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The items below show the prizes that you can win at Community-Credit this month(November 2008 ). You can have a chance at earning one of these prizes by contributing to the
development community this month. Simply log your contributions (points awarded for
over 100 types of contributions) and the geeks with the most points at the end of November 2008 Contest will win one of the prizes shown below. You can also see the past winners and prizes on our
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Onto this Month's Prizes...Grand Prize: Handpresso Portable Espresso Maker
The Handpresso Wild portable espresso machine is capable of generating 16 bar of pressure with a handpump. Put some hot water in the reservoir, place an E.S.E. Espresso pod in the chamber and release the switch. The pressure chamber forces the hot water through the coffee, creating a perfect little demitasse of rich black goodness. Our own coffee snobs here at ThinkGeek World Domination HQ rated the espresso "excellent," and "spectacular."
1st Prize: LED Binary Watch
This watch displays time in binary format. It uses LED lights to display the time. Need we say more? Okay, we will. The watch face contains 10 red LEDs that are used to indicate the numbers of the binary sequence (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32) and the values of the lighted LEDs are added to determine the time. There are two rows of LEDs - the top row for the hours and the bottom row for the minutes. With a little practice you can learn to read this time format easily. Won't it be fun the next time someone asks you "what time is it?" and you can enjoy their bewildered expression when you flash your wrist emblazoned with glowing binary? Yes it will, you quietly smirk to yourself.
2nd Prize: Micro R/C 4-Channel Flying Saucer
If you're looking for the smallest most sophisticated R/C flying vehicle around then your wait is over. The Micro R/C 4-Channel Flying Saucer incorporates amazing technology in a package not much larger than your outstretched palm. With 4-propellers you'd assume the Micro Flying Saucer would be hard to keep balanced in the air, however this problem is solved by the built in solid-state accelerometer. Similar to the technology in the iPhone and Nintendo Wii contoller, the accelerometer senses tilt on two axes and adjusts the power of each propeller to keep the Flying Saucer rock solid in the sky.
The built in automatic trim means no trim dials or buttons to adjust. Simply power-cycle the remote before your flight and the Flying Saucer auto trims itself using the accelerometer as a reference. Complete 4-channel control allows you to move directly forward, reverse, left or right. Plus you can rotate in place, and move up and down. It's everything you would expect from a mini Terminator style drone except for the weaponry.
3rd Prize: Tetris Wall decal. Fun Kit 7 Colours
Ok Ok, we ALL played Tetris at one point or another, I know.
I played for the kickin' Tunes though.......
This vinyl wall decal set is created with 7 colours.
Sorry, but they're already made up, and cannot be changed!
Orange, Green, Flouro Green, Yellow, Red, Blue, Purple,
Each square is 2" Square, and there will be a variety the actual numbers you get of each colour. Just like Real Tetris! Don't worry, you'll get two of each. You may be waiting for the "4 in a row" for a while......Just kidding.
These decals are cut with high quality vinyl! Removable, and non permanent. {Old paint may come off with decals. Heat them up with a blow dryer to ease removal}
4th Prize: Puzzle Cube Alarm Clock
The 80's saw many trends come and go - our favorite, of course, was legwarmers, but coming in a close second were those colorful cubic twisty puzzles that boggled our minds. Remember solving them with a screwdriver? Yeah, we did that, too. We won't tell if you don't.
Eventually, though, we figured out how to solve the thing properly. Before too long, we got fast at it - fast enough to compete professionally! There's even one monkey that can glance at each side for a few seconds, close his eyes, and solve it in less than a minute. He's a genius, but he's also memorized the phonebook. Up to "G." Kinda scary.
Since we live the cube, it's time to BE the cube. Our desktops will show our love for the venerable puzzle from the days of Duran Duran. The LCD display of this unique clock shows the time, sure, but give the top-row a twist, and you can switch the display between the Alarm, Calendar, and even the Temperature settings! There were lots of great things about the 80's, certainly. We're just taking those great ideas and updating them for the new millennium. Now, if we can just bring back the piano necktie...
5th Prize: Rocket Alarm Clock
Blast off every morning with our Rocket Alarm Clock! Just set the digital alarm, and as "launch time" approaches, you'll hear a countdown begin. If you're not awake to disarm the launch procedure, the Rocket Alarm Clock's launches its missile, beeping until you return it to the clock's base. It's a space-age wake-up call! Features a Snooze function and backlight. Imported. Wipe clean.
6th Prize: Star Trek Tribbles
In the 23rd century, an enterprising trader named Cyrano Jones procured an interesting and adorable little creature. These tiny furry beasties had a calming effect on the nervous systems of humanoids - well most humanoids, anyway. They were called tribbles.
