Vinyl diehards know there’s nothing like the vintage sound of a needle on a record, yet most record players are big, clunky devices that take up space and require separate speakers to hear your tunes. The Vertical Vinyl Record Player By ION Audio however, does more than just save space – it provides a wall-mounted time machine back to when the record was king.

It defies everything you’ve ever known about a turntable, spinning either a 45 or 33 RPM record as it hangs on your wall. Even when it’s not playing, you have an eye-catching decorative piece and an un-skippable conversation-starter when guests spin ’round.

Vertical Vinyl has a built-in speaker, so there’s no need to hook up a clumsy sound system to your turntable. Just pop in the included 4 x AA batteries, and bask in hours of vintage glory.

For the full-blown retro nostalgia of vinyl in the size of a picture frame, the Vertical Vinyl Record Player By ION Audio is available from Firebox.com for $129 | £80 | €90.

Some of the best music was made in the old days, back before cassette tapes had even been invented. That’s why your folks still have that huge box of LPs in the basement – even if they can’t listen to them anymore because all the turntables around the house are broken, or missing an essential piece that you can’t buy separately.

If you’re thinking about buying an entirely new record player, you should take a good look at the Crosley Revolution Turntable.

For starters, its compact, lightweight ABS construction and integrated handle allow you to carry it pretty much anywhere you go – yet includes the same quality components of its bigger brothers, such as a belt driven turntable mechanism, manual tonearm and a diamond stylus needle.

It is the first turntable with a built-in FM transmitter that allows it to pair with just about any FM radio for cordless, clear sound. It is also the first battery-powered (6 x AA) Crosley turntable and the first one with a platter smaller than a teacup saucer.

The Crosley Revolution Turntable plays 33 1/3 and 45 RPM records, as well as 7″ & 12″ records, features an auto shut off function and a USB connection for easy analog-to-digital transfer – allowing users to share their music on a variety of devices or rip and edit it with the included software suite.

The Revolution turntable also includes passive audio out, a headphone jack to listen to your tunes without disturbing the neighbors, and a dynamic full range speaker for your full-blown, music-listening enjoyment.

This Crosley Turntable is a true Revolution, and it’s available now at Taylor Gifts for just $149.98!

Remember when you used to spend your week’s allowance at the shopping mall arcade, popping quarters into that bulky pinball machine in the corner? Remember how the flippers eventually became an extension of your body, and how you could hit the ramps three, four, or even five times in a row?

Well, the iPhone Pinball Magic (App)cessory is here to transport you back in time and remind you of what it feels like to be a true pinball wizard!

This tiny dock station can turn your iPhone or iPod Touch (as long as you have iOS 3.0 or up) into a pinball cabinet with a ball-launching plunger, realistic mini-flipper buttons as well as tilt detection, tilt warning activation and a backbox that rewards your skills with colorful LEDs.

Just log into the iTunes App Store, download the FREE Pinball Magic app, and enjoy hours of classic pinball action with its various board layouts. It supports multi-ball and replay modes, as well as a multiplayer mode to challenge your friends in a good old top score competition.

The iPhone Pinball Magic (App)cessory comes with a USB cable for charging and syncing, and it’s available now at ThinkGeek for the special sale price of $19.99.

Are you still holding on to those classic Nintendo cartridges? Do you have a box full of old Sega Genesis games you’re still saving just in case? Are you having a hard time throwing those old Super Nintendo games in the trash because they remind you of a time when life was much simpler…and FUN?

Well, the multi-platform Retron 3 NES/SNES/Genesis Triple System is here to knock the dust off those vintage cartridges and let you relive the excitement of classic console gaming!

Just plug in the Retron 3, hook it up to your TV through the S-video or composite AV inputs, plug in one of your classic cartridges, and let your nostalgia fill the room!

This three-console system is compatible with Nintendo (NES), Super Nintendo (SNES), and Sega Genesis cartridges and features 2 original control ports for each of these gaming platforms — which allows you to put your classic cartridges AND controllers to good use!

The Retron 3 NES/SNES/Genesis Triple System also includes 2 wireless controllers to add a little distance between you and the screen — you know…’cause sitting too close to the TV will still make your vision go blurry just like it did back in the 80’s and 90’s.

You can get this fun-filled, retro gaming system at Amazon.com (with FREE shipping) in two different colors: Vector Red ($56.80) and Metallic Gray ($58.44).

In an age of cellular telephone innovation, the home phone has fallen by the wayside. We have seen the same tired wireless handsets for years now, while cell phones have grown leaps and bounds. Well, the home phone just took a giant leap forward with this model called the Sagemcom Sixty Cordless Telephone.

At first glance, it looks like a phone from the sixties, with an old-school handset and square base. But you’ll quickly notice it’s a modern phone with all the trimmings, in a package that blurs the line between retro and cutting edge.

