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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: 10 amazing tokens of affection for our favourite nerds

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Holiday Gift Guide 2011


Holiday Gift Guide 2011

By Fraser Abe, Karolyne Ellacott, Kevin Naulls and Mark Teo | Photography by Carlo Mendoza

There was a time where an adult would be embarrassed to ask for a limited-edition Green Lantern statuette in its original box, but the times have changed. Geekdom is in vogue right now, and while you won’t find any comic-book heroes on this list, we’ve got plenty of must-haves for high-end enthusiasts. Tinny ear buds have made most of us forget what real music sounds like, but audiophiles will love the quality of Urbanears headphones. Apple die-hards and casual users alike will appreciate a classy leather iPad case or an iPod dock shaped like a gramophone. These gifts will surprise the writer, photographer, future train conductor or, um, that kid who lives in your basement. Check out all 10 of the presents we picked »

Billy notebook, $145
Phonophone iPhone dock, $600
Head scratcher, $6
Urbanears Plattan headphones, $60
Ath Iron Horse train set, $180
Vertibot windup toy, $12
Leather iPad case, $200
Victorinox USB key and watch, $52–$325
Moshi Moshi handset for iPhone, $40
Holiday Gift Guide 2011
Olympus E-P3 camera, $900

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