Comments on: Name those Objects! (Round 1)

By: ann

ann — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:17:42 +0000

A puzzle and a weight for helium balloons….makes PERFECT sense. Though I still think we should cut the wooden thing in half!

By: leeg

leeg — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:04:45 +0000

No idea what they are, but you might get a phone call from Electronic Arts about misappropriation of the 1990s version of their logo…

By: Pope Urban

Pope Urban — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:33:06 +0000

I can’t figure out the size of the cone relative to the puzzle. I need to be disillusioned.

By: Fitz

Fitz — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:36:25 +0000

Yep. Michael is spot on with the grey cone.

By: Michael Brundage

Michael Brundage — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:05:56 +0000

The grey cone is a weight for helium balloons. You wrap it in cellophane or other decorative paper, and then tie the paper at the top with ribbon attached to the balloons.

By: J$

J$ — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:15:06 +0000

The wooden block is a game indeed. I’ve seen the exact same thing, and it apparently came from somewhere in South Asia. The cone is, I believe, simply a presse-papier.

By: edwarddes

edwarddes — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:54:28 +0000

They wooden block is a game. You are supposed to have a marble that goes into the one external hole, and internal to the block is a maze like structure. The challenge is to get the marble back out once you have lost it inside. That is also why there are all the plugged holes around the outside, those are where there are channels internal to the block.