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Deluxe Spirograph
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Product Description
Create hours of designing fun with this Deluxe Spirograph kit. Please your inner-artist when you draw swirly works of art using the design guide or mix-and-match patterns and shapes. Customize your masterpieces for a one-of-a-kind look every time. Includes seven gears in different sizes and a built-in storage area for gears and pen. Plus, you get a gear template, drawing template, pen, paper and instructions.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #29904 in Toys & Games
- Brand: Hasbro
- Model: 67100
- Dimensions: 12.40" h x 11.10" w x 2.70" l, 1.35 pounds
Features
- Special nonskid tray keeps gears and paper in place for easy-to-make patterns
Customer Reviews
Earlier model was better!
My sister had this when we were little and remembering the fun she and I both had with it, I bought it for my son. I am very disappointed with it!! The template does not fit flush with the table surface and therefore does not securely hold the paper. In addition, the gears are too thin and keep slipping under the template, ruining the design. My son found this very frustrating as it ruined picture after picture and it is very difficult to move the gears and hold the template down at the same time. I gave the durability factor a poor rating as the material is just cheap plastic that will definitely not last long. This is definitely a case of where the old adage that says, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" should have been followed!! The earlier design, though not perfect, was much better and much less frustrating! Save your money and buy something else!
OK, but with a really dumb design flaw
This would be a nice toy if not for one serious design flaw.
The flaw is that the gears supplied are too thin and easily
slide under the main unit ruining a drawing. This happens if
you don't push down hard on the main unit or use a perfectly
flat, hard surface. The solution would
be simple for Hasbro to fix this. Simply make the gears that
mesh at the teeth the same thickness. This would require a flat
side and a side with a depression. This would still allow for
the pen to have a thin section to poke through. Alternately,
a tapered opening could be used for the pen tip and the gear
disk all the same thickness. But a gear that has the same
thickness as the main unit would prevent the gears from slipping
under the unit. This is a no brainer fix, but it's doubtful
that Hasbro will fix it. So don't buy any more until they do.
Its a shame....
...this is nothing like the Spirograph I grew up playing with. As everyone else mentioned, the gears are much too thin and slip constantly. My 6 year old son was completely frustrated after wrestling with the design flaws. Don't waste your money!!
