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From Sean_Hamilton@amrcorp.com:
I like that....I wonder how many of those sticks I broke as a kid...

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From swl7m@virginia.edu:
Good start.  You need to set the trace depth higher to remove the artifacts
from
the box top, and some of your spheres (Second box from the back, leftmost
column) 
are more that just touching.  Overall good image...

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From gmol@my-dejanews.com:

Excellent composition!  Interesting how you avoided the sticks to intesect in
each compartment, look good!
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From wembly@theramp.net:
I like it, it is simple yet very effective and original thought on the theme !

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From chris@68k.org:
It would have been nice to see the holes where the nubs of the connectors go
in,
and the lid looks a little odd (I can't figure out how, though) but otherwise
a pretty decent image.

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From ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk:
79 hours to render?? My heart goes out to you. 
But your image is neat so keep trying.

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From jsaxton@folio.com:
A very nice, clean image.
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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
You did a very nice job of stacking the marbles and arranging the sticks in the
compartments.  This is very tedious work.  I only see one area that's not quite
right, the front right compartment.  One area for improvement is the wood
grain.  I think it should be scaled smaller.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
But why are the holes missing?

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From djconnel@flash.net:
Clever idea!  This is a nice use of simple modeling, and the clutter is a nice
touch.

A few comments:

* The balls are in an unstable configuration in the box (in particular, the top
   level hydrogens).  The bonds are  more realistically oriented.
* The table texture could use a bit of refinement.
* The image could use more antialiasing.... this is where a Pentium II-class
  machine would really help!

Nice job!

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From bill@apocalypse.org:
Ah, very appealing!  ...and this tickles my "on-topic in a clever way"
notion.  These pure, clean images are the ones that attract me to
raytracing.

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From ekennedy@voyager.net:
I remember those models!  Clever idea.  The grayish plastic was well
done, but I thought the balls
were just a little too perfect and shiny.  Could have also used more
anti-aliasing.  Maybe when you
get that Pentium!  (Do a motherboard swap.... $160 plus RAM...)

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
Not a winner, but still a good image.  The objects are well arranged
together;
Using area lights with a 486 is courageous enough, so I won't say anything 
about the lack of background.  Maybe some reflection on the plastic
shapes..

(a little tip about jpeg conversion : when you have pure red shapes, try to
use a conversion soft that have a "sampling factor" parameter.  I'll
rcommend
"SEA" (www.photodex.com), MS-DOS sharew. viewer/converter)
And sPatch is freeware...


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From r@client8788.globalnet.co.uk:
Notable for composition, modelling