I had one, when they first were for sale. They cost $4, which my parents thought was too expensive (about 1960). But I won a cash prize in a picture coloring contest, and bought one myself.
(Hula Hoops cost $1, which was also “too expensive.” My babysitter bought me one for my birthday. Thanks, Sandy.)
Bergholt Stuttley Johnson over 1 year ago
My first tablet was a blackboard.
sousamannd over 1 year ago
I never did like those Etchies… too frustrating to try to make a curve! I have always been a pencil and paper kinda guy!
allen@home over 1 year ago
Guess i’m a plugger. I had one.
Lord Flatulence Premium Member over 1 year ago
“How do I get Netflix on this thing?”
Hoosier Guy over 1 year ago
They’re easy to reboot… just turn it upside down and shake it.
PraiseofFolly over 1 year ago
I had one, when they first were for sale. They cost $4, which my parents thought was too expensive (about 1960). But I won a cash prize in a picture coloring contest, and bought one myself.
(Hula Hoops cost $1, which was also “too expensive.” My babysitter bought me one for my birthday. Thanks, Sandy.)
juicebruce over 1 year ago
Another True That Moment :-)
tpcox928 over 1 year ago
I eventually got pretty good on mine!
BadCreaturesBecomeDems over 1 year ago
Spirograph!
ctolson over 1 year ago
Had one and got pretty good with it. You could actually tell my dog was a horse.
walstib Premium Member over 1 year ago
Once I scraped off the entire surface, so that you could see the mechanism. I was a patient kid.
Grumpy Old Guy over 1 year ago
As a kid, I wondered what the “magic” was in an Etch A Sketch; so I opened mine. What a mess. Mom was not happy at all……
Caldonia over 1 year ago
No, you were once a child.
kaycstamper over 1 year ago
My kids even had one!
whelan_jj over 1 year ago
My first tablet was held together with a spiral metal wire..
g04922 over 1 year ago
Ahhh… the simple pleasures of the good ol’ days.
ladykat over 1 year ago
I’m a plugger. I had one.
Gent over 1 year ago
Eh me never seen one of em. Let alone holds em in me bear hands.
PoodleGroomer over 1 year ago
I had Magic Slates before that.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
My first tablet was a tablet of paper. A lot more versatile than an Etch-a-Sketch.
the lost wizard over 1 year ago
My first tablet was an aspirin. :)
KEA over 1 year ago
Believe it or not, I’ve been to Mendon.
Rose Madder Premium Member over 1 year ago
I never could it to look like anything. – except maybe tall buildings. I was hopeless.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
Nostalgic, isn’t it?
NaturLvr over 1 year ago
Little did we know!
mafastore over 1 year ago
My youngest sister had one – I predate them.