Fukobukuro 10: officially unofficial reveal thread

@lichme Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii lich!

@daveinwarsh the coffee spilled on the carpet at work. no rugs and someone came in right after it happened so there was no way i could have blamed it on someone else.

@nalesean hey now, that’s a whole different thread

@carl669 sorry I got excited thinking about shipment

@nalesean Permanently Processing.

@sligett Heh. Mine apparently shipped but they had an exception where fedex said the label was unreadable and had to be replaced. Now it is on its way with no clear delivery date.

@nalesean Be Patient my friend, at least you were one of the few who got one . Many have watched deals come and pass with no luck because network . I keep trying to buy more useless crap but Meh won’t let me I guess I’ll just have to double down on orders. You never know when a friend might be in need of a

I guess you’ll have to file that one away using this other

@AnnaB well, i was hoping no one would really post in here until someone got theirs.

@carl669 are you new here or something? If you post it, we will come.

@dashcloud ya gotta shake up the system every once in a while. otherwise, you end up complacent, impotent and dead.

@CozzaFrenzy

@CozzaFrenzy SAY WHAT? mine hasn’t even shipped (according to FedEX yet… I’m guessing you’re a westcoast/texan?

@sohmageek nope. east coastin… in philly.

@CozzaFrenzy Woah!.. I am worried now… I checked fedex and the package that says it’s coming isn’t anywhere near me yet… (good as I’m going to be not here till Wednesday…

I received an empty wooden box, a childs power tools toy, a spin-type toy, and a red fuko bag.

https://imgur.com/a/9Y9XI

@CozzaFrenzy i thought maybe the box was a humidor, but now, not so much. what do the words on the box say? i’m kind of curious as to what it is.

@CozzaFrenzy Yes, a close-up please. It says Metropolitan Refining Company and Metrolex. Must be some type of analytical tool box?

@CozzaFrenzy you got the box! it was my husband’s (@jchancep). something to do with chemicals i think?

@katylava @jchancep @CozzaFrenzy

Chemicals? Sounds like a fun box!

@CozzaFrenzy @sammydog01:

@katylava @hollboll: Where are you finding these 1970’s supermarket toy aisle toys, still new in package?!

@narfcake

@katylava @CozzaFrenzy: the box held a chemicals. It was used to test conditions in the field decades ago (maybe the 20s?). It spent some time in a corporate museum, and was destined for the trash in a remodel, but I thought it was neat so I saved it and sent it to Mediocre to put in the fuku pile. I did pull out the chemicals first because I didn’t want anyone overreacting. So… a bit of history, to go along with your neat empty box.

@jchancep @katylava @CozzaFrenzy

What kind of chemicals if I may ask?

@FroodyFrog @CozzaFrenzy Per a quick google search…

http://www.medicatione.com/?c=drug&s=metrolex&ingredient=metronidazole

@jbartus Yeah, I don’t think that’s it. This looks really old, and I found a photo of their manufacturing plant from the 1940s. They do water quality chemicals now.

i understand the whole fuku thing… but looking at the other pics… i got an empty box that used to hold chemicals. sorry if i cant muster up anything more than an official “MEH” to this. i know you guys are excited, but i cant seem to muster up any fucks to give about it.

@CozzaFrenzy that box is really awesome – I’m betting it is better than whatever is in my 5.7 lb Fuko. Of course I love stuff like that.

/giphy antique box

@CozzaFrenzy

Would it help to realize that this was a Fuko and not a Fuku?

@CozzaFrenzy if it’s as old as was said it’s probably one of the best built items included in any of the fukus, if not the best. That looks like a really solid little box

@FroodyFrog yeah… i get the fukO thing… and it appears that everyone else who thinks this box is something special - the jokes on them. i have 3 wooden boxes just like that… without the metal clasps inside. they were handed down from my grandmother full of handwritten recipies… so as far as sentimental value, im covered.

@jbartus don’t worry, the reveals will turn that frown upside down

@jbartus I know how you feel. I didn’t get one last time and I cried myself to sleep that night (well, maybe not). And then I saw how lousy the fukos were and I was happy!

@Barney @thismyusername (your username is evil)

I don’t care how lousy they are, I’ll still be utterly jealous

@jamesb401 No purple for your coloring book?

@jamesb401 Contemplating the humidifier that is “up to 99.9% germ free” and realizing that is not as reassuring as it initially seems.

