A Popular Toy You Had

DailyArtsyCrafter said:
I did get a Spirograph Set when it was no longer a thing and the price had dropped significantly. Played with it a few times and then got bored. It was too hard to keep the plastic wheels on track. They would keep popping off and slipping. I've always had a heavy hand anyway. 😄 On top of that, there was nothing to do with the wonky designs that I made. I wasn't excited to put them on the wall.

I think a lot of popular toys were like that. Kids played with them a little and lost interest. Very few stood the test of being played with often for years and years. Most of the fun was in acquiring them. Kind of like adults do with their toys. 🤔

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I was practically mesmerized by this! I churned out drawing after drawing.
 

Dove my Dad nuts with these clickers :)
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jujube said:
I finally found a picture of one but can't get it to post. It was called the Hoot-Nanny Magic Designer and was invented in the 1930's, then was sold to another toy maker and was popular in the 1950's, when I had one. You can look it up under that name. I thought it was sold under the name Spirograph, but I guess I was mistaken. It probably "inspired" the Spirograph.

When I ran out of the paper circles that came with it, my mom wouldn't send off for any others, so I had to cut the circles and notch them in the right places. That got old REAL quick.
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I looked it up. Thanks for sharing. I had to edit the images to get them to show. I have to occasionally do this when sharing here. They kept saving as .webpgs and I changed to .jpegs. No, I don't recall this. I was born in '57. I agree, Spirograph probably evolved from it.

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