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Did you have one of these when you were young? (Original Post)
Ptah
Feb 2019
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KT2000
(20,583 posts)1. a bigger version
I found it frustrating but it was a glimpse into computer future world. The machine is in charge.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)2. No.
They weren't invented until later.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)3. What about one of these?
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)5. My hamster did!!!
I was always curious about the mechanism hidden inside. I mean, you can see the little scribe "etching" whatever the surface is. But, unlike so many other toys, I never did take my etch-a-sketch apart.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)6. The regular-sized one, yes.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)7. I had the big one
and then got the small one, on a keychain, when I grew up.
Lisa0825
(14,487 posts)8. WOW - You are a true Etch-Artist!
I never saw a tiny one before, but I had a full-sized one.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)9. Is that an old iPad mini?
akraven
(1,975 posts)10. Heck yes, both of us!
Road trip!
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)11. Mine was so old it was a crummy old black and white model
Or should I say 'grey' and black.