As you're probably aware (assuming you're an internet trolling geek), the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight has been running a pretty extensive viral marketing campaign. Web sites, scavanger hunts, cryptic messages—it's been like catnip to Bat fanboys. Well, about a week or so ago, I got this in the mail:

A Joker playing card attached to a key with this on the back:



Heist? What heist? What does this key open? After searching the internets for clues (don't judge me), I came up with nothing. Then, this morning, I got a mysterious black duffel bag from Gotham National Bank. It was stained with blood, and it had a Joker henchman mask dangling from the handle. It also had two MORE keys attached to it. Hmmmm…



Neither key worked, so I remembered the playing card and voila! The lock on the case opened and unveiled my booty...

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This morning, one of our mailroom's "top men" wheeled up a giant crate branded "Property of Dr. Jones." My inner Short Round rept for joy.



That shadow is printed on the box, by the way. I don't wear fedoras.

When you crack open the top, the Indiana Jones theme plays. My inner Willie Scott whined with glee.



Not sure if my inner Todt could take any more, but I dove in further.

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Last year when I went to the International Toy Fair here in NYC, I got yelled at because I knocked a bunch of action figures to the floor and lost some pieces to a toy I wasn't supposed to touch in the first place. I guess I can't blame them for being mad since the "no touching" rule was clearly in place, but to me it seemed silly to put us in a room full of toys and expect us just to look. I didn't actually make it out to Toy Fair this year, but apparently I missed out on some rad-looking Nerf toys. The N-Strike Vulcan EBF-25 ($40), which is pictured above with the huge, shiny Titan from American Gladiators, is fully automatic and belt-fed which means it will fire off 25 darts so fast that there's absolutely no chance you'll ever find more than half of them. Still, it's awesome and I want one when they come out later in the spring.

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In case you haven't spent enough of your life cranking out fake guitar riffs, the Air Guitar Rocker can go anywhere with you since it doesn't require a console. It works with a special pick and belt buckle that interact with each other, sending out audio results through a tiny amp you wear on your hip. It looks kind of fun, but it's certainly not something I would ever do out in public. That didn't stop the visibly-uncomfortable model and some other guy with a stupid outfit from going to town in the video above. It'll be available in March for $30 with 10 songs. Expansions are expected to follow.

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