The pins shift in and out as the minutes change, giving a cool bas relief* readout. It's like those pin art things where you stick your face in and the pins make a 3D mold of you. At least, I always stick my face in. Other people probably stick in other things. (keep your thoughts to yourself here, BP)
Any-hoo, the bottom of the description had this to say:
Takes 2D batteries
I laughed. Then, five short days later, I ran to the computer to share with you all.
I anxiously await the newest flood of spam postings in response.
*not sure if this technically is bas relief, but I didn't want to use 3D twice in two sentences.
That is COOL! I need one! Unless its cost is proportional to its coolness...
ReplyDeleteCall it bas relief all you want. I sure won't stop you.
ReplyDelete80 bucks. Bas, humbug.
ReplyDeleteWhat's this, now?
ReplyDeleteThey make it with spam, too?
You get much cooler catalogs than I do.
:-(
Though the newest Lego catalog has a bunch of oddly creepy sets for the new Harry Potter movie, including a set for the "Graveyard Showdown." It's got tons of unintentionally creepy slogans all over it to get kids to want to buy it: "Includes 4 cemetery tools!" "Pull back headstone and skeleton pops out!" "Tom Riddle's Grave is filled with snakes!" "Turn Death Eater's Head to reveal true identity!" (spoiler: It's Malfoy...) and my favorite: "Wormtail uses the cauldron to bring Voldemort back from the dead!" I can't wait to hear kids using these classy advertising buy-ins: "But Mommy, Tom Riddle's grave is filled with snakes!!!"
Hey,
ReplyDeleteyou say it's made with pins...
Does that mean it's from the Sharper Image catalog?
AKC:
ReplyDeleteRe: Harry Potter
Duuude.
Re: Sharper Image
Nice.
I'm innocent, I say! Innocent!
ReplyDeleteDo hope you realize, though, that I've just spent about ten minutes trying to imagine 2D batteries in a 3D world. It burns.