Stuck for a way to impress your relatives at the next family reunion? Worry no longer. Now all you Blue Men in training can bring the infectious, percussive energy of the famous stage show to your living room, sans the latex body paint (although it might help to get into character), with Blue Man Group Toys. Modeled by ToyQuest and licensed by the Blue Man Group themselves, these keyboard ($80) and percussion-tube ($70) devices use "new proximity sensor technology, preprogrammed songs [and] interchangeable instrument sounds to enable kids to mix and layer music with a simple wave of their hands." Aesthetically, the mostly white plastic instruments look like some Doctor Moreau version of a one-man Fisher-Price band. As an added bonus, there's a slot where aspiring DJs can plug in an iPod and wave/beat their arms to the rhythm of their favorite house tunes. The only thing missing is a climactic shower of toilet paper while the music of Mortal Kombat rings over an elated crowd…. — Christopher Miller

Music Thing, via Uncrate