It is made of a smooth metal in the shape of an enclosed kayak. If you spin it, it will reverse direction by itself.

This?

 

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi

Ha Ha, you're kidding right?!

 

Shaped like this only made of solid metal.

LOL

For some reason this reminds me of Tara's first scene from True Blood.

 

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

 

Still my favorite scene of hers in the show.

 

~Shane

What is a Tippe Top?

http://me598.wikidot.com/an-investigation-of-the-tippe-top

The oracle states that a coracle is a kinda a kayak. Or was that Dr. Seuss?

Which looks like a tippe top I guess? :)

A pirouetting pirogue?  A pirouguette?

 

 

 

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Quote - Ha Ha, you're kidding right?!

 

Shaped like this only made of solid metal.

 

No, I wasn't kidding :)

Other than what I posted, I have no clue what you are referring to.

Is it a kids toy you are looking for?

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi

Attached Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattleback

Rattleback

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Interesting object...

I take it Moriador's got the right thing then?

I want my prize! :)

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Quote - Rattleback

 

Thank you so much. I never knew the name. The purple one in the Wiki video is it!

Now has anyone seen one for Poser or an object?!

Quote - I want my prize! :)

Awww, I don't have a prize but you get the satisfaction of beating everyone else even PhilC!

Can't see anything anywhere I'd normally look...

...I thought its just the kind of thing Turbosquid might have in importable 3ds format for a couple of hundred bucks

Looks like it might not be toooo difficult (for someone suitably adept at modelling) to make though... I guess???

Save this txt file as an obj, see if that works for your rattleback needs...

                                                                                                                    

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It's not to scale, prolly the size of a kayak, but it was just a 5 minute quickie, hope it works for you.

                                                                                                                    

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Quote - Save this txt file as an obj, see if that works for your rattleback needs...

 

Thank you so much. It imports perfectly into P2012 on a Mac.

Quote - Rattleback

 

I never would have guessed that in a gazillion years! I've never heard of it.  Sounds interesting though.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi

Quote - > Quote - I want my prize! :)

Awww, I don't have a prize but you get the satisfaction of beating everyone else even PhilC!

Well, now that you mention it, THAT is a worthwhile prize. :)

You'll never guess how  I knew the answer, though.

I searched on Google with the search terms: spinning will reverse direction by itelf.

The wikipedia article came up number 3.

Google is my friend, though sometimes it gets grumpy and I feel as though I am submitting my requests to a Delphic Oracle. Some questions are better answered using Wolfram Alpha. But not this one, as it turns out.

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Cool! Never heard of that before. A cool video on the wikipedia page.