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Lightning Review: Lego Egg Timer [Cook]

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Summary: The Gadget: Lego Egg Timer. The Price: $7.99 The Verdict: It's cute. It's makes a wonderful tic-tock noise. It helps you do roasted lamb and chicken and Beef Wellington and cakes. It's Lego. Really, it can't get any better than that. I only wish...  Click to expand...

The Gadget: Lego Egg Timer.
The Price: $7.99
The Verdict: It's cute. It's makes a wonderful tic-tock noise. It helps you do roasted lamb and chicken and Beef Wellington and cakes. It's Lego. Really, it can't get any better than that. I only wish it could do more than one hour.

I bought the Lego Egg Timer while visiting Legoland in Denmark, at the end of my visit to the Lego factory. Since then I've used it many times and its design doesn't cease to entertain me. The top half of the mini-fig head rotates as it counts time, changing the expression as the minutes pass. Nothing else can be said about it, really, except that it's cute and it works great.

By the way, I will resume the chronicles of the Lego trip next week, after giving you a week of respite. Coming soon: an inside look at how the Lego bricks and sets are made, how they are designed from concept to final product, and what it's like to work there, among many other things. Stay tuned. [Lego]


 

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The Cango Underground - South Africa

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Summary photo Summary: South African Tourism has added a photo to the pool: The Cango Caves of South Africa . 29km from Oudtshoorn, and situated in a limestone ridge parallel to the well known Swartberg Mountains, you will find the finest dripstone caverns, with...  Click to expand...

South African Tourism has added a photo to the pool:

The Cango Underground - South Africa

The Cango Caves of South Africa.
29km from Oudtshoorn, and situated in a limestone ridge parallel to the well known Swartberg Mountains, you will find the finest dripstone caverns, with their vast halls and towering formations.

 

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U.S. soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July

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Summary: It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll ...  Click to expand...

It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll ...

 
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'I cry with joy': Freed hostage returns to France

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Summary: Ingrid Betancourt, freed from captivity and humiliation in the jungles of Colombia, returns to her beloved France and a hero's ...  Click to expand...

Ingrid Betancourt, freed from captivity and humiliation in the jungles of Colombia, returns to her beloved France and a hero's ...

 
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Cave Photography Forum: Underwater cave photography

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Summary: After endless problems with my Ikelite housing, I finally conceded and bought a new one....  Click to expand...

After endless problems with my Ikelite housing, I finally conceded and bought a new one....  

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Bats Forum: Ottawa bat woman cited after pet bites son

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Summary: Police say an Ottawa woman has been cited after one of her familys pet bats bit her son...  Click to expand...

Police say an Ottawa woman has been cited after one of her familys pet bats bit her son...  

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Cave Photography Forum: Photographers Blog

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Summary: This is more of a photographers goes caving blog but I found it interesting...  Click to expand...

This is more of a photographers goes caving blog but I found it interesting...  

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Caves or Caving News: Mining threatens Cango Caves!

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Summary: One of South Africas best known tourist attractions, the Cango Caves, may be destroyed if a company gets its way and starts mining limestone in the area.  Click to expand...

One of South Africas best known tourist attractions, the Cango Caves, may be destroyed if a company gets its way and starts mining limestone in the area.  

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Bush welcomes new U.S. citizens

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Summary: President Bush has invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Thomas ...  Click to expand...

President Bush has invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Thomas ...

 
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A.Q. Khan: N. Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan with Musharraf's consent

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Summary: North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army during the rule of President Pervez ...  Click to expand...

North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army during the rule of President Pervez ...

 
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