@jamesb401 That is pretty much everything you need if the power goes out! You got weapons, coloring book to defeat boredom, (Fairly Oddparents too! That’s kickass) extra water, light, meh bag for traveling, and box for shelter. Way to go! And they say useless junk…

@jamesb401 That light looks pretty bright. Is it in the dark? If yes, what kind is it and what does it take in terms of batteries? Hurricane season is getting ready to start and most of my flashlights are buried in a box in storage, which box or where I have no clue. I should have bought the lights sold today but I wasn’t thinking when I clicked meh and went back to grading.

@jamesb401 They must have a life time supply of those dart guns. They have been given out a zillion times since the very early fuku’s… LOL

@Kidsandliz @jamesb401

Be careful with that dart gun… you’ll shoot your eye out!

@jamesb401 Expectations lowered. Thanks!

@jamesb401 Best thing is the dart gun

Update: looks like the bubble pack is the part of the fuko. Rusty loves it for sure.

@jamesb401 Tejas air is extra soft.

@jamesb401 Aww…

@jamesb401, I could actually use all of those things. (Although I already bought like 6 of those flashlight/lantern dealos.)

I slept through the last 2 fukos.
Seeing this…I ain’t even mad.
I’d rather have had the decent night’s sleep.

Let’s not all complain about how bad this fuko is. This is only the first one posted

They can still get so much worse.

@jamesb401

I got the same humidifier, a scruchie holder, a 12 ounce SS flash, and a Happy Days" wall clock. Mine came today also.

@baqui63 it updated to 17x17x17 and 13.7lbs, with delivery scheduled for tomorrow (a day my job is closed). USPS will of course mark it as delivered, even though it won’t actually be delivered until Monday or Tuesday.

@baqui63 Got it today… was actually delivered yesterday (Tuesday) but I wasn’t at work yesterday.

They sent me the baby! (or what’s left of it):

• the baby
• a CD/MP3 player/boombox (resealed box, might be busted or something… I’ll open at home later)
• a Cow are you today talking mug
• a set of 12 Toy Story shower curtain hooks

Good stuff for the next fuku/o exchange.

@baqui63 I can’t believe they gave away the baby! That should really be behind velvet ropes in the meh museum.

@baqui63 so awesome.

@pengieh The only problem with the Roomba is that it picks up incredible quantities of filth from what I thought was a fairly clean room. Really good haul, congratulations!

@pengieh The shirt is pretty cool too.

@pengieh congrats on the Roomba!

@pengieh I combined it with another recent Meh purchase. The bluetooth music cuts out when recording, so a picture is the best I can do

@pengieh you should sell me your Roomba for $20 + S&H. Make a tidy profit on it

@pengieh For a minute there you had me convinced Meh was sending out tribbles, and I didn’t know whether to be excited or scared.

@pengieh

@pengieh FUCK. YES. Is that an authentic Trump hat, too? An authentic Trump hat is one of my greatest wishes.

@Dizavid As you wish:

@DaveInSoCal No, that’s an official “I’m a liberal djinn” hat.

@Dizavid

@DaveInSoCal (let’s hug it out and build a foundation of friendship on the common ground that we’re both people, with thoughts, emotions, and dreams.)

@Thumperchick - poke poke poke

@Dizavid You have all the best words.

@FroodyFrog Take advantage of the new tech!

/giphy poke poke poke

@DaveInSoCal

1. Not VMP
2. Even if I was, I figured someone would still do it for me. I can’t do ALL the heavy lifting around here.

@FroodyFrog You’re a gentleman and a scholar. I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.

@DaveInSoCal

Thank goodness for the lack of any results. Can’t make it TOO easy for people to get gifs to associate with me.

@FroodyFrog

/giphy froody frog

/giphy froody-frog

/giphy froody frog froggerson

@FroodyFrog thanks for the tag.
/giphy thumbs up

@Thumperchick Holy moly, you’re awesome.

/giphy hug it out

@Thumperchick

No problem. I was actually thinking of prodding you, but I figured poking would be good enough.

I figured that if we’re gonna get more meh-mbers to talk, we need to be more (a little bit) friendlier, besides what I stated here.

@pengieh My fuko just updated to 17x17x17 & 21.1 lbs = wondering if I also got a Handy Power Tools Power Saw?

@pengieh sigh I want a roomba and got my Fuko that really was 2 lbs… and not Roomba inside… Congrats to you !

@andrd No pics?

@Barney They should have sent you an obligatory purple bag.

@heartny What, no purple for you? I get purple, YOU get purple.

