Gear

You may not be able to give your loved one a one-off Pagani Zonda or a Ferrari 599XX this holiday season (likely ever), but there's no reason not to give him something with a "Lamborghini" or "Porsche" on the label. Top exotic car makers have an acute feel for just how much a name is worth, so many have licensed or leveraged their name for all kinds of gadgets, gear and gizmos. Think a little smaller than a V12-powered coupe and you can find the perfect gift that combines luxury, utility, sleek design and supercar branding.

Based on the “True Ten” scale, the Scion xB Switch from HPI is a front-wheel drive, 1/10th scale electronic remote control car styled after the iconic Scion xB. Featuring Five Axis body kit and wheels, the car has aggressive lines and aerodynamic appeal.

The toy car with a mean underbelly comes ready to run out of the box with loads of features including a sturdy factory-assembled hub chassis, painted and trimmed body complete with decals, and a complete electronics system. It’s high performance in a small package. It will also include a transmitter/receiver, reversible electronic speed control, battery pack and AC charger.

When compiling a list of toys that changed the world, omitting LEGO’s first interlocking plastic bricks from said list is a surefire way to get said list thrown in the same pile as theories that the moon landings were staged in a hangar at Area 51 by the same sasquatch that shot JFK. Put simply, your credibility would be nil at best. The fact of the matter is, those studded blocks changed the way kids of all ages let their imaginations manifest themselves in the physical world.

However, for much of LEGO’s history, you often had to keep using your imagination even after you’d built your creation. Although we were born well after the days when almost every LEGO piece (or element, as the company and its hardcore fans like to call them) were rectangular prisims of varying lengths, widths and heights, there were still numerous occasions where we found ourselves wanting a piece in a shape and/or color that wasn’t being made. Since that time, though, LEGO has added elements of new shapes and colors, largely due to adding some sets based on big-name licensed properties like Star Wars, Spongebob Squarepants and Ferrari. Now you can add Ferrari’s arch rival Lamborghini to that list.

If you stop and think about it, safes are some of the least sexy products mankind has created. They’re boxy and often lack any adornment or anything resembling an actual color. Basically, they are designed to spend their days just sitting there, housing valuable products and shielding them from the one-in-however-many-thousand chance those contents will be assaulted by the likes of theives, fire, and Geraldo Rivera (Yeah, we went there.). Apparently, that wasn’t enough for one fellow.

You see, the chap who commissioned Brown Safe Manufacturing (located in the San Diego suburb of San Marcos) to build the safe seen in these pictures wanted a valuables storage vessel that would match his Lamborghini. Suffice to say, Brown did a pretty good job of capturing the spirit of a supercar from Sant’ Agata (even if they didn’t make the door open vertically; boo hiss).