Toy Stopwatch Challenges You to Find a Precise 5 Seconds

Asovision, the division of toymaker Bandai dedicated to pointless but inexplicably humanly addictive games like the Popping Edamame and the Human Player, has a new stopwatch toy out called 5 Second Stadium. It's basically just a simple stopwatch that challenges you to press the button at exactly 5 seconds—no more, no less. The reward? Simply the satisfaction of knowing how close you got. It sounds stupid, but I could totally see myself playing it over and over with friends for a good laugh, or to kill time. Understanding and marketing simple pleasures like this is one of the specialties of Japanese gadget manufacturers.

5 Second Stadium main page

Comments

[Dragonclaws]

Sounds addictive.

[Stéfan]

It sounds fun for a moment, but I'm not sure I would play for a long time with this.

[jimjambandit]

I used to do this with my old G-shock, but then I'm a little weird like that. . .not sure why you'd buy something specially to do this though.