@Barney If I get a purple one I’ll let you know. We need this.

@shahnm Ah, yours is in the same shipment as mine. See, first they wander around central Florida and the beaches for awhile. Then they check in at the FedEx hub, hit the theme parks, go clubbing, stagger in about 10 AM to the SmartPost hub, and catch a flight to their actual destination. They’re the ones who fall asleep, drool, snort and fart, disgusting all the respectable packages in the cargo hold.

@OldCatLady

So mine was taking in the sights before it got to me. I wondered what it was doing all that time.

@studerc

So what I’m hearing is there’ll be an ice cream party? Still slightly disappointed the meht up at @snapster’s house never happened.

@studerc that’s SO not what popped into my head when i read “Monkey Bone”. dammit @dashcloud! quit dragging me into the gutter with @mfladd and @jaremelz.

@studerc My fortune telling booth is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Barney knows all, sees all.

@carl669

:)~

@studerc The ice cream maker is good.

@studerc all these flavors and you gotta be
/giphy salty

@carl669 You said “Take me home!”

@studerc MONKEY BONE! I’m a huge Brendan Fraser fan…so…dude. Das cool.

@amerifolklegend The 1080p DVR setup is a good $300+ …

@narfcake so…can I just use the DVR as a secondary DVR for my TV? I’m supposed to be getting a new cable box here soon and will be losing all the shows I recorded and haven’t gotten to yet. Is there a way I could just record those onto this thing?

@amerifolklegend if you point one of the cameras at your TV.

@amerifolklegend What @ignorant said. DVR means digital video recorder in both cases, but this one isn’t for TV.

Do you have the model number off the box? That’d offer some more details for us to Google (or Bing).

@narfcake SWHDK-482004. I also found this: http://science.opposingviews.com/use-security-dvr-record-tv-14469.html

@Ignorant You are a hero to the people! I’m going to point all four cameras at the TV so I can get all angles of the action!

@amerifolklegend I got the same Swann surveillance system in my Fuko. Couldn’t get mine to work, though. Have you tried yours out yet?

@heehaw The one outstanding item is your unbroken travel mug. Those are scarce.

@OldCatLady indeed, tablet super dead. nuvision won’t support my 90 day limited warranty even tho I just bought it a few days ago!

@heehaw haha thats awesome you tried!

@Jervas Are your cameras used as well?

@Jervas How much?

BTW, your 219 orders is an impressive stat. Your 4 comments … you can stop lurking. We don’t bite. Not much, at least. Usually. Not always. Most of us don’t. Occasionally.

@narfcake

@mfladd @narfcake

Well maybe if people were more welcoming to un-posters, they’d step out of the shadow.

@FroodyFrog I’m just being truthful! - so don’t blame me when there’s a perfectly good scapegoat around!

@narfcake

I know you’re being truthful. But do you have any idea how hard it is to fit in when it just seems that everyone who is there seems to have their own “group” ?

@FroodyFrog Just like life, people gravitate to one another based on numerous factors. Lurkers can step in at any time and start participating, just as we all did once. We really aren’t that scary.

@mfladd

cough cough

@FroodyFrog What do you suggest we do to get more lurkers to post? We’ve tried welcoming threads and that didn’t work. I’m not going to stand out in the middle of the street and yank people into the forum. @mfladd is correct (for once in his life), we were all new once.

@Zelucifer Not sure if they’re used. Outside of box is open (as in no tape), but everything inside is taped up or bubble wrapped (I don’t want to unwrap until I’ve got a better idea what I’m going to do with it). There was a purple note taped to it, but it’s torn and I can’t find the rest. Might be refurbished. Probably selling to a relative, that way I don’t have to figure out what kind of shape it’s in, deal with shipping, etc.

Everybody else, I just don’t have much to say and don’t spend much time socializing online in general. I lurk most places I go online, no particular quality here scared me off. Thought I should say something this time since it was such a nice package.

@Jervas Thank you for posting. We love to see what’s in fukos.

@Barney

Weird, totally missed this post (no email). I either blame @dashcloud or @harrison. (Whichever one I see post first.)

To be honest, I usually hire other people to do certain kinds of thinking for me.
This would probably be one of those things, since I’m not the kind of person who is welcoming to people.
Sure, if someone says hi (or with today’s deal high), I’ll respond, but I am not the kind of person to make the first move in welcoming people.

