Gadgetory

searching for a festive toy for the geek in your life or perhaps you're looking to treat yourself this Yuletide here are the best geeky toys we've spotted this Christmas rolling onto shop shelves and into our hearts is bb-8 the spherical droid from the upcoming Star Wars The Force awakens built by Sphero this app controlled Marvel combines wheels weights and gyroscopic tech into one seriously endearing little bot a classic toy gets a modern revamp Hasbro's gorgeously rendered Millennium Falcon comes with Chewie a tiny bb-8 and fires a nerf dart who new phone was the Galactic Empire secret weakness if your standard pool shaped lightsabers aren't enough to get the blood pumping Hasbro's blade builders can be bolted together in all manner of shapes for a truly customized Jedi experience back on earth these rubbery Iron Man gloves will make you feel like you're as invincible as tony stark himself or at least that your hands are next nerfs plastic projectile toys continue to get more elaborate and the modulus ecs 10 can be configured in more than 30 ways it has motorized blasting and comes with a bunch of accessories though none that will stop you from losing those phone darts there's always room for more Lego go beneath the waves with the scuba centric deep sea exploration set which features a ship that floats 7 minifigures and of course a Lego shark and there's more geeky Lego where that came from this Christmas keep an eye out for kylo Ren's command shuttle from the force awakens as well as sets based on Jurassic world and minecraft finally everything old is new again as the mutant turtles are back this 60 centimeter Leonardo folds out to reveal a sewer lair playset packed with different rooms Cowabunga indeed that's all for now but before the 25th rolls around be sure to check out cnet's Holiday Gift Guide where we've got a sleigh full of shopping inspiration happy holidays