Rube Goldberg website

by | Thursday, April 30, 2009

Just found out about this through a list-serv I am on. Very cool.

Hema is a Dutch department store (started back in 1926 and has over 150 stores all over the Netherlands). Check out HEMA’s product page… and just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. Don’t click on any of the item pictures, just wait and see what happens.

How cool is that?

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