Speks Geode Magnetic Sphere

Speks Geode looks like a faceted crystal ball sitting on the desk, right up until you pull it apart. It’s a set of geometric pieces with rare earth magnets inside, and they snap together into a sphere, a tower, a lumpy sculpture or whatever shape your hands drift toward during a long conference call.

The fun is in the snap. Pieces click into place with a satisfying pull, you can shake a build loose and start over, and there’s no wrong way to put it back together. Speks makes it as a fidget and focus tool for keeping restless hands busy, and it doubles as a desk ornament between sessions. Assembled, it sits there looking like a geode with the rock knocked off.

It suits the guy who clicks pens, spins his ring or takes apart whatever is on the table while he thinks. As a stocking stuffer, it tends to migrate to the office sometime in January and never come home.

It’s rated for ages 14 and up, because the pieces hold strong rare earth magnets. It belongs on a grown-up’s desk, well out of reach of small kids.