Repetitive loop based electronic music? Unusual computer interfaces? Star-Trekky-looky gizmos? It’s my stock in trade, what I love best. Until I can afford the Grand-and-a-half that a Jazz Mutant Lemur costs I’m going to have to make do with a Zizzle Zoundz and if you know any similarly inclined children or adults you’d better get out there Googling because Hamleys don’t have them and Amazon won’t have any stock until next year.
What you do is put those cute plastic pawns on different glowing spots on the blobby base and, well, what I mean is it makes different sounds depending on where you put them, so it’s a bit like a little TR707 crossed with a game of 3D chess and an iceberg. OK, it’s not. It’s like a game of Simon but you don’t have to remember anything. Or maybe it’s more like childrens Garageband, or do you remember that quiz game where the professor pointed at the right answer? As the copywriter at Firebox said:
…trying to describe Zoundz is a bit like trying to describe sausage meat through the medium of dance…
Anyway, the white piece lets you record your voice or other sounds to add to the mix! Mine’s arriving on Friday but if you’ve already got me one for Christmas, don’t worry, I’m already looking for another one so I can try fitting a USB interface into it.
Zoundz – The Music Making Sculpture Gizmo
Plus, if you visit the Zizzle site you can watch an advert for the Zounds featuring the world’s most badly mixed voice-over.
Just spent three hours in online Christmas shopping hell – at one point I had orders running in separate tabs with John Lewis, Argos, Playmobil, Toys R Us and Amazon… don’t think I’ve got enough cash left for a Zoundz…
Well congratulations for getting it all done by 5 Dec. At least you didn’t have to leave the house!
Not all done yet. Playmobil.com orders for Christmas have to be placed by 1st Dec, so I was too late. Henry wants mostly items starting with a 7, (such as Green Knights) which apparently have to be shipped from Germany, they don’t hold them in stock in the UK – well not at the Playmobil office in Essex
Well, some other mail-order sites are cheaper than the Playmobil site anyway. The only problem with them is that they don’t have the Direct Service products, which are the best stuff for stocking filling.
where do you buy zoundz and why is it called zoundz