Anybody have a Spirograph as a child?

[JoeH]

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.

[hal]

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...

[davester]

Who DIDN'T have a spirograph as a child?

[N-OS X-tasy!]

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.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

davester wrote:
Who DIDN'T have a spirograph as a child?

That was my first thought when I read the subject line.

[Jack D.]

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!!

[jdc]

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.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

jdc wrote:
...set came with some silly tacky gum crap. "spiro putty. pfft. sucks.

You''re not supposed to suck on it....

[davester]

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.

[JoeH]

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.