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'''Parablox''' was a children's toy released during the [[Christmas]] | '''Parablox''' was a children's toy released during the [[Christmas shopping]] season of [[1998]]. Every packet contained several multicoloured interlocking bricks made of [[plastic]] polymer and threaded with a minimum-lode [[biodata]] stream, which made the blocks aware but not actually intelligent. | ||
The Parablox sets were four-dimensional metastructures. The smallest set, containing only 35 pieces, could be built into a pocket-sized naked [[singularity]]; the biggest and most expensive set was the [[Universe in a Cardboard Box]]. A [[website]] that accompanied the toy's release included plans for a working [[black hole]] made of Parablox. However, there was no advertising campaign for Parablox, and much of the stock was still unsold when the [[Great Houses]] excised Parablox from the [[timeline]] shortly after Christmas. As a result, it was unlikely that many Universe in a Cardboard Box sets were sold or that any collector ever acquired enough [[black]] bricks to create the black hole, even though the website pointed out that light vanished beyond the [[event horizon]] and the amateur builder could use [[blue]] bricks inside the [[Schwartzchild radius]] without anyone ever noticing. | The Parablox sets were four-dimensional metastructures. The smallest set, containing only 35 pieces, could be built into a pocket-sized naked [[singularity]]; the biggest and most expensive set was the [[Universe in a Cardboard Box]]. A [[website]] that accompanied the toy's release included plans for a working [[black hole]] made of Parablox. However, there was no advertising campaign for Parablox, and much of the stock was still unsold when the [[Great Houses]] excised Parablox from the [[timeline]] shortly after [[Christmas]]. As a result, it was unlikely that many Universe in a Cardboard Box sets were sold or that any collector ever acquired enough [[black]] bricks to create the black hole, even though the website pointed out that light vanished beyond the [[event horizon]] and the amateur builder could use [[blue]] bricks inside the [[Schwartzchild radius]] without anyone ever noticing. | ||
It was impossible to build any kind of [[paradox|temporal paradox]] with the Parablox bricks, since the structure would inevitably fall to pieces before it could be completed. | It was impossible to build any kind of [[paradox|temporal paradox]] with the Parablox bricks, since the structure would inevitably fall to pieces before it could be completed. | ||
