We’re giving away amazing kits from our new Make: Ultimate Kit Guide EVERY DAY — thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, including MakerBots!

To celebrate the release of our latest publication, the Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 (and its companion website), we’re giving away at least one of the cool kits reviewed in the issue each day during the holiday season.

Today’s kit giveaway is the Ice Tube Clock Kit (an $85 value!) Here is Marc de Vinck’s review from the issue:

The heart of the Ice Tube Clock is a distinctive, vintage, Russian vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) housed in a transparent, laser-cut enclosure. The clock features a precision watch crystal, alarm function, and battery backup. The build quality and online instructions are excellent, as is the completeness of the kit. Anyone who stops by my studio is always impressed with the VFD display, and the conversation usually steers towards reminiscing about old radios and VCRs from the 70s and 80s that used similar displays, albeit in not-so-similar laser-cut enclosures.

To be eligible for today’s giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment below in this post. The entry period for today’s prize will be until 11:59pm PST tonight. We’ll choose one person at random, you’ll be notified by email, and you’ll have 48 hours to respond. The Winners List is kept on the Giveaway landing page. That’s it! No purchase necessary or anything else to do. Please leave only one comment per post. You can enter as many giveaways as you like until you win. This giveaway is for US residents only. You also must be 18 years old to enter (Kids: Ask your parents to enter). See the Kit-A-Day Giveaway landing page for full sweepstakes details and Official Rules.

Important Note: If you enter this drawing, when it’s over, please check the place where you registered to comment (eg. Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter). Some people are winning these kits and then not responding when we send them a message using the available means of contacting them. We want to make sure you get your giveaway!

931 Responses to Kit-A-Day Giveaway: Ice Tube Clock Kit

  1. Anonymous on said:

    First! OH WAIT, can’t enter.

  2. Brendan Keim on said:

    YES!

  3. I always wanted to get one of these cool clocks!

  4. ‘Twould be cool to win. I promise to look for your notifications promptly!

  5. Wildseyed Cabrer on said:

    What TIME does this giveaway end? :^)

  6. Daniel Smith on said:

    I’ve wanted one of these since I first saw them.  Here’s hoping.

  7. these prizes/gifts are awesome.

  8. Philip Lexow on said:

    This would be a great stocking stuffer…. FOR ME!

  9. Ted Hille on said:

    Want, want!!

  10. Anonymous on said:

    Ah.. I was hoping this one would come up for the giveaway.

  11. Looking forward to assembling this…..

  12. Tony Weiner on said:

    time will tell.

  13. Anonymous on said:

    This would look awesome at my desk (and keep me on time for things)

  14. Chris Hoover on said:

    O_O I wasn’t even aware these things existed… I may need to pick one up even if I don’t win… You know, maybe.

  15. Tony Beletti on said:

    This would look awesome in my home office!

  16. Bill Kronholm on said:

    This will make a nice gift.

  17. Jacob Laha on said:

    Fingers Crossed

  18. Anonymous on said:

    This would be awesome on my nightstand.

  19. Matt Schott on said:

    Dovie’andi se tovya sagain.

  20. Steve Lindsey on said:

    wow, this is pretty cool

    i have tried to build my own Nixe clock from scratch but have had some issue , mostly do to skimping on parts…funds are a bit low with a baby 3 months from being hatched :)

  21. Amy Jenkins on said:

    I’ve wanted this kit for a while now. My old clock has been broken for ages, and this would make a really cool replacement for it!

  22. Oh I need a clock. :D Would be perfect. <3

  23. I remember having an old calculator with a VFD display.

  24. I will finally know what time it is.

  25. please I would love one of these! sa.sean.m@gmail.com

  26. Anonymous on said:

    I would love to build this clock.

  27. Anonymous on said:

    I was just looking at this on the store’s site!

  28. jerry scott on said:

    This would be awesome.  And thanks for the kit-a-day, great concept.

  29. I’ve wanted to build one of these kits for a long time now. It’d be nice to win one and have that chance over the Christmas holiday.

  30. I love that clock, the blue is so awesome. But was always a little pricey for my pocket book.

  31. Oh how I want this!

  32. Anonymous on said:

    Gimmie Cold Hard Time!

  33. this is me! commenting! on this post!

  34. Anonymous on said:

    Sweet!

  35. Yvonne Carts-Powell on said:

    What a cool idea!

  36. Jorge Afonso on said:

    This clock is beautiful.

  37. You had me at the word “vacuum”

  38. Nick Horvath on said:

    This is my entry comment!

  39. Anonymous on said:

    Yay!

  40. How could you not want one of these!

  41. Stafford Morse on said:

    very cool!

  42. Anonymous on said:

    Yes please

  43. Wow, that’s so cool looking!

  44. Anonymous on said:

    Ice Tube is one of my favorite rappers and a damn fine actor, too.

  45. Lewis Baumstark on said:

    I seem to have a thing for creative and unusual clocks.  You can help feed my addiction by “randomly selecting” me.  :)

  46. Anonymous on said:

    Another great project!  Very cool.

  47. Rick Smith on said:

    This looks cool.

  48. MrRebeLs on said:

    OK Sure !

  49. Noah Schulz on said:

    This would look great next to a Nixie Tube date display.

  50. Steven Vohl on said:

    I Love Clocks!

