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Win £85k worth of the most awesome gadgets and gifts

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Win £85k worth of the most awesome gadgets and gifts!

 

It’s not everyday that a competition comes along giving you the chance to win over 2,000 of the coolest gadgets and gifts in time for Christmas. But that is exactly what’s happening on www.iwantoneofthose.com. We’re seriously going to give one lucky person one of everything on our site.

 

All you have to do to be in with a chance of being that lucky person is to text AWESOME to 84383. Texts cost £1 but your third entry is FREE.

 

This is definitely going to be the most awesome competition this Christmas. Who else gives you the chance to win 2 new iPad 2’s, a PS3 (320GB), an Xbox 360 (250GB), a Nintendo 3DS, a Seajet and a £4,500 Villain chair. Oh and enough experience days to enjoy one every weekend for the next year, plus tens of thousands of pounds worth of other prizes. You can see a full list of prizes over at http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/articles/win/prize-list.list.

 

Just think what you’d be able to do with all those prizes. You could give everyone you know a truly awesome Christmas gift. You could keep them all to yourself and have one heck of a year playing with all the new gadgets and gizmos. Or you could stick a chunk of it on eBay and get enough money for a deposit on a house – this prize is seriously that BIG.

 

To see the full list of terms and conditions visit www.iwantoneofthose.com/win

 

One lucky entrant can win one of each product in this list worth an amazing £85,000.


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Win tickets to see Katy Perry live in Cardiff!

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Ever wanted to see Katy Perry live? Well now is your chance!

To help celebrate the release of Just Dance 3 – which sees the massively popular Nintendo Wii series appear on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 for the first time – we are offering one lucky winner the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Katy Perry perform live in concert in Cardiff later this month. The ‘California Dreams’ tour hits Cardiff International Arena on October 19th. Just Dance 3 (which features Katy’s hit song ‘California Gurls’) is due for release on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii on October 11th.

To be in with a shot at winning this pair of tickets, simply answer the following question…

Who is Katy Perry married to?

-Russell Grant

-Nicholas Lyndhurst

-Russell Brand

To enter the competition please leave your answers in the comments box below.

Competition closes October 2011.

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‘Remember that time when…’ IWOOT rewinds to the good times.

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

We all remember those times when things were easy, worries were absent and times were fun… (Ahhhh…sigh!) The IWOOT team have gone all nostalgic, so join us as we take a trip down memory lane and dust off our Betamax’s and Sinclair C5’s to embrace a retro revival.

 

We love retro

Whether it be by telegram or pigeon post, email or twitter we want to hear from you. Share your favourite childhood memories and post your cringe-worthy retro pictures! Our favourite wins an awesome retro prize (and we don’t mean an old 50p piece)! 

Email: Olivia.Olsson@thehutgroup.com


Remember that time when we had mobile phones bigger than our briefcases?

’80s Retro iPhone Case

'80s Retro iPhone Case

There was no chance of leaving those things in a bar, or losing it in your own handbag.  We thought it was the most extraordinary creation; a phone that you could carry around! Who knew that the mobile phone, born in 1973 weighing two kilos would be the demise of these….

Mayfair Retro Phones 

Mayfair Retro Phones

Remember that time when we played games without the interference of technology?

                                                 Rubix’s Speaker

  Rubik's Speaker

Games and toys were simple and straightforward and would keep us entertained or just perplexed for hours. We didn’t need a friendship with batteries, electricity or power for that matter… Those that did were beyond impressive (or only available to the Royal family!)

 The Rubix cube became one of the most popular games of its time and an icon during the 1980’s.  Luckily, this one comes in the shape of a mug, so you can relax with a biscuit rather than endure the frustration of solving the thing!

Remember that time when our hoovers had names?

Henry the Hoover

Henry the Hoover             

OK, we hear you already. Henry is still alive and well and so is Hetty for that matter, Henrys pink companion.  We thought this delightful duo definitely needed a mention; created in 1981 our lovable bright red dirt demolishing friend has brought a smile to faces around the world.

