The ROKR wooden typewriter: a closer look

In April I posted about the wooden typewriter from Chinese model kit company ROKR. Easily believing Rokr's prominent warning that this is "NOT A TYPING TOOL," I took it to be a charming, though arguably somewhat kitschy, tribute to typewriters rather than an actual writing machine. It turns out that the warning on Rokr's ad is overly cautious. Their typewriter does type! Their website is less…