cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 1 month 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-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCricket@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month 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-squareCricket@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoNo worries, I hadn’t thought much about those things, so it was interesting, like you said.
minus-squarerobsteranium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYeah maybe it should be a “bead labyrinth”!
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI had no idea they were less than 45 years old, would have guessed 1950s or older.
minus-squareStinky_Cheese@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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
No worries, I hadn’t thought much about those things, so it was interesting, like you said.
Yeah maybe it should be a “bead labyrinth”!
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 😂