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Apple iPhone fans looking for the least creative knockoff should look no further than the iPhone Air. This seemingly standard flip phone features "a built-in camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, music player and dual SIM card support." Click here for first picture in gallery.

An Apple logo on the outside of the flip phone greets you with a fake glow and it comes in spectacular colors as well: pink and black.

Jimmy Rogers gives us an inside look at the ThinkGeek headquarters in Fairfax, VA. In the video, he interviews John Frazier, the site's buyer who travails the web in search of wacky gadgets. Continue reading to watch.

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If you're expecting a fragile gadget/item of any kind, make sure the delivery date coincides with your day(s) off, or at least this video makes me want to think so. Video after the break.

This candidate for UPS-guy-of-the-year doesn't even wait for his van to come to a complete stop before someone's brand new something gets hail-mary'd into the garage.

If Microsoft had an achievement for decking out your car in Xbox 360 gear, this vehicle would take home the grand prize. Featuring "2 Xbox 360s, 2 projectors and 2 flat screen monitors [stuffed] inside a Suzuki." Click here for one more picture.

The car was modded for the Game U College Tour, in which thousands of university students from all over the United States gathered around the car and realized that only four people could play at the same time.

SKIGYM not only lets you ski from the comfort of your own home, but can also be used for physical therapy. It essentially provides an "accurate recreation of the motions used while skiing, and even appears to include a set of ski poles that somehow interface with the simulator." Available now, priced at $2,280.

The included software, Alpine Ski Racing 2007, is PC-only, so you'll need to use a laptop or computer instead of a gaming console, but it comes complete with 32 different courses from 18 real life venues including Beaver Lake, Lake Louise and Chamonix.

Do you want a bit more from cell phone design? Lupa ditches the standard candybar and clamshell, in favor of a transparent display that slides open to reveal a touchscreen keypad. Click here for first picture in gallery.

There are navigation keys on the rotating click wheel very akin to the iPod, although not completely the identical.

Home theater aficionados won't be disappointed with JVC's latest 32-inch LCD TV, despite measuring in at just 7mm thick. In addition to 1080p capabilities, it features LED backlighting and mercury free components. Officially announcement is slated for CES 2009 later this week. No word yet on pricing. Click here for first picture in gallery.

While Samsung's latest may be slightly narrower, JVC swears its CES prototype will be the lightest 32-inch LCD out, weighing a mere 5kg its perfect for ceiling mounted installations.

At $1,495 (Buy-it-Now) on eBay, is this authentic movie-used Robocop gun. According to the seller, it's "made of hard black rubber -- used during action scenes in place of a metal prop which could harm the actors if they are struck with it." Auction page.

It means you can actually take it out of the display and have some fun with it and not have to worry you'll damage it.

The 2008 Gumpert Apollo Sport has everything you need to go from 0-60mph in just 3-seconds: a twin-turbocharged V8 engine that produces 800hp and a functional aerodynamics package. Priced at $415.625. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The highest importance was attached to safety: the tubular space frame in chrome-molybdenum steel with integrated safety monocoque fabricated in carbon-fiber passes all crash-tests regulations, while a cashbox offers additional protection.

Amazon is offering the LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit for only $231.00 shipped, originally priced at $249.99. The NXT unit is "about the size of an iPod (though a bit thicker) with a a loudspeaker, a monochrome LCD, and navigation keys on the front." Product page. Video after the break.

The set includes Ethernet-like wires for connecting all of these to the NXT, as well as software and a basic USB cable for downloading programs from your computer. Then there are all the Lego parts, hundreds of them, and most are very small.