From Grand Illusions.

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Tim loves dice and he has many examples in his collection.

A dice (or die) as a key fob, except the die is also a puzzle. Tim takes it apart, which is quick – but he will put it together later since that take a lot longer!

Next a prototype that Tim acquired about 40 years ago. As far as he knows, this design never actually went into production. There are two ball bearings inside the circular plastic box, one on the inner circle and one on the outer circle. Shake the box and the ball bearings whizz around, before coming to a stop. There are six numbers on the inner circle, and six on the outer, so this is the equivalent of throwing a pair of dice!

Extremely small dice – who knew they made them this small?

A Japanese invention which Tim bought about 30 years ago when he was in Japan – a wooden circular design with a spindle sticking out of the top. Spin it and the interior wheels all spin around and when the wheels stop the pointer will indicate a number between 1 and 6.

A flat plastic design that folds into a cube, forming a perfect die.

A die with a very strange shape, which rolls in a very strange fashion. However it still displays one of the numbers from 1 to 6 when it comes to rest.

A plastic die which has a smaller die inside, it also incorporates a bottle opener, and then you can press a small button and it lights up. Tim loves multifunctional items!

Finally, a circular die. Tap it on the table and the LEDs light up and flash randomly, before setting on a specific number. However it displays the numbers 1 to 7!