Jingle cash
Sorry for the slow December around here, folks, but I've been on the road almost the entire month; first the honeymoon, now visiting relatives in Canada! I've only had a few minutes of online time this entire week.
But it wouldn't feel like a proper Xmas without at least one cranky, what-the-hell-is-the-world-coming-to post about increasingly surreal holiday toys. Which brings us to Exhibit A: The "Youniverse" ATM Machine for kids. As the Washington Post describes it:
Tweens and beyond can insert the supplied ATM card into the silver machine, punch in their PIN, be greeted by name on the electronic display, peer into the pretend security camera and wait for that seminal capitalistic moment -- when crisp bills miraculously appear, ripe for the plucking. Unlike in a real ATM, a cash drawer opens in the toy ATM, allowing an avaricious child to grab every last cent and run. What do you want for $24.95? But the machine does automatically count coins.
Toys R Us sold 10,000 of these things in four days, and Amazon has been completely cleaned out. Apparently, the company that makes a "brightly colored toy armored car".
(Thanks to Boing Boing for this one!)
Posted by Clive Thompson at December 25, 2004 11:39 PM
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Visiting relatives in Canada, eh? I guess visiting freakin' FRIENDS in Canada is out of the question! I have threatened to kill you on past occasions and you are again taking your life in your own hands.
Merry Xmas. Happy Chanukka. Happy Honeymoon.
P.S. read my insane posts on science fiction that are coming out in January.
Ariana blows of our lunch meeting and now this insult? Why are you people trying to break my heart?
Posted by: Erik at December 26, 2004 10:02 AM
Oh my god, I saw those toy ATMs at a Rite Aid in my neighborhood the other day and couldn't believe my eyes.
Posted by: Andrew Hearst at December 26, 2004 1:16 PM
Ahahha! I know, they are freaky beyond description.
Erik, ah, mon ami, there was no time for even the merest friend visit this time around, given that we hadda fly back today to be at work tomorrow. The friends-visit to the t-dot will engage in 2005 ...
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Visiting relatives in Canada, eh? I guess visiting freakin' FRIENDS in Canada is out of the question! I have threatened to kill you on past occasions and you are again taking your life in your own hands.
Merry Xmas. Happy Chanukka. Happy Honeymoon.
P.S. read my insane posts on science fiction that are coming out in January.
Ariana blows of our lunch meeting and now this insult? Why are you people trying to break my heart?
Posted by: Erik at December 26, 2004 10:02 AM
Oh my god, I saw those toy ATMs at a Rite Aid in my neighborhood the other day and couldn't believe my eyes.
Posted by: Andrew Hearst at December 26, 2004 1:16 PM
Ahahha! I know, they are freaky beyond description.
Erik, ah, mon ami, there was no time for even the merest friend visit this time around, given that we hadda fly back today to be at work tomorrow. The friends-visit to the t-dot will engage in 2005 ...
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The largest variety of FDA approved. Carisoprodol Order now and get http://www.fast-carisoprodol.com free over night delivery or 30 days supplies of vitamins. The largest buy without Ortho-McNeil Pfizer Merck Bayer AstraZeneca
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