Can you remember what this was called?

jetsonx

you might remember this from being a kid...

basically it was a drawing board type thing that you could draw on with a
tiny plastic pen ( not unlike the pens they supply with PDAs)

They sold them in toy shops and pound shop-type stores.

it was usually grey in colour...when you finished your drawing - you slided
(what looked like a ruler) across the page and it deleted your drawing
so you could start all over again.

What was this called?

fade2black

Kinda like etch a sketch?

Car Mad

Doodle

Ruu_Old

Doodle or Magna Doodle I think, not far off the etch a sketch idea.

Like this one?

Rockee

Should this thread not be in All Things Retro?

Karoma

Moved to All Things Retro from AH.
Yes; it's an etch-a-sketch (Ableit, a cheaper variation.)

jetsonx

Thanks guyz...appreciated

now where might I find a similar concept except that you can use it
for labelling VHS tapes or CD-RWs?

Wishbone Ash

They are still on the market. Most airport shops have them. They're a great novelty for entertaining children on flights.

Adam

Does such a thing exist?? You've made a huge leap from REMEMBERING a Doodle/Magna Doodle to them having ever been implenmented on the front of cds/dvds/vhs.

I imagine it would never work, the thickness of the cd/vhs with that on the front would be too much I'd guess.

jetsonx

mirror, there is defintely a product was invented using the same concept
as the Doodle except it was for VHS cassettes

Adam

Perhaps the thing was incorporated into the actual casing? I can't imagine there is some sort of "clip on" accessory...

Irish Gardener

Well "magnadoodle" used magnets to create the drawings.
Even though these were weak magnets, I don't think they would mix very well with VHS tape.

cushtac

There definitely was a VHS cassette label that did this, we had them at home. I think we got them out of Hector Greys in Crumlin S.C.

Capt'n Midnight

Etch-A-Sketch Tech Support

Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has a distorted display.
A: Pick it up and shake it.


Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little lines all over the screen.
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off?
A: Pick it up and shake it.


Q: What's the shortcut for Undo?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I create an empty New Document window?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I Exit without Saving?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I set the background and foreground to the same colour?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: What is the proper procedure for rebooting my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has lines that prevent me from doing my art project.
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I delete a document on my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.


Q: How do I keep from losing my Etch-A-Sketch documents in the middle of my work?
A: Stop shaking it.

Catari Jaguar

No, Etch a Sketch was with the little dials. Impossible to use. Magna doodle was the one with the pen. and magnets sometimes to stamp stamp stamp...

You used to be able to get lil ones on a cardboard frame (not the plastic) in Poundshop or sumthn. they were kinda lame. Might stil make them. Good luck with your hoverboards/ time machine thingummy.:D

mike65

Spirograph used dials as well. Had a set when 10-12, never got the best out of it.

Mike.

Alter-Ego

Etch a sketch required skill to use. I used to have a tiny keyring one, its gone now. Thems was the days.

trout

jetsonx wrote:

mirror, there is defintely a product was invented using the same concept as the Doodle except it was for VHS cassettes

I remember these things ... but they weren't magnetic at all ... what you had was a layer of translucent plastic, which was set on a dark background.

As you wrote on the upper film, it would stick to the background, possibly by static, and your drawing/writing would remain until you pulled a plastic slide between the upper film and the background.

no magnets involved ... so maybe it was adapted for use on video cassettes?

<thinks ... must find a link >

crosstownk

Present version is called ColourDoodle. Its one of my daughters favourite toys. Available at most toy stores. http://www.flairplc.co.uk/pages/colourdoodle.shtml

il gatto

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Etch-A-Sketch Tech Support

Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has a distorted display.
A: Pick it up and shake it.


Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little lines all over the screen.
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off?
A: Pick it up and shake it.


Q: What's the shortcut for Undo?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I create an empty New Document window?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I Exit without Saving?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I set the background and foreground to the same colour?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: What is the proper procedure for rebooting my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has lines that prevent me from doing my art project.
A: Pick it up and shake it.

Q: How do I delete a document on my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.


Q: How do I keep from losing my Etch-A-Sketch documents in the middle of my work?
A: Stop shaking it.

Genius:D

Hagar

I think it was called a "Printator" or something like that. I wasn't magnetic. It was basically a sheet of thick plastic on top of a wax tablet. When you used the stylus it stuck the plastic to the wax and when you were finished the ruler thingy slid between the plastic sheet and the wax and released it.

/ Edit Printator it was http://www.lesmar-online.co.uk/magic_slate.asp