  51. This would be pretty cool.

  52. Sean Hannam on said:

    This is awesome – looks like something from “The Manhattan Project”.

  53. I like clocks, and if you include the word “Russian” while talking about electronics, its all the better!

  54. Jace Ferguson on said:

    That would look really nice on my desk!

  55. Anonymous on said:

    I like the glow

  56. Christopher Williams on said:

    This thing is awesome!

  57. Anonymous on said:

    Ive wanted one of these for so long :)

  58. Adam Hathaway on said:

    Cool clock.

  59. I would like to win the kit! I love old technology like nixie tubes and VFD displays.

  60. Anonymous on said:

    This has been on my wishlist for quite a while.

  61. This is a real time machine, even if it is only the current time.

  62. Wade Campbell on said:

    Need for my lair.

  63. Dogsop Smith on said:

    I want one!

  64. that would look nice on my workbench.

  65. Erica Absetz on said:

    Amazing! 

  66. Johnathan G on said:

    Yeah! Me want! 

  67. Anonymous on said:

    This is one of the things that I need. Especially since it glows in the dark.

  68. Lucas Schroeder on said:

    I so want one of these – hope I win

  69. Ryan Ferreri on said:

    I have wanted one of these for a while!

  70. i would like to win, lets see if it happens…
     

  71. Shane Pixton on said:

    o/ me, o/ me, o/ me…I like shiny things.

  72. Ryan Knopp on said:

    That would look great on my desk

  73. Anonymous on said:

    A cool clock for a cool day.

  74. Me, please.

  75. Jacob Shepherd on said:

    This would be nice to win.

  76. Anthony Castelli on said:

    This is a beautiful clock.

  77. Anonymous on said:

    Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?

    (Actually, I hate that song. :-) )

  78. Glenn Langton on said:

    Adafruit makes some great kits for sure.

  79. This is really gorgeous.  

  80. Kyle Duren on said:

    OOOooooo pretty blue

  81. I would certainly be the envy of my geeky friends…

  82. Just took a digital design lab, this would be such an awesome capstone!

  83. Anonymous on said:

    Another geeky item to annoy the wife with! ;-)

  84. Charles Hobbs on said:

    gimme

  85. Anonymous on said:

    As a courtesy to others, I will not quote Vanilla Ice in this comment.

  86. Dave Barrett on said:

    You know, I was going to build one of these FOR the wife.

  87. Christopher Cimiluca on said:

    This would also be nice.

  88. Sean Davis on said:

    This is my SUPER comment!
    … all other comments are weak

  89. I was looking at this as a christmas gift for my nephew. he’s 5 though…

  90. I was looking at this as a christmas gift for my nephew. he’s 5 though…

  91. Oasis Vali on said:

    MAKER LIKE! MAKER WANT! 

  92. Oasis Vali on said:

    MAKER LIKE! MAKER WANT! 

  93. Very cool looking.

  94. Very cool looking.

  95. Erik Mendoza on said:

    Oh yeah, these are so neat!

  96. Erik Mendoza on said:

    Oh yeah, these are so neat!

  97. Ben Phipps on said:

    that is very cool, I love the color.

  98. Ben Phipps on said:

    that is very cool, I love the color.

  99. Matthew Jachimstal on said:

    This would make a great addition to my electronic clock kit collection!

  100. Matthew Jachimstal on said:

    This would make a great addition to my electronic clock kit collection!

  101. May I have one of these

    I would enjoy it greatly

  102. May I have one of these

    I would enjoy it greatly

  103. John Moorman on said:

    I love clocks, and would love one of these!

  104. John Moorman on said:

    I love clocks, and would love one of these!

  105. Anonymous on said:

    So retro, I want to win this one BAD!!!

  106. Anonymous on said:

    So retro, I want to win this one BAD!!!

  107. STOP! ICE TUBE CLOCK TIME!

  108. STOP! ICE TUBE CLOCK TIME!

  109. Anonymous on said:

    This reminds me of my old plexi-glass PC case…Awesome.

  110. Anonymous on said:

    This reminds me of my old plexi-glass PC case…Awesome.

  111. Anonymous on said:

    For once I am commenting with less than 500 comments before me.

  112. Anonymous on said:

    For once I am commenting with less than 500 comments before me.

  113. oh, now that’s just cool looking!

  114. oh, now that’s just cool looking!

  115. Anonymous on said:

    Nice glow!!

  116. Anonymous on said:

    Nice glow!!

  117. I’m probably not doing this right, but damn, that’s a pretty cool kit!  Pick me, pick me!

  118. I’m probably not doing this right, but damn, that’s a pretty cool kit!  Pick me, pick me!

  119. Bradley Lewis on said:

    Would love to build one of these!

  120. Bradley Lewis on said:

    Would love to build one of these!

  121. Doug Johnson on said:

    I need that blue glow in the night to find my way…

  122. Doug Johnson on said:

    I need that blue glow in the night to find my way…

  123. Russians seem to offer a wide variety of arcane electronic goodies

  124. Russians seem to offer a wide variety of arcane electronic goodies

  125. James Jurack on said:

    Count me in.

  126. James Jurack on said:

    Count me in.

