Cool idea. A little disapointing.
I bought the black to gold egg for my best friend's birthday. This is a very neat idea and would make an excellent decoration for a nerdy home. However, I was a bit disappointed upon receiving the egg to find it was not all it was cracked up to be (pardon the pun).<br /><br />The color change is not as dramatic as depicted in the photos; my egg is a more mottled black and gold at room temp rather than the full black depicted. It's very difficult to detect the color change even after holding it in warm hands for several minutes. The pictures attached show the egg at room-temp and then at hand-temp.<br /><br />The egg is also depicted on a little pedestal-like thing which is not included with the egg. Since it is meant to be a decoration I think it should really come with a display pedestal, especially if all the pictures show it on one.<br /><br />My egg did not come in a lovely box as one photo shows... It may be that you need to select some gift wrapping options at checkout, but I guess I thought that it would simply be packaged as shown regardless of gift options. So, just be aware of that.<br /><br />Finally, some of the scales are loose. But, other than that it seems solidly built. It has a little weight to it and I'm sure my friend will love it despite its flaws.
Rating: 3 stars