@Kevfin I see a phone, keyboard, filing cabinet, papers, books, desks, sweater, calculator, and many other things. If all you see is are monitors, you might want to get your eyes checked.
@growyoungagain It seems like it was around 1995ish or so. And I don’t recall the exact price, a few hundreds of 1995 dollars at least. I distinctly remember my dad being beside himself when he realized how much I had spent. I thought it was such a fat upgrade over the paltry 14" and 15" CRT displays of the day.
My ex got the demolition one (not this specific one, but another from the same manufacturer)… it’s pretty okay. A bit flimsy and easy to knock down accidentally while building, but ‘go boom’ part is fun.
Still, my 7yo likes zombies, so I’m getting this anyway…
@username, no. The yellow square with the round black parts on it is the ‘exploder.’ The black pegs are pushed in to ‘load’ it, and they spring out when you push the detonator (the other yellow square with the red button, connected by a wire), hitting the walls.
@mehcuda67@hchavers Mehbe they know that zombies don’t want bananas. I do like the contaminated seltzer water thought though. @Thumperchick I don’t like those kind of people. You should use one of your cameras you sell and set it up to catch them. Then you can make them buy a bushel of bananas in return so you have a proper scale to size ratio (and something to eat).
Kind of funny what passes for STEM now. Back when we were growing up (urp) it was more along the lines of “borrowing” Dad’s chemistry set, or doing things outside the design parameters of whatever bicycle /slingshot /BB gun /model rocket/ car battery/ television transformer or capacitor we happened to get our hands on. I had a pretty good understanding and respect for lab equipment and safety, thermodynamics, dynamics, aerodynamics, high voltage and first aid (and occasional “friendly” interactions with local law representatives) long before I stepped into a real chemistry or physics lab. Fortunately, modern concepts like “mass destruction device” were instead treated by local law enforcement as “well, boys will be boys,” and none of my incidents of hearing loss or other injuries were very long lasting.
@therealjrn I’m not sure what the issue with the coke display was. That would be like saying displaying any photograph or artist rendering of the towers is offensive. Now, had they hung a model plane next to it…that’d be a different story.
@AmazingChicken Just now noticed that the zombie’s arm with phone was laying in the street. Meh should have put an image of today’s home page on the phone.
I’m really psyched to get my can of refreshing BluSky with this kit (Meh has it pictured in the slideshow).
Yeah, I know it isn’t listed in the contents, but I’d really like a can shipped with my order please. Oh, and I don’t really care for Ginger Ale, so could I get a can of BluSky Natural Cola instead?
Honestly, those all look pretty fun to me. I won’t be purchasing them, but I would be playing with them right now if they were physically in the same room with me.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Squishy Zombie
40x (total) wall panels
18x (total) floor panels
1x Radio tower
2x Sets of footing clips
Pictures
Stuff
Smokestack
Building
Zombie stuff
Zombie
Scale
Tall tower
Box
Exploder
Brains
Price Comparison
Building: $14.56 at Amazon
Smokestack: $12.16 at Amazon
Zombie: $10.15 at Amazon
Warranty
30 Days SmartLab
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Oct 30 - Wednesday, Nov 1
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For a certain little boy turning six, who has a love for the undead that will never die.
This sucks the life right out of me.
Kill me.
@cengland0 The only thing I see in the picture are those monitors. Brings back memories.
@Kevfin I see a phone, keyboard, filing cabinet, papers, books, desks, sweater, calculator, and many other things. If all you see is are monitors, you might want to get your eyes checked.
@cengland0 1999 Office Space moniters.
@growyoungagain I remember when I thought I was hot shit because I paid a grip for a NEC Multisync 17" monitor.
I see cubicles - brings back memories. I wouldn’t’ve considered them good ones, but now that there’s the “open floor plan”…
@ruouttaurmind when did you buy that monitor and how much is a grip? It looks kinda nifty actually.
@growyoungagain It seems like it was around 1995ish or so. And I don’t recall the exact price, a few hundreds of 1995 dollars at least. I distinctly remember my dad being beside himself when he realized how much I had spent. I thought it was such a fat upgrade over the paltry 14" and 15" CRT displays of the day.
@growyoungagain I remember installing several 21" ViewSonic CRT displays at Honeywell at the time. Those were $2,200 each!
Beer is better! I want this but I want beer more so guess which I’m getting!
I got too old for toys days ago.
@phendrick Unless you just had your 102nd birthday I disagree.
My ex got the demolition one (not this specific one, but another from the same manufacturer)… it’s pretty okay. A bit flimsy and easy to knock down accidentally while building, but ‘go boom’ part is fun.
