Visual Studio 2008 Thank You Cube Unboxing

... aka "Ship It Award"

This afternoon I found this box (which weighed a good pound and a half) at my door:

And inside a well bubble wrapped package:

The box:

Inside:

Sadly it seems the cube was just too large for it's container as it had broken free of some of the perforated cardboard:

 

Once out, it was beautiful:

And for scale, next to a Channel 9 guy:

(I apologize for the quality of my camera/flash)