Spinning spaceship shape toy with two cords that you pulled to make it Hum

Clare3 | 21:11 Sun 11th Dec 2011 | History

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Does anyone remeber the name of a toy that was out in the eighties, it was a Spinning spaceship shape toy with two cords that you pulled to make it Hum and spin?

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boxtops

Yes, I remember it well, it was around well before the eighties - I have no idea what it was called, though.

Prudie

I thought it was a gyroscope, or based on one but don't remember the toy name.

Jonathan-Joe

Like this? http://wildolive.blog...to-make-for-boys.html Don't think there was a special name for it, as boxtops says, they've been around for years.

tenrec

gyroscope

heathfield

Cardboard versions were sometimes given away free with comics back in the 1950s and 60s. They're actually a very old toy, with horn and lead button-sized versions being dug up by archaeologists. Here's how...

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Dancing-Button

Clare3

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Thanks everyone and Merry Christmas x

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