@jaremelz - Any ideas? You’re a people person. After all, nobody suffered any effects from you meeting @carl669

@jaremelz a people person? Heh.

@FroodyFrog One of these days, I’m going to get a straight answer out of you, but I’m not going to make it a life long quest. There are many other things I want to accomplish, before I die, that are far more important.

@shawn

Meh. I’ll blame you for the fact that I didn’t receive an email about this post.

@Barney

You want a blunt answer from me regarding this subject?
I don’t have one. No ideas whatsoever. I am drawing ZERO ideas.

@FroodyFrog Thank you.

@Barney

For the record, I am blunt when it comes to people, but only once I discover where the line is by them (because when I want, I can be cruel and unforgiving in my bluntness).

@FroodyFrog And I get bored with people who dance around when asked a direct question. It gets old very quickly.

@Barney

I fell into my own trap. There’s a reason I’m blunt. I ask people questions expecting a simple one word answer, 4 minutes later, they’re still giving an answer.

Would it help if I offer to give you a direct response to any questions you may have in the future? (Which probably would have helped a long time ago.)

@FroodyFrog I apologize. This is why I don’t stay up late. I get cranky. I’m really sorry. Good night.

@FroodyFrog you can be in my group. Frog and lizard together.

@MsELizardBeth

@FroodyFrog damn. You’re on to me.

@MsELizardBeth

In my line of work, people don’t tend to make friends easily, or be accepted into groups.
If it sounds too good to be true, it possibly is. (I learned that at a young[er] age.)

@FroodyFrog Are you a mortician? Member of the mob? Tax collector? Auditor. You’re an auditor aren’t you?

@MsELizardBeth

Thanks for the laugh. I needed it. Badly.

@FroodyFrog gaaaah. No wonder @barney says it’s hard to get a straight answer from you!

@MsELizardBeth

1. I was referring to the last part based on how I read it.

2. Sorry, seems I need to work on my communication skills.

3. I can’t disclose exactly what I do (for a multitude of reasons), all I can say though is that I deal with certain kinds of software.

@FroodyFrog I’m a supervisor for a variety of community based youth mental health outpatient programs. (And also a socially awkward roller derby coach)
Your turn?

@MsELizardBeth

Only fair.

My main job involves working on the software team for a small company.

However, I do take care of a few others things, which, based on the time involved, prevent me from socializing with coworkers, so there’s THAT…

@TickledLizard As others said, just post. If you post enough people will start to recognize your nickname… and like the rest of us you’ll likely be ignored at times, guaranteed having most of your comments starred by the couple of people who try to star everything… and occasionally have a conversation that may or may not be meh (grin).

/giphy sad panda

@DaveInSoCal so much better!

@conandlibrarian

(Early TeeTurtle shirt that I have … somewhere.)

This took about 2 seconds after I opened the box

@stardate820926 Awwww. Meh sent you a live cat!

@stardate820926 now wondering where i have Stargate action figure stashed and why i never noticed the missing zat.

@narfcake so much better than a dead cat

The tablet works - sort of. It comes on and I can set it up and connect to wifi but the internal memory appears to be screwed up. It shows 2 items for internal memory. The first one is completely full and shows a size of 0.0MB and the second one is about 4GB with most of it showing available. Even when I add an SD card, it can’t download anything from the Play Store because it says it’s out of memory. I did a full restore (the only thing I found were some randoms pics from the previous owner) but still no dice.

The TV tuner is useless so far (as expected) and the tablet gets really warm on one side. If I can figure out the memory thing, it might make a decent e-reader but I’m not holding out much hope.

@stardate820926 That sort of sounds like the craziness I dealt with when I had a Viewsonic G Tab. The storage on that was a bit screwed up, and you had to change up how the storage was presented so things would install properly. Maybe take a look on the XDA forums? I’ll check and see if I have any of the notes from my G Tab around.

Mystery Thing has a 1/2″ threaded Doohickey on the bottom.

@brhfl oh that. You know what that is right? It’s a whatchamacallit, you attach it to the doodad on the gizmo for the thingamabob.

Can’t count, apparently. Even bigger bonus — SIX scrunchies.

@jbartus Oh, yeah, I knew that. I just wanted to make sure everyone else knew it. Already used my whatsit to install it on my doohickey.

@brhfl Does the thingy separate otherwise? My guess is that it’s plumbing related, but it’s totally a guess.

And I wonder if I’ll get any Powerpuff stuff in my box …

@narfcake

If there is, it better all come broken, it being a Fuko and all.

