"Grip Car"

#1

Post by lvkv » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 1:10 AM UTC

"Grip Car"
teenage.engineering

Re: "Grip Car"

#2

Post by 20after4 » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 3:07 AM UTC

WTF is this thing? That's just about what I think with every teenage engineering product. Some of their others have been something I'd actually buy were the price affordable, this one on the other hand is just a big WTF. I had to double check that it's not Αpril 1st.

Re: "Grip Car"

#3

Post by hooverd » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 4:46 AM UTC

20after4 wrote: post #2

WTF is this thing? That's just about what I think with every teenage engineering product. Some of their others have been something I'd actually buy were the price affordable, this one on the other hand is just a big WTF. I had to double check that it's not Αpril 1st.

A very expensive Tech Deck

Re: "Grip Car"

#4

Post by upon_drumhead » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 4:51 AM UTC

20after4 wrote: post #2

WTF is this thing? That's just about what I think with every teenage engineering product. Some of their others have been something I'd actually buy were the price affordable, this one on the other hand is just a big WTF. I had to double check that it's not Αpril 1st.

I feel like this would have done well on kickstarter as a reasonably priced fidget toy. $250 is nuts.

Re: "Grip Car"

#5

Post by maciejgryka » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 5:02 AM UTC

Highest-end fidget spinner I’ve ever seen. Instantly appealing to my inner 6-year-old.

Re: "Grip Car"

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Post by bitwize » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 5:03 AM UTC

20after4 wrote: post #2

WTF is this thing? That's just about what I think with every teenage engineering product. Some of their others have been something I'd actually buy were the price affordable, this one on the other hand is just a big WTF. I had to double check that it's not Αpril 1st.

If you have to ask what it's for, you don't get it. It's art.

Re: "Grip Car"

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Post by thih9 » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 5:14 AM UTC

It’s an actual expensive toy - a €249 fidget car - released by a company famous for producing expensive toy-like musical devices.

I guess overpriced products like this are good at generating social media buzz and anchoring the brand as more prestigious. Not much different from gold apple watches or overpriced mac pro wheels. It’s basically free marketing.

Re: "Grip Car"

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Post by helloplanets » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 5:26 AM UTC

Teenage Engineering has reached peak Teenage Engineering. Not that it's a bad thing. Gotta respect the fact that they've got such a strong brand they can just put out a pure collectible / art piece.

And that thing looks like it's built to last a 1000 years.

Re: "Grip Car"

#9

Post by bowsamic » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 5:44 AM UTC

This is depressing and infantile, honestly. At least before TE maintained a veneer of being related to creative activity. Now they really are a toy company for rich hipsters

Re: "Grip Car"

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Post by nrr » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 5:59 AM UTC

20after4 wrote: post #2

WTF is this thing? That's just about what I think with every teenage engineering product. Some of their others have been something I'd actually buy were the price affordable, this one on the other hand is just a big WTF. I had to double check that it's not Αpril 1st.

When you conceive of Teenage Engineering first and foremost as a design firm that incidentally tends to release neat synthesizers, so much of what they do will make way more sense.