cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 5 days agoWhat is that childrens toy you usually see in drs/dentist offices with the wood base, colorful metal wires and "beads" that can be movedd along the wires?message-squaremessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareWhat is that childrens toy you usually see in drs/dentist offices with the wood base, colorful metal wires and "beads" that can be movedd along the wires?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 5 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 days agoI did a web search for wood and wire toy and this came up as one of the top results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bead_maze
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 days agoI hope nobody gets upset I ask here instead of searching, its interesting to ask ;) Also sllightly embarassed I didnt intuit the maze part, makes sense altho technically theres not anything outside of defined paths that cant deviate
minus-squarerobsteranium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYeah maybe it should be a “bead labyrinth”!
minus-squareCricket@lemmy.zip@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoNo worries, I hadn’t thought much about those things, so it was interesting, like you said.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoI had no idea they were less than 45 years old, would have guessed 1950s or older.
minus-squareStinky_Cheese@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThat’s so weird! I remember one in my doctor’s office as a kid and I’m 44. That means it was a new toy. It already felt old 😂
I did a web search for wood and wire toy and this came up as one of the top results: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bead_maze
I hope nobody gets upset I ask here instead of searching, its interesting to ask ;)
Also sllightly embarassed I didnt intuit the maze part, makes sense altho technically theres not anything outside of defined paths that cant deviate
Yeah maybe it should be a “bead labyrinth”!
No worries, I hadn’t thought much about those things, so it was interesting, like you said.
I had no idea they were less than 45 years old, would have guessed 1950s or older.
That’s so weird! I remember one in my doctor’s office as a kid and I’m 44. That means it was a new toy. It already felt old 😂