Back to the Future With 17 Cool Gadgets and Designs

By Chip
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Those who were grown up in the 80s must not forget the science fiction movie that was storming cinemas in 1985 – “Back to the Future”. The amazing journey of the everyday teenager Marty McFly made all the kids go crazy over time traveling machine. Let’s hop on a DeLorean and take a trip back to Back to the Future era with these 17 amazing Back to the Futre gadgets and designs below.

Dolerean Hovercraft

Anyone who has watched Back to the Future must have dreamed of the Dolerean Hovercraft, but Matthew Riese is one of few people who have found the way to make his childhood dream come true. He launched a project on Kickstarter to raise $5500 for the project, and the result is the craft that can hover over flat surfaces like sand sand or water at the speed of approximately  45 miles per hour.

Delorean DMC-12 Flash Drive

This 1:18 scale model of Delorean is an amazing toy car which will drive you right from the 1980’s flick into the present with an impressive capacity of 500GB. Invented by Flash Rods, the flash drive is available at $250 each.

Back to the Future Lights and Sound DeLorean

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This Back to the Future II DeLorean doesn’t come with 500GB capacity but is complete with a cool electronic system of lights and sounds, gull-wing doors that swing open and wheels that pop out for flight mode. The model was built as limited edition on 1:15 scale.

Back to the Future DeLorean Model

This perfect toy car is a replica that will make McFly proud. The Back to the Future DeLorean die cast model is 1:18 scale and 9.5? in length, and is available at $49.99.

Lego RC Back to the Future Delorean

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As a combination of Lego, radio control and the epic sci-fi movie, this Lego RC Back to the Future DeLorean is geeky – beautifully geeky – from every perspective.

DeLorean Perler Bead Sprite

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Playing with Perler beads is one of the newest geeky trends. Doctor Octoroc has created some amazing Perler bead sprites of famous vehicles including our beloved DeLorean.

Authentic Back to the Future Hovercraft

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As one of the hero Mattel Hoverboards used by Marty McFly in the classic 80s trilogy, this Hovercraft drove the fans crazy when it went on auction with starting bid of $30,000. Nostalgia doesn’t come cheap.

Hoverboard Project

If $30,000 is a bit out of your budget, you might want to learn from Nils Guadagnin as he created his own hovercraft. To defy gravity, the French artist uses an electromagnetic system to levitate the board,  and a laser system to stabilize the object in the air.

Nike 6.0 SE DeLorean Shoes

Nike made a breakthrough in shoes design when it introduced the shoes that look like a car in the classic sci-fi – dubbed as Nike 6.0 SE DeLorean. The soles mimic the tail lights of the classic DMC-12, the exterior is designed to look a lot like the stainless steel frame and the bottom of the shoe has the same gridded red-yellow-white pattern.

Marty McFly’s Back to the Future Shoes

To celebrate Back to the Future’s 25th anniversary, a fan decided to make a version of Marty McFly’s auto closing shoes. The mod uses an Arduino micro-controller and two servo motors. As you step inside the shoe, the force sensor feels the additional pressure, adds tension to the lases, tightens the shoe.

Marty’s Color Changing Hat

Available at $21.39, this famous color changing Marty Cap will help you show off your crazy love for the 80s sci-fi on your face.

Back to the Future Camcorder

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Retromax is the luckiest Back to the Future fanboy. He has a real 1984 JVC GR-C1 Camcorder, the same model Marty McFly used in Back To The Future. Listed on top 100 gadgets of all time, this was the first ever combined camera and recorder.

Back to the Future Flux Capacitor Replica

People tend to go nuts over DeLorean and forget what really started everything: the Flux Capacitor. This cool replica, sold at $230, finally gives Flux Capacitor justice.

iPhone 4 Flux Capacitor Decal

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With just $6, you can change the sleek appearance of the latest version of iPhone into something retro and geeky with this iPhone 4 Flux Capacitor decal.

Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Cake

Made to celebrate Back to the Future’s 25th anniversary, this stunning DeLorean Cake is the sweetest thing any fan can dream of.

