{"id":455,"date":"2008-07-04T08:42:27","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T15:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2008-07-04T08:44:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T15:44:39","slug":"my-birthday-gift-a-hercules-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/07\/04\/my-birthday-gift-a-hercules-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"My birthday gift: a Hercules Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-455\">\n<p>Aviva gave me a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kikkerlandshop.com\/3dpighebeanp.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kikkerland<\/a> Hercules Beetle plastic puzzle for my birthday.  I already have their snail kit.  This is so cool!  Here are some pictures:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlefront.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"453\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=453\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlefront.jpg?fit=500%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beetlefront.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlefront.jpg?fit=500%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-453 colorbox-455\" title=\"beetlefront.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlefront-300x201.jpg?resize=300%2C201\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlefront.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlefront.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlerear.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=454\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlerear.jpg?fit=500%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beetlerear.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlerear.jpg?fit=500%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-454 colorbox-455\" title=\"beetlerear.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlerear-300x236.jpg?resize=300%2C236\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlerear.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/beetlerear.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The wingspan is over a foot; very very cool!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-455\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 455);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-455\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-455\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aviva gave me a Kikkerland Hercules Beetle plastic puzzle for my birthday. I already have their snail kit. This is so cool! Here are some pictures: The wingspan is over a foot; very very cool! 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