By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes…

With All Hallow’s Eve creeping up on us, the 10-Foot Macbeth’s Witches have swept into town – ready to scold young trick-or-treaters with a whole cauldron of trouble.

Featuring six integrated 7-watt lights to illuminate the bewitching threesome, and ensure they will not go unnoticed by passers-by “hey, stop the car. I swear that middle chick’s Gargamel!”, this spell-binding decoration is made from strong, lightweight terylene (commonly found in modern nautical sails) and packs more snaggleteeth and implications of ill intent than you could shake a (broom)stick at.

Including an electric fan for continuous inflation, the 10-Foot Macbeth’s Witches Halloween Inflatable is available exclusively from Hammacher Schlemmer for $329.95. Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron children bubble…you know, with eerie excitement!

If you’ve ever wanted to take a video game and turn it into real life, this might just be the closest you’ll ever come. The Parrot AR Drone is an Augmented Reality Quadricopter, complete with built-in cameras and four propeller blades.

The AR Drone is controlled by your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, which you simply tilt to control the drone’s movement. Most games on the App Store work by this principle, but this time you are controlling an actual aircraft in the real world!

There are two cameras on the flyer, which you can view on the screen of your iPhone or iPod touch – and you can even play augmented reality games (via AR.Drone App Games) superimposed over the footage coming from the cameras. This lets you take on your friends in a variety of real-world challenges, overlaid with your virtual volleys of machine-gun fire and destructo missile launches (without the expense of owning your own military arsenal!)

With a range of 50m, you’ll have plenty of room to get the most out of the drone – and since it generates its very own WiFi hotspot, you can be sure of fast and responsive communication with your iPhone (whilst being secured against interference from enemy operatives).

Including a removable bumper frame for “bouncing-off-the-walls-fun” at home or in the office, the Parrot AR Drone is available now at Firebox.com for $480 | £300 | €330.

If you’ve ever wanted a motorcycle, but don’t want to fork over the cash for a full size ride – here is the next best thing. The Razor Pocket Rocket Electric Mini Bike gives children a scaled-down motorcycle experience without the full size price-tag.

It runs off electricity, holding a charge for about 30 minutes of drive time and can reach a top speed of 15 miles per hour – which offers thrills (particularly this close to the ground), while also letting you rest easy knowing your children won’t be going much faster than on a bicycle.

The Razor Pocket Rocket features a twist-grip handle throttle for a realistic feel, and a hand-operated rear brake for quick stopping. Its quiet single-speed chain-driven motor is powered by two 12V batteries and the whole bike sits on two 10 inch tires, which offer a smooth ride and a slick look.

For some serious fun on a scaled-down ride, the Razor Pocket Rocket Electric Mini Bike is available at Amazon.com (rated 4/5 stars from 115 customer reviews) with FREE Super Saver Shipping for $199.54.

Check this out for crazy fun: you can make your own entertainment with DIY Solar-Powered Bobbleheads!

You know your favorite decorations are home-made, and the DIY Solar-Powered Bobbleheads make it easy to fill your room with fun. Each kit comes with pre-cut paper pieces that fold and fit to create a sturdy, 3-dimensional character – plus detailed instructions to help you put together one of four fun characters: Skeleton, Ninja, Tiger Face, and Vampire.

Not only are these little guys made from recyclable paper, they’re also powered by an eco-friendly solar panel. Hidden inside your bobble’s head is a solar rocker, which only needs minimal light (natural or artificial) to keep moving. The Solar-Powered Bobbleheads require no tools to put together, and only take 20-25 minutes to assemble, leaving you plenty of time to sit back and watch.

Log on to Vat19.com and snag any or all of these adorable collectibles for $15.95 each.

The Echobot Voice Messenger is a small (and incredibly cute-looking) device that can record up to 10 seconds of audio, which will play back whenever anyone approaches the little guy and triggers the motion sensor built into his eye.

Equipped with bendable legs for easy positioning, the Echobot Voice Messenger also includes suction cup feet – making it easy to attach him to virtually any hard surface around the office, your home, or even in your car.

No more worrying about the valet stealing the change in your ashtray – just record your message and place the Echobot on your rearview mirror as a constant reminder.

Having trouble following a strict diet? Stick the Echobot to the refrigerator so he can remind you to “stay away from the chocolate cake”.

Tired of co-workers stealing your lunch? Record your message and place Echobot inside the break room so he can tell everyone else to “stay away from Johnny’s brown paper bag!”

The Echobot Voice Messenger comes with 2 AG13 batteries and is available now at X-treme Geek for $16.95.

Are you sick and tired of involuntarily pressing the snooze button ten times (without even opening your eyes), before you manage to crawl out of bed? Are you afraid that one of these days you may actually lose your job because you’re unable to wake up at a reasonable time?

