Nostalgia Archives - SpiroGraphicArt https://spirographicart.com/category/nostalgia/ Tips, reviews, how-to information about Spirograph and similar drawing tools Tue, 08 Sep 2015 12:09:55 +0000 en hourly 1 https://spirographicart.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-site-logo-32x32.png Nostalgia Archives - SpiroGraphicArt https://spirographicart.com/category/nostalgia/ 32 32 121898542 50 Years of Spirograph https://spirographicart.com/2015/09/08/50-years-of-spirograph/ https://spirographicart.com/2015/09/08/50-years-of-spirograph/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2015 12:09:55 +0000 https://spirographicart.com/?p=990 A quick video retrospective of 50 years of Spirograph commercials and artifacts in a minute and a half. I particularly like the headline, “Toy for children sets adult world on fire.”  As many posts on this site demonstrate, it isn’t … Continue reading →

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]]> A quick video retrospective of 50 years of Spirograph commercials and artifacts in a minute and a half. I particularly like the headline, “Toy for children sets adult world on fire.”  As many posts on this site demonstrate, it isn’t just for kids. Serious artists, crafters, mathematicians, engineers and educators find it fascinating and useful.

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]]> https://spirographicart.com/2015/09/08/50-years-of-spirograph/feed/ 11 990 Old Spirograph TV Commercials https://spirographicart.com/2013/11/24/old-spirograph-tv-commercials/ https://spirographicart.com/2013/11/24/old-spirograph-tv-commercials/#respond Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:46:31 +0000 https://spirographicart.com/?p=138 An early commercial dating from about 1967 introduces the game and tries out some taglines: “Your eyes won’t believe what your hands have done.” “So much fun you’ll never want to stop.” Introducing Super Spirograph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mrNm5PIEE Spiromania, 1973, with a … Continue reading →

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]]> An early commercial dating from about 1967 introduces the game and tries out some taglines:

“Your eyes won’t believe what your hands have done.”
“So much fun you’ll never want to stop.”

Introducing Super Spirograph:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mrNm5PIEE


Spiromania, 1973, with a “live” band, promoting regular and Super Spirograph:


Spirograph Plus, with the extra arm, from the 1980s:


Much later, a commercial for the stunted version of Spirograph that was sold before the latest version came out – warning: this is in Dutch!

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