Remember that time when you got a Big Trak for Christmas and you were the happiest kid alive?

Bigtrak 

Bigtrak

In 1979, children’s faces lit up when the coolest toy in town could remember up to 16 commands whilst firing its photon beam headlamp. Cool or what? Since we got our grubby IWOOT hands on the new one, nothing much has changed since the good ole days. It’s good enough just to relive the fun you had all them years ago with your dearest 80’s companion .

Remember that time we used to use cassettes? Oddly, remember that time we used to use CD’s!

Cassette Notes

Cassette Notes

Rewind for a bit, fast forward a little bit more. Stop. Play. Now rewind for a bit, stop. Play. Fast forward…remember the days? Yes and we don’t miss them one little bit. If we worked out how much time we wasted rewinding, fast forwarding, pausing, playing and stopping, we would be as ancient as these retro replicas. Luckily these notepads don’t play Cliff Richard but will turn a few heads.

Remember that time when we had 1 hour of P.E in school EVERYDAY!

Retro Sweet Chewbz 

Retro Sweet Chewbz

P.E in schools…and lots of it. Probably to burn off all those retro sweets we used to eat. Refreshers, Flumps, Black Jack, Fruit Salad, Sherbet Fountain, WHAM, Candy Sticks, Popping Candy…all the classics from your childhood tuck shop. Mmmm!

Remember that time when our computer games involved Blinky, Pinky, Inky, Clyde and Pacman?

 Pac Man And Ghost Wind Ups 

Pac Man And Ghost Wind Ups

You can’t get any more retro than these little beauties. You must remember them well.  Pacman was released in 1979 as an alternative to Space Invaders and is one of the longest running video game franchises from the era of video arcade games. Instantly recall all the dedicated hours (and not a wasted moment) you spent battling for the top position whilst your thumb and forefingers indented to the shapes of the buttons during lengthy space attacks…

   Retro Arcade Salt and Pepper Shakers

    Retro Arcade Salt and Pepper Shakers


It’s a shame we don’t play the license plate game on long road trips anymore, or pretend we are power rangers in the playground. We don’t want to take over the world like we used to, it’s now almost impossible to become a Princess when we grow up and can’t play out till dark.

Why not take a look at our retro section and with a little help from your friends at IWOOT, we can help relieve your memories and recreate your retro past… 


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Win a Kung Fu Panda 2 Goody Bag and Tickets

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

It’s been three years since the awesome Po the Panda hit the silver screen and tried to bring peace to his land in ‘Kung Fu Panda’. Well now he’s back with a double dose of awesomeness.

To celebrate the release of Kung Fu Panda 2 we’ve got a really cool bundle of film merchandise to give away plus 4 tickets to Pandamonium in the Park in July for one lucky winner. For a chance to win just answer this question as a comment below the post:

Giant Panda’s live in the Bamboo forests of which country?


The goody bag includes the following:

3D Movie Guide
Colouring Book
Mini Board Book
Story Activity book with Stickers
The Novel
The Official Handbook
Window Shade
Trampoline
Paper Lantern
Po Towel Door Hanger
Frisbee

Plus a family ticket to Pandamonium in the Park*, a day-long event, organised by Sainsbury’s and DreamWorks Animation, guaranteed to entertain the whole family; you’ll meet Po, the star of the film, enjoy an outdoor concert by the esteemed composers from the movie, Hans Zimmer and John Powell and discover a world of Chinese culture including shows by The Chen brothers who are Chinese Lion Dance Champions and the Shaolin Monks, stilt walkers, Chinese kite fliers, martial art demonstrations, face painters, calligraphers and more. This event is held near Northampton and a family ticket is worth £45**.

kung fu panda 2

Competition ends 20th June 2011. One winner will be picked and notified shortly after this date. Open to UK residents only.
*SAINSBURY’S ‘PANDAMONIUM IN THE PARK’ EVENT at Althorp Estate, Saturday July 9th from 11.30am to 6.30pm. Purchase tickets to the event from Sainsbury’s here: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/panda
**Family ticket includes 2 adult and 2 child tickets. Travel costs are not included in the prize.

