'Magic' Writing Board?

Tefler | 15:05 Wed 01st Apr 2020 | Shopping & Style

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When I was a kid, we had things which we could write on, then move a slide across and the writing disappeared. It was a less messy alternative to chalk boards or whiteboards. Does anybody know what these are called and where (if?) you can still get them?

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Cloverjo

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We had some recently as cheap prizes in the amusement arcade I worked in. They were called Magic Slates and we got them from cheap swag wholesalers. Somewhere like Poundland might have them.

15:08 Wed 01st Apr 2020

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TheDevil

etch a sketch?

Cloverjo

We had some recently as cheap prizes in the amusement arcade I worked in. They were called Magic Slates and we got them from cheap swag wholesalers. Somewhere like Poundland might have them.

gness

Google erasable writing tablet and you may find what you want...x

Tefler

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Thanks for the swift replies. Magic Slate …. that's the very thing! Now to find A4 sized ones without a Christmas theme!!

Buenchico

I used to make my own as a kid. (Find a piece of black card. Smear a thin layer of lard over it. Place greaseproof paper over the top and use a blunt pencil, or similar, to write or draw with. Lift paper to clear).

If you're looking for them online though, it might help to know that they're also called magnetic drawing boards. e.g.
https://tinyurl.com/yx6mabcx

These days you can get an electronic version too. (Search for 'LCD writing tablet'). e.g.
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Misky1

You can get Peppa Pig ones too, but I don't think they come in A4 size..

ynnafymmi

Definitely "Etch-a Sketch"....first came out about 1967....i remember getting one from Santa in xmas 69-70-71?

ynnafymmi

Ooooh,and a Spirograph set...oooh,i am getting all we..nostalgic now.

Prudie

I loved Spirograph, what a clever toy that was

Old_Geezer

I recall them. Not seen one for years. Hardly a chalk or whiteboard substitute though. Never saw one more than, oh about 3 to 4 inches square. Just a toy to draw on, wipe and draw again.