Category: Art of Play
Återupptäck animationsmagi med denna vintage optiska leksak. Uppfunnen av Charles Reynaud 1877 använder praxinoscopen en roterande trumma och en serie speglar för att skapa lysande rörliga bilder. Tillverkad av Garami och Ötvös i Ungern, är denna fascinerande apparat konstruerad av koppar och trä. Åtta illustrerade pappersremsor ingår för att skapa en mängd olika animationer.
The mirror assembly is what sold me—watching the figures leap across the reflections feels like owning a piece of pre-film history. I’ve already lost an evening to it, and the rotating drum spins smoothly enough that I keep finding new frames to pause on.
I spun the drum slowly and the little figures actually walked across the reflection, it felt like holding a tiny movie theater from 1877. My nephew ignored his tablet for a solid twenty minutes, which never happens.
The mirrors really do make the animation look smoother than I expected, way better than those flip books I had as a kid. Only thing is the drum spins a bit fast if you're not gentle, so it takes a few tries to get it right. Still, it's a nice little desk toy that guests always pick up.
