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The Chronicles.

Revolution in a country garden.

A toy from my childhood.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 8:26:47 PM

So, I was just looking through my old stuff stuck far away into an old cupboard... when I suddenly found THIS: bigsmile



I have no idea if you people have seen such things, actually I've also never seen another such toy. And this one was made by my granny, I don't know if they sell them (or maybe used to sell) in toy stores. Wanna have a look at what this is? Watch the video. p Sorry, it's a bit dark and short. p



I guess I'll call it a "walker". bigsmile How do you like it? Can you guess how it was made? bigsmile

Almost like a bird.Where I am.

Comments

ShallowMuse Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:01:24 AM

theres a tiny person inside named Fred who does forward somersaults!!

am i right?!

lol

magnets perhaps?

KittyliciousZaphira Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:50:42 AM

I think we call them "jumping beans" here, and I've never seen them as big as yours.

I don't know how it works, but it's something with the centre of gravity that moves all the time. bigsmile

merlin!pintavodki Wednesday, April 8, 2009 4:02:48 PM

ShallowMuse, no. His name is Tom p And he doesn't like magnets. bigsmile

Zaph, I've heard only about "Mexican jumping beans" and there's a small bug inside... yuck But your guess is in the right direction. The centre of gravity indeed moves. up

facebook.com/crepe.aucitronSojka Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:44:56 PM

lol great! i like this toy!) though have no idea how it works p

xxaecius Saturday, April 18, 2009 11:27:46 AM

but exactly... what is it?

merlin!pintavodki Monday, April 20, 2009 6:21:09 PM

Well, it's a small piece of cloth with a small metal ball inside. And the sides are strengthened with a paper cylinder glued to it. So the ball just shifts the centre of gravity with each step forcing the thing to move forward. And only on slopes, of couse. That's it. wink

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