Today’s Deals Of The Day carry a severe health warning as they are all capable of causing grievous bodily hurtiness to yourselves and/or others. Tread carefully dear readers…

If it ends up getting legal, HotUKDeals is to blame for all of this, not us. Okay?

Kicking off today, we’ve got the crazy-named ghd limited edition IV styler with free thermo protector – and it’s only £77.95. If you ask us, it sounds like something that the Doc from Back To The Future might keep under his bench for an emergency. Or Captain Caveman.

If you don’t have hair that needs to be straightened (ie, if you’re not Captain Caveman) you might be keen to learn the the ghd IV can be easily modded as a Jack Bauer-style instrument of torture. Or so we’d hope and imagine.

Next comes something that is a joy for imaginative children with busy minds and busy hands while simultaneously being a raging pain in the back-arse for those larger humans (parents and carers) who have to tidy the sodding things up when they’ve been scattered all over the floor.

We speak of course about Lego. Imagine 650 pieces of the colourful building bricks strewn all over your living space jarring into your feet like so many toy unicorns into clowns’ shoes. But imagine paying just £16.24 for them to be delivered to said living space. Now, if you like, try and imagine that you’ve never read anything about it. That’s better.

Finally today, another potentially lethal bargain. Four Gillette Fusion razorblades, nicely packaged and incapable of doing damage to anyone whatsoever. All yours for a most reasonable price of £5.00.

But, unpackage them, dismantle one of them and tape the blade to the handle of a toothbrush and you’ve got yourself a weapon of mass destruction and every prison psycho’s ideal Christmas present. So for god’s sake, be careful.

(deals found by HUKD members TheOvenglove, jj584143 and mervk)

We’re not going to arse about with a silly opening paragraph today because it’s late.

Bargains, HotUKDeals, etc…

First up, the bargain that has had the HotUKDeals forums blazing harder than a postman’s brazier on a freezing cold picket line. It’s Batman: Arkham Asylum, and it’s only £22.99 on the PS3 and Xbox 360 (RRP is £49.99).

It is literally THE game at the moment for anyone who loves playing games starring Batman and set in an asylum in Arkham. Yes, it’s that good.

Ah, Friends – that classic New Orleans-based sitcom. How we all laughed at the antics of Monica, Chandler, Jennifer, Wolf, Eccles and Tiny. Not to mention recurring characters like Bra-Face and Jennings the sexless hippy.

Now you can get every single episode in one box set for only £49.95. How amazing is that? Come on, let’s all join in with the theme tune – #We’ll be there by your side, when the roof caves in and the river rises, oooh, sing me some sweet, sweet lullabies… WE’RE YOUR FRIENDS! FRIENDS!!

Finally, a chance to grab some toys that you could pass on as Christmas presents, with a very small outlay involved. You horrible, stingy set of bastards. Hope Santa’s reindeers crap up your garage wall.

It’s a set of 12 Lego figures that will be given away via a national newspaper at the rate of one per day. There’ll also be an exciting play mat and collector’s box for the lucky recipients of your cheapskate gift. Gah, you make us sick.

(deals found by HUKD members richardw, Booshambles and barneydog)

Behold, for it is Lego – the wundertoy of ages. It’s the Bible! It’s a video game! It’s the coolest business card you’ll ever see! Is there anything those plastic bricks of joy can’t do?

Seemingly not, because they can also be used to recreate defining moments of history:

There are plenty more to see on Flickr. Lego – it’s bloody aces.

[SFGate]

Letting your kids play with your gadgets is as sensible as strapping your leg to a tiger. But Digital Blue have seen this as an opportunity to create a new market – tech for kids, dressed up in familiar brands. The toy manufacturer has announced a licencing agreement with LEGO that will see the launch of video cameras, MP3 players and walkie talkies, amongst others:

Sadly, it’s only styled to look like LEGO – they’ll be no dropping this digital camera on the floor, adding a few bricks and rebuilding it as a Canon EOS 1000D. Digital Blue are also looking to create other equipment such as boom boxes and alarm clock radios in LEGO form. It shows some smart thinking, cashing in on the recent resurgence in LEGO’s popularity.

[KidsTechReview]

After your DVD boxsets of Andromeda, radiators are perhaps the drabbest items in your house. Not anymore. Italian company Scirocco have created Brick – a Lego casing made from aluminium that hides away the copper pipes and aluminium plates contained within. Yes, you do get to put the giant Lego pieces together, just like the real stuff. No, you’re unlikely to get some stuck up your nose and take a trip to casualty with your mum.

Brick LEGO radiator keeps nerds warm [slipperybrick]

It’s getting colder and the kids have got a half term holiday looming, so here’s some child-friendly deals to see you into the weekend. As ever, they’ve all been discovered by the eager bargain beavers over at HotUKDeals.

SING WHEN YOU’RE WINNING

For the little ‘uns, there’s a collection of 101 Nursery Rhymes for singalong fun. Be warned – it doesn’t contain full versions but has a medley-style so that you’re never far away from a new tune. A livener for rainy days and long car journeys.

Some of these CDs can be guilty of being made by talent-free maniacs, but as it’s only £1.99, if the nursery rhymes suck, you could always cut the disc into the shape of a Chinese star and give it to a teenage wannabe ninja.

HUKD member jakenjo says “it doesn’t want to make you kill yourself, well not straight away.” High praise indeed.

(Deal found by amibees)
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