Still, my 7yo likes zombies, so I’m getting this anyway…
@haydesigner It worked! Your order number is: brawny-ostentatious-anaconda
/image brawny ostentatious anaconda
@haydesigner “it’s pretty okay” is our schtick.
I await my Meh “It’s pretty okay” t-shirt, @Thumperchick
@haydesigner how exactly detonator works? Pushes air in?
@username, no. The yellow square with the round black parts on it is the ‘exploder.’ The black pegs are pushed in to ‘load’ it, and they spring out when you push the detonator (the other yellow square with the red button, connected by a wire), hitting the walls.
@haydesigner the wire doesn’t look sturdy enough to move, so is there batteries?
Yes, @username.
(I actually didn’t remember, so I had to look it up on the product page Meh linked. You’re welcome
)
So, I should just get the zombie from Amazon and save eight bucks?
@ponagathos Same.
“But come on, mostly it’s just awesome to pull intestines out of a zombie.”
Pics or it didn’t happen. WTF?
@mike808 Great now I’m hungry
Am I missing something or is this $8 cheaper on amazon
@mrmacneil The Zombie set is $10 on Amazon. The $18 is for three different items, or $6 each.
Again with the seltzer can? Meh, do you actually think you can replace the banana as THE size comparison for the Internet?
@hchavers Mehbe they’re implying that contaminated seltzer water caused the zombie apocalypse.
@hchavers It’s like trying to think in metric.
@hchavers Our banana scale was stolen by the jerk who keeps raiding people lunches for snacks.
@mehcuda67 @hchavers Mehbe they know that zombies don’t want bananas. I do like the contaminated seltzer water thought though. @Thumperchick I don’t like those kind of people. You should use one of your cameras you sell and set it up to catch them. Then you can make them buy a bushel of bananas in return so you have a proper scale to size ratio (and something to eat).
Kind of funny what passes for STEM now. Back when we were growing up (urp) it was more along the lines of “borrowing” Dad’s chemistry set, or doing things outside the design parameters of whatever bicycle /slingshot /BB gun /model rocket/ car battery/ television transformer or capacitor we happened to get our hands on. I had a pretty good understanding and respect for lab equipment and safety, thermodynamics, dynamics, aerodynamics, high voltage and first aid (and occasional “friendly” interactions with local law representatives) long before I stepped into a real chemistry or physics lab. Fortunately, modern concepts like “mass destruction device” were instead treated by local law enforcement as “well, boys will be boys,” and none of my incidents of hearing loss or other injuries were very long lasting.
Eh? What? Speak up @mehcuda67, dernit!
@haydesigner Sorry, got me one of them quiet keyboards. I’ll see if I can dig up one of them typewriter things to make it louder.
@mehcuda67 Meh offers a toy, and you decide this is some sort of plot to subvert STEM education.
You’re a special, special, tinfoil-hatted princess.
rad-gaudy-sound
How appropriate
“Let’s sell a bundle where kids can blow up two towers… and get this, we can sell it on 9/11!”
“What the hell, that would be really fucked up!”
“Oh… so 9/12 then?”
“Genius!”
@Starblind
@Starblind
@Starblind My calendar shows it’s 9/13 today.
@Starblind The only ppl offended are those who don’t understand basic physics.
@therealjrn I’m not sure what the issue with the coke display was. That would be like saying displaying any photograph or artist rendering of the towers is offensive. Now, had they hung a model plane next to it…that’d be a different story.
@cengland0 But the offer went up at 9:00 pm (Pacific time) on 9/12.
@cengland0 HERETIC! Burn the Julian-calendarist!
@Starblind Hi! Nice to see you around here again.
@medz
@therealjrn It’s the thought that counts, right?
Yes, Meh. Zombie looks quite cosmo on the French street in last pic. Kudos.
@AmazingChicken Just now noticed that the zombie’s arm with phone was laying in the street. Meh should have put an image of today’s home page on the phone.
I’m really psyched to get my can of refreshing BluSky with this kit (Meh has it pictured in the slideshow).
Yeah, I know it isn’t listed in the contents, but I’d really like a can shipped with my order please. Oh, and I don’t really care for Ginger Ale, so could I get a can of BluSky Natural Cola instead?
@trailhunting Real sugar. Mmmmm.
I love toys. You should sell more toys. Just not these ones.
@sammydog01
@medz Some extra stars thrown in.
Luckily, I was not drinking coffee at that moment.
Honestly, those all look pretty fun to me. I won’t be purchasing them, but I would be playing with them right now if they were physically in the same room with me.
@DrWorm Me too- if this was closer to $5 I would buy one.