@brhfl no no no, you did it wrong, the whatchamacallit is attached to the doodad on the gizmo for the thingamabob, not the doohickey. At least you used the correct tool.

Can we get pics of the thingamabob all by itself from a few directions without your caliper?

@brhfl Looks like a topper for a jug or a container of some sort- it’s supposed to lock into place.

@narfcake That was my guess as well. As mentioned, the plastic feels… chalky, and, well… awful. I feel the need to wash my hands after touching it. It would be a perfect piece of toilet or the like! & if you need a scrunchie holder, well… I know someone who can give you a good deal on one.

@brhfl Could it be teflon? It kind of looks like teflon. Is it slippery?

@jbartus It’s almost hot enough in my apartment to melt this thing, so I don’t feel like moving or turning on lights — this is the best I can do. Washer and a doodad threaded onto the threaded bit.

@dashcloud Perhaps, but certainly nothing intended to be seen or *shudder* felt. I don’t really see a locking bit, though, just the threaded bit, washer, and thumbscrewy thing.

@sammydog01 It’s chalky — certainly not like teflon on a pan, but I guess it sort of reminds me of how weird teflon tape feels. I haven’t felt teflon tape in a long time, though… I just remember it feels… well… kinda weird.

@FroodyFrog My Powerpuff piece-of-wood came perfectly unbroken!

@brhfl in addition to some fancy toilet float it also sorta reminds me of a dishwasher float, some models have them to let the washer know when enough water has been added…

@thismyusername Plausible!

@brhfl It might be a water filter. I’ve seen some ceramic ones that are designed to be attached to the bottom of a bucket (drill a hole). Set the bucket with the filter over another whole bucket, then pour water in the filter bucket. It will slowly filter down into the bottom bucket.

Something like this

@brhfl @narfcake

I revise what I said.

I hope A LOT of people get Powerpuff Girls stuff in their boxes all unbroken, and @narfcake gets broken stuff which can’t be repaired, along with empty ripped boxes.

Talk about a double fuko.

Got distracted by this gif:

@duodec I bet this is it. Does “chalky” translate to ceramic? Pour water on it and see if it absorbs.

@brhfl the notches on either side would line up nicely with two carved out notches on a container. You won’t get an airtight fit, but it should be snug and secure once you twist it into place.

@duodec I think we have a winner! It does smell like clay, and clay is the right sort of chalky. Also, when I put water into it… water comes out of it, verrrrry slowly!

@dashcloud @brhfl Notches? Thats just a plastic wing nut. If the unit is a filter, it would have to be tight seal to the bottom of a bucket so should be just a round hole that the threaded tube fits through.

If its like the ones I linked, that company sent a bunch of them to Haiti after the earthquake there to help provide clean water. Its not a bad thing to have in case of an emergency that takes out your clean water supply. All you’d need is a plastic bucket and another container to catch the filtered water.

@brhfl Mystery Thing is a ceramic water filter, like this Zen Replacement Filter.

@rockblossom You win the Internets and a gold star!

@brhfl Wow. We have one of those zen filter systems. Even if I had been the one to put it all together, I’m not sure that I would have recognized this thing. Good job, @rockblossom!

@christinewas While I do hate to dispel the idea that I know everything on the internet - I used to use a Zen water system to get the rust out of well water. The filters were a pain in the butt to set up, a bigger pain in the butt to clean, and expensive to replace. Then along came Chinese knockoff replacement parts ( Purenex ) which were cheap and fragile, with the mineral cartridges sometimes contaminated with mold - and all sold as genuine replacement parts. It was more butt pain to unpack them, realize they were fakes, and send them back. (The one pictured looks like a fake, but hard to say without touching it.) I no longer use well water or the Zen system, having replaced it with a Greenway that is cheaper, easier to manage, and (so far) no Chinese knockoffs.

@bradyson where is the picture?

@mollama pics are right below this comment… You might need to hit the unhide comments button… Meh hides some comments on long threads.

@bradyson That is wasted on someone with a girlfriend.

@bradyson 1987, it looks like? Made in the USA, at least.

@narfcake 'Merica!!! You’re good… It has c1988 on it.

@sammydog01 I’m worried she might try to steal it. LOL

@MsELizardBeth Le sigh. Mine is still in Orlando.

@OldCatLady mine became 3.5 pounds and 13x10x9 … so it gained weight in Indianapolis

@OldCatLady No iPig, but I like the iPup speaker dock better than any of the BT speakers I’ve purchased. I bought a few of those BT adapters when they had them here, so it’s BT compatible now too.