More about the movie: Po fulfilled his dream of becoming dragon warrior and protecting his peaceful homeland in the first movie, so what could possibly go wrong in Kung Fu Panda 2? Villains, that’s what! A fearsome baddie plans to conquer china and rid the world of Kung Fu and it’s down to Po to find inner strength to stop him. In cinemas from June 10th (Cert. PG), the latest movie from DreamWorks features a huge array of celebrity voices including Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu and many more.

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Review of the month winner for May

Monday, June 6th, 2011

It’s that time of the month again. No not that time of the month, but the time of the month where we pick our product review winner… What did you think we were on about?! Without a doubt the winner this month is Alex who wrote a review of the QU-AX Unicycle and also uploaded photos of his son having a really good attempt at looking controlled and dignified on it. We’re impressed. It’s certainly a lot better than any of us lot could do.

If you’ve got any photos of you using your IWOOT product then why not upload it to our Facebook page. We’ll soon be launching the functionality to upload photos on the product pages again like the olden days so watch this space…

QU-AX Unicycle – 5 stars

“Excellent for one wheel…

My son purchased one of these out of money he had saved from selling his old toys. He is mad about unicycling and really wanted his own when we came across this decision was instant. Excellent item cheaper than everywhere else and very strong unicycle lovely condition really well made very strong. The added bonus of 2 seat posts so unicycle can grow along with user is fantastic. My son has since recommended this to all his friends as he is well and truly happy.”

unicycle

Buy the QU-AX Unicycle from iwantoneofthose.com

Write a review for your product on IWOOT and you could win £100. A new winner picked every month.

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And the Geekiest IWOOT fan is…

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Geek Pride competition winners

As we bid farewell to Geek Pride Day on the 25th May 2011, we’re reeling at the great entrants into our daily competitions on Facebook and Twitter. But don’t forget being a geek is an everyday thing so keep up the good (hard?) work (and keep us amused with your thoughts and photos). Here are the winners of Talking Yoda’s and IWOOT vouchers:

Who’s the geekiest IWOOT fan?

Emma Griffiths Tysoe wins as her picture goes to show with her ‘I’m a Geek’ necklace, Nintendo consoles, Spectrum which she used to write I am a Geek on the monitor and the rest. How much geeky stuff can you fit into one picture?! Emma wins £150 worth of IWOOT products.

geeky winner

Geek Quiz Day 1: Share with us a line of ‘Geek Speak’…

Richard ‘Coley’ Cole wins with this excellent school yard chant: “My pokemon brings all the nerds to the yard, and they’re like you wanna trade cards? Darn right, I wanna trade cards, I’ll trade this but not my charizard. I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code :( “

Geek Quiz Day 2: Tell us what’s the geekiest thing you do or have ever done…

Rosie Hogan is a clear winner with her two confessions:
“ Hm.. There’s a lot of things, I used to live on 1 hour a sleep at ‘night’ during High School. I’d get home from school, eat, then stay up till 6am the next day playing videogames (Usually Diablo :D ), sleep from 6-7am, then head out to school…
…I also went to GMEX’s Sci-fi con a few years back and had a awesome conversation with ‘Ray Park’, who plays Darth Maul about how Lucy Liu totally kicked his ass during the making of “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever” and I also got his autograph :) ”

Geek Quiz Day 3: We want to know who your geek crush or hero is?

We think Kathy Black’s suggestion is a new one for our top 10: “The dude who all gave us mobile phones – Martin Cooper :) ”

Geek Quiz Day 4: Replace a word in the title of a song, movie, book or TV show with something geeky…

Emer Hough came up with “How I Met Your Motherboard”

Geek Quiz Day 5: Who would win the award for Best TV Comedy Geek?

Moss from the IT Crowd was a clear winner with Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory trailing behind in 2nd place. Ben Tokeley wins the poll with his addition of a legendary Moss quote:
“What are you laughing at Moss?”
“This flipping circuit board Jen, some chump has run the data lines right through the power supply, amateur hour!”

