November 11th, 2009

Disney Princess Web Cam

First, I doubt this is an officially licensed Disney product. Something tells me Brando doesn’t have that kind of pull. Second, this thing is $52. I’m pretty sure you can buy a cheap webcam and put a mirror next to it for the same price. Third, wouldn’t this look great next to my Beanie Babies? Like totally! I could put Weenie and Tiny on both side of it, like protective lions! → Read More

November 10th, 2009

$150 Spy pen is probably good enough for "Mission: Impossible"

Boy, I remember the days of play spy gear in the past. Crappy motion detectors, fingerprint kits that were nothing more than flour and tape, and mirrored sunglasses — never anything like this. And I remember thinking, too, when Ethan Hunt had those camera-glasses in the first “Mission: Impossible,” I scoffed, thinking yeah right, there’s no way. Now, a mere decade later (actually that’s… → Read More

October 30th, 2009

Heated slipper looks downright dangerous

There are a few areas of concern to point out about this $24 “USB Paw Heating Slipper” from Brando. For starters, you’re sticking both your feet into one giant slipper. What happens if you get an e-mail saying that there’s free bagels in the break room? In your haste to save $2, you could very easily trip and fall down. → Read More

October 12th, 2009

Sound and vision: The spy monocular and long range sound detector

I knew when I got to the Neighborhood watch meeting last week, that guy from down on the corner was talking about me again. I saw him outside, standing next to his car. Of course I take security a little more seriously then the rest of the people who just like to *say* that are protecting our neighborhood. Next time though, I’ll be able to hear him. I just bought the new Spy Monocular & Long… → Read More

October 8th, 2009

Trust issues? This tiny clock has a built-in video camera

And now to finally get to the bottom of WHO DRANK MY LAST TAB?! This unassuming little clock tells the time and tells you who’s been breaking into your house at night to eat multiple peanut butter, lettuce, and pastrami sandwiches. It’s definitely not you sleepwalking. → Read More

September 11th, 2009

Affordable 7-inch touchscreen PMP is just aching for a web browser

Oh Brando, you tickle the collective fancy of internet users everywhere with your $177 touchscreen portable media player. It plays back high-definition video files, it can be hooked up to a TV, it doubles as a digital photo frame, and it’s expandable via microSD cards. → Read More

September 10th, 2009

Flashlight Speed Holster: Sure, why the hell not?

This here is called the “Flashlight Speed Holster with Battery Compartment,” brought to you by the good people at Brando. According to the product description, “This Revolutionary Holster allows operators to increase the draw speed of a flashlight!” → Read More

September 9th, 2009

Speaker with 4.5-inch LCD looks cool, but features are sketchy

Behold! A small step forward in multimedia speakers! This one has a built-in 4.5-inch LCD screen and it only costs $99. According to the product description, the screen is a “high definition color display.” According to me, that’s dead wrong. But who cares? It’s a screen built into a speaker! Hurray! → Read More

September 8th, 2009

Brando Hand Grenade USB flash drive

STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB OUT MY EYES! STAB… → Read More

August 24th, 2009

WiFi detecting cap detects WiFi, deflects funny, attractive people

In the Old West a man was defined by his hat. Stetson, Ten-Gallon, and Bowler were only three of the myriad hats available to a real man and these hats often stank of pomade and sweat and were frequently infested with lice and caked in a fine crust of dandruff. The Old West totally sucked.

Thank God we live in the New West because now, for $14, you can wear a WiFi detecting cap that shows current… → Read More

August 20th, 2009

Brando has a multi-touch+keypad for you Windows guys

Well look at this, it’s a combination Multi-touch touchpad and a plain ol’ numeric keypad. (Years from now, when we’re all using laptops, or, I guess, touchscreen interfaces, kids will ask, “What’s a keypad?”) It’s from Brando, if you had any doubts at all as to who makes it. → Read More

August 18th, 2009

Face hot? Maybe you should have a solar-powered fan built into the brim of your hat

It’s a big day for fancy headwear. First we have the sleek and stylish UFO Cap, now we have this ridiculous hat-brim-solar-fan contraption, and the PS3 Slim is small enough that you could conceivably equip it with a chinstrap and wear it.

But would it keep you cool? Not like this one, my friend. Not like this one. → Read More

August 12th, 2009

TIRE SECRET CAMERA ZOOM! GOOD FRIEND WISHES!

OK IT’S TIME FOR BRANDO TIME AGAIN! Good friend give you a clock! Don’t think it’s a pinhole camera with remote! Don’t! You will be a fool to think so! Don’t worry!

Need to make sure no one blackmails your car shop! Press the button and record video! It is a tire clock that looks like a tire and is a camera! 12FPS! $69. → Read More

August 4th, 2009

Brando tests the limits of consumer behavior with folding credit card light bulb

I’d love to be a fly on the wall during one of Brando’s product development sessions. This product, for instance, is a folding credit card-sized “light bulb” that appears to be nothing more than a little LED shining upward against some sort of translucent plastic. → Read More

July 17th, 2009

Brando presents the spy lighter

Be a super spy! Spy on your grandma! She’s old! She smells funny! It will be fun to watch her in the bathroom!