Back to the Future Birthday Cake

Even though it was not made for the official 25th anniversary, this DeLorean cake is no less cool and geeky.  The cake retains the original shape and color of the car with interesting details like the 2.12 gigawatt nuclear generator and the windshield wipers. I want one for my birthday too.

Back to the Future Mug

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A coffee in this Back to the Future mug – featuring the logo of the film and the famous DeLorean – is the perfect way to start a day full of adventures.

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Rafael Martinez Romero's «JCVD Collection»

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Kids Toys You Wish You Still Had

A lot of us remember collecting things like coins, stamps and baseball cards as kids. But toys? Not so much. And it's really a shame since some of our old vintage action figures, train sets and matchbox cars that we played with until the paint rubbed off are now worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars in mint condition. During tough economic times it would be great to sell off our old toys for cash, but most of us either destroyed our old toys or of course they were given away. Here are some kids toys you wish you still had.

1935 Lionel Train Set - $2500-$3000

You can pretty much take your pick of Lionel Train Sets from before 1960 and it's worth something. You probably heard your dad mention that he had one... and that Grandma gave it to your uncle who trashed it... and then there's probably some weeping since today one of these trains might be worth anywhere from $1000 to enough to buy a car. This particular set from 1935 is in decent shape, includes the original box and even though the cars aren't rare it's worth somewhere in the $2500-$3000 range.

1960s Vintage Smoking Toy Robot $10000

Does anyone even remember this thing? Well someone must since it sold for 10k on eBay... and that was with only 1 bid. The seller didn't want to part with this piece of nostalgia, but these tough times push us to part with our vintage plastic gold mines. To be fair though, most toys today just light up or talk, but rarely (okay never) actually smoke, so that is pretty cool. Ten thousand dollars worth of cool? Apparently.

1959 Barbie - $7500

Who knew in 1959 that Barbie would live to be 50 (and look better than ever) and be worth $7500? If they did maybe they would have left a few more of those $3 dolls in their box rather than dressing them up and cutting their hair.

1963 GI Joe Prototype- $200000

In 1963 Joe, Don Levine created a prototype toy soldier that measured 11 1/2 inches tall and had 21 movable parts. That prototype happens to be what G. I. Joe action figures were based on and was recently sold for 200k. To be fair a prototype is probably a lot more rare than the mass produced action figure, but with the way little boys treat their toys we imagine it's not easy to get a hold of any old GI Joe's any more.

1993 Zelda Gameboy Game - $1000

Fans and collectors willing to pay for nostalgia aren't just looking at bits of plastic from the 60s. Some collectors are willing to pay top dollar for classic video games... and since video games have only really been around for 20+ years a game made in 1993 would fall into the "classic games" category. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for the Gameboy still in its original packaging fetches a thousand dollars on eBay. And you thought $60 for an Xbox game was expensive!

1966 Opel Diplomat Matchbox Car - $9000

Every little boy had at least a few dozen matchbox cars as a kid, but smashing them into each other and scratching those tiny wheels across the sidewalk definitely took its toll. That's of course why you didn't think anything of donating your old toy cars to your younger neighbor when you were finally old enough for some real wheels. You're really kicking yourself if you remember having a 1966 Opel Diplomat Matchbox Car which is worth $9000 today... which by the way is probably worth more than the actual Opel Diplomat.

1983 Cobra Commander -$1425

Ever since that cartoon that came out in the 80s G.I. Joe toys have never been the same. Sure, it's no 12" soldier with kung fu grip, but this 1983 Cobra Commander figure is a classic nonetheless.

1930s Mickey Cowboy on Pluto Celluloid Windup Toy - $6100

What makes this old Mickey Mouse toy so valuable?The fact that it's from 1930 Prewar Japan, the included extremely rare original box, the manufacturing defect on Pluto's foot and maybe even the fact that celluloid isn't used anymore due to how flammable makes this vintage Mickey Mouse Cowboy Celluloid Windup Toy is truly a rare find. But we'll still probably stick to the cheap plastic stuff you can find at the Disney store for $30.

