Page 1 of 1

What's the name of this toy?

Posted: May 1st, 2012, 7:24 pm
by Brimstone
This is a silly question, but I don't have any one else to ask it to.

When I was a child there was someone in my block who had a toy like this, it is made of two pieces that are joined by some elastic bands, on one side they form an "X" and in the other side they're parallel. You place a picture or a bank note in one side and then you show it to the other person and by "magic" the photo changes to the other side. Recently I found out my little nieces have one of those, it looks like this:

Image

So does anyone know the name of this toy?

Re: What's the name of this toy?

Posted: May 1st, 2012, 10:58 pm
by bnm70
jacobs ladder? variation of it maybe

Re: What's the name of this toy?

Posted: May 4th, 2012, 3:18 pm
by FlareglooM
Magic Wallet, based on Jacob's Ladder. :)

Re: What's the name of this toy?

Posted: May 10th, 2012, 5:13 pm
by Brimstone
Thanks for your replies.

Re: What's the name of this toy?

Posted: May 15th, 2012, 6:11 pm
by cowburger13
There is actually a tutorial to make an origami version of that somewhere, I forget where though.

Re: What's the name of this toy?

Posted: July 5th, 2012, 10:38 pm
by GWB origami
one of my friends has one of those!

Re: What's the name of this toy?

Posted: July 5th, 2012, 11:18 pm
by spiritofcat
I first saw such a thing under the name of a reversable wallet.

I've also had a toy like that though with more panels and it was called a jacobs ladder.