Compare House Brand Gadget Deals

ToysNGamesEtc via Amazon offers prime members the Mini Laser Stage Projector, model no. DO9, for $23.85 with free shipping. (Non-members can spend $25 or more to qualify for free shipping; otherwise, shipping costs $5.94.) That's $11 under our September mention and the best price we've seen for this projector. (It's a current price low by $7.) It projects red and green star patterns and includes a tripod.

Amazon Prime membership is $79 per year; however, Prime is free for college students for six months, and free for parents and caregivers for three months.

ThinkGeek offers the Ningen Gakki Body-Conductive Musical Instrument for $19.99 plus $5.79 for shipping. That's the lowest total price we could find by $34. ThinkGeek summarizes it well: "Basically, 4 people hold it and poke each other to make music." It runs on two AAA batteries (not included).