ayin jade Posted November 12, 2007 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,799 Content Per Day: 6.19 Reputation: 11,244 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted November 12, 2007 Exploding piggy-bank aims to scare Japanese into saving Greying Japan has a new weapon to scare people into saving for their retirement -- an exploding piggy bank. The "Savings Bomb," which goes on sale in Japan next week, "explodes" and scatters coins if users fail to save for a long time, toy manufacturer TOMY Co Ltd said Thursday. The battery-powered toy -- designed as a cartoon-style, ball-shaped black bomb with a skull and crossbones logo -- lights up, makes a noise, shakes violently and scatters coins if it is not topped up for a long time. "Users must pick up and collect the scattered coins and reflect on their laziness," the Japanese company said. For the rest of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheya joie Posted November 12, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,054 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 351 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/15/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted November 12, 2007 O... k... Definitely not on my Christmas list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afal Posted November 12, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 60 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,249 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/12/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted November 12, 2007 Nah, don't bother buying me one of these for Christmas either!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 I think I'll pass on this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted November 13, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted November 13, 2007 OK . . . now that that thread hijacker is gone . . . back to the piggy bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupins_girl Posted November 13, 2007 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/13/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/03/1992 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Wow, that sounds so cool! I want one of those! All the nifty Japanese stuff is really popular among me and my friends right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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