Protective covers specially adapted for electronic game playing apparatus, namely, wood and plastic veneers for portable video game consoles, wood and plastic veneers for video game consoles, wood and plastic faceplates for portable video game consoles; stands for electronic game playing apparatus, namely, portable video game consoles, video game consoles, video game controllers, video game cartridges, video game discs, and headphones; stands for games, toys, and playthings, namely, toy figures, toy action figures, toy action figures with electronic chips and tags, toy collectable cards, toy vehicles, and toy building block sets