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Wind-up toys never get old…except when they break. Then, you’ve got more items to add to your junk drawer. On the bright side, if you liked our Wind-Up Racing Grannies you’re going to flip over the Wind-Up Non-Fall Combat Sumo Wrestlers. Wind-Up Non-Fall Combat Sumo Wrestlers Features Wind-up toys More eco-friendly than battery powered alternatives Various colors and styles available Each [...]

Fans of Doctor Who will have a lot of fun with these miniature Doctor Who Wind-Ups. It takes Doctor who and puts it in a small scale, so you can watch this Tardis and Dalek scurry across your desk. Just pull back the TARDIS and watch it roll forward and spin as if it is [...]

Domo arigato Mr Roboto. USB hubs are a dime a dozen, but the Mr Roboto USB Hub Wind Up Action Figure manages to stand out from the crowd. He’s a robot and a USB hub. Plus you can wind him up and make him walk. This cute little guy has two ports and LED eyes. Just [...]

Nothing’s gonna hold back these determined speedster grannies on walkers. Hold onto your dentures ’cause the Wind-Up Racing Grannies are set to duke it out to the finish line, whether it’s the very last thing they do…

Wind it up and watch it go! The Katitia Mechanical Robot Wind-up Toy is an interesting dancing mechanical robot that is made of stainless steel with PVC booties. It is quite simple, but has somewhat of a steampunk air to the design (at least the gears and winding handle). After tiring of its jittering and [...]

These Pac Man Wind Up Racers can race across the floor without the need for batteries. Just wind them up and the Pac Man and Ghost from the classic Pac-man arcade game race across the floor.

Something new to add to the growing list of hand-cranked gadgets, like this flashlight with massager, this shaver or these walk talkies: a radio-controlled car.

Designer Qian Jiang has come up with a cool and innovative concept for batteries. When your batteries are flat, simply wind them up and you’re gadgets are good to go agin.

A flashlight with massage feature might sound weird, but who knows, maybe that’s just what you will need after having hand-cranked your way to a brighter environment.

Yes, it’s another week and yet another hand-cranked gizmo. This time a LED flashlight that features a 320-degree rotatable head and is waterproof up 9.9 meters (29.5 feet).

Another week, another hand-cranked gizmo. Last week we had the wind-up remote control and this week it’s time to take a look at the PowerPlus Piranha wind-up shaver.

With the steadily growing stream of eco-friendly gadgets, it was only a matter of time before the good ol’ wind-up mechanism should find its way into the remote controls.