Paint Splatter Cube Spinner/Gyro Cube - eBay, $1.69 USD.
Dimensions: 3.2 cm3
Item has free standard international shipping. I paid only $1.49 USD for this item.
I liked my red cube spinner so much that when eBay showed me this auction with a coloured paint splatter spinner from a seller offering a buy-2-items-and-get-a-discount deal, I had to pick it up.
It took three and a half weeks to arrive, and arrived in a padded envelope. The box was a little squished, but that’s normal for these sorts of very cheap listings.
This cube is bigger than the red cube and feels cheaper. It’s lighter, it has raised seam lines along the edges of the cube and a couple of areas of raised plastic, a couple almost sharp to touch. It’s not as nice to handle or stroke--it feels like the difference between the fake and Zuru or Antsy Labs fidget cubes, even though my red cube is also imitation. The cheaper plastic and lighter weight is off-putting to me; I don’t much like touching it.
It only spins for about half as long as the red cube, and it does make a light plastic rattling noise whilst spinning.
Like many fake Tangles, the paint-effect is printed on, and close up or under a camera’s magnification, the dots are quite obvious. Unlike many fake Tangles, there’s only a few places along the very edge of the cube pieces that haven’t taken the print, and these aren’t visible unless you’re looking for it. As a printed stim toy, in terms of coverage, it’s one of the better items I own.
As pretty as this is, I prefer the plain red cube as a stim toy, and the smaller size makes it easier to carry around. As a decorative desk piece, though, the paint splatter spinner is extremely gorgeous, and I really do love the bright, mottled colours.
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