[cyode]

The supersized option in a line of products is always funny for some reason.

Last week I chuckled upon seeing this online store's inventory of coffee makers: ...10 cups, 12 cups, 18 cups, 50(!) cups: https://www.bialetti.com/it_en/shop/coffee-makers.html?cups=...

(The 50 cups option turned out to be a decorative piece.)

[gkhartman]

It's a shame they didn't add a photo with another object for reference. Without looking at the price and dimensions, it looks pretty unassuming.

[embedding-shape]

It's not even that large?

> Dimensions: 31.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 46.5 cm

I mean for a moka pot that's pretty large, but as a total size of an object? Maybe that's why they don't show it next to anything.

[zamadatix]

I managed to pick up a 22 lb Allen wrench/hex key for a good price a few months vack. Made for a great gag gift wrapped as a giant candy cane.

[ethersteeds]

What size?! Any leads on a matching bolt?

[zamadatix]

2"! I found a matching reference to it but this is not where I bought it (and also sold for waaay more than I paid, which was something like $130 IIRC) https://www.ebay.com/itm/136814704435. The pictures and details in all of the listings are often very mismatched (there are several variations of different lengths and sizes) but that's the model number of the one I ordered.

Here's a funny picture comparing it to a 2 liter https://i.imgur.com/UIzpDMO.jpeg. As far as the matching bolt... I never did find one to order in time so I gave that as a challenge to figure out before next year! So far he has been using it as a doorstop, mostly to cause people to do a double take when they walk through.

If anyone knows of a good pair of comically large pliers that actually function well enough please let me know.

[aaronbrethorst]

"Product designed solely for display purposes."

Sad. Although I am deeply amused that it's 'made' by Dolce and Gabbana.

[rob74]

Yeah, it's funny that they list how many cups this coffee maker could theoretically make if it were functional (and if you had a stove big enough, and were willing to risk damaging the no doubt hand painted artwork on your $3000 coffee maker).

[ecshafer]

I would have to check the size, I think its like 50 cups, but its a commercial coffee maker targeted towards caterers and offices. So 50 cups isn't that unbelievable, its 5 normal coffee pots. But for a moka pot its pretty large.

[lostlogin]

> The supersized option in a line of products is always funny for some reason.

Takeaway drinks, particularly coffee, have got so ludicrously large that it has me do a double take at times.

A litre of warm milk…

[pseudohadamard]

Well I dunno, if you need to attach a car to the roof of your garage to work on the transmission and you've run out of duct tape this seems like the perfect solution.

[cainxinth]

Oversized things are fun in general. I’ve always loved Claes Oldenburg’s giant renditions of everyday objects.

[vharuck]

I vaguely remember reading that Rowan Atkinson stuck to three gags for objects in Mr. Bean skits: something's the wrong size, Mr. Bean uses it the wrong way, or the wrong thing happens when it's used.

(Half of the point of this comment is a hope of being corrected with the actual quote.)

[SAI_Peregrinus]

Mis-sized things are fun, either bigger than normal or smaller than normal.

[buildbot]

The 18 cup is good for car camping!