Spirograph

by Hasbro

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• ASIN: B00000DMD6
• Item model number: 67009
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #84,740 in Toys & Games (See Bestsellers in Toys & Games)

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• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

Product Description

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For 30 years, Spirograph has dazzled kids with intricate drawings made simple with gears and coordinating templates. This Spirograph still dazzles, but it's even more fun than the original, thanks to a template sporting wacky shapes and designs--a rocket ship, crab claws, clouds, and even an alien. A booklet with design ideas shows kids how to make a turtle, a dinosaur, and more by using one of the seven different-sized gears and three gear-template shapes (circle, oval, kidney) to create the body, and then trace on details (legs, horns, antennae) with the drawing template. Add some crayons and you've got an afternoon--or several--of fun. Spirograph comes with seven plastic gears, one gear template with built-in storage for gears, one drawing template, paper, pen, and idea booklet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

216 of 218 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A pale shadow of the original, March 16, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

I bought this toy out of nostalgia for the hours of fun I used to have with my Spirograph when I was a kid. Oh, how I wish I still had that old toy! This new Spirograph is missing the variety of shapes and options of the old toy, really lmiting the results. I agree with the reviewer below who asked, please, at least bring back the many shapes secured by pins into cardboard for us adults! And yes, the new toy comes with only one pen, with boring blue ink like you can buy anywhere. Bring back the 4 or 5 pens, too!

71 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT, May 22, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

Stop now if you are a Spirograph fan. This is a poor imitation of the toy you remember and not worth even the few dollars they are charging. There are no interestingly shaped gears (only circles) and no 'doughnuts' to work inside and outside of. There are no instructions for creating particular designs and the gears need to be broken out of their moulding sheet to be used. It seems like product designers must have been thinking, 'how cheap can we make it and still call it Spirograph'.

More than anything else, the lack of gears and options reduces this to a gadget and has taken the genius and pleasure out of what used to be a very engaging and creative toy. You will only be terribly disappointed if you buy this. I'm tempted to go hunt for an original ....

79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars YUCK! Who took the REAL Spirograph?, September 20, 2000

By	Gowie "gowie" (CO USA) - See all my reviews

Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

Glad to see I was not the only one who thought this was an awful imitation of the Spirograph I loved as a kid. My 5 year old played with this once 9 months ago and hasn't touched it since. Why couldn't they even include the 4 colored pens? (Only 1 comes in the box now.) Definitely better off spending your money elsewhere. How about an Etch-A-Sketch?