r/oddlysatisfying • u/danielminds • 3d ago

This 1997 miniature console table unfolding into an inlaid gaming table

Source: @d_thomas_miniatures on TikTok

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u/danielminds 3d ago

Little detail on this piece: it’s a 1:12 scale metamorphic table made back in 1997 by miniature artisan Julian Bickers. It’s hand-carved hardwood with brass fittings, and folds out from a console into a chess/checkerboard gaming table.

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u/thesuperunknown 3d ago

1997! Wow, I can’t believe an object from that far back in the past has survived in such good condition

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u/Next-Wrap-7449 3d ago

From the late 20th century

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u/BreadSea4509 3d ago

Except it isn't a chess/checkers board, some weird 3D effect instead.

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u/Ethnafia_125 3d ago

The Borrowers thank you for having such nice furniture for them to use in your dollhouse.

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u/Fair_Term3352 3d ago

What is this?! A gaming table for ants?!

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u/CrypticJester32 3d ago

The fact that this is a fully functional miniature table and somehow still looks more expensive than my actual furniture is incredible

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u/dart51984 3d ago

I’m really not ok with 1997 being in the title like some kind of vintage year. That was only like 10 years ago. Oh…oh no…

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u/YukariYakum0 3d ago

Ten years?! What are you on about? We've only got a few months till Y2K.

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u/davidsands 3d ago

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u/HonestyMcNasty 3d ago

Came here to make sure someone posted Lester.

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u/coffee-with-ahriman 3d ago

Cool Lester Smooth

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u/Bubbly-Travel9563 3d ago

My buddy had this bench in his hallway that he kept joking was his gaming table which we all thought was funny until we went to play dnd one day and the bench pulled out 17 leafs opening from a 3.5ft wide one foot long bench to over 12 feet long with each section narrowing until the final one was perfectly DM sized.

I've never seen anything like it since but the way this table folds reminded me of it instantly

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u/mokahash 3d ago

That’s definitely made by Lester Freamon of Major Crimes Unit, West Baltimore, Maryland.

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u/damsie101 3d ago

Nice pull, detective.

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u/DonSol0 3d ago

Real poh-lease, Lester. Don’t let him fool ya.

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u/SpicyTofuMapo 3d ago

My careless clumsy ass would break that trying to open it 😭

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u/LunarVentus 2d ago

Where does one find tiny hinges? I need to install a tiny door...

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u/MichaelAuBelanger 3d ago

Thinking Lester Fremond from The Wire