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paper arcade

Flatpack Cardboard Mini Arcade Pimps Your PSP Into Something Awesome

Just like its cousin, the flatpack boombox, the cardboard mini game for PSP comes in a pack of two, complete with authentic graffiti and mall-rat detritus. Cost is $12.49. [Suck UK via Perpetual Kid via ALBOTAS]

xmas tree

Flatpack Christmas Tree Takes All the Fun out of the Holiday Season

Designed with the green customer in mind, Buro North's flatpack Christmas tree comes in three sizes—1'3", 3' and 7'5". Ah, I feel a song coming on. *Clamps pipe in mouth, sits on rocking chair and starts crooning*
I'm dreaming of a Flatpack Christmas,
Just like the Ones I Never Had.
With tempers fraying,
And In-laws staying,
It's enough to send a sane man—or woman—mad.
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flatpack mallet

Multi-Functional MC Mallet Comes in a Flat-Pack

This mallet is the most ingenious thing I've seen for a long time. While not normally a fan of flat-pack stuff — the only thing I have ever assembled from scratch (a wooden shelving unit from Shabbycrap Habitat) was so wonky that I had to jam a cold storage heater against it to stop it toppling over — I can so see the point of this. Designed by Liam Ryan for Vert, the MC Mallet costs Aus$40 ($35 in your money) and can be used for cooking, DIY or as a toy. [Vert via MoCo Loco]

old skool card

Flatpack Boombox MP3 Dock - Hand Not Included

Nothing to do with Ikea, this boombox iPod dock is made out of paper and comes in a flatpack. Once assembled, its speakers pump out, with the aid of two AA batteries, all the Kurtis Blow and Sugarhill Gang' you ever wanted to hear. More »

flatpack fighter

Build Your Own Spitfire Plane from a $263,000 Kit

Flying enthusiasts with $263,000 to spare can now build their own Spitfire aircraft from a pack. The Supermarine Aircraft Mark 26 kit, a 90 per cent scale model of the iconic WWII fighter plane, costs 100,000 ($203,000), but you will need an additional 30,000 ($60,000) to finish it off - not to mention 1,200 hours of construction time. More »

tis the hurricane season

DH1 Disaster House Doesn't Require Screws

The hurricane season cometh, and the DH1 Disaster House is one man's solution to the problem of homelessness—only problem is that it costs and arm and a leg—and that is usually not an option if you have lost everything to one of Nature's bad moods. More »