Have a toddler? Want to make sure he’s prepared for an exciting career in security?
Try this smart educational toy:
It really must be seen to be believed. (Update: And as Chris Meller points out in the comments, you must, must, must read all the reviews.)
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Speaking of Amazon.com, I tried out Chris Pirillo’s new gada.be RSS-based search service. Excellent! Except when I plugged in my own name, one of the results was an Amazon link to … well, see for yourself.
Harrumph. I have to admit, though, the price is pretty good.
(And at least part of the purpose of this post is to test a Firefox extension called CopyURL+, which works very well.)
Hehehe… I almost wet myself reading the last review on that security set… It would make a nice addition to the top of my monitor, however. It could perch right next to the Death and Death Dog figures from Family Guy… Also from Amazon, of course…
Oh, and no Affiliate link on the Amazon URLs? Slacking off, Ed!
Chris, the affiliate links are there. If someone’s going to buy a gallon of poop remover, I want my cut!
Those are affiliate links? That’s not what I remember one looking like that one time about a year ago when I made a whole 30 cents off it. Ah well, good times all the same!
Surely there must be an adult version of this! Where a pretty and “anatomically enhanced” passenger is strip-searched by a geeky security guy with hat hair. A vibrating wand would be a great accessory!
I saw this at a toy store recently and laughed so hard. I have always loved the realism that Playmobil brings to the toy world. Bad guys have rough beards painted on them. I was thinking of getting this for my kids since he is into the whole law and order thing.