The Bomb Bank – Saving Just Got Serious December 12, 2007

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I realise that getting anyone to save - especially now when all they want to do is spend – is a tough sell, which is why they might need a little help from the Bomb Bank.

This little fellow is a bank with balls, because if you fail to save on a regular basis, he explodes, sending your coins all over the place. I can only assume that the blast won’t turn the coins into life-threatening bullets, but either way you’ll still have to clean up the mess.

The makers obviously knew that the whole 'exploding' bit would be a real crowd-pleaser, which is why the Bomb Bank comes with a Party Mode, for playing a sudden-death saving game.

Just set how sensitive you want your bank to be (i.e. how many days it will let go by before getting mad), and start saving. If you return to find coins all over your room, you’ll know you need to save more. And an exploding bank is cool, but the fun doesn’t stop there. The Bomb Bank also has a “Party” mode, which is a sudden death type game. After you adjust the sensitivity, each person takes turns putting in a coin. If you are the lucky person who puts in the coin that “explodes” the bank, you win all the coins!

Yours for £18.-Martin Lynch

[Thinkgeek]

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