When did the Woot writers start sniveling?

These could be quite useful tonight - to throw at unsuspecting drunken jackwagons.

"I have a deep timber to my voice"

Ehh. Woot writers, that should be spelled "timbre"!

Ah, so these are the reason that the rare earth metals in hybrid car batteries are so expensive.

I think I am going to pass on these and just go ahead and dust off my legos from when I was a kid. My boss is going to love the castle I am going to build.

Same stuff at Amazon for same price....just not green. But....free shipping.

omgwin wrote:Not a deal breaker, if you were interested. But the coating on the photoshoot set is already cracking. Click through the front page pictures to see yourself.

Thanks. I was looking for a reason not to buy these. I want them, but I don't want to spend $35 right now.

I think woot has been pulling all of the green ones out of their normal assortment just so they can offer them today!

I bought the gold and black ones a while back. The major problem is that the coating rubs off on your fingers, which is especially noticeable with the black ones. So unfortunately, I don't play with them as much as I'd like.

But I'm a sucker for green shiny things, so I bought these anyway...

We need some CSI action. Enhance... enhance ... enhance....

It's either the woot product photographer or big foot...I can't say for sure.

I drive one of those bloated, uneconomical trucks. How to you think things get built, out the back of a prius?

rkenimer wrote:"I have a deep timber to my voice"

Ehh. Woot writers, that should be spelled "timbre"!

And not only that, but the two words aren't even homophones...

The word the copywriters should have used "timbre" is pronounced tamber...

riocobra wrote:Not to gripe, but wouldn't these have made a bit more sense to offer over a week ago? Ok, maybe I'm trying to gripe just a little. But making a green top hat kinda loses some of the fun over a week after St Patrick's Day.

Kind of how shirt.woot sells their ugly holiday sweater t-shirts two days before Christmas? I bought one this year and it has yet to be worn. No one wants to be the weird person at work wearing a holiday t-shirt in January.

alpayton wrote:I got some for my teenage son for Christmas and they are really cool!! He finds it both entertaining and slightly maddening to get the polarities just right for creating complex shapes.

They are definitely a bit smaller than they were in my pre-purchase mental image.

Yeah, Woot, y'all gotta put up some size-perspective pictures.

These were specifically banned in my kid's school district.

Numberxone wrote:I drive one of those bloated, uneconomical trucks. How to you think things get built, out the back of a prius?

Me too.

flyngwalrus wrote:Yeah, Woot, y'all gotta put up some size-perspective pictures.

They are bout the size of a BB, maybe a little bigger.

I bought 2 216 silver coated bucky balls. After occasional fondling in my office I noticed the paint started to flake.

At first it wasn't a big deal, but then I started noticing my hands were totally metallic silver from the coating. I contacted buckyballs and they advised to "immediately discontinue use".

They were really cool about it and sent me a replacement however the replacement did the exact same thing after a month or two of use.

I never submerged them in liquids and took as good of care of them as I could but wanted to share that the coating sucks and may flake off.

This writeup was supposed to be funny. But it wasn't. Just offensive.

Don't know if it's been said but the coating wears off. I was using mine mostly as a stress ball. This caused the coating to come off and now when I squeeze my balls my hands get black stuff all over them! Would not buy again.

Or should they be called Luckyballs?!

Just curious. The people that have had the finish come off from their sets. Were you messing with them in a huge glob, kind of like a stress ball? I've seen people around my office messing with my balls (ha!) like that and I told them to stop. I could see why the finish would come off being used in that manner.

Thus far, I haven't had an issue with my black and gold sets. Well, except for some a-hole stealing my black set from my desk. In that case, I hope the coating does come off and it gives them cancer.

kobi wrote:...when I squeeze my balls my hands get black stuff all over them!

Better than white stuff all over them.

Or maybe you need to see a doctor!

jdfellows wrote:This writeup was supposed to be funny. But it wasn't. Just offensive.

Yeah, that seemed unusually mean-spirited.

jdfellows wrote:This writeup was supposed to be funny. But it wasn't. Just offensive.

You're either a big fan of St. Patrick when viewed as a snake exterminator, or an unemployed Voice Over actor, I can't tell which...

jdfellows wrote:This writeup was supposed to be funny. But it wasn't. Just offensive.

If St Pat drove all the snakes out? What are the English doing there?

Woody1150 wrote:Just curious. The people that have had the finish come off from their sets. Were you messing with them in a huge glob, kind of like a stress ball?

