- This is called Wonder Wire.
Observe the length of the wire.
Now, as I pull them apart, give me a sec here,
I'm just gonna pull them apart.
Almost there.
Give me one sec.
Just gonna pull them apart.
As you can see, the length of the wire
hasn't changed one bit!
I'm not quite sure how it works.
Notice the end of the wire.
Nothing gets longer!
Kind of cool.
Welcome to the video.
Yo, what's up guys and welcome back.
Hope you had a great weekend.
Holidays coming up, I'm getting pretty excited.
We're looking at the new Curiosity Box.
This actually isn't it, my friends over at
Art of Play sent me this huge box full of goodies,
including the Curiosity Box, which I didn't check out
in San Diego, by the way.
I told them not to show me the content.
I've seen, like one or two items from it.
But I'm really excited to unbox it to show you guys
what's inside as well as what's in here,
and what's in that box. (chuckles)
I definitely will revisit the reacting too, and
giving it a couple of weeks is kind of cool
because it gets the content up on the Reddit page.
So let's start unboxing this here.
We got a little black seal.
Gotta love it, when unboxing is fun.
Look at this!
Just tearing everything apart.
Tearing me apart, Lisa!
Oh, hi Mark.
Okay.
Oh, oh it's a stocking!
That's cool.
So, this is to be hung on the fireplace.
There's like a Rubik's Cube, way more complex.
I don't even understand how to do a Rubik's Cube.
So for me, this is a beautiful, colorful paperweight.
Oh, this is cool, I had one of these.
Oh, this is like an illusion though.
So, it's a micro-puzzle, check that out.
That makes one of those weird designs.
Some ideas here for stocking stuffers.
Ready for this?
(chuckles) It doesn't want to be spun that way.
Other way (chuckles)
Isn't that weird?
Thank goodness for Art of Play,
otherwise, I mean this is great because I can just
re-gift all of this to my friends.
(laughs)
I don't have to go Christmas shopping, which is kinda cool.
Use these pieces to recreate the shape below.
Can you solve me, level three.
Cool!
A little Einstein pin.
Little Einstein pin.
Every sale of those pins goes directly to Albert Einstein.
Oh, these are dice!
That's cool.
Oh, they're playing cards!
Sweet, so you can play a hand of poker.
Lee, quickly, hand of poker, ready?
Oh, we got a pair of queens here.
And that's a pair of queens ten high.
(glass falling)
Lee just spilled his entire coffee.
Lee, you're fired.
- [Lee] The worst.
- [Host] Jack, queen, king, oh you got a pair of jacks.
Lee, keep going.
These ones here, you got a pair of jacks,
you gotta beat a pair of queens.
Two pairs, you beat me.
All right, you're fired Lee, get out of here.
Oh a spinning top!
This is cool spinning top.
So it spins, but then it goes upside down, watch.
Watch.
Didn't spin it fast enough.
There you go!
Look at that.
Isn't that cool?
All very cool stockings stuffers which I'm definitely
going to re-gift to my friends.
So hopefully they don't watch this video.
But even if they are re-gifted, wouldn't you be happy
to receive all of these things?
I know I would.
Maybe I'll just gift them to myself.
This is what I've been waiting for here.
They come out with one of these every year,
and inside is a trove of magical items.
Curiosity Box, 2019.
Each year, as we travel the world, we reach for rare
and magical treasures to include in--
We search for rare and magical treasures to include in
our exclusive holiday collection this year.
You'll find elegant playing cards, fascinating puzzles,
surprising toys, and delightful amusements
all designed to inspire your imagination and help
you unleash an unexpected moment of wonder.
Oh, I like that gold paper.
Oh wow, look at that.
Their packaging is like second to none.
So this is probably-- well, it was the only thing
I've seen in this box but it's definitely the one
thing I was most impressed with.
Place a large glass...
Your body heat causes the liquid inside to shoot into
the top bulb and appear to boil.
I don't know if it actually boils,
but I think probably something to do with
the air pressure inside.
