Why Did I Buy This Thing?

Based on the recommendation made earlier on this site for the Bliptronic 5000, I recently purchased one as a gift for friend who is a bit more musically inclined than I.  In fact, when the Bliptronic was presented, there were several musicians around to see the unwrapping.  It was like each one of those musicians received the gift.  The synthesizer was passed around for a few hours, each new user filled with delight as if was a gift unto them.

 I like thinkgeek.com.  Tons of gadgets, interesting and fun things to play with.  Lately, I've been creating my own digital music --only because a lot of instruments are so damned expensive and complicated to get the right sound from.  So imagine my surprise on my latest escapade over to ThinkGeek when they have a simple synthesizer on the font page --for under $50!  I knew I had to try it.