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We’ve seen our share of cool Ping-Pong tables. No doubt that the Cylinder Ping-Pong Pipe Table is a hell of a design. But how long could the novelty driven fun really last?

Yes, it would make a nice looking center piece for your penthouse. Yes, it would most likely be a fun time to spend a few minutes. But the whole beauty of Ping-Pong is not having those boundries. We want to be able to hit the ball to the moon if possible.

No doubt this table would be interesting and most likely a lot of fun. But the old flat table will be right where you left it when you come crawling back. Now, if they made the outside look better, and not just like a tree trunk wrapped in yellow tape, the design would be worth the loss of interest.

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Its taken many years to get this far, but technology has finally reached the point to develop something of such sheer genius that our minds can barely wrap around the concept. That’s right, friends. Finally, the three player ping pong table. Table tennis has been an underlying cult sport for decades and we’ve noticed that whenever playing ping pong, there always seems to be that third person who wants to play, but has to wait his turn to “play winner”. The table for three destroys the need for a third wheel and includes the third wheel right into the gameplay. This should make our monthly ping pong tournaments pretty interesting. — Andrew Dobrow

Inventor creates Ping Pong for three [AP, via Spluch]