ML/NJ
As a kid my complaint was that the “magique” didn’t allow you to pick up the stylus and move it elsewhere without leaving a trail. (As the animation has succeeded in doing.) By the way, I’ll never forget the Dilbert cartoon where he tells the boss he needs to hold his laptop upside down and shake it.
Neat graphic cept when drawing the nose and mouth the cursor inexplicably jumped over and down, not possible. The lines had to be connected.
beloved. that’s funny. i bet it is the most underused toy in america. everyone buys them but who actually uses them?
It’s a pity they’re no longer made in Ohio, but in China.
Raise you hand if you spent an afternoon trying to completely fill the entire screen.
Do kids even still play with these anymore?
My science teacher told me when I was in high school that the aluminum powder in one of these mixed with rust from a box of regular steel wool pads that were soaked in vinegar water and then left out to dry and oxidized would make thermite powder, ratio was 2:1 iron oxide to aluminum powder.
Ignition was done with some 4th of July sparklers or a highway flare.
And then there was something about mixing with Play-do....
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