Congratulations To us!! The Giz Wiz Show is now in year 20!

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Another fun yearly holiday event to get the press geared up for what toys and games should be big for the 2025 Holiday Season is The Toy Insider Holiday of Play. Here are some great gift gadget ideas from that show!

One of the most fun games we saw was Marshmallow Madness. This game challenges players to pick up and eat marshmallows using a pair of tiny hands. The player who eats the most marshmallows during their turn wins the game. A sand timer is included. But before the fun begins, the Toy Insider notes: It is important to know that anything involving fast eating can lead to a choking hazard. To prevent this, please ensure all players are ages 8 and older. mind. We recommend adult supervision for this game as well. Also, note that this game does not include the mini marshmallows, which are a necessary part of the game. MSRP: $25.00. It was $19.97 at Walmart on 9/19/25

Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/Z_bwKiVBA9Y

Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Marshmallow-Madness/15106305471 

See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/2058

One Lets Kids Build Spy Gadgets & The Other Lets Them Explore The Flight Deck!

Build your way to becoming a secret agent with Snap Circuit’s Spy Kit!

Build and learn the science behind motion detectors, voice changers, trip wires, vibrations sensors and more. Discover the science of electricity and physics with 5 unique projects that provide hours of play and hands-on electronic learning for children ages 7+.

And here’s with the Flight Deck Kit!

With this fun kit, kids can build a paper airplane and send it flying, install a motor circuit and launch flying saucers, and create a circuit that launches ping pong balls. There are 5 projects, and you build them one at time. After you finish playing with one, disassemble it and build another fun gadget. It’s designed for kids 8+. Both kits need 3 AAA batteries which are not included. This kids is advertised for kids 8+.  

Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/jjsh1tgHFRM

Check the latest price on Amazon: Spy Kit: https://amzn.to/4neljMO About $55.

Flight Deck: https://amzn.to/4nyONVb $20.99

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See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/2058

The Toniebox for young kids has been around for a couple of years, but this new model (coming October 2025. It’s the Toniebox 2, designed for a greater range of kids, namely ages 1–9+.  As you’ll see in the video on this week’s show, it’s very easy for kids to use. It’s ‘screen-free to help them use their imaginations more. And now there are even more Tonies figures and Tonieplay games to choose from. For example The Sleep Timer has a sunrise alarm for easy morning get-ups. And with Tonieplay, the kids are in charge of their new interactive games, adventures, challenges and quizzes. Perfect for solo or team play. MSRP: $159.99, but it was about $20 less than that for pre-order on Amazon on 9/19/25.

Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/68hreZv6MI0

Check the latest price on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4gEqmni

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See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/2058

It’s September Chad’s Cheap Theme, voted on by our loyal Patreons, is Cheap TV and Home Entertainment Gadgets!

Chad’s third Cheap TV gadget is the LO1 ProTV LED Backlight.

This device is a 14.7ft Cuttable TV LED Backlight Strip with Sensor, Smart App Control, Game & Music Sync Color Changing Light! Amazon adds: Elevate your viewing with our innovative TV backlight sync to screen system. Advanced sensors capture screen colors and seamlessly sync the TV LED lights for a captivating, immersive experience that brings your entertainment to life.” —- Okay, spoiler alert. Chad had high hopes for this and so did the rest of us. He already has a TV backlight strip in use, but what’s very different about this one is that it has a camera that can light the background by mimicing what’s on the screen. But as you’ll see, once Chad installed it, it pretty much did nothing! Chad paid $39.99 for his, but the price will vary, depending on the size of the light strip you’ll need to match your TV screen dimension.

Check the latest price on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4mv58tl

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See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/2058

Our email is from Ivan Hahn who has created several warehouse videos & Giz Wiz theme videos.

Here’s his email: I figured let me send this to both of you after hearing the live show last week. (From the Giz Wiz: Ivan created a new Letter’s Theme Video, but only sent it to me. Chad is the one who is needs it, in order to roll it in the show.)

Attached is a new Letters theme that I promised to send a few years ago at this point (sorry for the delay).

(New Letters YouTube video) https://youtu.be/Au-44Gxi1zU?si=tFlVu1Qz4DVTmz2g

And I figured I would also attach a gadget warehouse video, I do some work with community theaters and while I was there I found this old “door bell box” that was used for sound fx for a few years before computers were brought into the theater, 

(Gadget Warehouse video) https://youtu.be/6BTTxZOwSRE?si=t0PyaWRvLoDWlkR7) 

Ivan

See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/2058

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Submit Your Gadget Warehouse Video & Win An Autographed MAD Magazine.

We’d love to include your video in an upcoming Giz Wiz Show!

1. Video can be ANYTHING about a gadget: I bought a piece of crap. I bought a gadget I love. I have an old gadget I can’t part with because it was ‘high tech’ years ago! Even a ‘What The Heck Is It? Gadget.

2. Videos should be just 2 to 3 minutes long in Horizontal Format! Low production value is fine, but we need to hear you and see your gadget clearly! You can be in the video if you like.

3. Post your Video on YouTube and click ‘unlisted’ when you upload it if you want, but not “Private” or we won’t be able to see it. Send us the URL link from YouTube.

4. If we show your video (and we show 99% of them) and live in the US or Canada you’ll get an autographed current issue of MAD.) But no matter where you live outside of the US & Canada, I’ll autograph an Alfred E. Neuman photo to you, scan it & email you a high res image. Just print it out, frame it, or just hang it up and no one will know it’s a copy. We’ve tested it out and fans say they look terrific!

All show submissions go to mail@gizwiz.tv

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Email of the week:

Mo email said briefly: “I would get this”

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/olight/olight-ostation-2-next-gen-of-personal-smart-battery-hub?lid=r5zy12cl04sj&ref=ksr_email_mktg_category_newsletter_invent

Mo             From the Giz Wiz:  Seems LOTS of people are interested in this. It has raised over $2M! Chad said he’d be interested, but not at the current price. Also Kickstarter says something like, be careful, this is a concept, not an actual product yet.