1984 Transformers Starscream Figure - $1225

Factory sealed with an AFA (Action Figure Authority) rating of 90 this 1984 Transformers Starscream figure is a steal at $1225. And if you don't know nerd collector speak that breaks down to this popular Transformers character has never opened... ever. So don't expect your beat up old transformers that are covered in dust and scratches to sell for anything near that price.

1966 Batman Robot Toy - $1985

Remember a time when Batman had light blue tights and a buttery smooth voice and rather than black body armor and laryngitis? This classic 1966 Batman toy brings us back to the good ol' days of the caped crusader with those goofy painted on eyebrows. Although we have no idea why Batman's head lights up.... we don't remember that ever happening on the show with Adam West.

1979 Star Wars Boba Fett - $1300

It's really no surprise that vintage Star Wars toys are worth money today... even if you only have 1 figure still in the box you could go on a pretty sweet vacation if you sold it. But being the foolish kids we were we never would have thought to hang on to the box. All we knew was Star Wars was awesome and we wanted to take our Boba Fett action figure everywhere. It wasn't until a few years ago when the new Star Wars movies came out that everyone thought to save the new action figures... which will be worthless because everyone saved them.

2000 LEGO Statue of Liberty - $2500

If you still have LEGO sets from when you were a kid don't mix them in with your toddler's collection just yet... they may be worth something. You might be able to get a few bucks if you still have the elusive Yellow Castle set from the 70s and even something more recent like this 2000 LEGO Statue of Liberty sculpture. Only 9 years ago it sold for $200 new and now goes for over ten times that on Amazon.

The 7 Most Impressive (And Depressing) Geek Collections

By Luke McKinney

It's no surprise that some people spend retarded amounts of money on their hobbies, and who are we to judge? Maybe video games are more fun on a 108-inch TV.

But then there are the obsessive collectors who, due to some compulsion and/or desire to take their minds off how their lives turned out, spend their lives collecting shit that is both pointless and, worse, no fun.

#7.

Boxed Transformer Collection

Once Cracked is elected President (and it's only a matter of time) we will pass a law: "Transformers shall be confiscated from anyone who keeps them in sealed boxes and given to kids who'll actually play with them." It's because of you Scrooges that we still can't afford a Devastator, despite having carefully maintained our immature impulses all the way through growing up (at considerable personal cost).

Someday...

A classic example of the soon-to-be-felony is a Mr. Lindgren's eighty grand testament to miserliness, an entire wasted childhood of over 270 prime Transformer toys kept in an attic in dust-proof packing.

Mr. Lindgren unfortunately passed away and his late wife displayed her care and respect for the most important things in his life by auctioning them on eBay. It had apparently sold for a million dollars, and she and her boyfriend (half her age) were already celebrating before a phone call to the "buyer" confirmed that people won't actually pay Bond villian-levels of money for an attic full of plastic. Unless they're five-years old, which the "buyer" was. And like most five-year olds, he didn't even know what a "million dollars" actually was. That's karma, friends.

"Yes, I would like to buy all the transformers."

The couple re-listed the collection on eBay, rather optimistically including a "Buy It Now" option for $1 million - presumably in the hopes that the next five-year old to visit the site would have a bigger allowance.

#6.

Every Super Soaker Ever

Every Super Soaker ever made, over two hundred of them, make this man the envy of all the water-pistol collectors in the world, a group who meet every morning in his bathroom mirror because he's the only one.

No Guinness world record attempt, no underground market on which to sell the things for outrageous prices. Just one guy who looked at his life, realized the best thing in it was that had he owned more cheap liquid-projecting plastics than the average human being, and decided to run with it.

Many of the soakers are still boxed, and if there's anything in the world so tragically unfun as an untouched water pistol, we don't know of it (okay, maybe cancer).

But cancer is much less embarrassing.

Sure, it appears to be a horrific waste of time and effort. But maybe he's stockpiling watery weapons in case the aliens from Signs take another shot at us.

#5.

