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The minute hand is above the surface, but the hour hand goes between the two sheets, acting as the eraser (see the etch a sketch link if you don't understand).
As the day goes on, your doodles, pictures and to-do's will slowly disappear, leaving a blank canvas for new ideas.
Comes in original
tacky read with silver screen, with a minature pencil/stylus on a string.
etch-a-sketch
http://www.etch-a-sketch.com
Online Fun! [Fishrat, Oct 27 2004]
Magna Doodle
http://toyscollecti...les/magnadoodle.htm
A swankier, but ultimately inferior contemporary of the etch-a-sketch [salachair, Oct 27 2004]
Land of the Lost Magic Slate
http://www.landofthelost.com/slate.htm
[Klaatu, Oct 27 2004]
Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee
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There is more than one type of etch a sketch. The one which uses a separator to erase relies on a stylus/pen to push the two layers together and create the image. Admittedly, this is "etch-a-sketch lite" or "poor man's etch-a-sketch" but hey, I had an impoverished upbringing. Let me tell you about it some time... |
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That said, I guess a knob version would work, if the hour hand was magnetic. I guess. |
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solved all my xmas presents in one. cheers, fishy! |
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I don't think you mean etch-a-sketch,
Fishrat, do you? (Two dials, internal
stylus scrapes fine silver powder off
internal glass surface, invert and shake
to erase). |
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This sounds more like a magnadoodle
or one of those things with a
translucent plastic top-sheet over a
tacky black base with a slider that
wiped the images by pulling the two
surfaces apart. Unfortunately, the name
for one of those things escapes me. |
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It's about time for a new etch-a-sketch. |
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this idea got better the second time i read it |
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[st3f] are you thinking about a "Magic Slate"? <link> |
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That's exactly it, thanks Klaatu. |
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You weren't thinking of a "Magic Slate",
were you, Fishrat? |
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This past xmas I received two pens, one
with a tiny (1 x 1 1/4") etch-a-sketch
and the other with a very tiny Operation
game. The most awesome worthless
crap ever. |
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Thanks St3f and klaatu - you're right, I was thinking of a magic slate. However, I think an etch-a-sketch version using a magnetic hour hand would also work. |
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ALthough I was thinking of a magic slate watch, I'll leave the title as it is to avoid confusion. |
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