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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://babble.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>droolicious : extravagant gifts</title><link>http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/extravagant+gifts/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: extravagant gifts</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Dunhill Presents the World's Most Extravagant Connect Four Game</title><link>http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2009/04/27/dunhill-presents-the-world-s-most-extravagant-connect-four-game.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:199373</guid><dc:creator>Aaron Burgess</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=199373</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2009/04/27/dunhill-presents-the-world-s-most-extravagant-connect-four-game.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2009/04/score_4_luxury_connect_4_by_alfred_dunhill.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2009/04/score_4_luxury_connect_4_by_alfred_dunhill.jpg" alt="Score 4 Luxury Connect Four Game from Alfred Dunhill" align="baseline" border="0" width="450" height="336" hspace="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Correction -- &lt;i&gt;Score 4&lt;/i&gt;, technically, is Alfred Dunhill&amp;#39;s name for this luxury toy, but anyone familiar with the old plastic standby knows the source material. While this clearly isn&amp;#39;t meant for the kids&amp;#39; playroom (unless your kid happens to be Richie Rich), it seems a little silly for such a simple game to sit anywhere else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check it out at &lt;a href="http://www.dunhill.com/en-jp/catalogue/giftsgames/collection/" target="_blank"&gt;Dunhill&lt;/a&gt;, or call the whole thing off and enjoy a free online game of Connect Four &lt;a href="http://host.exemplum.com/hasbro/connectfour/connectfour.htm" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=199373" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/expensive+toys/default.aspx">expensive toys</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/luxury+toys/default.aspx">luxury toys</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/connect+four/default.aspx">connect four</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/aaron+burgess/default.aspx">aaron burgess</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/extravagant+gifts/default.aspx">extravagant gifts</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/gifts+for+dad/default.aspx">gifts for dad</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/connect+4/default.aspx">connect 4</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/alfred+dunhill/default.aspx">alfred dunhill</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/score+4/default.aspx">score 4</category></item><item><title>80" Tall Teddy Bear, Sadly, Does Not Answer to 'Daddy'</title><link>http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/09/30/80-quot-tall-teddy-bear-sadly-does-not-answer-to-daddy.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:131485</guid><dc:creator>Aaron Burgess</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=131485</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/09/30/80-quot-tall-teddy-bear-sadly-does-not-answer-to-daddy.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/10/01-07/ultimate-giant-gund-teddy-bear-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/10/01-07/ultimate-giant-gund-teddy-bear-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m all about &amp;quot;Gotta Getta Gund,&amp;quot; but after a certain point, do you think it maybe starts to look like you&amp;#39;re overcompensating? &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#39;ve got it, flaunt it, I guess: This 80&amp;quot; tall, 40-pound plushie will run you $500 at &lt;a class="" href="http://www.thegreenhead.com/link/ultimate-giant-gund-teddy-bear" target="_blank"&gt;Hammacher Schlemmer&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131485" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/stuffed+animals/default.aspx">stuffed animals</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/Toys/default.aspx">Toys</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/teddy+bears/default.aspx">teddy bears</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/gund/default.aspx">gund</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/plush+animals/default.aspx">plush animals</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/ridiculous+gifts/default.aspx">ridiculous gifts</category><category domain="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/extravagant+gifts/default.aspx">extravagant gifts</category></item></channel></rss>