Faddest Thing on Wheels

Personal transportation doesn’t get better, or cooler than the good old-fashioned roller skate, the one with the rubber stop at the front that we never worked out how to use. Skateboards and inline skates, and now this here 'Skatecycle', wouldn’t exist if it came down to transportational pleasure alone. The new-fangled doohickey does, however, have one very real advantage over the classic “shoe car”, as we used to call it: your dad doesn’t know how to ride it. The Freerider Skatecycle is made of aluminium and it has dual joints in the middle that help riders to wriggle their way up to speed.

Price: RMB 1,050. Web: www.brooklynworkshop.com

Multi-lens Movie Maker

Remember when everyone was buying smaller and slimmer cameras? I think it was in the ‘90s. And then people were like, "I don’t care what it does, just give me the biggest SLR you’ve got." Sony’s NEX-VG10 could do the same thing for video – muscling in on the Flip’s market share. The NEX-VG10 takes a whopping great 1920x1080 HD video load all over its extra large CMOS sensor. It has an array of four microphones for capturing separate directional sound and can take 14MP still photos at up to seven frames per second. Best of all, the camera accepts E-mount and (with an adaptor) A-mount lenses, making it one of the most versatile prosumer handycams out.

Price: RMB 13,500. Web: www.sonystyle.com

Lego Lambo

While it’s not quite the bride bait of the Car of the Month (see page 3), Lego’s 1:17 scale model of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 has one serious advantage: it’s far less than 1/17 of the price. Just like the real thing, its doors and engine cover open, and it has a retractable roof. The 741 piece model has a recommended age range of 9 to 14, but that’s like saying breast milk is just for babies.

Price: RMB 400. Web: www.lego.com