Mugs

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Starbucks Holiday Mugs Recalled After Customers Get Burns and Cuts

Customers should immediately stop using the recalled mugs, a regulator said.

Tech News Francisco Velasquez Mar 22

Optimus Prime Replaces the Matrix of Leadership With a Watch, and More of the Wildest Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of all the wonderfully weird and wallet-draining toys we’ve seen floating around the internet. This week: Fantastic Beasts comes to Hot Toys, Monopoly’s got something to say about kids these days, and the fluffiest answer to Super Smash Bros. possible. Hot Toys Sixth-Scale Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Nov 16

A Figure With Han Solo’s Best Shit-Eating Grin, and Other Cool Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s round up of the best toys we’ve seen all week. This time we’ve got tons of new Lego minifigures, the most amazing Magneto cape, entirely unrelated magnetic building blocks, a spectacularly poseable Spider-Man: Homecoming figure, and yes, the best grin on a Han Solo action figure ever. Lego Collectible…

io9 James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski Apr 7

Life-Size Lego Mugs Let You Sip Coffee Like a Minifig

Your Minifigs have been drinking coffee and tea from these Lego mugs for decades now, but have you ever wondered what it’s like to sip from them using those giant handles? Now’s your chance to find out. The Lego Store is officially selling these upscaled and stackable Minifig mugs—$13 each in red, blue, or transparent…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 8

A Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Mug With a Naughty and Nice Side

You can’t have hot chocolate without a mountain of marshmallows on top, and from this day forth you won’t want hot chocolate unless it’s served in this two-sided Ghostbusters Stay Puft Marshmallow Man mug. On one side of the mug Stay Puft has a big happy smile on his face, but on the other he’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 16

It’s Dangerous To Go Without Caffeine! Take This

This wonderful coffee mug, available over on Human, is the perfect way to show your love of the Legend of Zelda games without hitting your co-workers over the head with your obsession. The $19 mug is wrapped in a cartoony collage of items and treasures found in the games, and if coffee isn’t what you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 6

Game Boy Pokemon Mugs, Because Caffeine Is Your Real Champion

When your opponent is a long day filled with meetings and paperwork instead of a skilled Pokemon trainer, Pikachu, Charmander, and Squirtle won’t be much help. The real fighter you need in your corner is caffeine, delivered via this wonderful Game Boy-themed mug that’s perpetually playing Pokemon. Available from Esty seller TheMugEmporium for just $12…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 23

A Game Controller Coffee Mug Provides Unlimited Caffeine Power-Ups

Video game worlds are littered with health packs, energy potions, even random piles of food that your character can take advantage of for a quick energy boost. At most offices, though, the only power-up you’re going to find is a pot of coffee—and even when it’s stale and awful that shot of caffeine can revive…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

A Double-Duty Flippable Mug Holds Coffee Or Espresso

If your office doesn’t pay for a cleaning service, and every employee is left to wash their own dishes, you’ll want to maximize every cup, plate, and spoon you bring to work. So when it comes to caffeine you might want to swap your current mug for this $14 double-duty alternative that holds 5.5 ounces…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 27

Higgs Boson Mug Serves Up Two Scoops of Science With Your Coffee

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but why just feed your body after you’ve rolled out of bed in the morning? Feed your mind, too, with ThinkGeek’s heat-sensitive color-changing Higgs Boson mug which enlightens you with details about the Large Hadron Collider and what it’s hunting for. At all times…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 10

This Mug’s Customizable e-Ink Display Is Powered By Hot Coffee

If there are kids in your future, so is one of those mugs with a picture of your children on it. But wouldn’t it be great if that image could be updated as they grow up? That’s exactly what the Muki mug from Paulig promises, thanks to an e-Ink display powered by your piping hot…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 25

This Mug Lets You Harness a Hot Beverage To Warm Your Hands

When you’re running a large corporation and trying to keep frivolous costs under control, it makes sense to keep the heating as minimal as possible during the cold winter months. And if you happen to find yourself working for such an employer, this mug will help your hands from freezing. Technically, any non-insulated mug filled…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 2

This Maze Mug Seems Like a Great Way To Kill Time/Spill Your Drink

If you’ve already tired of the hundreds of games on your smartphone, here’s another way to kill time on your long morning commute—and possibly even finally beat your caffeine addiction. This double-walled insulated mug features a series of mazes on the outside that has you skillfully piloting a ball bearing through the various corners and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 25

