Avid Android user Andrew Bell has collaborated with the big G to release these Android Toy characters who hail by “Creature”,”Darknet”, “Reactor” and “CopperBot”. Series 1 features 12 different designs in blind-boxed case of 16, scheduled for a release February 10th online at a SRP of $7.25 per, then released a few weeks after as a limited release in toy and collectible shops, online and off. Get a better look at these Vinyl Androids in the gallery below…

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A Product of Zoomdoggle, a package of bucky balls include 216 magnetic Buckyballs, arranged in a 6 x 6 x 6 cube. Mark at BoingBoing mentions that they’re so strong that he managed to bruise his thumb in an attempt to pull them apart, and that they seem to be partial to certain crystalline structures… Snatch yours up from Amazon, and get a feel for the endless possibilities BuckyBalls have to offer in the footage below.