Featuring a lightweight wireless handset that boasts ergonomics modern handsets can only dream of, you can nestle it against your shoulder like in the good ol’ days whilst chewing (and preparing) the fat in the kitchen. A vintage w(h)ine? Only a phone call away!

The base of the Sagemcom Sixty houses a tactile keypad, surrounded by an LCD touchscreen and other modern must-haves such as a digital answering machine, a phonebook (which can hold up to 150 entries) and a caller ID display. It’s capable of 10 hours of talk time or 120 hours of standby on two AAA batteries, which are included.

For the latest capabilities in an old-school package, the Sagemcom Sixty Cordless Telephone is available now at Firebox.com for $160 | £100 | €110.

There is nothing better than taking top of the line consumer technology and using it to run programs invented 30 years ago. With iCade for iPad, you can do just that – as it turns your iPad into a tiny version of the arcade machines from the 80’s.

The chunky joystick and eight retro-looking buttons let you take the games in the Atari Classics app to a whole new level. Plus, it’s compatible with hundreds of games already available for the iPad, so you just have to decide which ones you want to take back in time. Retro Angry Birds anyone?

The designs on the cabinet are pure nostalgia. When not it use, it doubles as a stand for your iPad (that just begs you to play Centipede every time you walk in the room).

Forget touchscreen tapping and get button slapping! The iCade for iPad provides the beloved tactile controls of the games from a generation ago and is available now on pre-order from Firebox.com for $129 | £80 | €90. More joy than you can shake a stick at!

Imagine a single can of your favorite soda; reach out and grab it…its perfectly chilled – just what you need to quench your thirst in this summer heat. Open it, feel the cold in your palm and hear the fizzing sound of that tasty liquid inside. Just as you tilt your head back to take a sip…you open your eyes… and you realize you’re still sitting in your office chair — no ice-cold drink, but plenty of people pointing and laughing at you.

Are you going to walk all the way to the break room — avoiding eye contact with all those people whose names you don’t even remember — just to satisfy your deliriant thirst? With the USB LED Beverage Cooler, you won’t have to!

This tiny, retro-styled, USB-powered refrigerator keeps a can of your favorite beverage chilled — for you to enjoy at any given moment — right on your desk! It also features a blue LED light that enhances the experience of opening the cooler door. It’s like opening a tiny blue magic doorway into a world of chilled, refreshing delight.

Available at ThinkGeek for only $19.99, the USB LED Beverage Cooler is an excellent way to chill (your beverages) in style!

Just arrived from 1969…

Some old gadgets never go out of style, but most have outlived their working life. Now a great source of entertainment, the Stylophone, is available brand new!

The new Stylophone has all the original features, as well as some new improvements – including three new sounds with a vibrato option on all, and most amazingly, plays MP3s for you to jam with.

Including a headphone socket for listening on the go, as well as a speaker unit for sharing with friends – the new Stylophone also now comes with volume control. That little option would have saved your parents from going deaf.

This little wonder has all the novelty of yesteryear, without sacrificing modern capabilities and is available now from Prezzybox.com for £14.95.

Word processing is over. Who in their right mind uses MS Word these days anyway? It’s probably about the least cool thing you can do with a computer. What’s more, computerized word processing encourages laziness and incompetence; it allows you to make mistakes knowing they can be easily corrected, and not even bother learning to spell or use grammar because the spell and grammar checkers will do the hard work for you. What is needed is a game-changer in the written-word industry. That game-changer has arrived in the form of the Classic Manual Typewriter from Hammacher Schlemmer.

Yes, it’s an old-fashioned type-writer. It goes click-clack when you type. You can’t delete anything (unless you want to go to the trouble of using tippex and winding the thingy back), and it probably does all of the formatting you would do in Word, such as margins and, um, letters and stuff. BUT, it’s actually easier to align text to things like forms, labels and envelopes, as you can see exactly where the text is going to go – without printing out endless copies of the same thing as you fight with your printer and argue with your word processor.

The Classic Manual Typewriter is lightweight and robust and comes with black and red ribbons supplied, so you can get typing like it’s the olden days straight away.

Stop processing your words and start writing them for $159.95.

Today’s cell phones have brought a range of new features to the average consumer, but their increasingly small size can sometimes make it difficult to talk over long periods of time. If you long for the old days of traditional handsets you can rest on your shoulder, then the Bluetooth Retro Handset is the perfect gadget for you.

Constructed from sturdy plastic to replicate the classic Western Electric 500-series model phone receiver, the handset features Bluetooth technology so you can connect to almost any modern cell phone wirelessly. No more tangled cords!

The Bluetooth Retro Handset has a wireless range of 30ft and charges via a USB cable you connect to your computer. Plus, you’re able to answer and end calls right from the handset. It’s the perfect gift for anyone who longs for the classic days of American manufacturing and is available now – for the special price of $24.99 – exclusively from ThinkGeek.