More 1970’s supermarket toy aisle stuff too … those stickers look like it says 1979?

@narfcake It’s available, complete with power source and remote, in original box. Interested?

@narfcake Yup, 1979. If you are interested in the black iPup - not iPig- (or if anyone is), I will ship it to you. The price is a donation to your choice of recipient on Kiva Team Meh, in the amount of the value (to you) of the speaker dock, plus shipping.

You okay, @OldCatLady? Is your old cat getting too old? Maybe some spirits will lift your spirits. Cheers!

@KDemo @OldCatLady

@narfcake Just for info- the BEM speakers have proven tricky to charge and pair (one only charges when it’s 3/4 of the way in the base- not all the way), so I held onto the iPup. My house looks like a speaker tryout warehouse. Yes, I know I have a problem.

@clonetek

Powerpuff girls themed item, along with mediocre socks? Woohoo!!!

@clonetek A speaker dock? Well aren’t you (un)lucky!

@clonetek since when is JBL a Harman brand? O_o

I feel like the mention on the box is a cheap ploy to get people to associate it with their AKG and Harman/Kardon brands

@jbartus since 1969.

@clonetek A SPEAKERDOCK! OMFG! I’m so jealous!!! I know I said I wouldn’t be in this… but… oh well… I get mine Tuesday (it says Monday but given it’s current position… Tuesday)

@sohmageek My mom has speaker docks all over the house! One in the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, upstairs craft room, and even one at work!

@narfcake nah, mom has em all over the place!

@clonetek I got the socks too!

@StrangerDanger On the boombox did you check the tuning dial on the right side? I spent a while trying to use the buttons before finding it. It’s weird to have an analog dial and digital display.

@djslack thanks. Weird location and setup. Well it’s not that bad then since it does indeed work.

@StrangerDanger i got the boombox too! jamming out to The Who right now. It IS weird you can’t program stations…but brings back memories of the 90s. I can’t wait to share this will little kids who are used to swiping a screen to turn pages of their books.

Actually, @haydesigner is kidding. He’s quite amused by this. The sunglasses at least make it worth it. And maybe I’ll try to sell the Mr. T record/book on eBay for $500
But that returned watch…

@haydesigner try to update the firmware. I got one a while back that said the same thing. I updated it and works just fine now.

@haydesigner I got that exact Mr T record from a BOC many years ago even with the same price tag, too! @snapster must have cases of those lying around.
Sorry to burst your bubble, not worth much - 2 for sale on discogs $20 for the sealed one.

/giphy Mr. T

@haydesigner If you can’t get the watch working, could I convince you to sell me the charger for it? A couple fukus back I got one of the M1 watches loose in the box with no charger. I wasn’t able to find just a charger anywhere, and now that the manufacturer is no longer a company I doubt I ever will. I’m betting mine is a broken return like yours, but it’s worth a couple bucks to find out for sure.

@metaphore, I can’t get anything to work with it. Can’t even do the hard reset that the Meta site says to do as a last resort. Kinda bummed, as it would have been nice to figure it out, but if I can help someone else out… well, that’d be great too. PM me your address, I’ll send it all to you for nothing.
(Assuming you don’t live somewhere like Indonesia)

@haydesigner Thanks! Unless they slipped it in while I wasn’t paying attention, we don’t have PMs here (that is a feature a lot of people would really like, meh). You can email me, mehtaphore at the google one, and I can get an address to you there.

The watch works! I left it charging overnight & its only up to 60% battery life, so something was a bit off, but it seems fine now. Pairing was a bit clunky as well but two minutes of perseverance and everything is now up and running. Thanks meh!

@MrGlass NICE! The first I’ve seen of a working Smartch.

@janetv They all seem to have a finicky charging circuit. LION batteries are weird, but often dead devices are easily revived

/giphy what is dead may never die

@MrsPavlov What? What??? You got a BB8? OmG. Congrats!

Enjoy it, he will.

/giphy sprouted tits

(sorry, had to try it)

@MrsPavlov my friend got that BB-8 too! So jealous! My little sister’s Star Wars themed birthday party is coming up in a few weeks and it would have been perfect for her too!

@Konraden That’s awesome!

@Konraden Nice, but I require a better description of “Little Squirt”.

@sammydog01

Found it on eBay:
Enjoy

I just read the item description, and I couldn’t hold back the laughs.