Then, the Flying Helicopter Propeller Digital Alarm Clock is right up your alley! This little fellow weighs only 16 ounces and is equipped with a 5.5 inch rotor that allows it to fly around the room, staying out of your reach – which forces you out of bed to turn it off. Exactly what you need to jumpstart your brain and energize your body! 

Complete with take off sounds and made from durable ABS plastic, this black digital alarm clock requires five AA batteries (not included) and features an LED screen for easy reading.

Available at Overstock.com for only $14.49, the Flying Helicopter Propeller Digital Alarm Clock is the perfect way to “take off” from bed and start your daily routine.

Bet you never thought you’d be hard-a-starboard-ing toward an iceberg, eh?…

The Gigantic Inflatable Climbing Iceberg is a 14-ft tall floating mass that provides over 3,920 cubic feet of waterborne climbing and sliding, and features 102 handholds spread over 3 of its sides – for climbing your way to King (or ice Queen) of the mountain status.

The fourth side is handhold-free, providing a rapid slick-slide descent from the summit, and with a commercial-grade, zero-melt PVC construction, will let you do it over and over again – withstanding years of vigorous play.

With an industrial Halkey Roberts valve and an electric pump sold separately for $79.95, the Gigantic Inflatable Climbing Iceberg inflates and deflates in as little as 30 minutes, and will support up to 1,500 lbs and up to eight climbers simultaneously.

Folding to just 60″ long x 48″ wide x 40″ high for off-season storage, the Gigantic Inflatable Climbing Iceberg is available now from Hammacher Schlemmer for a cool $6,000.

Some things are just fun to look at. Take Huey, the Color Changing Chameleon, for example. He turns the color of whatever he sits on.

Using LED technology, this cute reptile can match any color. Huey has an optical sensor which determines the color under him, and adjusts the multi-colored LEDs inside him to match. Pretty smart for a lizard, huh?

Huey the Color Changing Chameleon can also make his own magic, taking the cue to cycle though 12 distinct colors when you squeeze his soft vinyl body. He makes a great toy for young children – helping them have fun whilst learning, and also makes a neat gift for technology geeks who will constantly try to outsmart him. Good luck, guys.

Give Huey a home today! Log on to firebox.com and pick up this little guy for $52 | £32 | €36.

Babies get a raw deal in the modern, digital age. They’re left to languish in the analogue world with analogue toys, analogue clothes, analogue food and analogue phones. You can’t buy an iPad for a baby or a toddler, and don’t even think about trying to get hold of a jack-in-the-box that connects to the internet. This awful situation does show signs of abating, however, with the Baby Bidou Mp3 player.

That’s right. It’s an mp3 player for babies. The main reasons you wouldn’t give a baby a standard mp3 player are as follows: 1) they’d choke on any small parts, 2) they’d chew or vomit in any usb connectors, 3) they wouldn’t know how to use them, and 4) normal mp3 players don’t look like baby toys – they look like mummy and daddy toys that need to be snatched and broken in some ridiculous manner that only a baby can achieve.

The Baby Bidou Mp3 Player (and yes, it is as French as it sounds – the pre-loaded songs are only intelligible to French babies) solves each of these barriers to baby mp3 ownership. 1) The whole thing is locked down with screws, so there are no parts a baby can choke on. 2) Yes, you’re going to need to get out your screwdriver every time you need to connect it to your PC via USB. 3) There are large, simple buttons your child will eventually work out how to use, and then one day explain to you. 4) It’s shaped like a teddy bear. I hear babies go nuts for teddy bears.

The Baby Bidou holds up to 32 hours of music, and just two AA batteries are enough to play for that long through its volume-capped speaker and then some. $59.99 is what it takes to get this cute teddy that plays your baby’s favorite songs.

Via: Craziest Gadgets

Why aren’t we living on the Moon? Why can’t I check into a space station hotel on my way to Mars? More than forty years have passed since a gang of dudes went to the Moon to play golf, plant a flag and hang out, and in that time our progress towards the stars has been dismal. The only solution is to inspire the next generation (being your prodigy progeny) to become astronauts, and the way to do this is through the Lego City Space Center.

Once you build your own space port (and let’s face it, you’re going to make sure you get a shot at this well before your kid gets anywhere near it), you can get your rocket into position and fuel the tank up ready to launch into the final frontier. Get the mechanic and the operator minifigs to make sure everything runs smoothly before your two astronauts board and wait for the countdown to hit lift-off…

Okay, it won’t actually launch a rocket into space, but then, neither will the manned missions to the Moon we were promised not so long ago. It will, however, launch your kid’s stellar imagination.

NASA’s budget might have been cut, but if you can find $81 | £50 | €58 in your pocket we can still go rocket.