What Is It? game 334

It's Thursday, so you know what it means, Neatoramanauts: it's time for the What Is It? Game, brought to you by the wonderful What Is It? Blog.

What is this thing in the picture? Your guess can win you a free T-shirt of your choice from the NeatoShop! Here's how to play:

Place your guess in the comment section below. One guess per comment, but you can enter as many guesses as you'd like in separate comments. Post no URLs or weblinks.

You might know what they are, but if you want to win a t-shirt, you'll have to use your imagination, because we are going to select two winners who give us the funniest incorrect guesses. If you guess right, you may get a pat on the back, but you don't win anything, see? So get creative!

Please write your T-shirt selection alongside your guess. If you don't include a selection, you forfeit the prize. We suggest you take a look at the NeatoShop's selection of Funny T-shirts and Science T-Shirts. Or maybe a Sci-Fi Shirt! Or a Pun Shirt!

Visit the What Is It? Blog for for an additional picture of this thing. Then enter!

Update: This is a replica Confederate torpedo for guarding their harbors from Union ships, they "were constructed from available wooden barrels, then filled with gun powder and fitted with a contact detonator. Streamlined ends were added to lessen the effects of tides and currents. The Union Navy lost more than 40 ships to these torpedoes." The actual size of these mines was three to four feet long. A lot of your guesses were right, or dangerously close to right, but we were looking for funny but wrong answers. One of the funniest came from moddycurl: “This is the actual dressmaker's form used to make several of Madonna's costumes.” That’s worth a T-shirt from the NeatoShop! Bo Culjan had a great one, too: “It's the collar attachment for the "Dogs of War" model St. Bernard.” That one deserves a T-shirt, too! Congratulations! Thanks to everyone who played this week. You’ll find the answers to all this week’s mystery items at The What Is It? blog.


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Hi,
I think it's a training egg for competition ostriches.
We understand the value of the pointed shape on each side.
Ostriches thank us for that matter.
The black part allows to "reset" the laying process for more training.

ED209 Service and Repair Manual, M, Please
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It is little known that in Victorian England, a secret Royal Project used a giant cannon to launch a mouse and successfully landed it in this tiny craft upon the Moon. The reinforced barrel ship was recovered, but, alas, the mouse had decided to stay behind for the cheese.

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Canned Octopus, Black, XL
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This was a bit too small for Miley Cyrus to swing on in her video. Plus "Came in like a pendulum" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "Came in like a wrecking ball".
The Love Bug, 2x, Charcoal
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Part of an early pneumatic tube system for ride-up banking. Put your gold dust, chickens, etc. into the carrier (pictured) then crank the blower handle to send it to the teller.

Great Vocab Didn't Save the Thesaurus (Silver, 2XL)
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Furthermore, they'll stay magnetized years and years, but they're brittle. If you let them come together from far apart you run the risk of cracking them.
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I have a cube of neodymium magnets. I can confirm that as soon as you pick it up, you can't get anything else done.

Rather than spheres, "weakly" magnetized 1/8" - 3/16" cubical magnets are the best choice for this. Be sure to get a perfect cube. (K&J magnetics sells them in cubic quantities, even!)
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holy crap!! i love magnetic toys.. a few years back i bought a little magnet-building kit thing from the planetarium and i could not put it down. it is SUCH a terrible idea to sell a bunch of stoners a toy like that... needless to say, all the parts never make it to the next user.
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I like how there's an image in the middle of the video. I assume that the video's creator was trying to insert the "youtube thumbnail" but missed.

Also: This is going to the top of my xmas list.
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Well guess I better order one fast. Knowing our society, some idiot parent will give it to their toddler who will then swallow the thing resulting in some medical horror story. Then watch it get banned even though its not for kids in the first place.
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We supply Neocube magnetic balls (magnetic spheres) whose size is from 3mm~10mm. They are very powerful and amazing. There are 216pcs of magnetic spheres in one set.

The magnetic fields of magnetic balls are concentrated more at the poles than disc or block magnets. These balls are great for experimentation and magic tricks and are just plain fascinating to play with.

Neocube is consisted of hundreds of individual strong neodymium balls.

You can create huge number of shapes and models according to your imagination by this amazing Neocube.

Neocube is wonderfully suitable for experiments and combining with other magnets.

No one who comes into contact with these magnets ever wants to give them back. These small but very powerful Neocube inevitably arouse a sense of play.

The more, the better.

Eric
www.neo-cube.cn
sales@neo-cube.cn
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We supply QQMAG (NeoCube) magnetic balls (magnetic spheres) whose size is from 3mm~10mm. They are very powerful and amazing. There are 216pcs of magnetic spheres in one set.

The magnetic fields of magnetic balls are concentrated more at the poles than
disc or block magnets. These balls are great for experimentation and magic tricks
and are just plain fascinating to play with.

QQMAG (NeoCube) is consisted of hundreds of individual strong neodymium balls.

You can create huge number of shapes and models according to your imagination by this amazing QQMAG (NeoCube).

QQMAG (NeoCube) is wonderfully suitable for experiments and combining with other magnets.

No one who comes into contact with these magnets ever wants to give them back. These small but very powerful QQMAG (NeoCube) inevitably arouse a sense of play.

The more, the better.

http://www.iqmagtoy.com/qqmag
sales@cndailymag.com
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These are the coolest puzzles! I just bought 2 of them from this place called TheCyberCube.com. They have different types of cubes and cool packaging! Its defiantly a must check out. The price was pretty good. I believe the “7x7 Creation Cube” is the same as the NeoCube BUT the 7x7 Creation Cube you get 343 spheres VS the NeoCube you only get 216 spheres. Dunno … Check it out!! :)

- Gadget Master
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I just want to say thank you to all the people who left information regarding where to buy a neocube the cheapest.

After looking up those mentioned and several (including wholesalers) I found on my own, I believe that the CyberCube is the best value for your money.

I tried to buy a bulk lot from a wholesaler before searching for the cheapest set available.
In my search of wholesalers the best one I found was Indigo.com. They unfortunately do not sell sphere magnets and if they did I SUSPECT that it would still be cheaper to buy a set of 216 or 343 magnets from a place like BukcyBalls or NeoCube or CyberCube, but they have good deals on other magnets and scientific equipment - I searched for hours. I believe that they have the cheapest prisms on the web (trianlge-shaped pieces of glass that let you see around corners or show the full spectrum of light).

For instance, you can buy 64 (which is 4x4) nickle-coated neodymium N42 cube magnets that are 5mm x 5mm x 5mm, for only $11.52 .
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hi i have a neo cube and i works awesome! I gave my boyfriend a ring made out of these. they are cheaper in bulk btw. I personally like using them for bracelets and necklaces.
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