Adam Savage Unboxes a Mechanical Marble Run!

Manufacturer: "Unboxing video of our product yay!!!" sees that it's 20 minutes long "Oh no..."

My two cents: the marbles have large enough differences in weight, diameter and "roundness" that tuning this thing to perfection is a wild goose chase

I love how the first instruction in the manual is how to open the box… that also contains the instruction manual 😂

Frustrating trying to troubleshoot something when the failure isn't consistent

Hey Adam! Sebastian here, the engineer behind Marbolous. Your unboxing video totally made my day! 😊 Seeing Marbolous come to life like this is awesome. It was definitely a wild ride getting everything just right – those precision welds were no joke! If you're setting it up, that little instruction sheet really is a life- and timesaver. 😉 By the way, we have in the meantime optimized the stainless steel tracks and they run much better now. BR Sebastian PS: Whoever send the MARBOLOUS to Adam (we bet on a KICKSTARTER or INDIEGOGO supporter?) Thanks so much, you are incredible!

Seeing Adam's face contort as the thought " oooo a problem to solve " hits is amazing.

I'm losing my marbles just watching this.

For the eternal tinkerer I think the need to tweak this out of the box is probably just as satisfying as the product working... But I don't think more average consumers would be as tolerant

I think it's commendable of Adam to remain enthused by the product, even after its shortscomings appear. However, while Adam is the perfect person to send a product that needs tweeking, I doubt that many would share his enthusiasm

I cannot see or say the word "Fragile" in my head without going "It must be Italian."

YouTube at its best: Watch someone buy something I can't afford and then fix it in a way I wouldn't want to. My brain is happy!

I love the fact that the instructions on how to safely remove the product from the box is placed inside that box! Genius!

Just watching the problem solving that Adam does here is so calming. This is why I am a member of this channel. If you aren't a patron, you should consider it.

Funnily enough the fact that Adam had to fix a faulty product probably gave him more fun engagement with it than if he just unboxed it and it worked 😂

So half way through the tweaking, I would hear my wife's voice telling me, "Why don't you read the manual."

“Here’s the model for Adam, we hand fitted the parts to make sure it works for the video”. “What do you mean? I just grabbed one off the shelf and shipped it to him yesterday?” “YOU DID WHAT?!?!”

"Fascination knows no age" --Insert screenshot of Adam's face when he's working on it 😁😁😁

I bought myself a Marbolous just recently and mine worked fine right out of the box without any need for adjustment. The marbles that were sent were all very uniform in size, so the problem Adam was having was probably not variances in marble size as much as slight alignment issues with the track. Maybe Marbolous got better at their process, but all I can say is mine worked like a charm without any need to tweak the rails. Things like this play in my head well. :)

Adam Savage may be the only person on the whole planet saying "I don't want a Newton's cradle" while playing with some marbles :D

Love how you got more enjoyment out of fixing this than the thing working perfectly.