Fidget Spinners (and other toys) Thread [Image heavy]

FoxEye · 7 May 2017 at 01:43

ChroniC said:
Wow that is some expensive pointlessness

For £5 I still wouldn't buy one.

For £100+.... lol.

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MatsyLR · 7 May 2017 at 10:56

RastaManBob said:
Can you link to where these can be purchased from for this price? Thanks.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232200689535?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
They have slightly went up in price but that's the same seller I ordered from.

RastaManBob · 7 May 2017 at 16:57

MatsyLR said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232200689535?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
They have slightly went up in price but that's the same seller I ordered from.

Thank you!

NVP · 9 May 2017 at 06:53

mossi123uk · 9 May 2017 at 11:00

my daughter come home from grandads with a little cheap pink one, its mine now lol
I always mess with it cant stop myself

thedoc46 · 9 May 2017 at 19:44

My kids like 'em... One in particular has a collection of 5 or 6 of them... However he's 10 !

Minibiker · 9 May 2017 at 19:57

I was considering getting one of the glow in the dark ones

Scort · 9 May 2017 at 21:49

Fidget spinners.... Don't blokes play with their balls any more?

Anxiety, stress, whatever - pocket billiards mate.

Diddums · 9 May 2017 at 21:54

Scort said:
Fidget spinners.... Don't blokes play with their balls any more?

Anxiety, stress, whatever - pocket billiards mate.

Bang on. I don't need to pountless tech to keep myself busy.

neil_g · 10 May 2017 at 21:48

Got my £3 (bogof) cubes today. Surprisingly effective so far. If it can stop me subconsciously fiddling with my face and head causing irritation ill be happy.

HappyDomains · 12 May 2017 at 17:02

These are sold out everywhere. https://www.red5.co.uk/whirlerz-fin...4_1494605458_2dd6185b4580da5c4c69c3a432e6a5e9 show as 'In Stock'. These seem to be decent quality ones!

Kainz · 14 May 2017 at 08:07

Went to town with the missus yesterday and these things are bloomin everywhere - even in pound land shop front windows.

Missus went into Next for what seemed like ages so I went outside the store and waited for ages. Noticed 4 lads selling the things in the distance and doing all sorts of little 'finger tricks' with them. People were curious for sure.

TS7 · 14 May 2017 at 22:47

Just played around with one. I don't grasp any fun element of it. You spin it, it spins for a minute and yeah that's it. I'm sure if you learn tricks etc it can be quite enjoyable. But most people just spin them and hold them.

neil_g · 14 May 2017 at 22:50

Not about tricks.

Raymond Lin · 14 May 2017 at 22:52

I saw these on buzz feed last week, the same day earlier i saw one of those pop up stand appear in town selling them for £5 or something and lots of people were surrounding the vendor and I had no idea what they were.

I don't fidget, don't plan to start now.

TS7 · 14 May 2017 at 22:54

But I'm unsure how it prevents fidgeting. It doesn't substitute the urge of fidgeting as it's just like holding a pen but this has a spinning element. You're not actually moving your hand like you would if fidgeting, your hand is stationary.

Anyway, if it works for people then good.

JBod · 17 May 2017 at 06:55

TS7 said:
But I'm unsure how it prevents fidgeting. It doesn't substitute the urge of fidgeting as it's just like holding a pen but this has a spinning element. You're not actually moving your hand like you would if fidgeting, your hand is stationary.

Anyway, if it works for people then good.

When I fidget I tend to start picking or destroying things, whether its biting my nails or taking a pen apart. This just occupies my hands and actually distracts from all that.

Diddums · 17 May 2017 at 07:43

These are starting to make an appearance in shops too. There's a little card shop in Moorgate Station which now has a massive sign in the window: "Fidget spinners & cubes".

This is completely wasted on me, if I need to fidget I use a pen or whatever, the old school way. I suspect that in a year's time these will be long forgotten. They serve zero purpose other than to keep your hands occupied, which is a market already saturated by stationery.

DrToffnar · 17 May 2017 at 09:33

TS7 said:
But I'm unsure how it prevents fidgeting. It doesn't substitute the urge of fidgeting as it's just like holding a pen but this has a spinning element. You're not actually moving your hand like you would if fidgeting, your hand is stationary.

Anyway, if it works for people then good.

It does seem nonsensical in theory, but it works. You would not believe how clearer of clutter my desk is at home since picking up a spinner...

ttaskmaster · 17 May 2017 at 11:06

KiNgPiN83 said:
TLDR: Anyone else in a similar boat with jiggly legs and did it help make them less jiggly?

Take up drumming.
It doesn't stop the jiggling, but the tapping rhythms are more pleasant for people to hear, especially if you lay down a funky swung beat New Orleans second line, or a Zutty Singleton style solo!!

Scort said:
Fidget spinners.... Don't blokes play with their balls any more?

Nope. Prohibited by company policy and hygiene regulations, now.

Diddums said:
This is completely wasted on me, if I need to fidget I use a pen or whatever, the old school way. I suspect that in a year's time these will be long forgotten.

But the cubes do far more than even the most complicated-to-disassemble pen.
I often play with my Leatherman Squirt, but whipping a blade out in a meeting isn't as conducive to successful negotiation as it once was...

Diddums said:
They serve zero purpose other than to keep your hands occupied, which is a market already saturated by stationery.

RGB keyboards serve zero purpose other than to keep your hands occupied, which is a market already saturated by other RGB keyboards... yet they're still making new ones... :shrug:
I still can't see the spinner as anything special, but the cubes do at least provide a variety of different 'fidgets'.