Gear

HYDRA SmartBottle

Discontinued

HYDRA has found a way to make water a whole lot more interesting, and it doesn't even involve caffeine, neon food dyes, or a 1,000,000 Scoville rating. (Though that last one might be a fun idea for a Halloween prank.)...

Fake Tampon Flasks

$14.99 Amazon »

Mmmm, boy. Who wants an illicit Bloody Mary? I don't care how thirsty I might be at a dry college football game, show, or church service, I don't think I could take a swig of anything out of a tampon. Even a fake tampon...

The USB Kill 2.0 Computer Killer

$49.95 USB Kill »

If you're using a USB Kill stick you're either pen-testing, trashing your old PC for recycling, or being very, very...very evil. Come on now, I know he cooks eggs in the staff room microwave, and eats beef & bean burritos...

R2-D2 Coffee Press

$39.99 ThinkGeek »

Get Beep-bee-bee-boop-buuuzzzzzzed with the R2-D2 coffee press. How could Star Wars geekery not lay its stamp on French-style caffeine extraction? The cylindrical shape of the classic French press is perfect. And what...

Star Wars Misters

$24.95 - $29.99 Amazon »

Steam up the room with the Dark Side this Halloween. This Darth Vader and Stormtrooper bear no Fun Size Twix bars or mini boxes of Milk Duds, but they do come with a special misting treat. Add water to the included mist...

Webcaster Trigger-Fed Cobweb Gun

Sold Out Amazon »

If your spidey sense is telling you stringing that clump of cotton into a spooky front porch crypt of cobwebs is going to take 'til next Halloween, believe it. And have a comparative look at the Webcaster trigger-fed...

Dragon's Breath Pyro Trick Powder

$15.99 Vintage Circa »

Been looking for the perfect Halloween costume...for your shotgun? I don't think Dragon's Breath Powder (also known as Lycopodium Powder) promotes itself as the ideal filling for 12-gauge ammo, but there's clearly no...

Star Wars Force Band

Discontinued

As Rogue One readies to flash back in the Star Wars timeline, you've got the opportunity to flash back in the IRL timeline (but, uh, forward in the Star Wars timeline) to The Force Awakens, and Sphero's 2015 BB-8 app-enabled...

Muzik One - The Smartphone of Headphones

Discontinued

Been thinking about slapping a coupla smartphones to your ears to enhance your listening experience? Muzik One just stole your idea. The so-called Smartphone of Headphones combine high-fidelity, noise-cancelling playback...

Stanley Classic Flask

$16 - $39.98 Amazon »

If Paul Bunyan and Don Draper were sharing some hooch around the campfire, I bet the Stanley Classic Flask in Hammertone Crimson is what they'd use to tip it back. And so would I...

Sting Ring

Discontinued

Who wants a fist bump? The Sting Ring is the newest beast in my menagerie of self defense tools. My digital menagerie. I don't own one of the single finger knuckle dusters, and I have no idea how effectively its 18,000,000...

S.T. Dupont James Bond Spectre Lighter

Discontinued

The name's Bond. Flames Bond. Quick, here's a couple grand to spend on ST Dupont (the French luxury brand, not the US polymer one) loot. Do you go for the James Bond Spectre lighter or the Star Wars TIE Fighter pen? I'd...

The Moon Ring

$18.95 Amazon »

Did I say the Scary Intruder prop was a good way to find out how hard and fast my girlfriend punches? Well. That's because I hadn't see The Moon Ring yet. I feel like this prank's tagline should be: "Give her The Moon...

Walky Dog Hands-Free Bicycle Leash

Better have a good long talk with your dog before hooking him up to a Walky Dog hands-free bicycle leash. Lay some ground rules about tugging horizontally and keeping his instinct to tear off at full horsepower after...

Scary Intruder Prank Door Prop

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This looks like a good way to get punched in the face. Actually, a disturbingly realistic intruder prop hung in the bedroom doorway as a special treat for my girlfriend looks like a good way to punched in a lot of places...

Classic Bento Vacuum Lunch Jar

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Japan meets Russia in a bento lunch you can take to work matryoshka doll-style. Zojirushi's stainless steel vacuum lunch jar will keep hot foods hot, cold foods cold, and, most importantly, foods you don't want touching...

iSINE Planar Magnetic Headphones

$399 Audeze »

The "A" isn't for "Arachnid" or "Alien," it's for "Audeze." Creator of the forthcoming iSINE 10 planar magnetic headphones. Their webby design and hexagonal shape are definitely, uh, eye-catching. But are these Apple-device-exclusive...

Wazer Desktop Waterjet Cutter

$3,999 - $4,499 Wazer »

Wazer, the self-described first ever desktop waterjet cutter, has a few things going for it. First, if your friend Cornelius has ever sprayed you in the face with a pressure washer, you know how strong a jet of water...

Spy Tec Real Time GPS Tracker

Discontinued

No good can come of consumers using 100% accurate real-time GPS tracking...except monthly subscription rates as low as $25 with no contract or activation fees! "Yahtzee!" says my Aunt Jan. Oh cousin Ricky, you poor bastard...

Ka-Bar Tactical Spork

$9.42 Amazon »

See, it's a fork-spoon combo up top with a...knife!...that pulls out from the handle. And - and! - it's black. Ka-Bar's Tactical Spork is a tactical tool for tactical eating if I've ever seen one. Imagine the stealth...

Insulated 12 oz Lowball Tank

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I think the implication is that this is a Strong. Ass. Cup. A cup for men who twist off caps that aren't twist-off. For men who rip open Amazon Prime boxes with their bare hands. For men who inflate all 12 of the Annual...

Go Guarded Self Defense Ring

$12.99 Go Guarded »

I bought my girlfriend, She-Ra: Princess of Power, a purple Brutus the Bulldog keychain to serve as her attacker ass-kicking assistant, but I'll admit when it arrived, it turned out to be a lot bigger and clunkier that...

Covert Escape Nickel Compass

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If I had a nickel for every nickel that's ever gotten me out of a pickle, I'd have...one Shomer-Tec Nickel. Because, holy Thomas Jefferson, dudes, the Shomer-Tec nickel isn't just your average five cent piece. It's also...

Leidenfrost Effect Ring

$31.80 Grand Illusions »

I love the dude who makes Grand Illusions' videos. I think his name is either George or Hendrik. Both because George Auckland and Hendrik Ball are the two Brits who founded and run Grand Illusions out of an 18th century...