A mini kit I spied at Bed Bath last week near the checkout. I thought it would be a fun thing to stash in my guestroom before company came. They never got to it, but I plan to soon. Loved this toy!

GoCubsGo

(32,079 posts)

3. Wish I still had mine. n/t

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Mon Dec 8, 2014, 11:42 PM

Dec 2014

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

4. I got one for Christmas 1969

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 12:07 AM

Dec 2014

I spent all New Year's Eve playing with that thing as I waited for the coming of the new decade.

cyberswede

(26,117 posts)

5. So much fun!

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 02:28 AM

Dec 2014

Hours and hours & pages and pages!

begin_within

(21,551 posts)

6. I loved it and I had several versions

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 02:47 AM

Dec 2014

I had the regular Spirograph shown, and later the Super Spirograph, and later the Motorized Spirograph. Then many years later the travel-sized Spirograph set. Then later the online versions!

progressoid

(49,977 posts)

10. motorized!!

Reply to begin_within (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 12:26 PM

Dec 2014

I didn't know such a thing existed.

begin_within

(21,551 posts)

12. Yes, and they still show up on eBay from time to time.

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:01 PM

Dec 2014

Behind the Aegis

(53,949 posts)

7. Yes. I also know there is a correlation in the decline in its use and the rise of street crime.

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 02:49 AM

Dec 2014

(anybody get that obscure reference?!)

begin_within

(21,551 posts)

13. No, but it's a good line and so true.

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:02 PM

Dec 2014

Behind the Aegis

(53,949 posts)

15. I got the quote a little wrong...

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:08 PM

Dec 2014

progressoid

(49,977 posts)

17. Ha!

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:53 PM

Dec 2014

I missed that episode.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

8. That was an expensive Christmas present, IIRC....

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:08 AM

Dec 2014

It made some fascinating shapes.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)

9. That is so pretty. Thank you.

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 11:33 AM

Dec 2014

Something to show my niece.

area51

(11,905 posts)

11. If you use Linux,

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 01:23 PM

Dec 2014

you can install the xscreensaver package and have those type of drawings as your screensaver.

http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/

progressoid

(49,977 posts)

19. I played around with Linux once. Then I relized I wasn't cut out for that.

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:01 PM

Dec 2014

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CrispyQ

(36,457 posts)

29. Love that!

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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 10:47 AM

Dec 2014

Thanks for the LOL!

NJCher

(35,652 posts)

31. That's hilarious!

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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 05:24 PM

Dec 2014

I liked the part about turning your bedroom into a server closet!

Cher

Hotler

(11,415 posts)

14. I still have mine. n/t

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:52 PM

Dec 2014

CrispyQ

(36,457 posts)

16. I still have mine.

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:47 PM

Dec 2014

Years ago in the cartoon strip "Robotman", Robotman (the main character) created a cartoon series using a Spirograph. His main characters were Parabolic Bob & the Double Helix Twins.

Thanks for the link. I've wasted 45 minutes already!

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)

18. I sure do. Had one and LOVED it.

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Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:00 PM

Dec 2014

Thought it was sooooo cool.

It's being made by someone else now (I think Kenner's gone under) and I saw it in an advertisement the other day marked as a "nostalgia" gift.

But some things just never get old.