Leave the faces open? No way, man. C60 for the win.
The C60 structure would be defined by the edges, not the faces. And you could say the solid hexagonal faces represent the electron orbital overlap of the aromatic rings… yeah, that’s it!
Anyway, while I have found hexagonal trays (they were silicone candy molds, actually, but you could use 'em for ice trays if they didn’t cost $150) I have a feeling pentagons will be harder to find. Could make a set with the edge-angle specially crafted for sturdy joining… five hexagons and three pentagons per tray, make four trays for a sphere, two trays for a dome. Market it to ThinkGeek… if they’ll buy caffeinated soap they’ll buy geodesic candy/ice molds.
That’s amateur if you compare to what some Japanese people do with boiled egg shaping. Hearts, stars, Hello Kitty, it goes on. Further down the page they have tools and molds for making rice balls in weird shapes, cutting up hot dogs to look like little fish, and more. All for no better reason than making a cute (kawaii) lunch.
Well, Japanese culture is amazing in it’s attention to detail. Before even seeing the above post, when looking at this thread, the Babyassfan came to mind.
Note that the two product descriptions have a designation for logo size, so companies must be giving these out as gifts. “Thank You From Hyundai!”, as you carefully dry yer li’l angels tenders. Haven’t seen these here in the US, though. And, perhaps I’m misguided, this might be a useful thang.
About the Scrambled Egg in the Shell device. Gotta wonder: has anyone ever then put the whole egg in the microwave to cook it ? I bet so. Does it explode? I bet so.
Anyone fess up to it?