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Brain Benders
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
A box of illusions: make big objects look small, and small objects look big; change black and white into color; turn drawings into old-style movies - just for starters. You get a motorized zoetrope/spinner with discs and strips, and a really amazing "altered perspective chamber," along with directions for a dozen optical activities. It's really mind-bending - but don't forget to buy (2) "AA" batteries for the zoetrope. Spinning it by hand just doesn't work as well! For ages 8 to adult.
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91773 OPTICAL ILLUSIONS |
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Doodle In 3-D
Think of it as a shortcut to learning perspective. This clever 50-sheet pad of white, 7" x 4-1/2" paper has a fine red and blue grid pattern that shows your drawing and doodling in 3-D when you wear the included 3-D glasses. It's our candidate for the why-didn't-I-think-of-that award this year.
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93371 3-D PAD |
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Spot The Looney
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Or anything else on your horizon with a very nice kids' Safari® telescope/spotting scope. CJ calls it a toy-that's-not-a-toy, which means that it's a 15X magnification, 35mm dia, 3-draw scope suitable for watching the moon, the fauna if you're in a Safari mood, or the approaching ships if you're in a Master and Commander mood. It's 7-5/8" long when closed, extends to 14" and comes with eyepiece and objective covers. We'll pick one with a red, yellow, green or blue plastic barrel.
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92680 SAFARI TELESCOPE |
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Kaleidoscope This Out!
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
No little plastic gemstones or paper clips inside, just a fish-eye lens at the business end of this toy so anything you point it at is viewed as a kaleidoscopic treat. ("Look how pretty my desktop is!") Measures 4-1/4" long x 1-3/8" dia with a wrist strap. And kaleidoscope can too be a verb, because we said so.
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38613 KALEIDOSCOPE |
Rearview Glasses
A pair of shades with the outer portion of each lens half silvered on the eyeball side. Glance left or right and see behind you. Cool undercover item for the younger sleuth or the dirty old man on the beach who doesn't want to be discovered. Whatever your motive, you need a pair now.
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90338 REARVIEW GLASSES |
9-In-1 Optical Transformer
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
For ages 8 and up, this "Optic Center" toy from TeleScience® snaps apart and unfolds for (9) separate optical uses. Look and learn with binoculars, a compass, magnifying glass, stereoscope, monocular, signal mirror, linen tester, mini-flashlight (you add a "AAA" battery) and a whistle. Has a pair of 2-5/8" dia lenses and another pair at 1-1/4" dia, a focus adjustment, and a lanyard to carry it around. Lotta basic optical fun for five bucks.
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38184 OPTI-TRANSFORMER |
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Rainbows All Over The Room
From Sun Catcher®, a transparent prismatic sheet, roughly 4-1/4" x 5-1/4", inside an oval frame, roughly 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" with a variety of motifs. We'll pick (1) of (3) diffraction patterns inside (1) of (6) heavy cardboard frames: undersea critters, fairyland, jungle life, a wizard, dolphins or a garden with butterflies and a hummingbird. It will "transform light into an explosion of multiple hues," and who doesn't like that? Comes with a suction cup to mount in your window, and if you're a minimalist you could cut the cool prism out of its frame and we wouldn't tell a soul.
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92684 SUN CATCHER |
Prizm Glasses
Dull outlook? Dreary prospects? Put a little edge on things with this pair of cardboard (think movie 3-D) Prizm® glasses that have (1) clear frame and (1) with slight diffracting properties to give brightly colored pictures a pop and a semi-, sort-of, 3-D effect. Interesting for classroom demonstrations. They measure 5-3/4" across with approx 5" temples. And yes, we know how to spell prism; blame the manufacturer.
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36896 PRIZM GLASSES |
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SPY SCOPE
This very deceptive little pocket-sized 8X spy telescope has a pocket clip and measures just under 6" long x 5/8" dia. Nobody will ever know you're an undercover agent unless they see the white "SPY SCOPE" lettering on the side, but you can cover it up with your special spy's electrical tape. You can also pull the barrel out and use it as a 20X microscope if you choose to accept this assignment.
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93034 POCKET SPY |
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Building Das Boot?
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD-Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Finish it off with das periscope. Perfect for a blue-plastic submarine, our blue-plastic periscope will let you see the destroyers following your bubbles, or, if you're stuck on land, let you look around corners. Our visual aid is 1-3/8" dia, telescopes from 14" long to 10", has a clutch to secure the length and a 1" dia port to look through. Handy for reverse snorkeling, too. (Just think about it, OK?)
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93018 PERISCOPE |
Rainbow Glasses
Neon strip cardboard spectacles with diffraction gratings as the lenses. You can see the regular world, but all light sources and bright objects appear in multiple rainbow hued images. The effect is a little as though the whole world were a giant hologram. Great stocking stuffer or birthday party item for grade school ages.
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88867 DIFFRACTION GLASSES |
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