Comments on: tops with frickin’ laser beams http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/ cool gadgets, games, gizmos and weird science Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2637 technabob Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:13:53 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2637 Good points. I probably wouldn't advise that you give one of these to your kids. They're really best for those adults who want to reminisce about that Axel F tune. Good points. I probably wouldn’t advise that you give one of these to your kids. They’re really best for those adults who want to reminisce about that Axel F tune.

]]> By: David in Hong Kong http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2636 David in Hong Kong Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:58:25 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2636 My wife bought two of these in a street market in MongKok in Hong Kong for our kids. When I saw the laser diode in the side I immediately feared for my toddlers retinas so I opened them up and snipped the wires to the lasers. The remaining coloured LEDs still light up enough to amuse them for 10 seconds. I can confirm that they do play a nasty PCM style Axel F theme. The plastic launcher for one of them has broken apart already and I hope the other will break very soon so I can throw these damn things out. I may keep the laser diodes for future projects (where do I get sharks...). The lasers are exactly like those you get in laser pointers. My advice - avoid these at all costs. Cheap, nasty and potentially dangerous. My wife bought two of these in a street market in MongKok in Hong Kong for our kids. When I saw the laser diode in the side I immediately feared for my toddlers retinas so I opened them up and snipped the wires to the lasers. The remaining coloured LEDs still light up enough to amuse them for 10 seconds.

I can confirm that they do play a nasty PCM style Axel F theme. The plastic launcher for one of them has broken apart already and I hope the other will break very soon so I can throw these damn things out. I may keep the laser diodes for future projects (where do I get sharks…). The lasers are exactly like those you get in laser pointers.

My advice - avoid these at all costs. Cheap, nasty and potentially dangerous.

]]> By: Rich http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2635 Rich Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:21:13 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2635 <blockquote>The original tune is topnotch…but admittedly the way the top loops one phrase would piss me off too.</blockquote> And skips one beat.

The original tune is topnotch…but admittedly the way the top loops one phrase would piss me off too.

And skips one beat.

]]> By: How Not To Write http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2634 How Not To Write Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:35:27 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2634 Yep, crazy frog strikes again. Crazy frog is huge with the kiddies. I would buy this for my kids, but then I would have to kill them. Yep, crazy frog strikes again. Crazy frog is huge with the kiddies.

I would buy this for my kids, but then I would have to kill them.

]]> By: Rohin http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2642 Rohin Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:49:16 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2642 As Henrik implies, this is the tragic, woeful and irritating Crazy Frog rip-off of Axel F with the 'ding ding' etc. The original tune is topnotch...but admittedly the way the top loops one phrase would piss me off too. As Henrik implies, this is the tragic, woeful and irritating Crazy Frog rip-off of Axel F with the ‘ding ding’ etc. The original tune is topnotch…but admittedly the way the top loops one phrase would piss me off too.

]]> By: technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2643 technabob Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:04:57 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2643 Aw no......... Aw no………

]]> By: Henrik http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2638 Henrik Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:59:26 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2638 It's the Crazy Frog version of Axel F: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwdGq2wH6Xk It’s the Crazy Frog version of Axel F:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwdGq2wH6Xk

]]> By: technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2640 technabob Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:19:59 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2640 I'm also not sure about the whole Popeye the Sailor Man "whoo-whoo" whistle in the middle there. For some reason I don't remember that in Axel F. I’m also not sure about the whole Popeye the Sailor Man “whoo-whoo” whistle in the middle there. For some reason I don’t remember that in Axel F.

]]> By: Mike http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2641 Mike Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:39:43 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2641 Looks pretty cool, $5.95 shipped not bad for Kid's toys. Looks pretty cool, $5.95 shipped not bad for Kid’s toys.

]]> By: KennyP http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2639 KennyP Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:07:33 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/04/tops-with-frickin-laser-beams/#comment-2639 That music! My ears! My precious, precious ears!! Aiiiigh. That music! My ears! My precious, precious ears!! Aiiiigh.

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