A Fake Generic Lighter Spy Camera Camcorder
Color Camera Camcorder
Switcher to control Camera and Camcorder
One press to record and stop
Fast response time and Simple control → Read More

July 16th, 2009

Flash accessory mega-kit from Brando

The last thing I hocked for Brando was a 70-LED video light, and I still recommend it. But it looks like they’re hot for budget photography gear, since now they’ve got this big flash accessory kit for $88 that includes pretty much everything you’d want to stick on that Speedlite. Diffusers, colored filters, honeycombs, everything. Very fancy.

It’s not something for the amateur shooter, but if you… → Read More

July 11th, 2009

Thriller Skull Phone could have just been named 'Skull Phone'

Oh Brando, cashing in on Michael Jackson’s untimely death? You’re better than that, Brando.

At any rate, the Thriller Skull Phone is an old-timey standard phone in the shape of a skull with blue LEDs for eyes that light up when the phone rings. → Read More

June 29th, 2009

Irregular Magic IQ CUBE! OH! RUBIK BE DAMNED!

NEW ROTATION STYLE! MAGIC RUBIK SHAPE BREAKTHROUGH IQ RUMBIK GAME REGGULAR SQUARE CUBE!

The Irregular Magic IQ Cube, the new rotation style, the new format in each face, the new Rubik shape! It is a Break-through of the Traditional IQ Rubik game that is Good Training for your Brain IQ & EQ!! If you are still struggling with the traditional Rubik, just try this new Brain Training Cube. See… → Read More

June 26th, 2009

Fake car key shoots photos and video, makes people think you drive a VW

Secretly taking photos of people is sort of easy to do with a cell phone but it’s probably even easier to do with a Volkswagen-style car key. For $66, Brando will be more than happy to sell you one too. → Read More

June 22nd, 2009

Web cam tilts, swivels, has 2GB of storage

Good for those hard-to-reach places, this USB web cam rotates 360 degrees and can be angled up to 180 degrees. It’s also got 2GB of built-in storage for good measure. → Read More

June 12th, 2009

USB hard drive dock hooks up to your TV

It probably doesn’t get much simpler than this when it comes to getting video files onto your TV. Here’s a USB hard drive dock that’s got an HDMI output on the back of it and includes a remote control. → Read More

June 9th, 2009

Wireless keyboard features magical multitouch trackpad

Behold the future (of keyboards). New from far away lands comes this $69 wireless slim keyboard with “Smart TouchPad.” See that touchpad in the lower right corner there? It’s a multitouch trackpad that switches to a ten-key number pad — like magic! → Read More

June 5th, 2009

Brando sound activated security camcorder socket GO!

You want to spy? You live in country with weird power outlets? You not afraid of being arrested? Go now to Brando! $64 sound-activated security camcorder socket sound to activate no special technique is required mount it anywhere and take video of unsuspecting lady! Upskirt! Cleveland steamer! Go go go! → Read More

June 1st, 2009

Adapter plays HD files off of any hard drive

For all the fluff that generally pours out of Brando’s website, there’s always a diamond in the rough here and there. This one seems to be more diamond than rough. It’s basically an adapter that turns any 3.5- or 2.5-inch hard drive into an HD video player for your TV. It’ll also push out files from SD cards and USB thumb drives as well. → Read More

May 20th, 2009

Worlds Collide: USB flash drive is also an MP3 player

Behold a USB flash drive that also doubles as a simple MP3 player. You supply your own microSD card, actually, so maybe think of this as a $16 memory-less MP3 player that doubles as a USB flash drive. → Read More

May 18th, 2009

Button spy camera: Only a little creepy

“Do you expect me to take a picture by rubbing my ring against my chest, thereby activating my $96 Brando Spy Camera?“ “No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.” → Read More

May 14th, 2009

PAW FLASH DRIVE OK!

USB Paw Flash Drive is cute and lovely. Strap is included to attach to your cellphone, keys or bag for convenient. We literally should just republish a Brando feed verbatim. I can’t make up anything funnier than their descriptions. → Read More

May 13th, 2009

Tiny USB mouse costs $13 plus medical bills to correct clawhand

Oh man, this mouse sends shooting pains all the way up my arm just by looking at it. But it’s small and very portable! → Read More

May 7th, 2009

Star Trek USB phone lets you boldy go six feet away from your computer

Time for everyone to cash in on the new Star Trek movie. Brando is no exception with the “Star Trek USB Communicator internet phone,” a $43 VOIP device that resembles an original Star Trek communicator. → Read More

April 27th, 2009

GSM spy ear! Dial in from anywhere!

Cease and desist letter be damned! Your woman is cheating on you with that Blood Efl!! Put a spy ear in her room! She talks to him! You hear! You go crazy! You go to jail! 65 dollars! Jail is fun because you’ll have time to read! → Read More