This Mug Screws Into Soft Ground to Stay Upright

If you’ve ever struggled to keep your drinks in their receptacle at the beach, this concept will have your pretty excited: Screw Cup is a mug that can be driven into the ground to help it stay upright. Designed by Barcelona-based Minji Jung, the cup screws into sandy beaches—or, presumably, other soft ground—to ensure it…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Sep 16

This starry mug reveals constellations when filled with a hot beverage

The Constellation Mug looks pretty unremarkable when empty. A casual observer might not even recognize the little white flecks as stars. But pour yourself a hot cup of coffee or tea, and eleven constellations – including Orion, Hercules, and Perseus – spring into view. Do want. Yeah, we know temperature-sensitive mugs aren’t really anything new…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 5

Why Haven’t Mugs Told Us the Coffee’s Temperature Until Now?

If you’ve got $38 to spare and a few weeks to wait for delivery, Brando’s got a new temperature sensing travel mug that guarantees you’ll never again burn your mouth on scalding hot coffee—or accidentally sip a stale brew that’s gone cold. A built-in thermometer lets the insulated mug report back how hot or cold…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 18

Clever Mug Catches Coffee Drips Before They Become Stains

Harnessing the complex hydrodynamic properties of surface tension, this brilliantly re-engineered mug features a strategically engineered reservoir running around the circumference of the vessel’s outer wall. Or, in other words, designer Kim Keun Ae added a groove that cleverly catches drips before they hit the table. Cleaning the mug takes a little extra effort to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 29

Climbing Hold Mugs May Never Slip Out of Your Hand

You know that scene in movies where a character has a sudden realization and their coffee cup dramatically slips from their fingers and crashes to the floor? That, in theory, would never happen were the characters using these Crux Mugs, which employ an artificial climbing hold for the handle. Depending on which $16 design you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 26

Mugtails Are an Adorably Anthropomorphic Way To Enjoy Your Coffee

Awww, now isn’t this precious? You can throw out all those mugs your kids had made with their pictures on the side because these Mugtails take adorable to a whole new level. Available with a variety of different animals on the side with their tales forming the handle, these mugs are so sweet you’ll never…

Biology Andrew Liszewski Feb 22

A Few Lego Pieces Transform This Studded Mug Into Whatever You Can Imagine

Thanks to the geniuses at ThinkGeek your coffee isn’t the only thing you can completely fix to your liking in the morning. The store’s new 12-ounce Build-On Brick mug is covered in studs and detents so you can accessorize and customize it with your favorite building toy—which of course always means Lego. But the mug…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 8

Mugs

Starbucks Holiday Mugs Recalled After Customers Get Burns and Cuts

Optimus Prime Replaces the Matrix of Leadership With a Watch, and More of the Wildest Toys of the Week

A Figure With Han Solo’s Best Shit-Eating Grin, and Other Cool Toys of the Week

Life-Size Lego Mugs Let You Sip Coffee Like a Minifig

A Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Mug With a Naughty and Nice Side

It’s Dangerous To Go Without Caffeine! Take This

Game Boy Pokemon Mugs, Because Caffeine Is Your Real Champion

A Game Controller Coffee Mug Provides Unlimited Caffeine Power-Ups

A Double-Duty Flippable Mug Holds Coffee Or Espresso

Higgs Boson Mug Serves Up Two Scoops of Science With Your Coffee

This Mug’s Customizable e-Ink Display Is Powered By Hot Coffee

This Mug Lets You Harness a Hot Beverage To Warm Your Hands

This Maze Mug Seems Like a Great Way To Kill Time/Spill Your Drink

This Mug Screws Into Soft Ground to Stay Upright

This starry mug reveals constellations when filled with a hot beverage

Why Haven’t Mugs Told Us the Coffee’s Temperature Until Now?

Clever Mug Catches Coffee Drips Before They Become Stains

Climbing Hold Mugs May Never Slip Out of Your Hand

Mugtails Are an Adorably Anthropomorphic Way To Enjoy Your Coffee

A Few Lego Pieces Transform This Studded Mug Into Whatever You Can Imagine

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