  127. Nice clock….But wouldn’t an ICE clock melt and then fry from the heat the electronics puts out????

  128. Nice clock….But wouldn’t an ICE clock melt and then fry from the heat the electronics puts out????

  129. Sean Jones on said:

    Nice…

  130. Sean Jones on said:

    Nice…

  131. Anonymous on said:

    pretty!

  132. Anonymous on said:

    pretty!

  133. Casey Nielson on said:

    icy

  134. Casey Nielson on said:

    icy

  135. I want this clock it looks awesome

  136. I want this clock it looks awesome

  137. Would look great in my house!

  138. Anonymous on said:

    I would love to be the proud new owner.

  139. Entering to win this kit!

  140. Steven Christensen on said:

    Giveaways are fun!

  141. That’s a nice looking kit

  142. Brandon Schamer on said:

    Blue!

  143. Steve Ziagos on said:

    I have been wanting this one for a while now.  Exciting!

  144. Jon Robelia on said:

    Cold Fusion!

  145. Anonymous on said:

    What a great kit! :D

  146. Anonymous on said:

    That looks very cool!  (har, har har)

  147. Marc Schaefermeyer on said:

    I need a new clock…

  148. beautiful clock.  I like

  149. Pjotor Hive on said:

    Big Up!

  150. that is an awesome clock

  151. Jared Williams on said:

    I’d sure love to have this! Looks so cool!

  152. Anonymous on said:

    Awesome…love the tube clocks.

  153. Anonymous on said:

    Acronyms + tubes/high voltage + pretty = win. Count me in.

  154. Anonymous on said:

    Please oh please pick me!

  155. Anonymous on said:

    Always wanted one!

  156. Mike Schatz on said:

    Awesome display!

  157. I would love to mount one of these at the local makerspace!

  158. Yeah, I’m not going to bother coming up with something clever to say.

  159. We (commenters/entrants) should definitely all help the winner hack this into something even more awesome!

    How about a web-enabled clock that converts to a countdown timer an hour before Make:Live starts?

  160. Anonymous on said:

    Almost bought this a couple times… but if you want to give it to me, I wouldn’t argue :)

  161. Time for another giveaway

  162. Anonymous on said:

    It will be a shame to smash this some morning when the alarm goes off, but maybe I’ll get to build it twice that way?

  163. really cool, perhaps even cold..

  164. ok, I know I didn’t win the earlier ones. How about this one? Please?

  165. Jared Aldridge on said:

    This would be a fantastic kit to put together, always liked the looks of this sort of thang “)

  166. Anonymous on said:

    This is cool, though not as cool as nixie clocks

  167. Comment, comment, comment. It would go well with my Nixie tube clock.

  168. My son wants a new clock for Christmas. He would freak if I won this!

  169. David Murphy on said:

    Here’s hoping I’m pseudo-randomly selected…

  170. Daniel Creeron on said:

    Would be cool to win one of these kits and start playing around again.  The kids would love it!

  171. Anonymous on said:

    I’d love to have one of these to wake up to.

  172. Philip Paynter on said:

    Love it

  173. This would be great in my office!

  174. i’m already messing about with nixie tubes, though not to make clocks… this would be a fun next project.

  175. Ken J. Lafredo on said:

    me please

  176. Casey Borders on said:

    I’ve often thought about buying one of these!  It’d be great to win one!

  177. Even I could tell time with this one

  178. Anonymous on said:

    Pretty trick clock

  179. Love it.
    A combination of new tech and the nostalgia of yesteryear.

  180. I’d love to get one of these.

  181. Andrew Garza on said:

    Awesome clock!

  182. OK… I have been building unique clocks (most from scratch) for many years now. I swear if I don’t win this giveaway I will never, never, never, NEVER talk to you again!
    .
    .
    .
    OK, I’ll talk to you, but I won’t enjoy it. ;-)

  183. Cool – would like to have, maybe even if I dont win

  184. Anonymous on said:

    Much better than tube socks

  185. Wow, that would make my Holidays so much better…

  186. David Eckstein on said:

    Very cool!

  187. Doug Fort on said:

    I already built one, I want to give one to my nephew for the solstice festival.

  188. Anonymous on said:

    Entry.

  189. I really want one of these…

  190. From the 70′s and 80′s?  My car stereo (bought a couple years ago) still has VFD…

  191. I need a new clock.  Mine is an old alarm clock with a terribly old lcd that you can only

    read in a narrow viewing angle.  Im pretty sure you can read this one from any angle!

  192. daniel mcclain on said:

    That looks fun…

  193. Anonymous on said:

    Do I have to think in Russian to tell the time?

  194. All I want for Christmas….

  195. Ethan Dicks on said:

    I would love to hack this clock.

  196. Anonymous on said:

    Looks like a fun kit.

  197. Happy Holidays Makers!!

  198. Would look great in the office :)

  199. Anonymous on said:

    Dang, that would look cool next to my cat.

  200. I just want another reason to play with VFD’s. :-)  

  201. I like it! :)   Merry Christmas all!

  202. Anonymous on said:

    That would look nice on my side table :-) So send one over won’t you? ;-)

  203. A kit that’s been on my list.

  204. Nathaniel Hansen on said:

    I so want this.

  205. Anonymous on said:

    Santa: I would appreciate this clock. Yours truly, the guy who opened the guts out of all his electronic toys

  206. Anonymous on said:

    Clock!

  207. Anonymous on said:

    yes! i want it!

