This 1960s Spirograph Commercial made me nostalgic for this awesome toy.

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Suggest that you look at Wild Gears (https://www.wildgears.com/) – laser-cut gears, clear acrylic, lots of odd shapes, not just circles.

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I loved it as ‘finally a kid’s toy that connected art to math’. Not that I suspected I wanted something like that but it sure turned a couple of mental gears for me and I counted a lot more teeth than I’d ever sell to the tooth fairy. Now my main man is Roger Penrose and I specifically credit Spirograph 50-some-odd years ago.

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Not exactly the same, but an ejoyable diversion for a while - Inspiral Web

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The different colors were an important aspect of the toy, and it’s a shame those are washed out in this ad.

Also: I had forgotten the “It’s Kenner. It’s fun!” tag line. A staple of Saturday morning cartoons.

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