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Dan Looks at Office Toys

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you'll-put-your-eye-out dept.

Daniel Rutter writes "In a move that's made me wonder afresh whether I'm actually living this life or just dreaming it, I've just put up a review of a bunch of office toys. Two rubber band guns, a pneumatic ping-pong ball launcher, a bubble gun, some iridescent bouncing putty, a frickin' CROSSBOW that shoots sucker darts, and a couple of high-flying ring-ins that aren't really suitable for indoor play at all."

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  1. what? no rubber-band machine gun by lingqi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    like this?

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    My life in the land of the rising sun.

  2. NERF by Nexus+Maelstrom · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While the things on the site were all well and good, I doubt any of them compair to the line of nerf products. These things will start wars to end all wars in many cubicle farms, and only end when all ammo has been destroyed.

    1. Re:NERF by ellesar1 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I must agree whole-heartedly. My Nerf Powerclip is an accurate, fully-automatic weapon. It is very accurate around 20+ feet. I mounted a little laser to the side, and I could draw a red bead on the back of someone's head.... and BAM! Either a double tap, or just fully unload 10 rounds in 20 sec. It was a thing of beauty. The suction darts stuck half the time, so that was cool, and the whistlers flying past one's ear were too cool. (unfortunately, our company kind of dissolved, so my toys are home now :( )

  3. Re:The Bandit Crossbow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm glad to see they changed the Bandit from its old black paintjob to the new yellow. I had one of these in college, and when walking across campus with it one day (we were going to ambush a math prof outside his office...no, I don't remember why) I was stopped by the police (real cops, not campus police).

    Needless to say, it took a bit of convincing (and me shooting my roommate who was with me) to prove it wasn't dangerous.

    Ah...the Bandit...great toy...

  4. Re:A hundred pounds of silly puddy by rreay · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A friend of mine did this. He bought a 100 pounds of silly putty, broke it into one pound chunks and sold them for $12.

    100 pounds of silly putty is about the size of two boxes of printer paper.

    Playing with a pound of silly putty is so much cooler that one of the dinky little eggs.

    -rr

  5. Dan's Desktop Trebuchet by lugonn · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I still think this, is the best toy Dan's got.

    I built one almost like it. but I didn't use a kit. Just some Bass wood stock/dowels, glue, large paper clips (trigger, release), and hemp cord.

    Shoots quarters/nickels 30 ft. w/1 lbs. counter weight. Needs more weight so I can shoot heavy split shots though.