  208. Andy Rawson on said:

    Cool!

  209. This thing looks awesome.

  210. John Ballentine on said:

    This looks so cool, I might actually make it!  :)

  211. Andy Boatman on said:

    Very cool looking clock.  It’ll look great on my desk!

  212. Another cool kit – Thanks

  213. Eric Sullenberger on said:

    Another great pick.

  214. I’ve had my eye on this for awhile now…

  215. Awesome! 

  216. Mike Douglas on said:

    So friggin’ cool.  I’ll take one for sure.

  217. Jeremy Darling on said:

    Would look great on my kids dresser along with all his other projects :)

  218. Sean Wager on said:

    Wow! This would look so cool at the office!

  219. Anonymous on said:

    The clear housing and neon blue gives a very cool look.

  220. I would love to get this as a gift.

  221. Anonymous on said:

    This is one of the coolest clocks ever!

  222. Kathy Tappan on said:

    cool.

  223. Great looking project.

  224. I didn’t even know I wanted one of these until I saw this kit.

  225. Anonymous on said:

    This is awesome!

  226. Finally, a clock I wouldn’t mind adjusting/resetting for DST or after a power loss.

  227. I’ve been checking, kinda’ hard to do with my fingers crossed, but I’m doing it !

  228. Jim Crowell on said:

    Oooooooooooo!

    I have a serious clock kit fetish; built a Bulbdial and a Monochron & have a Chronulator waiting…the high-voltage aspect of this one is a bit intimidating, but it’s still an object of lust…

  229. Whitney Powell on said:

    I’ve never built a clock before, sounds fun.

  230. I’m building one with LED display, but this one would be awesome to have in my office.

  231. Anonymous on said:

    So cool!

  232. Anonymous on said:

    Yeah for the beautiful clock!

  233. Zachary Anderson on said:

    Combine it with the defusable alarm clock kit and it would be even more awesome.

  234. Anonymous on said:

    I’d love to win this kit!

  235. This would make a TOTALLY AWESOME Christmas Present!

  236. this would look awesome on my desk

  237. Oh – this is a pretty one! Very nice .

  238. Tyler Stiffler on said:

    Good luck everyone.

  239. Anonymous on said:

    Just in time…
     

  240. Hey, if it’s Russian, it’s gotta be good!

  241. Anonymous on said:

    What time is it? That’s right, time to send a kit my way.

  242. Dennis Dole on said:

    Awesome clock! It’d look great in my kitchen. :-D

  243. How cool! I need one of these for my desk.

  244. VFD display, very cool.

  245. This time I want to win this kit!

  246. Darian Lewis on said:

    My bedroom called and says it must have one of these.

  247. This thing looks awesome!

  248. I’m still using my bedside clock from 1985…..help.

  249. Add a blue filter to the front and it’s all set with high contrast

  250. David Ramos on said:

    Nice!

  251. oh this would be awesome to make…

  252. kevin sexton on said:

    one of the coolest clocks out there

  253. John Gerondale on said:

    Vacuum Tube glory!  Very cool.

  254. Anonymous on said:

    I’m feeling lucky

  255. Might be a little bright for a bedroom, but it’d be sweeeet in my office!

  256. Xiaohua Xu on said:

    this is absolutely cool, it will be a bliss for me if I get one.

  257. Patrick Tait on said:

    Wants the pretties

  258. awesome… i want one!

  259. Anonymous on said:

    A truly great giveaway!

  260. Lann Owens on said:

    Looks cool

  261. i vould liek dis russian clock.

  262. Michael Cook on said:

    Ooh, I’d love a good kit.

  263. This would be a great addition to my nightstand

  264. Frank Ashcraft on said:

    Ice Ice Baby!

  265. Anonymous on said:

    Thanks!

  266. What an amazing clock!

  267. I love clocks. Nice addition to my clock kit collection!

  268. I have been asking my wife for one of these as a gift for a while.

  269. Lucas Eckels on said:

    I always loved the look of this kit

  270. Does it come with Vodka? I can haz Vodka plz?

  271. I would like one of these, very cool.  ;-)

  272. michael menefee on said:

    I like the Wizard of Oz.

  273. Keith Pimmel on said:

    Hope I’m lucky

  274. Tube based clocks are the coolest!

  275. Anonymous on said:

    It’s about time I won something

  276. Sam Juvonen on said:

    my bookshelf has a spot for this one already!

  277. I have the perfect place for this

  278. I need this clock!  
    Make + Homeschool = Awesome!

  279. Anonymous on said:

    Sweet! I hope I win this, I have a friend that really wants this clock kit!

  280. Retroly futuristic!

  281. Many folks and kids are “tactile learners”.  Me too.  Publications like Make are a wonderful tool to get our kids involved in both reading and applying those tactile skills.  I’m one of those Grandfather Geeks that would love to give one of these creative products to my “two and a half” year old grandson.  He’s love it in his room.

  282. Randy Crowell on said:

    Would love it.

  283. Joe Fontana on said:

    I don’t think I would pay for this, but I would definitely love to win this!

  284. add me

  285. Bubba Harmon on said:

    Tick Tock, time to win something.

  286. Fararara ra ra ra ra. Great Christmas present.

  287. Jean-Paul Cardier on said:

    This would be cool to win. Sign me up. 

