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Deadliest Catch is a documentary-style reality television series hosted by Mike Rowe (The guy from Dirty Jobs) that follows the crews of various fishing boats in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and Opilio crab fishing seasons. The show gets its name from the high risk of injury or even death that the crews these ships face.

This is the first video game to feature US Coast Guard vessels and helicopters, and you can participate in United States Coast Guard search and rescue missions and ice flow navigation. There are tons of arcade mini-games that let you compete in crab boat and skiff races, and the whole thing is full of realistic and challenging simulations for both gamers and Deadliest Catch fans alike.

"Battle 40-foot waves, deadly storms, ice, and a nearly 100% crew injury rate in the dangerous hunt for undersea riches on the Bering Sea with the new Deadliest Catch Xbox video game."

Check price and availability at Discovery Store.

A toy that requires no batteries is always a welcome change. This water jet fueled racer can reach speeds of up to 272 scale MPH. We're not sure what that is in actual MPH, but we're sure it's fast.

Fill up the tank and create a thrust up to 60 psi (that's about 50 pumps), and step on the release pedal to launch the Road Rocket. The vehicle will take off like, well a rocket, leaving a jet of water in it's wake. The car comes with two sheets of decals so you can customize your racer.

"Modeled after the road rockets that once sped across Utahs famed Bonneville Salt Flats, the racers missile-shaped fuselage is vacuum formed PVC and has dual airfoils that enable it to travel up to 150' on a paved, level outdoor surface."

Check price and availability at Hammacher Schlemmer.

This Uncle Milton Solar Racer Outdoor Racing Set will let your kids have fun playing while they learn about conserving energy and protecting the environment.

These racers convert sunlight into power using real solar cells. The set comes with more than five feet of track for the cars to race on. The only possible downside? The cars only work in direct sunlight, so how will you occupy the kids when it's raining?

"* Uses real solar cells to convert sunlight into racing power
* Includes 2 zippy race cars
* More than 5 feet of race track
* Works outdoors under direct sunlight"

Check price and availability at Discovery Store.

If you need a little entertainment at work, why not declare war on the cubicle next to you?

This rocket launcher connects to your PC or laptop and is compatible with Windows 2000, XP or Vista via a USB cable. Just install the software, and prepare to fight.

"Install the included software, plug in the Rocket Launcher, and with 360 degree horizontal rotation and 45 degree vertical rotation, the USB Rocket Launcher can fire over six meters, giving you coverage for over 113 square meters of your workspace."

Check price and availability at ThinkGeek.

Little ones just love having grown up toys that are all their own.

This Disney Princess Digital Music Player plays four famous Disney songs, including 'Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo,' 'Under the Sea,' 'Be Our Guest,' and 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.'  The music player has a beaded handle and can be stored in a cute little travel case with Belle, Ariel, Snow White, and Cinderella. The player also comes with a set of pretend headphones (so that your princess's developing ears won't be hurt) with a yellow crown on each ear. 

Check price and availability at Ty's Toy Box.

This deluxe marble run comes complete with a vortex chamber and five full yards of track, double entrance large funnel, 2 spiral tracks, as well as extra long bridges for building large structures, and high quality marbles that demonstrate the principals of mechanics and physics.

This super toy will teach you and your child about gravity, speed, inertia, centrifugal force and other principals of physics, all while having tons of fun watching marbles whiz, turn and twist through an amazing rollercoaster ride of your own creation.

Check price and availability at Discovery Store.

Air hockey is so much fun, but who wants to go to an arcade to pay to play? This air-powered hockey table has a space-saving design that allows the table to easily fold out of the way against a wall when you need the space for other things.

But don't go thinking this table's flimsy just because it folds up. Its sturdy frame and steady base provide a stable surface for fast-action play. The table measures 32" H x 35" W x 72" L.

Check price and availability at Hammacher Schlemmer.