I've played with my black and silver ones only once or twice. The first time, with the black ones, all I did was break down the cube and try to reassemble it. I handled them for 15-30 minutes, I would guess. And at the end, my fingers already had some black dust on them. The coating didn't flake off in large chunks, but it was definitely rubbing off, and they were brand new.

They're still really cool, but once I get them in a shape I like, I leave them alone.

I've played with these and it's a lot of fun. The fact that this is two for one is great since I felt like just one set has too few buckyballs to make something interesting.

hnsez wrote:Here is a flickr photo stream looking at Buckyballs black and gold coating quality

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecurtise/5356754208/

Here the same guy directly addresses the quality between buckyballs and zen magnets.

Bucky balls - - - more worthless crap people don't want or need being peddled by Woot?!#@%

Hurry, hurry, folks, last chance to raise your credit card balance before you max it out.

Hope they offer that 52" TV screen again so I can watch American Idol while I'm waiting for my unemployment check.

jmclaug8351 wrote:If St Pat drove all the snakes out? What are the English doing there?

Oh, by the way, St. Patrick was born in Scotland of Roman parents...

Bottom line is don't be a hater on the feast of St. Patrick...

cheesed00dle wrote:Yeah, that seemed unusually mean-spirited.

I'm onboard with these other two. Not my favorite write-up. A little too opinionated for a site selling magnet balls.

I thought those were soylent green for all of 3 secs

The consensus is pretty clear here: the coating will wear off. Zen magnets has a far superior product and no one wants to buy Buckyballs from the world's most douchy CEO. For those who seem confused about the price, if you buy directly from Buckyballs, they are 2 for 1. This is the same price, except in green. Check out their website: http://www.getbuckyballs.com/

First, I wouldn't buy Buckyballs on principal alone, because of their CEO. Second, you can get a similar product, much cheaper off eBay. Third, these are cheap quality, but marketed as good quality. The ones you buy off eBay for cheaper are probably, actually better quality. Finally, the coating WILL wear off. You can't argue with all the actual user reviews posted here. I am just waiting for Zenmagnets to post on woot again.

If I had a spare $35 I would snag this up and put it in my cube at work...

But I don't have a spare $35.

Good day.

sssprinkle wrote:

As for copying the Woot! writeup, I think that's called theft of intellectual property...

Which may be the first time anyone has ever called the Woot! writeups intellectual property...

now THAT's an extreme use of literary license ... in fact it might get your license revoked!

wildbill57 wrote:Don't Bother, I bought these last time they weren't green, but they are TINY. Huge disappointment. They are about BB sized. I've got one unopened set because I was going to use them as a thank you gift, but would have been embarrassed to give them.

if you want to get rid of them, i'll take them off of your hands. send a PM

Woody1150 wrote:Buckyball warnings:

• Pregnant women, the elderly, pets and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Bucky balls.
  
• Bucky balls may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
  
• Bucky balls contain a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
  
• Do not use Bucky balls on concrete.
  
• Discontinue use of Bucky balls if any of the following occurs:
  

- itching
- vertigo
- dizziness
- tingling of extremities
- loss of balance or coordination
- slurred speech
- temporary blindness
- profuse sweating
- heart palpitations

• If Bucky balls begin to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.
  
• Bucky balls may stick to certain types of skin.
  
• When not in use, Bucky balls should be returned to the special container and kept under refrigeration. Failure to do so relieve the makers of Bucky balls and it's parent company of any liability.
  
• Ingredients of Bucky balls include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.
  
• Bucky balls have been shipped to our troops in Afghanistan and is also being dropped by our war planes on Iraq.
  
• Do not taunt Bucky balls.
  

Huh, The Happy Fun Ball has the same warnings.

tfsmithwv wrote:So what happens if you load these into your shotgun shells. Solid mass till it hits? Sticks to barrel? Sticks in magazine? WhatIF

Tell you what, buy some for me and I will test it.

Back when they had the regular Bucky Balls, I bought a set. The casing WILL crack in two spots: the north and south polarization of each tiny ball. You can't explain that! It's just going to happen! They always connect in those places so they get more wear n' tear!

Since the Balls I have are in the basic color, it's not the worst thing to ever happen, though my fingers and nails turn dark and ashy after prolonged use.

Anyway, I'm not gonna get these because if you mix one color with another... HA! Good luck sorting that one back out.