Is this thing really worth $300?

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Did someone for actual reals spend two or three hundred dollars on this thing? And then give it to me as a gift?

The answer to the second question is “yes.” I’m wondering about the first.

Is the website linked to marking the thing up a whole bunch? Or is this really how much this statue is going for? (I looked in vein for another website selling the same statue.)

To clarify: It’s a sculpture about a foot high or so depicting Rodin’s The Thinker as the “jack” of a “jack-in-the-box” type setup, with the words “Think Outside The Box” written on the sides of the box.

If this thing is really worth a couple of hundred bucks, where can I most likely go to sell it for its full… “value”…

Craigslist? Ebay? Some kind of physical shop? Something else? Nothing?

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If money’s not a worry for you, you might find some novelty in it.

Sorry, that’s all I have.

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I do not get it.

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It looks like one of those things that they sell in airline magazines. I always wonder who buys that shit.

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Maybe they bought the set of bookends for $189.99 ($94.95 each) and gave you one of them. Sorry your $279 gift just got devalued by 66%. If you bought a house in Arizona 5 years ago, you know how that feels.

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Next to the needle marks?

Is it worth $300? Apparently yes, to some, because your particular item was purchased once and for it to be in actual production would suggest others have been purchased as well. However, I believe the problem you’re going to find is that the pool of buyers likely will be exceedingly small. The dichotomy of the image it presents; the collision between the image of one of the world’s more iconic, powerful sculptures against a cheesy child’s toy and overused cliche. It’s like that gold plated Porsche or Ice, Ice Baby. It’s just awful.

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Is it cast bronze? Maybe you could melt it down and get some of the value back that way.

And do a valuable service to humanity while you’re at it.

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I’ll bet somebody re-gifted it to you. I recommend doing the same. There’s no telling how many times it will be passed along.

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Man, I thought this was another Lawrence Taylor thread!

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The site describes it as bronzed metal - I’m guessing steel.

As for its worth, I might… *might *pay $30 for it, but never $300.

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I’ll buy that item for $300!

I will send you a check for $3000, you take your $300 and…

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Five seconds on Google shopping and I found it for $71 to $79, and is available in bulk. I’m thinking they paid even less for it.

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I would feel pretty damn insulted if someone sent me that – apparently I need a reminder to think better?

But it looks like it would would make a pretty decent blunt instrument to beat someone over the head with – if you catch my drift.

“Is THIS (thud) thinking outside of the box enough for you, pal? How about THIS (thud)?”

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HAHAHA. The only reason it’s funny is because someone may really take it seriously, or I might buy one myself. For a fraction of price. Like 1/100. Maybe 1/50.

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It was clearly designed by literalists. I wouldn’t want to study the Bible with any of them.

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What keywords did you use?

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If it were an actual jack in the box, and not just a sculpture, I could see spending $30 on it…