Toys of the Seventies, Magic Window
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The Magic Window, developed by Roy R. Cloutier, and licensed to Whamo sold over 20 million units in the 1970s. Shifting colored crystals swirl around magically as you move the frame. It has been off the market for 25 years, but you can now find it a www.magicwindows.org.
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I remember looking at this over and over. It was neat to separate the different colored sand. I'm sure they couldn't sell these today, but they were "cool" back in the day.
my dad had one-i thought it was cool.you could play with it for hours-like crack for kids.it always seemed like ocean waves and it kept us out of his hair during "visitation" when he wanted to make out with a girlfriend on the couch. hahaha!
O thank you for posting this! I loved this as a kid, kept me busy for hours. I would experiment with how the heavy blue sand and lighter white sand would layer on each other. If one were to sloooowwwwly rotate the window clockwise (or anti-clockwise) the images would resemble seascapes, whereas if one would simply flip the thing over, the images would resemble jagged mountain peaks. Mine started losing sand though the seams between the panes, and it started making a mess around the house, so it disappeared, like many of my kid-toys did over time :o)
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