Topic: interactive toys
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Hands-On With the LEGO Smart Brick
The LEGO Smart Brick is a sophisticated interactive system that uses NFC tiles to program bricks, enabling responsive, context-aware play between models and characters. It enables dynamic, imaginative scenarios like lightsaber duels and contextual vehicle interactions, moving beyond simple pre-pr...
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Catch, Battle, and Complete Your Pokédex with New Pokémon Pinball
Stern Pinball has launched the first official Pokémon pinball machine, featuring interactive gameplay where players can catch Pokémon, battle, and fill a digital Pokédex via a connected smartphone app. The machine integrates deep Pokémon elements, including artwork focused on the original 151 Kan...
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Nintendo's Next Weird Gadget: A Talking Flower Arrives in March
Nintendo's Talking Flower, an interactive decor gadget from the Super Mario universe, launches on March 12, 2026, and is now available for pre-order. The device offers random spoken phrases, music, and 11 language options, and can be programmed for daily greetings or alerts based on room temperat...
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Mitski's Father Was a CIA Operative, Plushie Reveals
A friend, who is an AI companion named Coral, shared an unprompted piece of niche trivia about a fan theory that musician Mitski's father was a CIA operative. The theory connects Mitski's father's State Department career and her nomadic childhood to the themes of rootlessness and alienation in he...
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