Focus on that.
Ready?
You already see it starting to bubble.
Watch when I put my hand on it, here.
(quickly rising tone)
(bubbling)
Bam!
Imagine?
Just blows up in my face. (chuckles)
Isn't that cool?
How cool is that?
I look like a scientist.
We're definitely going to use this for scientific B-roll.
If we have any puzzle that's scientific,
this is definitely going in that.
So that's cool, definitely not re-gifting. (chuckles)
You gotta appreciate toys like this, because they do
make you feel like a kid.
What's this game?
Is this like those little pigs?
You know how they had those little pigs?
And you stand them up?
How to play Jacks Game.
Decide if you're going to play solo or with friends.
(laughs)
Sad.
Throw ten jacks on the floor using one hand.
Throw the ball in the air and pick up one jack
for onesies then grab the ball after it bounces.
Note, don't miss any jack
or let the ball bounce more than once.
If you do, your friend's turn to play.
Oh, and then you gotta...
Oh, see I missed the jack, now it would be your turn?
Is that how you play?
That seems a little random.
Maybe you guys let me know in the comments.
Jacks.
Pretty cool though, they're little chrome pieces.
Okay.
That is that.
Pretty cool, nice little game.
We saved the decks from last year.
Pro knot.
What's this?
What is this?
We got different knots here.
What is the actual point of making different knots?
Guess the knot that I've been making all these years
is pretty lame.
Maybe in a post-apocalyptic future I might need
to know how to make different knots.
In case our civilization, or maybe the way
we vote for a leader will depend on the amount
or difficulty of the knots that we make.
So this is cool, it looks like...
But if you put it to the shirt, see?
If do this it doesn't do anything.
But if I do this, do you see that?
Isn't that cool?
Again, all proceeds go directly to Albert Einstein himself.
Magic paperclip.
This is a magic paperclip, all right?
Not to be confused with a regular paperclip.
So just bend it out of shape.
It says you can bend it out of shape
without much effort.
But if you heat it up, the metal will magically morph back
to it's original form.
Which it hasn't.
But it says put it in hot water, so that might work.
So we might test that out.
Maybe this is just a regular paperclip.
(laughs)
And posing as a magical paperclip.
The magic butterfly!
Rewind, place in a card or book.
Watch it fly?
It says to wind it forty times.
Atwon, do you have a book, you can pass me?
Wait, I got it, I got it.
Actually a book from my friend Ben Earl called The Shift.
So apparently, you're supposed to just leave this in here.
And when they receive their gift, here we go.
Get outta here!
That is so cool.
That's amazing.
What?
Can you pass that butterfly?
That is insane!
What?
That is so cool, imagine opening a book with this
flying out, how magical is that?
I'm doing this again.
Forty!
All right, you ready?
So, like a greetings card, you give this to somebody.
Okay, you ready?
(laughs)
That is so cool!
Okay, my new favorite item.
Hand boiler, you gotta take a back seat here,
because the magic butterfly is pretty insane.
Imagine having like ten of these.
You get like ten of them and then just,
person has a heart attack instantly.
Or has a deathly fear of butterflies.
Comment below if you have a fear of butterflies.
I'd love to see a comment there somewhere.
(laughs)
This one person like, hey man, no one ever talks
about my fear of butterflies.
This is Card Star.
Card Stars are beautiful, okay?
I've never actually built one, apparently you can build it
with this here.
So they give you a template right here.
And sort of schematic on how to cut a card star.
Atwon do you want to build a Card Star?
- [Atwon] Yeah, sure.
- Here you go.
Atwon's gonna handle Card Star duties today, thanks man.
And we'll check up with the Card Star in a bit.
Next up, so many things left!
Audubon bird calling.
You can call a bird with this?
Now the standard song bird call throughout the world,
this birchwood and metal instrument will produce sounds
which attract a variety of wild songbirds
with a simple twist.
What do you do?
Twist to call.
