Electro has gone old-school portable with the Dübreq Stylophone Beatbox ($25.50). Not your sister's iPhone app, the Beatbox is a handheld electronic beats machine that looks as fun as it is to play.

The Stylophone Beatbox takes the retro look of its predecessor, the Stylophone pocket synthesizer, and fills it with new electro sounds, some of which are from the UK’s beatbox champion, MC Zani. Manufacturer Dübreq wants you to put on your nylon tracksuit, Adidas kicks and bling, and lay down some hella tight beatbox beats.

Three new exclusive sounds are included -- beatbox with MC Zani, percusssion, and steel drums -- as well as record and scratch functions that let you play back loops; volume control; a tempo adjust switch for beat pitch control during loop playback; and an MP3 input so that you can syncopate your scratches along with the tracks loaded up in your player. A two-way adaptor is included for the MP3 function.