# What should I buy at Think Geek? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598 "2005-05-12T20:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/1 "2005-05-12T20:33:35Z")
Apparently Think Geek gave me a complimentary gift certificate for $5 a year ago, a fact which somehow slipped my notice. Anyway, it’s about to expire in a little while, and I should probably use it. What cheap (~$20 or less) gadget/gizmo/thingy do you think I should get? [http://www.think-geek.com](http://www.think-geek.com) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/2 "2005-05-12T20:41:18Z")
I got a [marble roller coaster set](http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/6a7c/) with a gift certificate. It’s very cool, although not for the easily frustrated. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/3 "2005-05-12T21:03:52Z")
> **[ThinkGeek - Shirts, Toys, Collectibles & More | GameStop](https://www.gamestop.com/toys-games/thinkgeek)** > > View all results for thinkgeek. Search our huge selection of new and used video games at fantastic prices at GameStop. Plush microbes. I have “beer yeast”. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/4 "2005-05-12T21:18:28Z")
I have the yeast one too. My cat loves wrestling with it. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/5 "2005-05-12T22:48:11Z")
I really like the idea of the [TV-B-GON](http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/755e/) ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/6 "2005-05-12T22:55:08Z")
I have the [Binary LED Clock](http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/lights/59e0/) on top of my computer. As the ad says “Yes, It’s A Clock. No, Your Mom Can’t Read It.” Or there’s the [Wind-up Bender](http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/toys/60d4/) toy. For when you need to tell someone “Bite my shiny metal ass!” ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/7 "2005-05-12T23:13:07Z")
I have the smart putty. And I bought the flu plush microbe as a white elephant gifty last Christmas when we were all having the flu vaccine epidemic freakout – figured it was appropriate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/8 "2005-05-13T03:08:50Z")
I’ve been coveting the Antworks Space Age Ant Habitat at ThinkGeek for some time now, but it’s $20, and if you go for that, it really would be so much more fun with the blue LED base (another $13, would be even cooler if it were USB powered). Of course, then you’d have to get ants too… Eh, I guess the plush microbes would be a more economical idea, but that ant farm is just too cool. ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/9 "2005-05-13T04:37:16Z")
I have several of [these](http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/6dc8/). It is an optical mouse with a little yellow rubber ducky floating in a little blue sea. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/10 "2005-05-13T12:58:19Z")
_Juuust_ under twenty bucks, they have[Laser tag](http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/699d/) , with grips made for an adult’s hands. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-buy-at-think-geek/303598/11 "2005-05-13T14:03:46Z")
Why, a Leatherman tool, of course! > **[ThinkGeek - Shirts, Toys, Collectibles & More | GameStop](https://www.gamestop.com/toys-games/thinkgeek)** > > View all results for thinkgeek. Search our huge selection of new and used video games at fantastic prices at GameStop. The scissors on this are awesome!