Sorry, but it’s just a quick, throw-together version of the little converting cube toys that have been available for years (they’ve even been in kids meals at fast food chains, among other places).
I mean, yes, it’s cool that they did it with paper, and showed how easy it is, and it is kinda nifty with triangular prisms instead of cubes, but it’s really not remotely ground-breaking.
Making a video to show people how to do it is pretty nifty of them, though.
And, in fact, one of their other videos (linked at the end) shows how to make one of those. Again, nice that they show people how to do it, but otherwise…
Some of you can be underwhelmed if you want, but if you’ve got kids – and show them how to make something like this – it’s HOURS of entertainment for them. After I showed my kids how to make those “cooty catchers” a few years ago, they went nuts with it. From making giant versions out of freezer paper to teeny tiny ones out of postage sized scraps. They even invented games to used them with! When a simple piece of paper can present such possibilities… I think it’s amazing. :)
very appealing.
Gotta make one. If I was still teaching SS I would so use this. The cube one mentioned in an above post are used to present the gospel. And I have seen other stories “told” on a transforming cube. So this would be a greAT way to present a story in pictures.
Am I the only one who thought the guy was going to make an actual Transformer robot out of that piece of paper? :S (And was severely disappointed at the result?)