  288. Jon Filteau on said:

    This is one of the Coolest clocks

  289. Chet Gray on said:

    Ummm, I’m in.

  290. Anonymous on said:

    This will sooo match my Ice Tube TV and Aquarium

  291. Anonymous on said:

    sign me up for one

  292. Tyler Hoyt on said:

    Can I freeze time with this?

  293. If I don’t get it, I think buy it.  Always wanted one of these.

  294. Anonymous on said:

    I had a pile of old desktop calculators with the orange VFD tubes in them.  Should have salvaged the tubes and starters but they got tossed in a move.

  295. Considering I have no alarm clock at the moment besides my phone, and the fact that I love making things, this is perfect!

  296. Love this kit! Always wanted to get one  :-)

  297. Anonymous on said:

    Ice Tube Clock Kit another nice kit I would love to have

  298. Anonymous on said:

    Would be fun!

  299. Eric Kaplan on said:

    Sign me up!!!

  300. What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!

  301. n edwards on said:

    Consider this to be an comment entry – thanks!!

  302. sheldon bailey on said:

    these things are awsome
    ENTRY 

  303. Reynaldo Davila on said:

    I wish I knew how to make things like this!

  304. Brad Parks on said:

    Pretty lights!

  305. My boy wants this, so I am commenting to give him the opportunity to win it. If he doesn’t win it, I’m going to buy it anyway, because it would make a great project to add to his homeschooling portfolio.

  306. Please and thanks!

  307. Sage Hahn on said:

    dibbs

  308. Maybe today’s my lucky day!

  309. Anonymous on said:

    Enter Me Please

  310. Martin Hengst on said:

    I wouldn’t mind winning this one. ::crosses fingers::

  311. Anonymous on said:

    Sign me up for an entry.

  312. Oleksiy Kramarenko on said:

    Wow! How many people want to get this device! I created a couple of such in childhood. And I would like to revive memories with a modern one.

  313. This would be a great gift.

  314. Anonymous on said:

    cool clock

  315. Alan Ellis on said:

    Pretty cool!

  316. Preston Harkins on said:

    I have wanted one of these for so long…

  317. Nicholas Limparis on said:

    Whoo! always wanted one of these. Just couldn’t justify why we needed it to the ole ball-n-chain

  318. Marcello Cardoso on said:

    GIMMEGIMMEGIMMME

  319. Sign me up

  320. That’d be awesome. :)

  321. Anonymous on said:

    comment

  322. Michael Starling on said:

    That would be “cool” to own.

  323. I’ll take it

  324. Christopher O'Keefe on said:

    I’d like one, please!

  325. Anonymous on said:

    Ice me!

  326. James Wang on said:

    Let there be light

  327. Anonymous on said:

    Totally Cool!

  328. That’s a beauty. I want one.

  329. Anonymous on said:

    Cool clock kit. Looks fun.

  330. Take that Swiss clock makers, just kidding. I like it!! Enter me into the kit a day giveaway.

  331. Christopher Bermingham on said:

    Neat, Happy Holidays!

  332. Anonymous on said:

    Yes please

  333. Jonathan Lang on said:

    It would look a lot nicer… on MY night stand. Please, Santa, please.

  334. Nathan Luoto on said:

    Won’t you be mine?

  335. Mike Parks on said:

    Previously, on Lost.

  336. Ryan Slaugh on said:

    That just looks cool….I want one, please!

  337. Anonymous on said:

    nice

  338. This would be cool to win

  339. I really do need a new clock!

  340. Kat Rodenberger on said:

    LOVE it LOVE it – Vacuum tubes are so much fun!

  341. Who wouldn’t love to make and display this on their desk?

  342. Kat Rodenberger on said:

    Love it LOVE it! so much fun!

  343. Would love to get one.

  344. John Wood on said:

    Ice ice baby

  345. Philip Strong on said:

    I would so love to bask by the icy cool glow…..

  346. As the crocodile hunter would say, “What a beaut!”

  347. These clocks are so beautiful- I’ve been wanting one since the day it was released.

  348. It’s the final countdown.

  349. Brandon Mason on said:

    Entered.

  350. Wehaf Urchiken on said:

    In Soviet Russia, clock builds you?

  351. Anonymous on said:

    Very cool. Kinda reminds me of that MacGyver episode on the cruise ship with the crazy bombs that he has to defuse.

  352. Ben Napper on said:

    OoOOooOo… nice.

  353. Michele Shoats on said:

    I would love to build this.

  354. Brrrrrrrrrr!  Like!

  355. Awesome looking kit,!!

  356. Dan O'Brien on said:

    It’s about time 
    watrwalker  won something

  357. Anonymous on said:

    Cool

  358. Very nice

  359. That would look cool in my office!

  360. Anonymous on said:

    That would look great on my desk!

  361. OOOOH, this would go great with my other blue LED and nixie tube clocks!  Can’t have enough clocks to reset when daylight savings time occurs.

  362. Here is my entry for one of these. It would be great to win my second one instead of having to buy it.

  363. Would look sweet on my desk at work..

  364. Oops, accidental double. Sorry!

  365. I’ll take any leftover giveaways :)

  366. Another fun kit by Make. Keep it up guys.

  367. Oh, I want this one so bad!

  368. Lee Sherman on said:

    brings back memories!

