Pop Culture Nod of the Week

We said goodbye to music cassette tapes a long time ago. That may be about to change, thanks to ELBOW, an entirely re-imaged way to listen to cassettes.

Toronto, Canada-based manufacturer ForeverSpin has turned one of the world’s oldest and timeless toys into minimalist beauty.

Who is Stranski? This little-known animator is the creator behind a mystery 1940s animated movie that was never fully realized.

Nintendo fans can now decorate with power with some officially licensed Classic Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES) canvas art from ThinkGeek.

Remember Silly Putty? Well, Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty is billed as the iconic pink putty toy’s “cooler, hipper, younger sibling.”

Everyone’s favorite stretchy action figure from the 1970s has been hit with a shrink ray!

To celebrate Star Wars’ 40th anniversary, the publisher Abrams is releasing the Star Wars Topps Classic Sticker Book.

Imagine LEGO, but with even more flexibility to create. The Flexo System from New Zealand-based Flexo introduces a “flexible tendon” to the toy brick building mix.

Original wall art meets old-school arcade games in a series of 3D video game shadow boxes from Toronto-based Glitch Artwork.

In Fall 2017, Spin Master will release a re-imagined version of the classic Etch A Sketch, the Etch A Sketch Freestyle.

For budding Whovians, learning the alphabet just got a whole lot more fun, with the forthcoming release of Doctor Who: T is for Tardis.

The classic phrase “You sank my Battleship!” gets a Cubist spin in the Dazzleship Battleships game from Laurence King Publishing Ltd.

Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) can get their brick-building fix in new dimensions, with EverBlock, a modular building system that resembles super-sized LEGO bricks.

It’s origami made easy with Paper Foldables from artist Bryan Green.

The Pikachu Itazura Bank adds a dose of fun to the often dreary task of fiscal responsibility.

Toronto-based Spin Master and Rube Goldberg, Inc. have teamed up for a new line of STEM-based activity sets inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.

Track the time it takes to complete your own personal Kessel Run with the Millennium Falcon Wall Clock from the Hamster Cheeks Etsy store!

Keeping track of the date just got a whole lot more interactive with the latest release of the Iconic Brick Calendar from LEGO.