Enjoy a few more "stupid moving toys" after the jump, so named because they don't really do anything but move around in a limited fashion.

After you give the Racing Nun a few runs on a table to wind her up, she speeds away to chase heretics. That's about it. I would've been more enthralled if she carried a ruler, kind of like the next toy, the Fighting Grandad.

Same concept as the Racing Nun—wind it up, send it off—but the Fighting Grandad swings his cane to beat down any young whippersnapper in his way.

Finally, we have the pole-dancing stripper, which spins around the pole while lights along the front flash on and off. So it's like being at a real strip show, except not at all. Be sure to add one to your favorite godchild's Christmas list! – Matt Buchanan

Toy Fair 2007 [Gizmodo]

First up is the iPod pillow (pictured), from the guys at Cold Fusion Entertainment. Nothing fancy, just unzip the pillow, plug in the audio jack and it plays through the speaker in the center. I'm not exactly sure why you would want music playing out of your pillow. But if you're into that sort of thing, the pillow felt soft and you couldn't feel any wires, so a shuffle would be ideal comfort-wise.

The Peapod disturbs me. "Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers," its target audience, don't need an mp3 player. While the rubber coating feels softish, the player still has enough weight to bash their fellow rugrats' head in, thanks to the "easy to grip" handle. Bludgeoning issues aside, it comes with a measly 128MB of flash memory, and obviously doesn't support iTunes, making it unappealing to the kind of hipster parents that would think this is cool. On the upside, it does claim to get 40 hours of playback from one AA battery, which is kind of impressive. The president of Peapod Toys told me that he "hopes" it will ship in 10-12 weeks with a wholesale price of $55.

This MP3 player docking station for kids is actually kind of impressive, in that it supports any mp3 player, as well as SD cards up to 2 GB. It also has a remote and a USB port (though I'm not sure for what, actually). Weirdly, though, it doesn't have a rewind button, just play, pause and forward skip. No price on it, but if it's under $50 then I could see it being alright for kids around 10 at that price. Why your little bastard would have their own iPod though, is beyond me. – Matt Buchanan

Nerf and Nintendo's Safety Dance [crave]

Toy Fair 2007 [Gizmodo]

But then it dawns on you that "art surfaces" can and probably will quickly grow to encompass your new white carpet, your leather sofa, and pretty much any other flat surface in your house. Luckily, it's not launching until September, giving you eight months to gird your loins and coat your entire house in vinyl. Also, given that they are likely to receive a patent on the entire concept "radio-controlled art," expect there to be many more of these things in the works. Official grade: Not for the faint of heart. – Matt Buchanan

Product Page [RC Art]

Two major problems with the cans, though.

One, the sound wasn't that great—but for 20 bucks MSRP, what do you expect? The bigger problem, and why these probably won't catch on, is that every time you want access to your nano, you either have to pull it out or take off the headphones, complete destroying the set's hassle-free contrivance. Cool idea on paper, not so cool in practice.

– Matt Buchanan

Toy Fair 2007 [Gizmodo]

Take a look at this Optimus Prime transformer. It changes from an 18-wheeler… to a gun?! Hello, that's what Megatron transforms into. Haven't you ever seen the near-unwatchable, seizure-inducing animated movie from the early 80's?

What else was at the Transformers booth?

There was this helmet that changes your voice to sound like Optimus Prime, which was kind of cool. It clearly wasn't going to fit on my gargantuan noggin, but if I had a smaller head I'm sure I'd have minutes and minutes of fun making myself sound like a robot.

There were also much larger dolls action figures of both Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. They both actually transformed from vehicle to robot, at least in theory — both the figures I saw were "just models" and couldn't actually transform. But hey, they looked pretty cool.

I also got taken into a special back room where I wasn't allowed to take photos. What amazing things lay behind that closed door? Transformers branded children's clothing, such as sweatpants! OMG! Also, smaller action figures of all sorts of Transformers in the movie that haven't been seen/revealed yet, which was pretty neat, I guess. Also: Transformers Risk! Transformers: the DVD game! And all sorts of other crap that seems overly optimistic about the social impact of a Michael Bay movie! Get excited! –Adam Frucci

Product Page [Miggle Toys]

p.s. There are several shots of the brand new Mars Mission set mixed in here as well.

The dinosaur walks, moves its head and roars using a remote control. It can also be made into a walking spider and a crawling crocodile. It will retail for $89.99 when it comes out in August.

The Ferris Wheel must be over two feet high. It's fully functional, and can be turned into a crane or working drawbridge (which both sound more interesting to me). This will sell for $69.99, and is also available in August. –Noah Robischon

The Sea-Monkey response? That Triops are "gross." The reps— two lovely young ladies, not that that affects my judgement, mind you—then lauded Sea-Monkeys and how they're the original, um, sea creature for children. To prove how much better Sea-Monekys are than Triops, they offered to sing me "Happy Birthday," (it was last week) complete Sea-Monkey cake. I wonder what that tastes like. I graciously declined.

So who's side are you in this war for tiny sea creature toy supremacy? Forget Blu-ray versus HD DVD—this is the war that really matters. – Nicholas Deleon

Sea-Monkeys

Triops

Too bad the vehicle itself only travels 30 feet, and it's one of those wind up cars (you pull it backwards along the floor and then let go). But the signal supposedly works through walls, which means that the movement is really a secondary feature to being able to listen-in on your sister talking about boys. Ewwww.

Available next fall for between $14.99 and $19.99. –Noah Robischon

...which means you can put it on top of your iPod and it will flash a red light and start whistling if anyone tried to nab it. (The unit shown in the picture below is a prototype, the real thing won't have that big black wire with an ugly box hanging off of the end.)

The second sensor is a motion detector. But this alarm is only armed after the touch sensor has been triggered. So now the burglar is running but they head smack into alarm number three, which is a motion sensor loaded with two darts—thwap! Hahaha. Busted. Okay, now back to work.

This will be available next fall for between $29.99 and $49.99.–Noah Robischon

I happen to have been one of those kids who wanted to be James Bond. And having this "collection of essentials spy tools" would have made my day. The case itself is made of black plastic and has a motion alarm that emits a loud whistle if anyone passes too near. It's also got a vision scope, red flashlight and shoots two foam darts in case of attack by Fembots.

Inside there is a spindle for carrying DVDs, a compartment that is just the right size for an iPod. The motion sensor and the dart gun are removable, and there are some funky magnifying glasses in there too. Although this is the biggest in the lineup, it's not as neat as the Intruder Trap System. The Agent Action Briefcase will be available next fall for between $19.99 and $29.99. –Noah Robischon

What's new this year? And why did LEGO create this life-sized George Lucas head?

George Lucas was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame, that's why. LEGO created a bust of papa Jedi, pictured above, to honor the occasion. Pretty amazing that it's taken this long for him to be inducted considering the way Star Wars revolutionized the toy business.

But licensed movie action figures are yesterday's news. The biggest growth category in the $22.3 billion dollar industry for 2006 was "youth electronics." That means you can expect to see lots more branded USB devices, along with some legit gadgets that use RFID and other fun technologies, in 2007. Gizmodo plans to cover them all, except maybe the Snoopy cellphone charger I saw.

Another big change: The landmark International Toy Center is under new ownership and leases became more expensive. The result is that lots of big brands who used to decamp there, such as LEGO, are instead setting up booths at the Javits Convention Center for the first time. That makes life easier for us, and makes Toy Fair feel like a much larger show than in the past. Gizmodo's coverage begins now. –Noah Robischon