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32 of 35 found the following review helpful:
 So Much Fun, I bought way more pens for it!Mar 07, 2010
By Martha Colhoun
"cryptocat >^..^<"
I just acquired this toy, to relive my days with my spirograph, of which I had many fond memories. I thought, "Gee, I have so many cool pens for scrapbooking, now and glitter pens- Woo Hoo! What fun! I tried the three colored pencils that come with the set, and quickly bought a set with 24 colors made by Crayola- nice! More subtle color variations! The liquid gel pens I hoped to use didn't work well, because they didn't dry fast enough, and the ink smeared. So I got a set of Flair pens, which have very vivid colors, and they work very nicely!
The thing I like best about the set it that the holes are many different shapes and in many positions all around the wheels, and create many shapes Spirograph never thought of! It's great to see how a teardrop shape will work, and a star and many others. The wheel frame is used with the wheel underneath it, which locks it down and keeps the wheel in it's tracks better. I have really had fun with it, and am happy to recommend it!
19 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 not worth the moneyApr 14, 2010
By D. Parsons
"dimitra72"
We bought this for our 4 & 5 year old to try help them improve their writing skills. This one is so hard to do, my husband and I had difficulty keeping it going. The teeth do not grip like the way the old Spirograph did. We were very disappointed with the product!!
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Even hard for a grownup!Jul 25, 2010
By Kara Mckamey
"Lucy"
This is not like the old days, it's almost impossible to keep it going and make it look nice. It was hard for me to do, and I'm an artist!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 I have purchased a few diffferent sets. . .Jun 09, 2011
By Melissa Wisely
On a recent trip to a local store, I found a Hypotrochoid Art Drawing Set, which reminded me of the Spirograph that I played with as a child. The packaging was sealed, but it was on sale, so I went ahead and purchased it. Wish that I had seen the images here on Amazon first - that one comes with 6 gears and 3 frames - but it's actually 2 sets of the same 3 gears, and 2 of the frames are the same size. (The holes in the gears are small, so only the 3 pens that come with and Pilot Precise Extra Fine V5 pens - which are more expensive than the set - work.)
Next, I found this Create Your OWN Spiral ART kit at another local store. Also sealed, this one has 2 frames and 5 gears - problem: because of the teeth on the gears, only 2 large gears fit in the large frame, and 3 small gears fit in the small frame. The teeth on the gears are large, so they don't really slip the way that the old Spirograph kits did. The shapes are interesting and most pens work with it, so it works pretty well.
Thought I had finally found my answer when I saw the Cra-Z-art Spiral Set from the photo on the box, and the product photo that shows gears of multiple shapes (football, plus sign, etc). The set that I received included 3 frames (round, oval and kidney bean shaped) and 7 ROUND gears of varying sizes (the number of teeth are marked on each gear - 17, 18, 22, 27, 29, 30 & 33.) No other shaped gears - just round. One good thing about this set is that the holes in the gears are large, so just about any pen will work. For the price of this set (and since I'm an Amazon Prime member, I received free shipping) I'm not unhappy.
But at this point, I wish that I had put all the money that I had spent on all 3 sets and the Pilot Pens together to find an old, real spirograph set.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
DisappointedDec 17, 2010
By kaybee
I bought 3 of these for my nieces and was VERY disappointed - Overpriced, hard to do anything with and a very bad buy for the money. I paid $10 each for them and they should've have been $1.00 at the Dollar Tree. I would be ashamed to sell this product for that price. Tis the season... to get ripped off.
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