This pitcher won't ever get tired, will always be accurate, and won't throw you any curve balls. This MLB Pitching Machine will help improve your stance and swing while pitching a ball at you every 10 seconds.

You can adjust the pitch height so that it's just right for anyone who wants to play. The Machine comes with a 27" collapsible telescopic plastic bat and 8 Aero-Strike plastic baseballs.

Check price and availability at Discovery Store.

If you have an budding entomologist in your house...what's an entomologist you ask? Think Gill Grisolm on CSI, someone who studies bugs. They will love this Venus Fly Trap.

Just set the trap, and the motion activated sensor detects when a bug has entered the chamber, and snaps the mouth shut. The insects can then be transfered to habitats, or release them.

Check price and availability at Discovery Store.

The hungrier Gobble the Money Monster Bank the more he demands you feed him money! Gobble's ears move, his eyes light up, and he speaks while he munches down on your change and bills. When Gobble's appetite is satiated, he calms down, and goes to sleep. But  motion detector wakes him up again.

While begging for "food" Gobble says the following things:

* "Feed me I'm starving!"
* "Don't empty my belly!"
* "Oooh paper money makes Gobble very happy!"
* "I'm still hungry"
* "Money monster is your friend!"
* "Money, money, money in my tummy"
* "Burp!"
Check price and availability at Perpetual Kid.

Remember Etch A Sketch? The classic toy has been brought into the 21st Century with this version that plugs into your television. Just plug the controller into your TV and have fun with 4 activity modes: Cool Drawing Tools, Trace A Pic, Super Sketch, and Connecting The Dots.

Whatever is drawn with the controller will appear on the TV screen and then you just shake the controller to make the image disappear from the screen. Oh yeah, and you can even draw circles!

Check price and availability at The Lighter Side Co.

This interactive football video game system plugs directly into your TV. When you stand on the control pad, the game translates your movements to your game character.

You can execute hand-offs, throw passes, and avoid tackles.

Check price and availability at Hammacher Schlemmer.

We've all played Operation when we were young, removing the Funny Bone and the Butterflies in the Stomach out of "Cavity Sam". Well now there's a Shrek edition of Operation and you and the kids will have hours of fun trying to remove Shrek's Toe Jam and Ear Wax.

The same rules apply, if you touch the sides Shek's nose will buzz and glow red. Ages 6+, for 1 or more players.

Check price and availability at USAopoly.

One of us quite likes jigsaw puzzles, but this 18,000-piece jigsaw puzzle quite boggles the mind.

How many years do you think it would take?

But if you did complete it, you know it's definitely time to pull out that jigsaw puzzle glue and put this one in a frame. You'd just better have a nice big wall for it - it's 9 feet wide when completed!

"This is the giant jigsaw puzzle comprised of 18,000 precision hand-cut pieces that combine to create a 54' sq. image of four of the worlds most famous 16th and 17th century cartographic works. Made in Germany by the renowned puzzle designers at Ravensburger, the upper left portion of the puzzle depicts a version of the Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula by Claes Janszoon Visscher in 1652."

Check price and availability at Hammacher Schlemmer.

Hot on the heels of the iDog, here's Sega's latest iPet: the Sega iFish.

This thing will "swim" across your desk or the floor, all the while playing "healing" music (there are apparently 50 different pieces of music". There's also "deep sea sound" and real fish movements.

Like the iDog, the iFish can be hooked up to a music player and boogie the night away.

Source: Brando (Via GearLive)

At first glance, we both kind of went, "Awwwww ... " Because, you know, they really are just so cute.

Then we realized what they were.

Not that it made them look any less cute. (Actually, one of them looks kind of like a scrumptious chocolate ... err, we won't go there, though.)

But somehow, once you realize they're Pee&Poo, you draw back a little, and stifle a funny little "ye-ugh" that's gurgling up your throat.

Available only in Sweden so far (where they sold out quickly), by designer Emma Megitt.

Source: TheCoolHunter (via Gizmodo)