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Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - JoeH - 01-16-2015
Younger brothers and sisters had Spirograph, I liked it well enough. But I preferred an older version of the idea. Don't recall the brand name, it consisted of a rotating drawing platform with geared cranks around the outside. The pen was held by connecting arms and depending on the settings different spiral patterns resulted.
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - hal - 01-16-2015
I always thought this was something that every household had at some point. Perhaps it would be better to ask if you DIDN'T have one as a kid...
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - davester - 01-16-2015
Who DIDN'T have a spirograph as a child?
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - N-OS X-tasy! - 01-16-2015
pinkoos wrote:
I had one way back when so we decided that Santa (ie, my wife and I) would get one for my younger, artisically-inclined son.
Got a good deal on Amazon for Christmas, but now I found this:
http://nathanfriend.io/inspirograph/
Could have saved $11!
You did the right thing. IMNSHO, kids today could stand to have more analog and less digital in their lives.
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - N-OS X-tasy! - 01-16-2015
davester wrote:
Who DIDN'T have a spirograph as a child?
That was my first thought when I read the subject line.
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - Jack D. - 01-16-2015
davester wrote:
Who DIDN'T have a spirograph as a child?
I had a Spirograph, but I preferred my Gilbert Chemistry set. You couldn't make green chlorine gas with a Spirograph. Damn, you gotta love the old toys!!
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - jdc - 01-16-2015
Got my 7 year old a $20 deluxe set for xmas a well.
I don't remember how the big ring was held down when I was a kid, but set came with some silly tacky gum crap. "spiro putty. pfft. sucks.
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - Filliam H. Muffman - 01-17-2015
jdc wrote:
...set came with some silly tacky gum crap. "spiro putty. pfft. sucks.
You''re not supposed to suck on it....
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - davester - 01-17-2015
Jack D. wrote:
[quote=davester]
Who DIDN'T have a spirograph as a child?
I had a Spirograph, but I preferred my Gilbert Chemistry set. You couldn't make green chlorine gas with a Spirograph. Damn, you gotta love the old toys!!
Oh yeah! My chemistry set was my best ever toy. Boy, did I ever make a lot of hydrogen and anything else that might explode or burn spectacularly. Sadly, those days are gone.
Re: Anybody have a Spirograph as a child? - JoeH - 01-17-2015
jdc wrote:
Got my 7 year old a $20 deluxe set for xmas a well.
I don't remember how the big ring was held down when I was a kid, but set came with some silly tacky gum crap. "spiro putty. pfft. sucks.
Originally they supplied pins that stuck through holes in the ring and paper into a cardboard based drawing surface. Of course over time the drawing surface eventually had enough holes to need replacing or your pen could get stuck.