Bought for daughters birthday live it

As much fun as it was when I was a child.

This Mandela Spirograph is cool to use! It makes all different shapes that are repetitive. I wish there were more designs for the middle row but rather than that your drawing will be perfectly even shapes giving it the Mandela design.

No tenía expectativas sobre el producto, pero me gustaron sus materiales y su acabado. Soy un usuario eventual.

As a child/pre-teen/teen, I had the original Spirograph (when it was new and no one had ever heard of them before), and then the really big Spirograph when I'd drawn about 100 designs and my parents saw that it was something that I REALLY liked. They were so much fun. (I still have them tucked down in a box in the original, rather worn, packaging. All the disks and wheels, most of the pins, but the pens dried up.)Having had a bad summer this year (too many things died), I wanted something fun. And since I like mandalas, and my old Spirographs, I bought this new type of Spirograph for myself when I spotted it. Like, how perfect for me!So far, I've played with drawing with their pens (much better than the originals from the 1960s/1970s), gel pens (they work fine), and doodling little additions in with felt tips (looks great), and have tried out a number of design combinations. So many possibilities! I haven't tried all of them yet, that'd take years!Looking forwards to using it with colored pencils and other art supplies. Maybe on black paper, when I get some. Several suggestions are made in the booklet that comes with the set, too.NOTE: There are questions on this page asking what I consider the "right age for the toy". Well, it's MY TOY, and I'm 70. I guess never too late for a happy childhood. Though, I remember a Spirograph being great when I was about 12. So I'd say pre-teen to old age. If you have the steady hands and concentration to use it. Keeping the little wheels on the gears does take some skill, which is why I really wouldn't give this to anyone under about 10, or anyone with hand issues.Another note: Someone said there was a booklet included that explained the designs, and what they meant. All I got was two booklets with lots of pictures explaining how to use the items. One booklet was in English, the other in French, but otherwise, the same booklet. (Glad for the English, my French isn't THAT good.) And while info on what designs mean would be interesting, I'm more focused on making things that are pretty.Biggest issue -- trying to keep my elderly cat from helping herself to the bits and pieces while I'm trying to work. And from putting grimy paws on the artwork. But I have that issue with all artwork, and try everything from keeping small pieces in zipper bags to putting covers over what I'm not using that minute. (Both usually work fairly well, though it's sometimes inconvenient when I'm focused on doing something.) Sometimes I end up working fast, and distracted. However, that's not a matter of anything wrong with the toy. Just the work environment, which really needs an upgrade.