You know how sometimes you come across a new product and wonder why no one had ever thought of it before? Well the latest creation from Art Lebedev Studios -- a single-use, bomb-shaped piggy bank -- is definitely
not one of those products. Lebedev, best known for the eternally-delayed
Optimus keyboard, the petite
Mini Three, and the uncomfortable-looking
Mus2 "pointer" mouse, must have decided that what the world really needs now is a way to store its change in a ceramic container modeled after World War II era munitions. The idea here is that you use the included marker to write your savings goal on the outside of the so-called "Superbitus" (or a pinup girl, if you want to keep the meme going); then, after you've accumulated the requisite loot (we assume that you need to tabulate that separately), you're supposed to destroy the bank not with a hammer, but by "dropping the bomb." Yeah, we know, this is probably not the best way to store
or spend your hard-earned money, but if you're the type who likes to show off "artsy" trinkets to your friends, this product might be right up your
bomb bay alley.
[Via
Chip Chick]
posted Feb 16th 2007 1:15PM
That thing is the bomb, yo.
I'd have to build me a big a$$ B1 bomber to hang them from until they get to capacity.
May not be available in Boston.
"May not be available in Boston."
ROFLMAO
His real name is Artemiy NOT Art. No art in his name and "products" as well...
This is a great case of something being lost in translation. In Russian it actually makes sense. It's not a great product by any means by the idea is ok.