Pikachu

Belle, aka "Pika BelleChu" to her friends (or handlers, most likely) collected over eight thousand Pokemons. And while we know the whole "collect 'em all" aspect is the point of Pokemon, Belle kind of missed it: they're all the same one.

Yes, she has eight thousand Pikachus (Pikachii?). While we can't legally say that overexposure to Pokemon drives people insane, she did change her name to Pika BelleChu and start dressing up as an electric yellow rat in public.

She also dresses up as "PokeWomon Princesses", fusions of Disney characters and Pokecrap meaning that, holy shit, this person has actually turned herself into fanfiction.

PokeWomon Princess: Like a real Princess, except you have no power and no one will ever want to marry you.

She also owns an official Pikachu car and turns up at childrens' events, which we guess works if you're a girl. If a dude with a house full of toys dressed up as Pokemon and turned up at childrens' birthday parties with his "special car," we're thinking the cops would be tackling his ass within seconds.

#4.

Many, Many Dice

The largest collection of dice in the world is the work of Kevin Cook, a man who apparently needs to generate a random integer for every citizen of the Virgin Islands at a moment's notice. His collection is exactly twenty-five thousand one hundred and sixty six dice but growing fast - over two hundred have been added since we started writing this article, meaning that he collects new dice faster than we can come up with jokes about them and possibly locking us in a mocker/mockee arms race until we run out of gags or he rolls a natural one. His website is also constantly updated despite appearing to be frozen in time in the late 90s (aka "The Spinning .gif Era").

He's spent over five years photographing the collection for Guinness World Records, which he appears to be stalking. He archives every letter he sends them with detailed logs of how long it took them to respond. For god's sake guys, let him in! He's one dice-related head-injury away from becoming a Batman villain. So if you don't want to feel the wrong end of his DiceCannon while he crows "Looks like you should have rolled for Initiative!" from the top of this D20-mobile, give him the record already.

"So long, Batman, have a dice day."

#3.

Non-Videogame Videogame Crap

What's better than collecting video games? Why, collecting all the crap video companies pump out that you can't even play! Brett Martin has collected over ten thousand pieces of cheap tie-in merchandise, despite being (at the time of interview) unemployed. A career would only take time away from his dozens of Legend of Zelda thermoses, dammit!

He is hoping to get a video game testing position, though we worry that he may think this involves scooting plush Mario dolls around a table. He also has set up a website to sell his collection, which we suspect translates as, "The wife says I have to move out of my parents' house and get a job, which totally sucks."

You may wish to look around the Video Game Memorabilia Museum to either be amazed or poke fun, but be warned: a man who's paid money to permanently archive the Donkey Kong Crystal Coconut is not to be trifled with.

#2.

A Barbie Collection Worth More Than Your House

If there's one thing the internet proves, it's that men will pay to look at women. Even six-inch high fake women with featureless plastic instead of genitals - hell, that's probably a fetish by now - and in 2006 people from around the world gathered to spend over 170,000 dollars on a vast collection of them.

The collection was carefully assembled over 40 years by a Dutch fashion designer "for her daughter." The daughter's wonderful doll collection was then sealed in a series of plastic cases where the girl could presumably never touch them without fear of severe and swift retribution.

"Does this look like a toy to you?"

During the Christies auction, one anonymous bidder spent five thousand dollars on a Barbie in a zebra-skin bikini - and you can bet if we spent the price of two flights around the world on hundred grams of polyurethane, we'd want to remain anonymous too.

#1.

Insanely Huge Star Wars Collection

Rob Foster has more Storm Troopers than the actual Empire did, as well as every other Force-related chunk of plastic every pumped out to profit from the (once) good name of the trilogy.

The collection has almost three thousand original Star Wars models - his favorite is the scantily clad fat Gargan slave girl. Only 25 were ever made, and when you see it, you'll know why.

The collection lives in the bedroom used by him and his girlfriend, which is both an impressive level of understanding in a modern couple and possible proof that she doesn't exist. If she does, it can't be easy for him. Keeping your end up in bed under the judging gaze of a dozen Hutts can't be easy. Unless he's thinking of that Gargan.