If the Onitsuka Tiger store off Carnaby Street is closed, you can now pick up some of its retro-styled trainers from a nearby vending machine.
The machine can hold up to 24 pairs of trainers at a time, in six different sizes and is available to use from Monday 14th to Wednesday 16th April. After that, it will tour round various cities in the UK.
And if you happen to be in the area of the vending machine, you can also win a pair – so it’s worth heading over for a nosey.
We covered these some time ago after the Far East launch, but the Mickey Mouse-shaped MPlayer never actually made it to the UK. But here’s the good news – new models are available and you can buy them online.
Mplayer Season 2 are much the same as the originals – made by iRiver, but with Disney branding, along with 1GB of storage and enough battery life for nine hours playback between charges. And those Mickey ears aren’t just for novelty – one is for volume, the other for control of your tracks.
The only difference from the originals are the colours – you can buy any of the above, all selling online for $96.94, which is around £48.
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Great design doesn’t have to cost the earth – this Rubiks Cube alarm clock is available for under £15.
For that, you get the current time, date and room temperature, plus an alarm to wake you up (no idea what kind of alarm noise though). And here’s the nice touch – you jump between features with a twist of the cube!
Available online for $24.95 which is around £12.50.
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Tivoli offers a mix of high-end audio and cool retro design with its Audio Music System.
it’s not short of features either, with the dark wood (walnut) and beige unit packing in a digital tuner with AM/FM radio with presets, clock, independent dual alarms, slot load CD player, an ability to play digital files (like MP3, WMA etc), equaliser, sleep/snooze and of course, audiophile sound, along with a remote control.
Not the cheapest on the market at around £650, but if you want the looks and the sound, hard to beat.
Find out more at the Stoneaudio website
Old technology and retro looks – that’s the Hole-On Ex 35mm pinhole camera.
Just pop out the durable cardboard pieces, slot in the metal pinhole aperture and in no time at all, you can slip in your 35mm film for some old school photography. Not to mention being able to impress your friends with a camera complete with bright retro styling.
Full instructions for getting great snaps is included and at just £13.50 for the kit, it’s got to be a great way to spend a weekend snapping away without having to spend a fortune on the latest digital camera.
We got excited over it when it was announced in Japan, now we have had it confirmed that the Sanyo Xacti CG9 will hit the UK.
This cool retro-styled camcorder will be offered in slightly different colours though – silver, black or pink (as opposed to the initial colour range above). Each will capture video and 9.1-megapixel still images, with the video recording in MPEG4 to SD card, assisted by a 2.5-inch LCD screen and 5x optical zoom. You can also upload your videos from the pocket-sized device straight to sites like YouTube, MySpace and Facebook.
Expect it from mid-April, priced around £200.
