A transparent automatic tape dispenser

As much as I love these pleasantly youthful transparent gadgets from The Wireless Catalog, I'm not entirely convinced that a stapler or tape dispenser requires quite so many moving parts. Or, indeed, that they need to cost nearly $40.



Zuhaib
#1 – 2:12 AM November 25, 2008
Humm, i swear when I was younger I remember seeing something like this in school. I always seemed memorized by them, but that $40 price tag makes me think twice before pulling the trigger...
airship
#2 – 9:07 AM November 25, 2008
I have had this particular stapler for at least 15 years. Watching it work makes me happy.
Halloween Jack
#3 – 1:06 PM November 25, 2008
I used to have a landline phone that was designed with a similar premise. I found it to be adequate compensation for the ancient disappointment that I suffered on finding out that, in the Visible Woman model kit, the parts that I was most interested in were, in fact, not visible.
jimkirk
#4 – 7:35 PM November 25, 2008
I've had one of those staplers for years. Cost me maybe $5.95. Works great, fun to watch. Hmmm, time for eBay?
LogrusZed
#5 – 8:27 PM November 25, 2008
Waht Jimkirk said. I got one of these at one of those outlet mall toy stores for something less than three bux.
Then I realized I never do any stapling.