Geek Quiz Day 6: Where do you feed your geek habit? Share your source for all things geeky with us please…
Kitty Falls gets thumbs up for this nifty knowledge stealer: “The answers on the back of Trivial Pursuit cards”

Big thanks to everyone who entered the Geek Pride competitions. More coming soon…

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Get Geeky and You Could Win a Nerdy Prize

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

To celebrate International Geek Pride Day on the 25th May we’re giving away loads of prizes ranging from iwantoneofthose.com gift vouchers to Talking Yodas to some techy stuff. Like the sound of that?

Here’s how to get involved…

::Show us the Geek::

Just how geeky do you consider yourself? Upload a photo of you being your usual geeky self to our Facebook page here: facebook.com/iwantoneofthose and you’ll be in with a chance of winning a geeky prize bundle of amazingness worth £150. Criteria: the geekier the photo, the better.

::Geek Giveaway::

Win a prize a day – there’ll be a new quiz question on our Facebook & Twitter pages every day in the run up to Geek Pride Day. Answer the question each day and you’ll have a chance of winning vouchers, Talking Yoda’s, cameras and more.

geek pride day uk
Click here to find out more about Geek Pride Day.

Join in the conversation on Twitter #GeekPrideUK

The important picking of winners blurb: Two lucky winners will be picked for the photo competition based on the best photo uploaded to our Facebook page after the 26th May. Winners of the daily quiz will be picked after the 26th May. Some spot prizes may also be given at random.

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Review of the Month Winner for April

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

We’ve had a tonne load of reviews for the products you rate the best (or if you’ve been honest, the not so good) this month and as usual we’ve read through them all and selected one lucky winner. Our thanks go to GarryBacon who produced this thorough review of the ZAGGmate iPad Case & Keyboard and walks away with £100 of IWOOT vouchers. Not bad for stringing a few sentences together.

“Practicality, Simplicity and Ingenious!

Those three words sum up this product. It’s Practical because you can get the Apple Keyboard Dock but you have to carry that around additionally and it’s bulky. This is a keyboard and case. The keyboard is bluetooth so you can have the orientation set to how you want it. It’s simple to pair, use and pack away, my nan can do it! It’s just ingenious in the way everything fits together to form what is effectively a very strong protector for the front of the iPad. Another thing is it’s cheap! A bluetooth keyboard and a good case costs more than this and with this your getting a case and keyboard that are made for each other. The design is so nice because it’s the exact same aluminium they use to make the iPad. If you get this case you will be as happy and as proud to own one as I am. I would really recommend this to anyone and everyone!”

ZAGGmate iPad Case & Keyboard

This could be you next month, so do keep reviewing your purchases – you could win big (£100 to be exact)!

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Worst Christmas Present Winner

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

As soon as Santa had delivered his last gift (feel sorry for whoever got that), we launched a competition to find the worst Christmas present given this year, and boy did we have some strong contenders. Of course, we had to select one winner from the photos submitted, and it turned out to be a pretty unanimous decision here at IWOOT Towers.

So without any more dilly-dallying, we unveil the winner:

We’re sure you’ll agree that this is literally unbelievable. A onesie. With elephants on. Pink elephants. Poor old Samantha Coles. She could at least try and look grateful. Congratulations and £100 of IWOOT vouchers are winging their way to her as we speak!

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition, we had a right old laugh wondering who on earth would think giving Sellotape as a Christmas present was a good idea.

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Pumpkin Carving Competition 2010 Winner

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Again, we’ve been thoroughly impressed with both the amount and the quality of your pumpkins. There’ve been vomiting pumpkins, mother-in-law pumpkins, sci-fi pumpkins… someone even entered a melon. Can’t think why. Anyway, it’s been a tough decision (so tough that we had to throw it open to an office vote), but we’ve finally come up with a winner we think is worthy of the Wand Remote Control:

Aww. This pumpkin was carved by Paul Lewis (and obviously modelled on Lennox the dog), so well done to Paul from all of us and enjoy your prize!

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