| With Magic Penny Magnets and some everyday objects, you can perform feats that even top scientists and engineers have found amazing! |
| | The 3D Compass is a clever little device that follows the earth's magnetic field in three dimensions! |
| | Fill this glass with red wine and marvel at the optical illusion - it looks like a bunch of grapes. |
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| This single-prism optical inversion device will show you the world upside down! |
| | Our annual festive goody bag (well box actually) packed with items to puzzle, entertain and amuse! |
| | This elegant wooden top incorporates a dice! |
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| This unusual spinning top has a bearing between the top and the handle. So how does it spin? |
| | Did the wine get spilled, or is it just an illusion! |
| | An engaging piece of paper engineering, depicting the world being divided up - in 1494! |
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| This exquisite little automaton is part of a tradition of mechanical toys that goes back to 1800. |
| | This classic solid-through-solid effect makes for the perfect pocket trick - insert the dagger through the hole, and watch the sword pass right through it, before your very eyes! |
| | Here is a little engine that demonstrates a magnetic property known as the Curie Effect. The French scientist Pierre Curie discovered that... |
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| With its gravity-defying effect, this is a scientific toy that feels like magic! |
| | Skill Flux uses ultra high purity aluminium. The magnetic ball moves faster through the aluminium tube that it would through copper, so these faster... |
| | The Inverter Magnet is an amazing new discovery that until recently only existed in science fiction! The magnet array creates a 'tractor beam' that... |
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| These amazing Reversing Goggles allow you to view the world upside down! |
| | Rattlebacks are a kind of spinning top that will only spin in one direction. |
| | This is a beautiful physics toy designed for your desk. A vortex lives in here, just spin the gorgeous glass dome to see it! |
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| Turn the handle to watch the Dinosaur walk and ROAR! Darwin the cat gets a bit scared by the roar and disappears down the chimney. |
| | The Finger Top spins - as the name suggests - on the tip of your finger. |
| | With the correct touch, this top will hop upside down! |
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| Fold your own Christmas decorations with this seasonal origami set! |
| | A set of three 'Message in a Bottle' pop up Christmas Cards! |
| | A puzzle that interlocks each piece with the two other pieces via an elusive, organic design. There are numerous possible combinations other than the ones shown here, giving you plenty of room to enjoy some puzzling experimentation. |
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Shine a bright, collimated light on the mirror - sunlight works brilliantly - and the pattern on the back of the mirror will be projected at the wall or on any blank screen. Then you’ll see the image of the Chinese Signs of the Zodiac. |
| | When you flick the piezoelectric strip to and fro, it generates enough electricity - over 105 volts - to light the neon bulb. |
| | The pocket-sized electronic spinning top counts the number of revolutions and keeps track of scores - can you beat the highest score? |
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| Open the Music Box Card to reveal a beautiful musical storytelling scene. Listen to the music and watch Alice and the White Rabbit magically chase around and around to the music. |
| | An elegant, transforming geometric puzzle. Based on the Yoshimoto Cube, which we used to sell about 20 years ago! |
| | Our large green dog, Ruford, is an awesome transforming Truck and Puppy! |
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| The silver ball is placed on the brass bar. The ball mysteriously sinks into the solid bar out of sight, only to rise to the top of the brass bar again.
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| | The heart of this unusual thermal engine is a thin ring of Nitinol wire (0.3mm). Some warm water is enough to make the Nitinol Engine run. |
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2018 is nearly over, but we still think this 2018 World Architecture Calendar is a lovely item.
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| This bouquet of roses will last a lot longer than the real thing!
To commemorate a special occasion, to say thank you, or just to let someone know you are thinking of them. Open the card and up pops the bouquet of roses. Envelope included. |
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Inspired by a love of the bard, this handcrafted "Romeo and Juliet” pop up card can be used for a multitude of occasions – be it to commemorate a special occasion, to let someone know you are thinking of them, or as a special memento – this card will definitely bring a smile to your loved one’s face! |
| | The makers say that it is literally impossible to be unhappy whilst wearing one of these Happy Hats! |
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| The Fling Stick is a paper wand that when you 'fling' it, extends up to 48 inches. It also features 12 different sound effects for added fun! |
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These very unusual dice swivel in the middle. Each 'half' dice has 4 sides, marked with zero, one, two or three pips. The minimum score is zero, and the maximum score is 6. Throwing one of these dice has 16 possible combinations. Not your regular dice! |
| | When you rotate the Wobblo in your hand, the metal ball inside starts spinning, creating some really magical movements. |
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| The Hollow Face Illusion is probably one of the most amazing optical illusions we have come across. The mask can be stood up in a window and the... |
| | The Pseudoscope swaps the incoming images, so that the right eye sees what the left eye would have seen, and vice versa. |
| | What is surprising about this lamp is that as long as it is lit, the candle flame rotates while it burns. |
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| A Ring Dial - or two-ring universal equinoctial ring dial to give it its full name - was a cutting edge scientific instrument in its time, which is... |
| | The Stirling engine works from an external heat source, converting this heat energy into mechanical energy. It is traditionally referred to as an... |
| | This cardboard panorama of Venice folds and slots together, to create a picture that you can hang on your wall. But this is more than a picture - as... |
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| Hand made specially for Grand Illusions by our glass blower, the Brandy Pipe is an unusual drinking vessel that allows you to drink from the bottom... |
| | These little metal discs are bimetallic - they are made from two different metals - and this enables them to perform an amazing physics trick! |
| | This is a fabulous magic trick!Show your audience the five different coloured brass discs and the brass container. They are welcome to inspect them... |
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| Not quite the Indian Rope Trick, but a nice and very simple piece of close-up magic! |
| | This unusual container for a pair of spectacles can be yellow, or if you open the case, you can continue to open it until each half has performed a complete revolution, and it will now be yellow! |
| | Invented in the 1990s, the Logic Specs case is an unusual container for a pair of spectacles! The case is held closed by magnets. But when you open the case, you can continue to open it until each half has performed a complete revolution, and the band on the outside of the case is now a different colour!Logic Specs Case |
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| The Storm Glass has been used since around 1750 as a way for sailing ships to predict the arrival of stormy weather. |
| | A dropping top has an unusual method of being launched... |
| | The Tippe Top consists of a slightly flattened sphere, with a metal stem. It looks slightly like a small mushroom!If you spin the top, it starts to... |
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| | If you drop the little metal slug down the copper tube, it falls under the pull of gravity, and drops out at the bottom, just as you would expect.But... |
| | This is a really impressive optical illusion, that can be quickly and easily constructed. |
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| | This book, republished in July 2010, explores the mathematics of solving the Rubik's Cube. 'The best book yet written - or likely to be written -... |
| | This elegant perspex spinning top has a spindle that is magnetic. This allows a most intriguing action to occur. |
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