Magic Pen thingy??

[Wavertee]

Hello,

Steven from Liverpool here. Cracking site.

I can remember a toy years ago, maybe 70s/80s but cant remember what it was called. It looked like a few pieces of Mecanno stuck together. You'd attach two pens. When you doodled with the pen on the right you'd end up with a duplicate image from the other pen. Does anyone know the name of it?

Thanks a lot.

[Heather74]

Re: Magic Pen thingy??

sounds like Sketch-O-Graph AKA Stetch Master

[Wavertee]

Re: Magic Pen thingy??

Wow yes that's it!! Thanks for that .

[Richard1978]

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I remember my brother getting one in the mid 1980s.

[shilton dipper]

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I had one of those........I'm so pleased that someone knows what it's called as I'd asked on another thread...........very chuffed here

[Steveland Cleamer]

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They were sold in Australia as the E-Z Tracer. I remember Simon Townsend waffling on about it on Wonder World, he called it the E-Zed Tracer, the whole idea of calling it E-Z (easy) went right over his head.

[Sly]

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I had one of those. I didn't work very well.

[DemonEyeX]

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I had one of those. I didn't work very well.

I also had one,
I remember the absolute frustration at getting it to draw even the simplest of things.
Definitely better in concept than in practice that one.

[Sculpher]

Re: Magic Pen thingy??

Hello,

Steven from Liverpool here. Cracking site.

I can remember a toy years ago, maybe 70s/80s but cant remember what it was called. It looked like a few pieces of Mecanno stuck together. You'd attach two pens. When you doodled with the pen on the right you'd end up with a duplicate image from the other pen. Does anyone know the name of it?

Thanks a lot.

For the nerds among us - it's a 'Pantograph'. Details here.