Sentences with phrase «than a novelty»

The cookbook is more than a novelty item for fans only, it is filled with recipes to turn to in a pinch or when entertaining.

Rather than novelty features, we consider these attributes imperative to the future of automobile design.

If not, then I see no real value in getting it other than novelty.

For the most part they seem to be little more than a novelty — at least for now.

This book inspired me to purchase a weekly farm box and make trips to the farmer's market a necessity rather than a novelty.

In its standard form, Homer's Car offers little more than the novelty of driving the car from The Simpsons.

With eReader sales expected to taper of in 2014 and 2015, these additions could save the gadgets from being more than a novelty item.

Handmade, this watch is much more than a novelty gift for fans of cold brews.

But, in the case of race and physical deformity, another part stems from something more fundamental than novelty.

Roughly one - quarter of consumers say technology options are important features that factor into their decision to choose a restaurant, underscoring that technology is rapidly becoming an expectation rather than a novelty when dining out (2014 Technology Innovations Consumer Survey, National Restaurant Association).

But the Young @ Heart chorus of seniors is more than a novelty act.

But his frank, understated performance as Williams offers far more than novelty appeal.

The Virtual Cockpit is much more than a novelty in the TT Roadster, showing real innovation in how we interact with navigation and other onboard systems.

Navigating the menu and controlling the console can be tricky to start with but becomes more than a novelty before long.

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg thinks that the Wii is little more than a novelty console, suitable for parties and nothing else.

Some of the spinoffs are little better than novelties.

Fireworks, other than novelty items such as noisemakers and party poppers, are illegal in Chicago, and being caught possessing them or setting them off can result in a fine or criminal charges.

but hats are now considered outfit basics, rather than a novelty item.

We were able to control an Ecobee thermostat, but other than the novelty of that, we didn't find it practical for checking the temperature in another room or tweaking the settings.

This does add a bit more content, but ultimately I feel like it relies solely on its weakest assets and becomes nothing more than a novelty for people looking get just a bit more time out of their purchase.

But there's really no compelling reason to go with the curves other than novelty, which means the plain, old, flat Galaxy S6 might be the better choice for most buyers.

As The Economist noted in a recent feature, it may become no more than a novelty or a historical curiosity.

With hybrid vehicles, solar panels and rooftop gardens becoming more than novelties, the green revolution is going strong, and Green Spaces is at its forefront.

For years, electric lawn mowers were little more than a novelty.

In reality, The Grey Album comes off as little more than a novelty.

It's nothing more than novelty to stupid people.

Solar - powered cars have been little more than a novelty to date, experimental vehicles resembling photovoltaic - laden surfboards designed mostly for racing across deserts.

«Both 2 - D and 3 - D are equally effective at eliciting emotional responses, which also may mean that the expense involved in producing 3 - D films is not creating much more than novelty.

Similarly, it's funny seeing Hugo Weaving dressed up as the rough and tough Nurse Noakes, but it's nothing more than a novelty.

Things like CabinWatch and CabinTalk, allowing the driver to see and speak to passengers via a camera / microphone, respectively, are cute ideas, but in real - world use with a couple of tweens they amounted to little more than a novelty, quickly forgotten — buyers with rear - facing infant seats will likely find it more useful, at least for a couple years.

Get the SmartQ U7 for its projector — it's more than a novelty — but know that you're otherwise paying a premium for last year's hardware.

These were novelties to my father, and gods love nothing more than novelty.

Bottom Line: The J.P. Morgan Reserve Card is no more than a novelty.

«It's more than a novelty than anything,» said Telfser.

For most users, the feature may be no more than a novelty, but it can be fun to use.

Purr Yoga More than a novelty, yoga with cats is about joy, mixing energy, and making it easier to light the fire of compassion.

It is more than novelty.

Clearly, the man thinks of the Wii as little more than a novelty, a viewpoint held by many of the hardcore gaming community.

Most of all though, being able to take the game anywhere soon proves itself as much more than a novelty.

Having a true home / away console is more than a novelty or «gimmick», it's kind of a game changer.

We have reached a point in today's gaming market where buzzwords like «open - world» have become something of an expectation, rather than a novelty.

Teaming up and fighting with characters from other titles in the series is a nice touch but it's nothing more than a novelty.

Whether through the refinements of game mechanics or simply a pioneering title slowly revealing its lack of anything other than its novelties, some games just age like milk.

For myself, riding a Caragor was nothing more than a novelty.

E McNeil: I think Ciess stood out because it was trying to be a real strategy game with lasting appeal, rather than a novelty.

In my mind, 3D is a step toward the holographic ideal, thus it is inevitable that 3D will become the standard of gaming, rather than a novelty.

Its lineup, which incorporates the likes of Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy III (VI), Super Metroid, and Super Mario World, makes the SNES Classic rather more than a novelty or collector's merchandise to maintain on a shelf.