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The Polaroid Ring

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Looking for that perfect accessory to accompany your Polaroid Pendant? Straight from the depths of Etsy comes this awesome Polaroid “Good Time” ring which constantly reminds us of our instant photography past. Before the time of point-and-shoot and easy preview LCD’s there was only the Polaroid.

Replace the image with any graphic you desire. The seller has chosen a sheep-goat-cow-ram thingy for posterity reasons. What sort of friggen’ animal is that anyway?

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Pac-Man Heat Sensing Mug Reestablishes Packy’s Place in My Life

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Some might say Pac-Man is making a comeback, I say he never left.

Fill your mug with your favorite heated beverage and watch as the answers to the mysterious of life are revealed. At least with the Pac-Man Mug you won’t be destroying the environment or even worse, looking like some cocoa-toting grandmother.

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Tetris Chair Adds a Taste of Retro Gaming Into Your Den of Geekery

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I sort of feel like Kanye West posting about modern pop-style furniture, so of course, there’s only one thing that can be said. Wait for it…

This chair is pretty good, and I’mma let you finish, but the Mouse Pad Sofa is the greatest geeky piece of furniture of all time.

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Pac-Man Rubik’s Cube

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It seems whatever your retro gaming poison might be there’s a Rubik’s Cube for you. I don’t care if you’re a general Nintendo fan or a hardcore Mega Man fan, there is something for everyone. Even Pac-Man fans have their own cube puzzle to drool over.

Featuring Packy and all of his ghosty friends, the Pac-Man Rubik’s Cube is a must for Pac-Man fans and ghost hunters. Get yours from Etsy for only $7.

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Nintendo-themed Rubik’s Cube

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Not like you haven’t wasted enough hours on Nintendo.

This Nintendo Rubik’s Cube features six sides of retro gaming goodness, including the iconic logos from six different classic Nintendo games including Zelda, Super Mario Bros., Pokemon, Star Fox, Kirby and Metroid.

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VHS Tape iPhone Case

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If you’re a little embarrassed to be lugging around a brand new iPhone, even though all of your other gear is vintage-core, this VHS Tape iPhone Case will help disguise your device as a piece of retro tech history.

The real painful part is going to be transferring all of your contacts to DVD once you wise up to the times. Grab yours for $25 from Etsy.

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Asteroids Wall Decals

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OK, look, I know I was just saying how much of a futuristic geek I am, but it seems I’m more stuck in my retro roots than I originally thought. All the proof I needed was the boner I got when I saw these awesome Asteroids Wall Decals. I remember first jamming out to Asteroids on a vintage Atari 2600 (a little before my time, so it was indeed a legacy machine). What can I say, it was love.

Anyway, these wall decals would look bangin’ in my home office. I know interior design is supposed to be the hobby of woman and womanly men, but count me in if we’ll be playing with decals like this. Grab your own “Space Rocks” decal set for $44.95.

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Floppy Flash Drive

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Don’t go getting any ideas with the title, mister. This here is straight out of the Doom and Apogee days. Shareware anyone? Keep your games, movies and other things totaling larger than 1.44MB on this floppy disk flash drive. I have no idea who made it, how much it costs or if it requires OS/2.

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Radical: Oakley Shaun White Frogskins

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Shaun White may be famous for smoking pot and snowboarding but no matter your tastes, you can’t deny that these are some smoking hot sunglasses. At $155, they’re actually one of the cheaper pair of Oakleys, but you still get big Oakley looks. Mirrored red lenses, retro logo and styling – these were made for Californians and purveyors of action sports. I so want a pair.

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Use Your Retro Nintendo Controllers With The Wii

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The one thing the Nintendo Wii has going for it is the ability to download classic NES and SNES titles and play them at your free will. The problem is, the Wiimote sucks. It’s the worst controller in the world for playing games that require no more than a D-pad and two buttons. This nifty little adaptor from Komodo will let you hook up an N64, SNES or NES controller to your Wii, allowing you to experience a retro title in true gamer fashion. Look for it next month for about $20.

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