. Take control of your favorite fighter and square off against any opponent from this set or any other UFS expansion (like Soul Calibur or Penny Arcade).

    Refine your combat skills by collecting the entire set as your quest for glory continues. Street Fighter(r) and UFS feature an extraordinary Organized Play environment and brings the hard hitting, bone breaking, action of fighting games to your table. Square off against your friends and prove that you are the best fighter in town.

    Each pack of cards includes a complete starter set of 60 cards. It includes everything players need to start fighting in the UFS arena, including a rule sheet. Each deck also contains 3 exclusive cards, not available anywhere else!



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