Customer Reviews

Hypotrochoid Art Set

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On a recent trip to a local store, I found a Hypotrochoid Art Drawing Set, which reminded me of the Spirograph that I played with as a child. The packaging was sealed, but it was on sale, so I went ahead and purchased it. Wish that I had seen the images here on Amazon first - it comes with 6 gears and 3 frames - but it's actually 2 sets of the same 3 gears, and 2 of the frames are the same size. (The holes in the gears are small, so only the 3 pens that come with and Pilot Precise Extra Fine V5 pens - which are more expensive than the set - work.)

Next, I found the Create Your OWN Spiral ART kit at another local store. Also sealed, this one has 2 frames and 5 gears - problem: because of the teeth on the gears, only 2 large gears fit in the large frame, and 3 small gears fit in the small frame. The teeth on the gears are large, so they don't really slip the way that the old Spirograph kits did. The shapes are interesting and most pens work with it, so it works pretty well.

Thought I had finally found my answer when I saw the Cra-Z-art Spiral Set from the photo on the box, and the product photo that shows gears of multiple shapes (football, plus sign, etc). The set that I received included 3 frames (round, oval and kidney bean shaped) and 7 ROUND gears of varying sizes (the number of teeth are marked on each gear - 17, 18, 22, 27, 29, 30 & 33.) No other shaped gears - just round. One good thing about this set is that the holes in the gears are large, so just about any pen will work. For the price of this set (and since I'm an Amazon Prime member, I received free shipping) I'm not unhappy.

But at this point, I wish that I had put all the money that I had spent on all 3 sets and the Pilot Pens together to find an old, real spirograph set.

Spiral Draw Book (Klutz)

Since this is made of plastic, I thought it would be crappy. It's easy to use and so much fun. You get smaller spirals with this set than those from the Klutz Spiral Draw Book. I recommend getting both. No duplication.

I tried finding the original Spirograph but instead found this little tin full of the best gears for Sprirgraph type fun.

This is a really cool gadget. You can make all sorts of cool designs for use on cards, invitations, whatever you can think of.

I looked and looked for the old Spirograph from childhood but alas it is not safe to use push pins anymore with a toy! This is the closest I could find that really worked. Others made by famous brands were too safe and therefore hard to use. This set is small and can easily be held down with a school age child's hand so they can make the cool graphs we made as a child. As I said it is small but it does it's job very well. A larger set with larger outer loops would be harder to hold and frustrating requiring 2 people to use the equipment. It comes in a small tin box and easy to tuck into a child's bag or Mom's purse add it along with a small art pad, you are ready for some fun on the go!

I bought the Hasbro spirograph deluxe for Christmas for my kids... I sat down a couple days later with it to show them how it works. The gears kept slipping out of the guide, the blue outer ring had a slight warp to it, and there was no simple way to store the parts.


After that frustration, I went online, saw THIS one, and bought it. I'm much happier. it's smaller, but works far better.

My son loves it, it is very similar to the Spyrograph I used to have as a child.

I really wanted to buy my little artist one of those old fashioned spirographs that I had as a kid. Well apparently push pins are just too dangerous for youngsters of today and the spirograph isn't made any more. So this is not a bad second choice, but its still not a spirograph. STILL FUN!!

Very usable spirograph product. Complete kit in one box. Well designed such that gears do not slip like other products. The template can be held by hand or with heavy clips -- no pin holes (but those do not work well anyway). Good choice of gear, but not as many as other kits. For the price, this is a must-buy spirograph set.

Got this for a nine year old. Younger children might have some difficulty using this. It can be tricky to hold some of the templates still while using them. Like the storage case. My daughter loves it. Nice set.