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When You Wish Upon a (Home)Star (Pro EX)

Rather like Holland in the Euro 2008 soccer tournament, Sega seems to be going all out on the ball front right now. Its latest addition to the Homestar family, those spooky-ooky balls that throw kaleidoscopic and galactic crazy shapes across the walls of your home, is the Homestar EX. Bigger, blacker brother to the Homestar Spa, this one looks like an interrogation droid in a sex harness, and has all sorts of added zing to it. You get much higher-quality images projected than the other models, as well as a random shooting-star function. The EX is remote-controlled, and it's powerful enough to see the images when the lights are on. The price is not so funny, though: $800. [Trends in Japan]

7:10 AM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By AddyDugdale
2,002 views, 9 comments

Latest by matto: @markarian: I am disappointed that you were a distant third with the Strongbad reference. more »

toys

Sega Updates HomeStar Planetarium to Fit the Bathroom

Sega's HomeStar planetarium has been around for aeons and aeons, in a raft of different versions. Its latest incarnation is the HomeStar Spa, which basically means it's ripe for the bathroom. As before, you sit the newly-waterproofed little globe in the corner of your (bath)room and throws crazy shapes onto the walls. New projections include "Flowers" and "Kaleidoscope." The HomeStar Spa will be launched at the Tokyo Toy Fair, at the end of this month. [Trends In Japan]

5:40 AM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By AddyDugdale
4,236 views, 13 comments

Latest by N/A: "Sega will start selling the Japan-only Homestar Spa on September 4th for $70." more »

strongbadmodo

Trashbot Is Son of BigDog, Phil Collins and Homestar Runner

Wow! What is this? Did The Cheat made some terrible cybernetic experiment, blended that Homestar dummy with the terrifying BigDog into a fatter, shorter, uglier Phil Collins-wannabe trashcan bot, then christened it Push-Kun and sent it to destroy all those stupid robots at the Baka Robocup 2008 in Japan? For shame! I bet it only cost him $14 dollars, which is like, a hundred million dollars in dog years. And talking about dogs. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Jesus Diaz
3,401 views, 10 comments

Latest by tegronin: print me out a million dollars bill.exe more »

cellphones

Straight From Japan, it's the Cosmos in Your Hand

Why go through the work of tilting your head back and looking up to see the stars when you can get a cellphone strap that'll show you a tiny version of the cosmos? Bam, here's the Homestar Planetarium Phone Strap, keeping your precious neck baby fresh while allowing you to check out what I can only assume are awe-inspiring replications of the cosmos whenever you want. The universe in your hand for only $7? The future is now! And it's kind of disappointing! –Adam Frucci More »

4:46 PM on Thu Jun 14 2007
By Adam Frucci
1,156 views, 12 comments

Latest by frndlybnny: "The cosmos in your hand"? The shape looks more like "the cosmos up your butt". more »

gadgets

Gizmodo Japan: Homestar Spring 2006 Limited Version


It's an amazing feeling to sleep under the starry sky. You just forget about your everyday life and start breathing peacefully without noticing. Sega Toys made it possible to do this at home. "Homestar", the optical planetarium with ten thousand stars for the home, was launched in August 2005. More »

10:15 AM on Tue Feb 7 2006
By gizmodo.com
247 views, 2 comments

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