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Subject: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: robotfish on 07/09/03 at 04:40 a.m.
umm well, it was like a lot of slats with joints. At one end you traced pictures with a pointer. At the other end you inserted a pencil.
Lo and behold! The tiny tracing was turned into a big picture!
All my friends and I had these, but we cannot remember the name. Any help?
Subject: Re: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: Bobby on 07/09/03 at 04:49 a.m.
I was thinking of Spirograph but I don't think that is it.
Subject: Re: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: robotfish on 07/09/03 at 04:52 a.m.
no, spirograph was a complicated series of small wheels with spokes that you put inside each other and drew ellipses & stuff like that
very pretty...and widely available on ebay!
thanks for the attempt though. someone, somewhere will remember.....possibly my mum!
Subject: Re: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: Bobby on 07/09/03 at 05:02 a.m.
Yeah. Ask your mum. :)
Good luck in your search.
Subject: Re: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: robotfish on 07/09/03 at 06:32 a.m.
;D
result! found this on the web...
http://www.childrensmuseumkfalls.150m.com/Activities/drawingmachine/drawingmachine.html
they reckon its called a pantograph, but I'm sure there was a commercial name for it too...
anyway I'm happy
Subject: Re: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: karen (Guest) on 07/09/03 at 06:36 a.m.
Was it Sketch-a-graph perhaps?
Subject: Re: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: robotfish on 07/09/03 at 06:52 a.m.
you are an absolute star. ;D
have a scoobie snack
Subject: Re: Name of this toy is...?
Written By: karen (Guest) on 07/09/03 at 07:56 a.m.
Quoting:
you are an absolute star. ;D
have a scoobie snack
End Quote
Yummy! thanks