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Is it a super snuggly blanket or a comfy pillow? The ingenious Koala is both. Brought to you by the brains behind the smash hit Slanket, this supremely portable pillow unfolds to become a throw-style blanket. Ideal for glamping trips, festivals and loafing on the sofa.
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Save as you shower with this ingenious little gizmo that measures water flow and indicates when it’s time to switch off via traffic light-style LEDs. Having ‘memorised’ your first shower, Water Pebble gradually reduces your shower time, encouraging you to use less water. Just set it and forget it. Pass the soap!
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Are they cookies or cakes? Who cares because Whoopie Pies are seriously scrumptious treats – and now you can make your own thanks to this fantastic recipe book and accompanying baking pan. Mmm… chocolate with marshmallow cream!
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Don't spend hours sorting out your loose shrapnel. This motorised UK coin sorter can do it in a flash. The ideal gift for coin hoarders, petty change pilferers and lazy tightwads
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Bop It is back – and this time it fits on your keyring! Follow a series of quick-fire commands by bopping and tweaking its extremities in time to an increasingly frantic beat. Hesitate and its game over. A brilliant time cruncher, you’ll be bopping it wherever you may roam.
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Get busy digitising old 6x4 photos, even if you’re nowhere near a computer, with this titchy scanner that archives pics directly onto an SD card. Simply feed your snaps into its waiting gob and Bob’s your uncle…wearing really bad slacks and sporting a mullet.
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Can you reshape a race of squishy squashy aliens and restore Planet Flobulon to its former glory? Find out with Putty Monsters®, highly collectable thingummies that can be moulded into millions of monstery shapes. But hurry, you’ll need to upload photographic evidence to the Supreme Flobulon Archive before your Monster melts!
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Introducing Silly Bandz, the smash hit silicone shapes that can be worn as funky bracelets or used as rubber bands. Take them off and they magically revert to their original form, be it princess, animal, sea creature or cowboy. Ideal for collecting, swapping, wearing and pinging. Boing!
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You might be a font of knowledge but how good is your knowledge of fonts? Find out as you compare the (irrationally ranked) attributes of various famous typefaces in this fabulously geeky game of one-upmanship. ‘My Helvetica’s easier to read than your Tahoma!’
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Say checkmate to boring condiment sets with these regal salt and pepper mills fashioned to resemble chess pieces. Whether you’re twisting the king or grinding the queen, fellow diners are sure to be impressed by your high quality wooden table guests. Your move!
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