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Former X-Man Member Since: June 2007 Contributions: 2 View User Posts	Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:53 pm Central Time Hey, all.. I was curious to see if anyone else remembers Wham-O's Magic Window from the 1970's? I'm trying to assemble information about them, and I actually own a few which you can see at the links below. The only one I'm pretty sure that's out there that I don't have is a red, white, and blue Bi-Centennial Magic Window... but I could have dreamed that up. http://www.flickr.com/photos/34428338@N00/391736005/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/34428338@N00/391736003/ Check 'em out... and let me know what you think.
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Talkingfox Member Since: February 2006 Contributions: 2499 Gold Stars: 493 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:00 pm Central Time Wow...I always wondered what that thing was called! My friend Sue had one in her room for years. In fact, I'm pretty positive she STILL has it in her apartment right now! I remember hanging out in her room after school listening to music and playing with the Magic Window. It was kind of a weird toy...but it was fun to watch the movements of the sand. I didn't know it came with a rotating stand though...hers didn't have the stand. She always had it propped up on her windowsill.
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Former X-Man Member Since: June 2007 Contributions: 2 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:53 pm Central Time Actually, the "Rotating Magic Window" is a particularly rare seperate product, as opposed to the standard one. The normal Wham-O Magic WIndow's weren't the rotating variety. In a year of watching Ebay very carefully, I've only seen a single one of the "roatating" versions, and I bought it.
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-Alan D Hopewell Member Since: October 2006 Contributions: 7558 Gold Stars: 1210 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:34 am Central Time Haven't seen one in years...I remember it being one of the "trip" items that would show up at parties of the "head" sort back in the day. _________________ "I can do all things through CHRIST, Who strengthens me." -Phillipians 4:13, King James Bible
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sweetsgrl Member Since: February 2006 Contributions: 2916 Gold Stars: 124 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:39 pm Central Time We had one of those! I could sit and play with that thing for hours......mesmerizing!
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pooka Member Since: January 2006 Contributions: 8309 Gold Stars: 711 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:26 pm Central Time Cool! I want one!
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Random Terrain Member Since: July 2007 Contributions: 3 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:12 pm Central Time I had a Wham-O Magic Window around 1974 or 1975. It took me until 2005 to find the name of it. I remembered that it was a clear, thin oval and that it seemed to have blue and white 'sand' in it, but that's all I could remember. The name of it never stuck in my head. I also never knew there was a pink and white version back then. I no longer have it, just like most things I had as a kid. I don't like the version the inventor of the Magic Window is selling now: http://www.magicwindows.org/ There doesn't seem to be enough white 'sand' and one of the things that made the Magic Window kind of fun was its shape. The rectangular shape ruins the effect for me. It's better than nothing, though.
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dori Member Since: January 2009 Contributions: 1 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:05 am Central Time My mom has had one for so many years I just don't remmeber when she got it or how she got it... I now have it and I can sit and play with it for hours.... my 16 year old daughter loves to give me a bad time about ahaving it and playin with it.... mine has a heart shaped wood stand.....
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aliceboy Member Since: July 2009 Contributions: 9 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:01 am Central Time Okay, this is going to sound crazy, but here goes. I've had the pink/white, glow-in-the-dark version of the Window since it came out. Recently, I found I'd inexplicably developed aching, swollen, bleeding gums. This went on for days, until I discovered the Window had somehow gotten under my pillow (I think I set it on the bed when cleaning, then forgot...about the time the gum problem started). Within a day of taking the Window out from under my pillow, the gums were better. Now, you may know where I'm going with this: did the Window CAUSE the problem, or was it just an alarming coincidence? I need to know, because, with a kid in the house, the wife now wants me to get rid of this possibly-toxic toy! And with good reason, if it's really a problem. I'm only even entertaining the thought because I know how nefarious US companies have been (and are) in regard to using mildly toxic ingredients in their products (cuz really, who'd expect anybody to SLEEP on one of these things), and it's not much of a stretch to imagine the glowing sand might be...radioactive? Like I said, I know it sounds crazy, and I'm thinking I should just write to Wham-O about it, but thought I'd see if there's anybody out there who knows anything about the 'toxicity' of the Magic Window sand!
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:58 am Central Time aliceboy wrote: Okay, this is going to sound crazy, but here goes. I've had the pink/white, glow-in-the-dark version of the Window since it came out. Recently, I found I'd inexplicably developed aching, swollen, bleeding gums. This went on for days, until I discovered the Window had somehow gotten under my pillow (I think I set it on the bed when cleaning, then forgot...about the time the gum problem started). Within a day of taking the Window out from under my pillow, the gums were better. Now, you may know where I'm going with this: did the Window CAUSE the problem, or was it just an alarming coincidence? I need to know, because, with a kid in the house, the wife now wants me to get rid of this possibly-toxic toy! And with good reason, if it's really a problem. I'm only even entertaining the thought because I know how nefarious US companies have been (and are) in regard to using mildly toxic ingredients in their products (cuz really, who'd expect anybody to SLEEP on one of these things), and it's not much of a stretch to imagine the glowing sand might be...radioactive? Like I said, I know it sounds crazy, and I'm thinking I should just write to Wham-O about it, but thought I'd see if there's anybody out there who knows anything about the 'toxicity' of the Magic Window sand! view Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball! _________________
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aliceboy Member Since: July 2009 Contributions: 9 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:15 am Central Time Wow, GH. I don't know what the hell that's supposed to mean...in so many different ways. But it does sound like a Tor Johnson quote!
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:57 am Central Time aliceboy wrote: Wow, GH. I don't know what the hell that's supposed to mean...in so many different ways. But it does sound like a Tor Johnson quote! view Uh, no: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/happy-fun-ball/229058/ _________________
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aliceboy Member Since: July 2009 Contributions: 9 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:36 pm Central Time I'm sure whatever that was was HI-larious...but we don't get to view US free-view stuff online here in the UK.
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greenhornet Member Since: November 2005 Contributions: 15850 Gold Stars: 210 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:39 pm Central Time aliceboy wrote: I'm sure whatever that was was HI-larious...but we don't get to view US free-view stuff online here in the UK. view Dave, is that you? _________________
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jupiter Member Since: April 2006 Contributions: 288 Gold Stars: 411 View User Posts	Re: Wham-O Magic Window - 1973-1979 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:57 pm Central Time Thanks for posting this. I totally remember playing with my Magic Window for hours on end. It was a very 'groovy' toy...kinda like a Lava Lamp for kids.
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