Anybody have a Spirograph as a child?

[Lew Zealand]

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.

IIRC, there was a flat, red plastic thing which sat underneath the paper and had 2 projections which poked through the paper into the big ring and held it in place.

Edit: after reading Joe's post I guess there was more than 1 way they did this.

[pinkoos]

Yes now I remember the pins!

[OWC Jamie]

All my kids are real live kids.
No substitutions, although considered upgrades and replacements a few times.

[Uncle Wig]

Absolutely! Spent hours Spirographing. And this online one is very cool.

[Black]

I remember at least one, possibly more of them kicking around in some state of incomplete or brokenness.... so technically I had one but couldn't begin to tell you what the value of it may have been.

[cbelt3]

For several years all holiday cards were spirograph creations

[Racer X]

Ombligo wrote:
One of the greatest toys ever.. along with etch-a-sketch, lincoln logs, and matchbox cars.

Erector Sets.

I keep one of these in my desk

[steve...]

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

Never had one but who needed a fancy-schmancy machine to make art?

I had plenty of pencils and crayons and my imagination.

[raz]

Ombligo wrote:
One of the greatest toys ever.. along with etch-a-sketch, lincoln logs, and matchbox cars.

Yep. Had them all.

[3d]

Racer X wrote:
[quote=Ombligo]
One of the greatest toys ever.. along with etch-a-sketch, lincoln logs, and matchbox cars.

Erector Sets.

I keep one of these in my desk


That "cross" insert piece always intimidated me.