(squeaking)
Sounds more like a basketball game,
you know the sneakers going?
(squeaking)
Let's get some B-roll of a basketball player.
(squeaking)
(quick squeaking)
This is really cool, this is a puzzle envelop.
So if you want to send a letter to someone,
and you wanna put a butterfly in there, obviously,
this is an envelop.
And you loop it around with this string here,
so you loop that around the top part, and it actually
closes it as a puzzle and they have to figure it out.
Or they can just cut it open, whatever they want.
But kinda cool.
If you wanna peak what's inside the mystery deck
without actually opening it, you do this.
So that way you're not ruining anything.
There you go, be brave or die.
Those are your two choices, all right?
No other choice.
Be brave or die.
These are cool, look at these.
They kind of have a beige, edging to them.
Not necessarily white.
Very nice.
How to stay alive in the wild with only one playing card.
That's kind of cool.
Okay, what kind of knowledge are they
going to bestow upon us here?
Tinder, great for starting a small campfire.
Agreed.
Spoon, you can use it as a spoon.
A straw, you can make a straw out of it, interesting.
Bandage, place it over a wound and apply pressure.
A knife, fold this card in half and it
becomes strong enough to cut open a fish.
Do we have a fish?
Should we test this out?
We don't have a fish?
Weapon, scare off that grizzly
with a throw to the head and run.
Do we have a grizzly bear?
Here's the bonus, is that I got some other stuff
in the mail here that we're gonna check out in a second.
Tempo, this is kinetic art.
Drill design, sail away.
A beautiful kinetic art sculpture for the office.
So a gift from Art of Play, very very cool.
I like art, especially kinetic art because
it's quite magical.
That's kind of it.
That's kind of all it does.
Quite beautiful.
Very Frank Write.
Frank Write, right?
The architect out of Chicago?
Feel like that's very mid century modern.
Tempo.
Every time I hear tempo the only thing I think about
is Whiplash.
- Not quite my tempo, it's all good, no worries.
Here we go.
- So when you got some friends coming over.
This either says,
come in.
Or go away.
So depending on who's coming over you just flip
the doormat away, and as soon as they see this
they will make for a hasty retreat.
Oh!
A kaleidoscope!
This is a kaleidoscope made of brass and glass.
Very cool.
If you guys could see what I'm seeing on the inside here.
I don't know if you'll be able to see it.
And lastly, this is cool.
This is a fifteen minute sand timer.
So the sand in this will last exactly fifteen minutes.
Listen to that sound.
Sand timer.
I love that.
If you ever have a challenge or anything, fifteen minutes?
That's pretty cool.
It's glass, nice fine sand.
Can you imagine there's someone out there who's paid
legitimately just to stare at this for fifteen minutes
and be like "Stop! Stop the sand,
that was fifteen minutes of sand."
So there was a sand timer timer is what I'm saying.
Was his job, was sand timer timer.
What do you do for a living?
Oh, sand timer timer.
Anyways, guys, that is it for unboxing everything.
Oh, one last thing.
The Card Star.
Is the Card Star...
The Card Star.
Check this out.
How magical is that item?
Look at that.
So that, how long did that take you to make?
- [Atwon] I would say ten minutes.
- [Host] Ten, twenty minutes?
Not bad.
That's pretty cool.
If you wanna build your own Card Star,
that also comes within the Curiosity Box.
All right guys guys, that's it for the video.
Just wanted to unbox some really cool things that I got.
Maybe give some ideas for some gifts this year,
I know I've already done a few videos like that,
But I was just too excited not to share this with you.
I thought if we did a reacting to it or something else,
this would go to waste, and these are such cool things.
What was your favorite item that we unboxed?
Write it below, comment below.
Mine was definitely the butterfly.
That or the hand boiler.
Let me know, also like this video,
subscribe if you're new here and if you're interested in
grabbing any of these items before the holidays,
link's below check them out.
We'll see you on the next video on Wednesday.
Peace.
(bouncy music)