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2-For-Tuesday: Speks Original Mashable, Smashable, Buildable Magnets
- You get 1024 (or 2 512-packs of) tiny (2.5mm) magnetic balls for $24.
- That’s approximately 2 cents per ball.
- Or, you could smash them together into one bigger ball.
- Then it’s $24 per ball.
- Not for children under the age of 14.
- Seriously, don’t give these to children or anyone else prone to eating things that they shouldn’t
- Model: 1N5P3KT0R-G4DG3T.
Some Potential Customer Spekulation
Yes, they’re the true original “Mashable, Smashable, Rollable, Buildable Magnets.” Yes, they’re made by the people who used to make Buckyballs. Yes, that means the company claiming to make Buckyballs now is not actually the company that originally made Buckyballs. Yes, these are slightly smaller than Buckyballs, which makes certain constructions difficult.
But none of this answers the biggest question here: who are these things really for?
That’s why we’ve created this breakdown–to help you make an informed purchasing decision.
These Speks are great for:
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Plucky science teachers attempting to explain some sort of complicated magnet-related scientific principle to a group of excitable teen outcasts, who just might use said complicated magnet-related scientific principle to SAVE THE WORLD!
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Down-on-their-luck business people who require a simple desk toy to absent-mindedly play with while hunkered down in their office for what seems like another unproductive late night before suddenly sitting straight up and saying, “Wait, that’s it!” because in their idle fiddlings they’ve struck improbably upon a just-so-crazy-it-might-work billion-dollar idea.
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Those quiet college students who might seem like nothing more than disinterested simpletons, just coasting by on a 2.5 GPA, completely rudderless, but who are actually a single rad magnet sculpture away from that one fine arts professor who doesn’t play by the rules looking them in the eye and saying: “You have got a gift, dammit!”
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Umm… just normal people who find comfort and stress relief by goofing around with “toys”, whether that fiddling involves building something exact and beautiful or just mashing a bunch of little balls together and pulling them apart.
On the other hand, these Speks are not great for:
- Anyone under the age of fourteen.
There you have it, a detailed breakdown of everyone these Speks are (and are not) great for! Now, please purchase accordingly!