Walking Brain

i-8d2ff79d4d8313a5566196b67f1fe313-walkingbrain.jpg In other news about brain-shaped toys, here's the Walking Brain. Wind it up and, yes, it walks. The really stupid thing, though, is that someone's created a 15 second video of it waddling across a blank screen that they think people will pay to download (you can watch it for free), while the toy costs way less than the video.

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I think it is real cool! I was going to go over to Sandra Porter's blog to tell her about it since she has started a bling list, but I saw she already has it. The video is cute and I think this fits just fine in the "Bling for babies" category! LOL!
Dave Briggs :~)