Fun and games - toys and kits for nerds

It's exam time in Snape's dark dungeon. You sit in your seat as quiet as a mouse so as not to attract the attention of the grim potions teacher. Sw...

Great plush figures don't just fall from the sky - but magical princesses do, at least in the movie "The Castle in the Sky". And in Laputa, the pla...

When scientists argue, it should really be solely about facts. But Pythagoras and Einstein may have simply gotten off on the wrong foot here. Other...

If you've never read or seen Death Note, then TU. IT. NOW. Because the story about a book that allows you to kill people by simply writing them dow...

In the world of "Game of Thrones", the secrecy of letters has a completely different meaning. Although the ravens are unlikely to open the letters ...

Even though we have access to our digital calendars almost around the clock thanks to our smartphones, a "real" calendar still looks good on the de...

Actually, slimy snails are not necessarily something you want to touch. However, you won't want to put these sturdy plastic specimens down. The fid...

For horror fans, "The Shining" is one of the absolute cult classics: both the book by the master of horror himself, Stephen King, and the 1980 film...

In recent decades, technology has changed faster than ever before. Sometimes our still stone-age brains just can't keep up. We're all familiar with...

Dice play a major role in pen & paper. They decide the fate of your character like nothing else. Not even the Game Master has power over them. With...

Chemists are often regarded as... special. But they have a solution for everything! For example, if they run out of things to talk about at a party...

When the Grim Reaper becomes a Grim Reader, Grimms' fairy tales are a great book choice. Of course, there's the classics - death and tragedy for a ...

The W20 - the 20-sided die - is mostly used for role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, but also for tabletops, for example. Its literal ver...

Why don't you get the cool messages that you get in role-playing games when one of your real-life skills has improved?

Whether in a novel, art book or travel diary - with the The Great Wave off Kanagawa metal bookmark, every page remains stylishly marked. The design...

It looks like the real thing - only (hopefully) without the devilish side effects: The One Piece Gum-Gum Fruit Lamp brings the legendary devil frui...

Misa may seem a little naive and perhaps even crazy, considering how obsessed she is with Light. It's important to remember that she's probably tra...

Four pizza-devouring, weapon-wielding turtles who are taught the art of ninjitsu by a rat mutant in the sewers of New York? What sounds like a joke...

Anyone who was a fan of the "Masters of the Universe" in the form of comics, series or radio plays in the 80s will certainly have owned countless c...

If anyone knows how to sleep, it's the Great Old One Cthulhu, who has been snoozing away in R'lyeh for eons, waiting to finally bring the world und...

We've all been there: you're ready to go out and conquer the world—and the next moment, you're stopped in your tracks by an arrow in the knee.If yo...

After rigorous training, even legends like Muten Roshi, the mentor of Son Goku and Krillin, sometimes need to rest. With the Dragon Ball cushion Ma...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.George Bernard ShawWho would know this better than the gamers among ...

They lie on the sofa, purring softly, looking simply adorable. Until, from one moment to the next, a switch flips and the seemingly harmless creatu...

Come here, you brave warriors! Stretch out your weary bones around the campfire and listen to us introduce you to the absolute ultimate for adventu...

Experts are still debating whether the fearsome T-Rex was an active predator or rather a scavenger. We know better. Of course, it simply ate everyt...

This black cat is not just a normal house cat. Rather, she is Usagi Tsukino aka Sailor Moon's most important advisor. Without Luna, Sailor Moon wou...

If you stand at an ordinary bus stop on an ordinary day, then an ordinary bus will come. That changes as soon as a strange forest spirit appears: W...

What happens when physics, design and the urge to play come together? The Feel Flux Spin Flux provides the answer: a high-quality fidget object tha...

The packaging alone is great to look at, but inside the Countdown Model Kit: Star Trek USS-Enterprise NCC-1701-D, one of the most legendary ships i...

The pandemic may be over, but we have learned a few things from it that are still important for our everyday lives. For example, we now know where ...

Secret Santa - the more or less anonymous distribution of gifts in the run-up to Christmas goes by many names and is probably familiar to almost al...

They are addictive, cause hallucinations and turn us into antisocial zombies - no question, computer games are often considered [i]evil. Unless, of...

The passion for collecting among nerds is often ridiculed. Adults who hoard action figures—for many “normal mortals,” this is strange. It's complet...

Are you a fan of pixel art, retro gaming and 8-bit aesthetics? Then the Divoom Pixoo backpack with pixel display is exactly what you need! This bac...

Of course we appreciate Deadpool as a defender of justice and destroyer of countless villains. But that's not the reason for his great popularity. ...