  369. Jared Grieve on said:

    Reminds of me of electronics class…. IC 555s and 7400s strewn about, Nothing like the smell of black magic smoke in the morning. This would beat the heck out of the breadboarded clocks we made. Want!

  370. da! after 5, time for vodka.

  371. Pat Hunt on said:

    This clock would be awesome. I have a 9 year old who would love for me to ‘help’ him build this!

  372. Anonymous on said:

    This clock is awesome.

  373. gimme, gimme, gimme!

  374. looks pretty cool

  375. Jim McCorison on said:

    Ooooo. Pretty blue lights.

  376. Ice, Ice, Baby…

  377. does it still work when the ice melts?

  378. It seems as though one can never have too many clocks!  But in kit form – awesome.

  379. Andrei Hobson on said:

    Just had my 7 year old request this sort of thing.  Would be awesome to give to him.

  380. Anonymous on said:

    this is amazing!!!

  381. Jonathan Pruett on said:

    This is so AWESOME! I’d love to win this!!

  382. Thomas Brun on said:

    Looks Awesome!

  383. Dan Pollack on said:

    Looks like a fun kit and I can always use another snazzy clock.

  384. Gil Alexander on said:

    cool hope i win

  385. Anonymous on said:

    Clock kit entry.

  386. Lorelei Pepi on said:

    That Ice Tube Clock Kit is better than an electric cow!

  387. My stepson would love to build one of these clocks with the blue lights. He is afraid of the dark and has to have a night light on.

  388. These clocks are just lovely to look at. Functional and a treat for the eyes. I hope I win.

  389. Dale Anderson on said:

    Giveaways are fun!

  390. Anonymous on said:

    What a great kit

  391. Chris Huebner on said:

    Very cool.

  392. Anonymous on said:

    Great Kit!

  393. Anonymous on said:

    boom

  394. Anonymous on said:

    Looks like a worthy project.

  395. Kenneth Keen on said:

    Looks like fun!

  396. Mark Creelman on said:

    I’ll put my name in the hat

  397. Harley Pebley on said:

    What happens when it thaws? :-)

  398. I think it’s TIME for me to win something…

  399. Anonymous on said:

    I’m in!

  400. Anonymous on said:

    Something to break the ice with

  401. Chris Arredondo on said:

    It’s just a question of time…

  402. Anonymous on said:

    Looks like a great kit to build some skills.

  403. Troy Gillette on said:

    Love the glowing blueness of it.

  404. So is every day going to be an awesome kit that I’ve considered buying in the past?  Because so far every single thing has tempted me in the past to purchase.  This just means when I don’t win, I’m going to want to buy each of them that much more.

    Oh well.  Merry Christmas to me.

  405. You gotta love this place.

  406. Robert Allen on said:

    The Ice Tube Clock Kit looks COOL!

  407. Ashley Huxley on said:

    Looks somewhat like my latest project…

  408. Time for me to win?

  409. David Jakopac on said:

    Another great Adafruit product

  410. Stephanie Hamilton on said:

    This sounds like the perfect project for my family!

  411. Anonymous on said:

    Definitely one of the top honors for a geeky clock

  412. Very Cool!  It would look good on our mantle!

  413. Dan Price on said:

    In for one please.

  414. Scott Macmillan on said:

    Yar.

  415. Need for world domination. Thanks.

  416. Anonymous on said:

    Very nice. Want one. Thanks!

  417. Anonymous on said:

    RAD

  418. George Kakas on said:

    I Want

  419. Retro Awesomeness!!!

  420. This is so Future Noir, I love it

  421. How fun! Please consider me entered.

  422. Jeremy Logan on said:

    That looks so cool!

  423. Anonymous on said:

    This would be awesome! If I win it, it’s going right on the center of my desk under my monitor where all of my students will see it :)

  424. aurobind enugala on said:

    looks neat

  425. Lady Ada makes the coolest kits!

  426. David Henson on said:

    Me likely!

  427. Anonymous on said:

    My son would love this.  Ok really its me that wants one

  428. I’ve been wanting one of these for months.

  429. I would love one of these, it would go great right next to my raygun and goggles

  430. Awesome! I could really use something to replace my Sony clock radio that I have had since 1990!

  431. Brandon Ward on said:

    I’ve wanted to build this for a while now – keep asking for it for a birthday/Christmas, but so far have been disappointed. Hopefully now’s my chance!

  432. Anonymous on said:

    Such a cool kit

  433. Hmmm. This is fascinating.

  434. Karena Straub on said:

    could always use a new clock :)

  435. Ha ha. At first I thought it said ice Cube clock, which would have been fun too, but this is pretty cool too. (Um, no pun intended.)

  436. Andy III on said:

    Blue! Time! Kit! Blue!

  437. Argh.  I’m trying but know that I never win anything.

  438. Geromy Harper on said:

    Even if I don’t win, I’ll probably be getting this kit eventually :)

  439. Brian Campbell on said:

    I want to build it!

  440. Nathan Pryor on said:

    What time is it? Time to win a clock kit!

  441. Forrest Frye on said:

    Blue Ice

  442. One of these would be awesome

  443. Anonymous on said:

    it’s perfect…and we are clock snobs….
     

  444. Jim Bazis on said:

    This would look great on my desk.

