Gizmodo Gallery is over, but the good we accomplished by playing Call of Duty on a 103-inch plasma TV and lighting cigarettes by flashlight will go on for quite some time. That’s because of the donations readers like you made to Toys for Tots: Over 4 days we collectively raised $4,820 for the underprivileged children that have to play with things like rusty tin cans instead of G.I.Joes. You guys and gals are the real heroes!
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Other heroes include the companies and people with enough soul and generosity to donate prizes at the event, and loan us gear for display:
• Thank you to Sir James Dyson for lending us his super pink world’s first bagless vacuum, and giving away some hand vacs to give away (and thanks Chris K for this and other assists!)
• Thank you to Julie and Lego for giving away not one but TWO Death Star sets and a bunch of other big sets. And for creating the glowing Gizmodo sign you saw as you walked in
• Thank you to Logitech for the docks and speakers and headset door prizes
• Thank you to the Zune team for donating Obama’s secret favorite portable player to the charity
• Thank you to the Xbox team for giving us a 360 to give away as a prize
• Thank you to SanDisk and Carm for giving us Sansa 8GB Fuze, 8GB Clip, 8GB Ultra MicroSD card and so much more as prizes and Tots donations
• Thank you to Greg at Gama-go who gave away clothing and bag prizes
• Thank you to Jeff Staple, from Staple design, who let us use their space despite us being punks
• Thank you to NICO REYES, who was there every step of the way as we set up the space
• Thank you to Greg M for connecting us with Agent 18 iPod cases, Ten One Design Pogo iPhone stylus, the pink mStation Orb dock, the SmartShopper and the Hercules Wii Accessory Pack
• Thank you to TokyoFlash for kicking in some watches as prizes
• Thank you to Seth Herr for selflessly donating time and expertise to wiring up our 103-inch TV the day before Thanksgiving
• Thank you to the makers of that lovable Wi-Fi beanbag, Chumby
• Thank you to Wicked Laser for bringing the heat
• Thank you to TiVo for giving away an HD
• Thank you to Phil Torrone and Mark Frauenfelder for bringing the laser etcher and the giveaway Make Magazines
• Thank you to Keita at Sony for importing and convincing the Tokyo Archives to send some crazy bloggers their precious 1st Walkman and Mavica cam
• Thank you to Sara for lending me the Apple prototypes
• Thank you to Chris Mascari for working like a madman and staying creative through it all
• Thank you to Seung for working all weekend, and making endless runs to Gawker HQ and for shipping everything back
• Thank you to Gizmodo Japan for sending over the beautiful AU phones
• Thank you to Ryan Block from gdgt and Ben Heck for sending and entrusting us with the Atari VCSp
• Thank you to Giz NY staff for helping us work even though they weren’t on the clock
• Thank you to Nick Denton and Doug Krone for getting behind the idea of the Giz Gallery
• Thank you to Panasonic (especially Chris and Jeff) for making the 103-incher happen in our 450-sq-ft space!
• Thank you to Mr Dragan for sending us a proto of the Draganfly X6
• Thank you to Jarred for lending us the RED One model
• Thank you to Philippe Kahn for sending us the first cameraphone
• Thank you to Chris B. for sharing his Blickensderfer typewriter and first Polaroid camera
• Thank you to stoner dude for sharing your NES bong with us
• Thank you to Jesús Diaz for his gorgeous artwork
• Thank you to Brad and Seth an the AT&T archivists for lending us rare Bell Labs technology
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Thank you readers, too, for putting up with this intensely long Academy Award-type thank-you speech.
See you next year at the Gizmodo Gallery!
