Getting in the Holiday spirit, so made toys. I'm seriously considering a toy
train on a section of track, originating from under the handle of the
jack-in-the-box to center-stage, but thought maybe I shouldn't crowd the
picture.

And is it me, or does the face on the jack-in-the-box look too psycho? It
seems every time I try to do a clownish face, it ends up being
unintentionally scary...

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Hosiah wrote:

> And is it me, or does the face on the jack-in-the-box look too psycho? It
> seems every time I try to do a clownish face, it ends up being
> unintentionally scary...

Make its lips rounder, less angular... and another nitpick: I doubt 
whether the three gray spiky things to the lower left are really 
suitable for small children!


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> High!
>
> Hosiah wrote:
>
>> And is it me, or does the face on the jack-in-the-box look too psycho? It
>> seems every time I try to do a clownish face, it ends up being
>> unintentionally scary...
>
> Make its lips rounder, less angular... and another nitpick: I doubt 
> whether the three gray spiky things to the lower left are really suitable 
> for small children!

Those spiky things are called jacks and are a child's game.
The idea is to spin them on a point or toss them while bouncing a ball or 
such.
The problem is that four (not three) equatorial points should have the 
little spherical protrusions.
See e.g. http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/jacks.jpeg
So with jacks and jack-in-a-box all you need is a jack-o-lantern to get 
really scary.
DLM

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dlm wrote:
> "Jörg 'Yadgar' Bleimann" <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote in message 
> news:439c1340$1@news.povray.org...
>>Make its lips rounder, less angular... and another nitpick: I doubt 
>>whether the three gray spiky things to the lower left are really suitable 
>>for small children!
> Those spiky things are called jacks and are a child's game.
> The idea is to spin them on a point or toss them while bouncing a ball or 
> such.
> The problem is that four (not three) equatorial points should have the 
> little spherical protrusions.
> See e.g. http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/jacks.jpeg
> So with jacks and jack-in-a-box all you need is a jack-o-lantern to get 
> really scary.

Nah, they're really caltrops.  ;)

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Tim Cook nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-12-11 21:58:
> dlm wrote:
> 
>> "Jörg 'Yadgar' Bleimann" <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote in message 
>> news:439c1340$1@news.povray.org...
>>
>>
>> Those spiky things are called jacks and are a child's game.
>> The idea is to spin them on a point or toss them while bouncing a ball 
>> or such.
>> The problem is that four (not three) equatorial points should have the 
>> little spherical protrusions.
>> See e.g. http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/jacks.jpeg
>> So with jacks and jack-in-a-box all you need is a jack-o-lantern to 
>> get really scary.
> 
> 
> Nah, they're really caltrops.  ;)
> 
Caltrops have all sharp points, usualy 4 of them, so that one is guaranteed to point
up. A nasty 
variation hace barbed points so that you hurt yourself some more removing them...
OUCH!

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Alain wrote:
>> Nah, they're really caltrops.  ;)
> Caltrops have all sharp points, usualy 4 of them, so that one is 
> guaranteed to point up. A nasty variation hace barbed points so that you 
> hurt yourself some more removing them... OUCH!

Have you ever stepped on jacks in your sock/bare feet in the middle of 
the night whilst stumbling to the bathroom?

I stand by my statement.  XD

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Just to clear up the controversy: Yes, I intended them as jacks, along with
the pink ball they make a small set. It's a girl's game, if you macho types
don't recognize it! :-)

Quote:
>> Have you ever stepped on jacks in your sock/bare feet in the middle of
>> the night whilst stumbling to the bathroom?

No, by the time my kids had jacks, they were more responsible. I think I
still have little square dents on the bottom of my feet from legos in the
same situation, however.

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Tim Cook nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-12-13 20:54:
> Alain wrote:
> 
>>
>> Caltrops have all sharp points, usualy 4 of them, so that one is 
>> guaranteed to point up. A nasty variation hace barbed points so that 
>> you hurt yourself some more removing them... OUCH!
> 
> 
> Have you ever stepped on jacks in your sock/bare feet in the middle of 
> the night whilst stumbling to the bathroom?
> 
> I stand by my statement.  XD
> 
Never! I don't have children and never owned any jack set. I did step on Legos
(mines), a Tonka 
truck or two, Meccano bolts and pieces, not to mention small and sharp stones and
glass bits...
Sory Hosia, but jack is not only a girl's game.

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Alain
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(Amen!)

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> Sory Hosia, but jack is not only a girl's game.

Oh, alright, it isn't. But I've never seen a boy play jacks.

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Hosiah nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-12-15 11:25:
>>Sory Hosia, but jack is not only a girl's game.
> 
> 
> Oh, alright, it isn't. But I've never seen a boy play jacks.
> 
At least, I saw some moovies where boys where playing the game, there where no girls
around.

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