# Spirographs

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirographs/36871
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 14, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirographs/36871 "2000-10-14T03:55:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirographs/36871/1 "2000-10-14T03:55:50Z")

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Do they still make Spirographs? I want one, and can’t find them anywhere.

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I think it would be cool to write a computer simulation of one. Maybe that will be my next project.

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### Author: ![Mu\_Mu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mu\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mu_Mu)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2000, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirographs/36871/2 "2000-10-14T04:00:09Z")

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see this site \*\* [http://www.spirograph.com/home.html](http://www.spirograph.com/home.html)

There have been simulations.

\*\* [http://alumni.caltech.edu/~jimmc/spiro/links.html](http://alumni.caltech.edu/~jimmc/spiro/links.html)

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### Author: ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirographs/36871/3 "2000-10-14T14:36:27Z")

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You might wanna give Ebay a try. I’ve heard from good authorities that the new Spirographs are not as fun as the older ones.

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### Author: ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spirographs/36871/4 "2000-10-14T14:45:06Z")

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But, there ARE some newer (like in the past 8 years) little ones that you can take like in the car. LOVED them. Major fun in the “Ben be quiet bag”! (ok, so Mommy liked it too)