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Gachapin: A Popular Japanese Idol Born on a Children’s Television Program

He first appeared in 1973, on a Japanese children’s television program that’s similar to "Sesame Street". Over the past four years, he’s started his own blog on the Internet and gathered 670,000 followers on Twitter.
"Ponkicki" characters Gachapin (left) and Mukku (right)
"Ponkicki" characters Gachapin (left) and Mukku (right)
  He has an enormous head and a green and round body. He’s also buck-toothed and has a sort of sleepy look in his eyes. This cute character is a baby dinosaur that first appeared on a Japanese children’s television program called Ponkicki. The show was inspired by "Sesame Street" and first went on the air in 1973.This 5-year-old baby dinosaur measures 165 cm / 65 inches.

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 on 20 Jul 2010 by Ayumi Nakai in Japanese Culture Comments Send this to a friend

Gift-Wrap Ideas

Here are 6 easy creative gift-wrap ideas so you can learn to wrap gifts without going crazy:
Use a box, a piece of fabric, a bag, gift-wrapping paper or newspaper print to wrap your present
Use a box, a piece of fabric, a bag, gift-wrapping paper or newspaper print to wrap your present
  1. Cool Wrap: Use a box. This is the most practical, simplest and most impressive way to wrap a gift. In countries such as the US, no body gives a gift without first putting it inside a box. The box prevents you from having to grapple with tape, scissors and two clumsy left hands. Look for a box that's the right size for the gift you've bought and seal it shut with some stickers or tie a bow around it.

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 on 16 Jul 2010 by Marta Reig in News and curiosities Comments Send this to a friend

Shopping Bag for Children Who Tend to Get Lost

Is your child one of those kids who is constantly getting lost at the supermarket? If putting him on a leash seems a bit extreme, just "tie him up" with this cool shopping bag instead.
Hook your child on to this shopping bag so he won’t get lost again
Hook your child on to this shopping bag so he won’t get lost again
  Not surprisingly, this shopping bag is called MotherChildBag. It’s designed for mothers who kids tend to get lost in public places. "Hold my hand and don’t let go..." but, you know how it is; children tend to do their own thing. They’re not afraid of disappearing and never seeing their parents again. They’re just oblivious...

These "demon children" need some sort of handle to keep them tied down.

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 on 13 Jul 2010 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts Comments Send this to a friend

Cloth Earth Globe with Velcro Stickers

This is a new version of the Hugg-A-Planet cloth earth globe, one of the most successful products in our catalogue.
A cushy cloth earth globe with fabric stickers
A cushy cloth earth globe with fabric stickers
  If you want your child to "master the world", following in the footsteps ofLily, the world’s youngest geography expert, we have just the toy you need to help your little one learn to locate countries on a map.

The cushiest earth globe around is called Hugg-A-Planet and it’s one of the star products in our catalogue. Once you’ve hugged it long and hard enough and have finally learned to tell Uzbekistan apart from Turkmenistan, you’re ready to move on to the next stage; this blank earth globe that you have to complete yourself by sticking labels on different countries.

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 on 13 Jul 2010 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts Comments Send this to a friend

Miniature Fan-Gun: The Perfect Way to Kill the Heat

Does the infernal summer heat make you want to shoot yourself? Now you can go ahead and do just that with this miniature fan that looks like a gun.
Are you hot? Then shoot yourself!
Are you hot? Then shoot yourself!
  With temperatures rising past 30ºC (90ºF), it becomes increasingly more difficult to think clearly. You walk around on the streets feeling like a zombie and all you want is to step into an air-conditioned building. It's almost enough to make you want to shoot yourself, isn't it?

This must be exactly what Kikkerland's designers thought when they came up with this miniature fan that looks like a gun.

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 on 08 Jul 2010 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts Comments Send this to a friend

Piperoid: A Paper Pipe Robot You Put Together Without Glue

Did you like arts and craft class when you were a kid? Most adults no longer work on craft projects in their leisure time... Piperoid solves all these inconveniences and was created to help adults regain the restless spirit of childhood.
How to put Piperoid together.
How to put Piperoid together.
  Did you like arts and craft class when you were a kid? Most adults no longer work on craft projects in their leisure time... Many think this sort of thing is for children; others claim they simply don’t have the time. And this probably also has to do with the fact that we’re too lazy to buy some of the tools needed to work on craft projects.

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 on 28 Jun 2010 by Ayumi Nakai in Comments Send this to a friend

Pillow Tie: Now this is a novelty tie!

Is work exhausting? Take a cat nap at the office with this novelty tie. It has a compartment in the back that turns into a very convenient pillow.
Pillow Tie is an inflatable tie
Pillow Tie is an inflatable tie
  What if you could take a nap at the office after a long business lunch? Now you can, although you do risk being fired if your boss discovers your secret: an inflatable tie.

Don’t be alarmed, it’s not a plastic tie for gaudy office workers, it’s just a boring-looking ordinary tie with a stripped, polka dotted or checked pattern (there are over 60 models to choose from) that will go completely unnoticed by your colleagues at work.

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 on 21 Jun 2010 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts Comments Send this to a friend

Kebito-san: Dwarf Dolls with Very Sensitive Hair.

There are some very strange dwarf dolls in Japan. They’re called Kebito-san and they’re made by Takara Tomy.
Red Kebito-san.
Red Kebito-san.
  These tiny dolls are very symbolic and they look like old men with very long hair on their heads and in their nostrils. In fact, "kobito" means "dwarf" in Japanese ('ko' means little and 'bito' means person), only instead of using 'ko' they used "ke" which means hair.

These little dolls are also very sensitive. When you touch their hair, the Kebito-san dolls mumble a few words and sometimes they even moan.

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 on 14 Jun 2010 by Curiosite.com in Japanese videos Comments Send this to a friend

NoDrip: The Perfect Gadget for Eating Ice Cream this Summer

Fit this plastic bowl around the base of your popsicle to stop your hands from getting sticky when it starts to melt. This is a must-have summer gadget for ice cream and popsicle lovers.
Fit NoDrip on the base of your popsicle
Fit NoDrip on the base of your popsicle
  Who hasn't gotten sticky, gooey ice cream all over themselves at least once? When it's really hot out, it's almost impossibly not to get your hands dirty while eating ice cream pops. NoDrip will put an end to this disaster and, although the gadget is designed to prevent kids from getting ice cream all over themselves, no doubt more than one adult will want to give it a try.

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 on 10 Jun 2010 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts Comments ( 1 ) Send this to a friend

Pacman Portable Bottle Opener

This portable bottle opener is very practical and beautifully designed. It looks like a perfect yellow Pacman figure with very sharp teeth, and it also doubles as a keychain.
Pacman strikes again!
Pacman strikes again!
  Born in 1980, Pacman was one of the first video games on the market. It was a huge success from the moment it appeared. In fact, it even up staged Space Invaders, which had until then been the undisputed king of video games. Pacman was a lot more humorous and less violent. It was designed as a game for all audiences.

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 on 10 Jun 2010 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts Comments Send this to a friend
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