  445. Consider me in the drawing!

  446. I have wanted one of these since… (wish I had a ice tube clock to tell me how long it’s been).

  447. Nathaniel Bass on said:

    another cool kit from MAKE: for me to win!

  448. I absolutely love this clock.  It would look great on my bookshelf in the office!  Oh Make please, please pick me!!

  449. Rachel K. on said:

    awesome clock

  450. Lochie Ferrier on said:

    Yes please.

  451. Bruce Cowan on said:

    Cool clock… I wish, I wish, I wish!

  452. Anonymous on said:

    Oooooh, shiny!

  453. Merry Christmas to me?

  454. Anonymous on said:

    Very shiny!

  455. That blue glow would be awesome in my shop!

  456. todd paoletti on said:

    have always wanted one of these. I Heart Ladyada.

  457. This would look good on my desk.

  458. Justin Wilczek on said:

    I’ve gawked at this kit more than a few times. Looks quite sharp. Would love to have it. Does anyone know how bright the VFD is? 

  459. I would love that in my bedroom.

  460. Rohan Bhandari on said:

    I’ve had my eye on you…

  461. I am the chilled one!! I want a chilled clock!!

  462. Anonymous on said:

    Reminds me of something I might see in the fallout games.

  463. This is the coolest clock I’ve ever seen!  It would look great on my desk in my office.

  464. This is extremely cool. I need something like this for the studio.

  465. Anonymous on said:

    I like to make thing and this would be cool.

  466. Anonymous on said:

    rand(tubes);

  467. Jeff Kroll on said:

    That blue glow would look great on my desk.

  468. Gary Neal on said:

    Looks great.

  469. Anonymous on said:

    Sweet!

  470. I LOVE VFD’s.. Great clock.

  471. Marc Baker on said:

    TUBES!

  472. sweet clock! Me want.

  473. This clock is awesome. If I don’t win one, I may just buy one, but I would rather win one.

  474. Anonymous on said:

    Seems like a fun thing to build.

  475. David Rodriguez on said:

    Winning.

  476. Chris Blazek on said:

    this would rock! 

  477. Julian Leland on said:

    I’d love one of these!

  478. James Hollowell on said:

    I would love to have this.

  479. Anonymous on said:

    That is one awesome clock

  480. Anonymous on said:

    Nice Kit!

  481. Rick Stinson on said:

    I have been look at this for about 4 or 5 years. Really awesome!

  482. Will Foy on said:

    Had my eye on this for a while. Would love to win it and build it before the spring grad school semester starts! Woot!

  483. Anonymous on said:

    these clocks are so cool!!!

  484. Anonymous on said:

    Just gonna throw my hat into the ring.

  485. This is so cool. I always wanted a clock like this.

  486. Anonymous on said:

    I love the aesthetic of this kit. 

  487. looks like fun

  488. this would look great next to my nixie clock i built a few years back!!! this looks killer!!!

  489. Juan Navarro on said:

    WOOT, that is awesome…

  490. Anonymous on said:

    so cool! i would love one of these :)

  491. Kevin Luck on said:

    Maybe today I’ll win…

  492. Looks like a fun project!

  493. Jim McNulty on said:

    I was just thinking my daughter could use an alarm clock.

  494. Love it! Would be a great kit to build with the kid.

  495. Anonymous on said:

    I’ve always thought this thing was so cool!!

  496. Anonymous on said:

    I less than three nixies!

  497. I love this! It’d be great on my desk at work!

  498. rauscherjoan on said:

    this is so cool I know how they look. this would look cool next to or on a makerbot. Please pickme 

  499. Anonymous on said:

    Gimme!

  500. Anonymous on said:

    This is a perfect fit for my desk.

  501. now that looks slick

  502. Awesome.  I want one.

  503. Anonymous on said:

    I would so love one of these

  504. Anonymous on said:

    i wonder how bright it is in the dark room

  505. Anonymous on said:

    What time is it???

  506. Mike Krainin on said:

    post

  507. Mat Bentz on said:

    very nicely done!

  508. Creto De Cristo on said:

    Yay!  A clock!

  509. Charles Witmer on said:

    Russian Ice tube?

  510. Anonymous on said:

    very nice

  511. Very cool kit! Yes, please

  512. Yakov Grinberg on said:

    Winning this would be awesome

  513. Gary Sinclair on said:

    I keep tryin’

  514. Rebekah Ryan on said:

    comment!

  515. Anonymous on said:

    Very nice!

  516. John Scheib on said:

    ooooo shiny

  517. Maureen Gallagher Burns on said:

    This is really cool.

  518. Paul Boardman on said:

    Oh my!   Yes!  This is something I’ve coveted for some time!  Way too cool…

  519. DasKreestof livejournal on said:

    That is beautiful!
     

  520. Paul Tarka on said:

    I soooo want one of these!

  521. keith corcoran on said:

    who doesn’t need another clock in thier house.

  522. This is one of the few projects that inspired me to try out arduino and build interesting things..

  523. I can’t wait to own this!

  524. Anonymous on said:

    Oooh!  It’s all vacuumey and fluorescenty!

  525. Bruce Wattendorf on said:

    What time is it I dont know I dont have a clock in front of me PLEASE help me!!!

  526. Comment! [daniel (dot) kramnik (at) gmail (dot) com]

  527. Josh Storz on said:

    Who needs blue LEDs when you have VFDs? The Russians had it right.

