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"As one can see in the video above, the lava lamp continues to operate well at three times the force of gravity."



As well as "IT LIIIIIIIVES!!!!" when you get it spinning for the first time, and scaring / awesome-ing the neighbor kids.

What the heck is that thing made of, anyway? An erector set? Juice bottles? Over-powered wires and motors? That beast is worthy of a Frankenstein moment.



So, pretty much yeah, an erector set, though possibly a bit stronger. It's not old-school erector, though. Looks like Meccano has been making Erector sets since about 1990.


>That beast is worthy of a Frankenstein moment.

I agree, who's spirit can only be really captured by a large toggle switch mounted on the wall that you have to flip which dims the lights as it happens.




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