@Konraden OMG this is epic. That statue. That figurine! Quite possibly the best put-together Fuko ever.
Is that an LED lantern? I could have used one of those camping over Memorial day weekend!

@dashcloud Monkey kid

@dashcloud Oh, Luke. At first glance i thought that was Matt Trakker.

@chacham Mine looks the same and is Wedge Antilles.

@daraeman

Nice bowling ball.

@daraeman

@daraeman this is the best

/giphy bowling ball

/giphy blue bowling ball

@daraeman Y’know this whole bowling ball situation makes me think that the various Paul Frank bags might make for good duckpin/candlepin bowling ball bags.

@daraeman was wondering how much weight does usps weigh this box?

@DonDonSu 19.7 lbs

@MsELizardBeth pix?

@MsELizardBeth aww not excited about the izon cam? Its app ready, right? Maybe I’m the only one that can’t get the ipcam to function properly and well a table case always makes typing curse words easier.

@Panegyric two things that would make it infinitely more useful: 1. if i owned any apple products from which to operate it, 2. If I had home Internet access other than foxfi

@MsELizardBeth Ah, well… if you’d like to get rid of it… I am interested in playing LETS MAKE A DEAL! music plays

@MsELizardBeth FYI, Izon has an android app.

Boom

@DMlivezey Oregon Scientific Xplore MEEP!X2 delivered DOA

Thanks meh!

@JekiTheRogue Predator cookie jar - score!

@JekiTheRogue Tell your wife you’re going to keep it on your half of the mantle because it looks amazing there.

@sammydog01 what if she tells him that she’s fine with that provided he keeps to his half of the bed?

@JekiTheRogue Nice! I really want the Alien cookie jar but spent close to $400 somehow on Alien day and still feel bad about it. :s

@JekiTheRogue That is the best cookie jar ever. I has the envy.

@JekiTheRogue maybe if you keep it stocked with some of your wife’s favorite cookies she will grant amnesty.

@JekiTheRogue I also got one of these, my girlfriend HATES it, which makes me love it even more!

Sorry folks, I’ll post my pictures eventually, most likely in my own thread to clear out my backlog of reveals.

@DaveInSoCal

Does the box show it running JellyBean 4.2, or 4.3?

Edit: Nevermind, it’s running 4.2.
Found it on Amazon (here)

@FroodyFrog Yup. Apparently it doesn’t work for anyone. Terrible reviews everywhere. Likely heading for the trash.

@DaveInSoCal wow, they delivered yours side ways, mine was delivered upside down, i think they at Meh. need a good chin wagging about their packing pro-cesses.

reminds me of the pack-tastrophy when they delivered the 6 ceramic coffee mugs, sans protective TX air which ended up dust in the Wind (kansas)

@DaveInSoCal

Not exactly even remotely impressed by the specs when thought about in comparison to the low end market.

Of course, I don’t know what year they released it, so…

According to Amazon, it was first available Feb 12, 2014.

Yeah, not impressed.

@DMlivezey I don’t think this one was meh’s fault. I forgot to pay the gravity bill this month and everything’s a bit wonky over here.

@FroodyFrog It’s a fuko, so my expectations were appropriately mehnaged. However I did have a moment of joy, followed by a moment of frustration/disappointment, followed by the inevitable resignation and acceptance. A rollercoaster of emotions.

@DaveInSoCal

On the bright side, you got a micro usb cable

@DaveInSoCal Mine works. The battery don’t hold a charge, but works while connected to power.

@DaveInSoCal

Out of a sliver of curiosity, does it work?

@FroodyFrog no. It went in the garbage

@DaveInSoCal

Good, I’d have been really worried if it would have worked

@heartny You could have received all that gum, pre-chewed.

@OldCatLady Good point. In that case I’m thankful it was empty. I just wonder who chewed 240 pieces of Bazooka gum? Someone is making a dentist very happy.

@heartny think how tired their jaws are…

@djslack SHIT, they packed yours sideways too, those morons!"!"!"!

/giphy morons

I stand corrected. @cengland0 points out below that the writing has changed and this is indeed a Fuko bag. I thought the red ones were Fuku and the black were Fuko but didn’t compare them.

@djslack YAY another fellow Boombox-ian! I’m enjoying the nostalgia of owning one again.

@agermane You could make a GREAT Halloween decoration out of that. Glue it back together, paint the cracks all gorey, and add “stich” lines like Frankenstein’s monster.