  528. Derek Martin on said:

    does it come with a mercedes

  529. Anonymous on said:

    i want to win,  I haven’t won?

  530. Brooke Bizub on said:

    I would love to have a cool clock like this!

  531. Tod Stetson on said:

    This is an awesome kit that I always wanted ever since Afafruit developed them!

  532. Anonymous on said:

    Would love a clock like this

  533. Anonymous on said:

    Right up there with the nixies.

  534. Melissa Blythe on said:

    shiny!

  535. Would love to build this for/with my son.

  536. Joe Wallis on said:

    I want to win!

  537. Clay Roe on said:

    I have this thing about clocks.  I have no idea where it came from.  I just love strange and unusual clocks.  I have several dozen, but not this one.  Would look great next to my nixie.

  538. Me, please!

  539. Tim Bell on said:

    digital delight

  540. Anonymous on said:

    i love clocks, i could see enhancing this by etching the panels and then side lighting them or something just to make it look even cooler, use some rgb leds and be able to change the colors

  541. This would be great sitting on my desk at school. I know the students would be interested in how it works.

  542. I really want this kit. Such an awesome clock.

  543. Sarah Frost on said:

    That is so awesome.

  544. Anonymous on said:

    I would like to make it.

  545. I want one of these…

  546. This would be fun to do.

  547. David Miller on said:

    One Please.

  548. Anonymous on said:

    I want on of these to either go on my work bench at my job or in my man cave at home. It would be epic. Also, building this would be an excellent “TIME”. (Because it is a clock)

  549. Lance Peterson on said:

    Too cool. I’d love to have this kit.

  550. Tucker Wilson on said:

    chong

  551. Anonymous on said:

    Now is the time for all good things to be given away…

  552. garret madsen on said:

    Seems like an easy enough contest to enter.

  553. Rik Wade on said:

    That is really cool! I’ve been looking for a good project to get my son started on DIY stuff, this seems like a great way to start!

  554. Aaron & Vicki Tunell on said:

    Nixie Clock!!!!!!!!

  555. Anonymous on said:

    Contest entered.

  556. Maybe if my son builds something like this he might get up on his own!

  557. Anonymous on said:

    Pick me! Pick Me!

  558. Alan Zubatch on said:

    Oooohhh…..very pretty. I want one :)

  559. Anonymous on said:

    I want, I want.

  560. Joel Inman on said:

    Oooh, pretty.  

  561. Generic praise post

  562. Anonymous on said:

    In for this one!

  563. *crosses fingers*

  564. That would be a fantastic display clock in my shop.

  565. Matt Ryan on said:

    Would love a new clock!

  566. Alexander Platt on said:

    Now this is my kind of kit.  

  567. Oooo.. Something I have not built yet.. Yes I would love one.. Tic Toc I loves the clock..

  568. Looks awesome, I’d love to win! I need a new clock.

  569. Yan Min Hong on said:

    OOOOO I really want this one!

  570. man I would really love to win this kit!

  571. Physics Dude on said:

    Very cool…
    Get it? Cool? Because it says “Ice” Tube.
    Oh boy I’m tired…

  572. Anonymous on said:

    Ice, ice, Baby!

  573. This would look good on my bench at work…  Somehow I got a job where I still work on devices with tubes in them…

  574. This is amazingly beautiful.  I would love to build this!!

  575. Chris Bering on said:

    Fantastic! It would be cool to have one of these…

  576. Hey, what time is it? Time to win a new clock!

  577. Justin Eltoft on said:

    ice ice baby
    Stop, collaborate and LISTEN!

  578. Zachary Hayward on said:

    This would make a sweet Christmas present!

  579. That is one handsome time keeping device

  580. Tony Sharpe on said:

    This would be great to have.

  581. Anonymous on said:

    funny how many people comment whenever there is free stuff…

  582. i do need a new clock

  583. This would great on my nightstand next to my bed. It would also be great for wakng up my father-in-law’s daughter.

  584. I have been thinking about getting a new clock.  This would be a great replacement.

  585. Anonymous on said:

    Sure, I’d like one!

  586. What a GREAT giveaway! Thanks MAKE!

  587. Anonymous on said:

    Cool Kit

  588. Rob Tsou on said:

    Cool!

  589. Anonymous on said:

    I’ve always wanted to make a VFD/Nixie Tube clock, but I never wanted to fork over the cash for the parts.  This kit would be awesome!

  590. Laurence Doss on said:

    I need this.

  591. Michael Head on said:

    Please?

  592. Ben Kasava on said:

    Hey, looks great

  593. Free stuff is wonderful :)

  594. SIGN ME UP FOR THAT CONTEST

  595. Jeffrey Ouellette on said:

    i like free stuff, but i really like cool free stuff

  596. Anonymous on said:

    This looks sweet, I’d love win one. 

  597. Anonymous on said:

    Love the retro look of this thing!

  598. I’d love to have this in my room!

  599. My dream is that MAKE MAGAZINE grows to be as popular as TIME!

    Thank you MAKE for just being around – you make life better.  

    Cheers!

  600. Skeeter Murphy on said:

    Me too….

  601. very “cool” kit.

  602. Anonymous on said:

    yes, way cool.

  603. Anonymous on said:

    Very cool.

  604. Definitely want.