These tribbles, when they're not busy being cute and purring, were prodigious breeders. As one country-doctor once quipped, "Well, the nearest thing that I can figure is that they're born pregnant - which appears to be quite a time-saver!" In fact, their ability to multiply is so incredible, they can fill an entire cargo hold in three days - that's one million, seventy-one thousand, five hundred sixty one tribbles... assuming one tribble with an average litter of ten producing a new generation every twelve hours. That's some impressive breeding, right there. It would make any man want to high-five any tribble, except tribbles don't have arms.
These tribbles, however, are genetically altered to be sterile. In fact, ThinkGeek will guarantee that, should our tribbles somehow begin to multiply, we will dispatch someone to remove the infestation from your starship or space-station - even if it takes seventeen-point-nine years.
7th Prize: USB Owl
We often wish we had a wise owl perching on our monitors and able to dole out sage workplace advice when needed. Handy tips like "Joe is making double your salary with the same job description as you"... or "only one donut left in the kitchen" would certainly be helpful. However, this USB Robot Owl does nothing of the sort.
Imported from Japan the USB Robot Owl blinks his eyes and turns his head from side to side in a quizzical manner... almost to say "I'm damn cute and I know it". Plug him into any handy USB port and he can perch on top of your laptop with the included clip, or set him on top of his comfortable stump. Push the button on the back to choose from three owlish moods; Active, Mellow, or Sleeping.
8th Prize: Star Trek Retro Action Figures
Ah, the 70s. So many things happened which affected Geekdom forever. Perhaps the most important thing to happen was the introduction and proliferation of Mego action figures. There were tons of cool figures to choose from, but the Star Trek figs held a special place in our hearts. And now the great folks at Diamond Select have made wonderful reproductions for a whole new generation of Mego fans.
In the 70s, things weren't politically correct - so Klingons were bad and that was that (and they don't like to talk about the lack of a wrinkly head, so don't ask). Both Kirk and the Klingon come with real cloth costumes, multiple points of articulation, and weapons (in UFP blue or Klingon orange). They are so much fun we can't stop playing with them. Get them now, before they are gone for another generation.
Oh, and there was one other major geeky thing that happened in the 70s: Star Wars. Ironically, Mego chose not to take the Star Wars license, and that led to Mego's eventual downfall
9th Prize: Stickman Action Figure
The Stickman action figure has a bajillion points of articulation, so he can get into any pose. And each leg and arm ends in a hole that can connect to one more ball jointed peg on the action base - which means you can balance him on one hand or one leg. Snap in the warning sign backdrop, and you create any sign you can imagine. Warn folks that the breakroom is an authorized "Handstand Zone" or that the leaking water cooler is a "Swimming Zone." With the Stickman Action Figure, your office can always be the official "Party Zone" - just add some sticky note confetti to the backdrop!
10th Prize: Fruit Powered Clock
Did you ever do a grade school science experiment harnessing the power of the common potato? Well, this clock will bring back fond fruity memories of No. 2 pencils, slamming lockers and whoever your 7th grade lab partner might have been. This fruit-powered digital clock and calendar combines micro-electronic technology with the natural electrical potential of a fresh fruit or veggie. The ultimate in clean and renewable power sources! A new spin on power juicing! Imported.
11th Prize: Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom
Deep in the basement of an ancient house in Sonobe (tucked in the fields of Kyoto, Japan), an amazing discovery has been made: real 1up Mushrooms. We know this sounds unbelievable, and we laughed when we were contacted by an exporter about them two months ago. But then we were sent a sample, and that's when our lives changed forever.
The instructions are pretty simple. All you do is add potting soil to the green sewer-pipe-shaped flower pot, and push the spores deep into it. Soak the soil with water using the dropper, add a squirt of the food solution, and then it's off to a dark location for a few weeks. We left ours in the darkest corner of our server room, and broke out our NES to relive some classic Mario memories. Three weeks later, we checked in on it. To our surprise, what you see in the photo above is what greeted us - a perfect 1up mushroom. Thrilled, we jumped up in the air, punched the ceiling tiles (earning 10 coins), and instantly bought the entire stock of them to offer to you, our friends.
12th Prize: Wasabi Gumballs
Like a ninja, wasabi sneaks up on you. With ninjas, one moment you are partying down and the next moment you are dead in fifteen different ways. With wasabi, one moment you’re innocently enjoying some nigiri, the next moment you’re squinting, wincing and reaching for the sake. And then next, next moment you are wincing even more as you realize your "good friends" put wasabi in your sake too. Stupid friends. But there is a safer way to enjoy wasabi - these new Wasabi Gumballs!
With these Wasabi Gumballs you don’t have to go out for sushi to experience that intense explosion of pleasure/pain. Each tin contains twenty-two wasabi flavored gumballs and has amusing sushi chef graphics. And you can tell these gumballs are wasabi-rific by the chef's anger and raised cleaver. Because nothing says "please share in the pleasure of my gumballs" like a raised cleaver. Wasabi!