@carl669

Out of curiosity, what kind of material is the R2D2 made with/ out of? I should probably also ask if you’re able to figure it out.

@carl669 That is great! To him it is camping out and he will love it!

@FroodyFrog the head is plastic. the legs are cardboard. i’m not quite sure what the body is.

@mfladd i briefly considered giving R2D2 away, but then the boy came home and saw it and it was love at first sight.

@carl669 Give it away…noooooo, Your boy knows better than you do, goat. He is awesome!

@FroodyFrog whistles, grunts, and other miscellaneous gesticulations.

@carl669 if you got a kid, that’s a serious score

@carl669 You got a boy in the R2D2? Lucky! Obviously not the original actor though.

@mfladd

At least you took it better than most complainers and didn’t curse the site and/or cancel VMP and/or try closing your account.

CORRECTION

Remove all the “ors”, those 3 things generally go hand in hand in hand.

@mfladd i’m sad you didn’t get a fuko, so i made you this card.

@FroodyFrog Never. I always like what people discover in their fukos. I just love to curse them for it.

@carl669 I would expect nothing less from you, my friend
I love it!

@mfladd

@FroodyFrog @mfladd @jaremelz

FUCK YOU MEH, I HATE YOU SO MUCH, I’M CANCELLING VMP AND WANT MY ACCOUNT CLOSED IMMEDIATELY!

@jbartus I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I was hasty meh, don’t worry!

@jbartus bye

@DMlivezey it was a joke >.> note the nearly immediate follow up for what was a shallow excuse to post a SpaceX picture.

@jbartus

/giphy it’s nobody’s fault

@Azimon
/giphy rebooting

@fjp999 I love purple.

Is that google biz card holder part of the fuko? nice.

@MrGlass Keep the GREAT ideas coming for the “Google” puzzle box! Google is only on the top and one side of the lid. Love wood products (or wood by-products) and hate puzzle boxes.

If anybody loves Google products maybe we can trade for something. I did find this item on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-Cube-in-Wood-Box-3D-Wooden-Puzzle-/201584151637?hash=item2eef5a0c55:g:qbwAAOSwYIhWlGVu)

@44R0N7 The elusive leak frog!

@44R0N7 Also, most relatives who don’t want a piece of electronics seem even less appreciative of it when they get a bad model. If your mom didn’t want a tablet before, she certainly won’t want one after the only one shes tried won’t charge or play angry birds.

@44R0N7 I have leak frogs all over and under the house. They rock!

@MrGlass Well I showed it to her and seeing it on, she decided that she would like to give it a try…

@mehmyday that scooter looks fun. Some retailers are lame like that and return things for cosmetic damage to packaging. I’m surprised they weren’t offered a discount to keep it and sell it marked down. Their silliness is your gain!

@mehmyday

@cengland0 nice catch!

@cengland0 @Thumperchick dammit! now i’m really sad i didn’t get a bag in my fuko.

@cengland0 Good eye! I assumed the red ones were Fuku and the black ones Fuko. Now I have to go correct myself.

@Brynmawr Very nice haul. I mean meh. Worth noting is that FedEx never, never, never gets the size and weight right. Often the only thing correct is that they both contain numbers.

@narfcake yes they did. i’ve been playing it in the car. funny they spent money making a cassette

@LordFluffy You can now upload your pictures directly to meh by clicking on the picture icon in the message box and then using the new “Upload” feature. I think this was just added as a new feature yesterday.

@LordFluffy i wonder if you have to have a baby first before you can use those monitors.

@nichojr Dart boards are always fun! I use mine (that I got from Dave & Busters) when I’m procrastinating.

@sammydog01 I love the purple purse
@Barney would probably love it too.

@heartny Very nice.

@heartny @Barney And the strap is cut proof so they have to stab me to steal it. Wait, is that good?

@sammydog01 Just to be cautious, maybe I should take it off your hands. I don’t want you to get hurt.

@sammydog01 Well, they could shoot you and steal it too. Just watch over your shoulder when you use it. And try not to trip.

@kimikod, printer? SWEET!

@kimikod does the printer work?

@kimikod We like lurkers, but we’d really like it if you came here and talked with us.

@Barney
/giphy we like lurkers

@sammydog01 Yeah, that’ll get 'em to come and talk to us. Either that, or they’ll run far, far away.

@Barney I like lurkers AND pizza.

@awk I haven’t had a chance to try to hook it up…once I do I’ll let you know