# Who remembers the Space Fidgit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 16, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379 "2013-01-16T14:30:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379/1 "2013-01-16T14:30:20Z")

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If you’re 40+ years old, you may remember the [Space Fidgit.](http://findersfree.com/find-things/find-space-fidgit-toy-70s) My brother and sister each had one in the 70’s. I might have had one too, but I can’t remember for sure; I would have been about five years old at the time. For some reason they popped into my head this morning, so I looked them up. Googling “liquid crystal toy” brought that link up in the results.

Looks like [somebody has a handful of recently made ones available for sale;](http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPACE-FIDGIT-Liquid-Crystal-Color-Octagonal-Disc-/130828297653?pt=Classic_Toys_US&hash=item1e75f965b5) I just bought one.

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**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379/2 "2013-01-16T14:33:08Z")

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Oh! I had one of those! Haven’t thought about them in forever.

Now I want it back.

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379/3 "2013-01-16T15:40:54Z")

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I didn’t have one of those but in my sticker collection I did have stickers with that goo in them. I still have my sticker collection!

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379/4 "2013-01-16T23:34:55Z")

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I bought mine during the few years the venerable Franklin Institute had their Future Center. For those who aren’t familiar- The FI is an old, respected and darn good science museum. In the late eighties or so, they got worried they were outdated. So, they spent a buttload of money on The Future Center. The FC was filled with 20th century technology, all of which rapidly became outdated. But, I still have the Space Fidgit from the FC gift store.

ETA I’m looking at my Space Fidgit right now.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379/5 "2015-11-25T19:28:27Z")

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-space-fidgit/647379/6 "2015-11-25T23:09:14Z")

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Good news! You can still get a [mood ring.](http://www.amazon.com/Loftus-International-Mood-Ring-Adults/dp/B00JAMXH5E/ref=pd_sim_21_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=51upsMnjh0L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR111%2C160_&refRID=07045QRE6QSTV2NXMWYZ)