I read that comment to my husband and he said it was something he and his younger brother would have done, too. Militarist - Wow, it sounds like you and your brother did get off quite lucky. We have one, it would have been purchased in the id to late 70's, has been thru 3 kids now, wonder if we should let # 4 play with ? It works great. Luck was with us and no one saw it or got hurt. Scared the day lights out of us since we were across the alley from the fire house. After waiting what seemed like forever we thought the fuse went out since we never heard a bang and then suddenly there was a roar like a jet, the lid went flying off tearing the clothes line and there was a 3 foot wide, 20 foot tall gyser of fire which lasted a good ten seconds. My brother had some small fire crackers and we inserted one half way into the cracked glass, lit the fuse, dropped it into the can and put the lid on. In the back we had a row of metal garbage cans on a wooden 2x4 rack to which the lid handles were tied with plastic clothes line. Eventually it got damaged and the face glass was cracked. When we were kids my brother and I had one. The first versions contain a metallic powder that is very explosive. Somethings that are 100 years old in England are just considered to be old. My friend used to say that in the England 1oo KM is a long distance and in the United States 100 years is a long time ! Sewingfool, the term is applied at different ages to different items, cars for example, my qualify in 50 years. In my excitement to share my old toy I misused the word, as apparently did Ohio Arts. I fully agree with you that for any other purposes, I'd go the next step and request that documentation. I frankly am not interested in any value on the etch-a-sketch, it certainly is more sentimental to me as a toy from my childhood. I printed out all the correspondence and have placed it in the box.

The pictures I sent her were more exact and pinpointed than the one I posted above. My correspondence with Ohio Art was merely through e-mails and via Linda Cuellar who is the Executive Assistant to the Chairman, CEO and President of Ohio Arts (at least that's what her title read). I think I would ask them for that sort of letter for your own use.maybe notarized ? Princess Etch has certainly shaken up the world with her incredibly impressive artwork.I hope they (Ohio Art) sent you a letter you can use to prove what you're saying, that would make this unique. Her skills on the toy grew hand-in-hand with her drawing skills, and now she has a full collection to show for it. “I became obsessed with drawing on the toy, and over time my skills improved and things started to click.”Įventually, it became muscle memory. This lead to her Etch A Sketch obsession. She and her siblings paid many visits to their grandmother growing up, but they were never allowed to watch much television. Princess Etch’s love for the toy comes from her fond childhood memories with her grandma.

But trust us, you won’t want to shake up your Etch A Sketch after Jane has had her hands on it. Shake the toy and the powder recoats the screen, leaving a blank canvas for the next player. The stylus removes the powder, drawing a line that shows the dark-colored inside of the toy. Invented in France more than 60 years ago, the Etch A Sketch works by turning knobs connected to a pulley system that drags a stylus along a clear screen coated with aluminum powder. Now in her late 20s, her skills on the left-to-right and up-and-down dials have become almost innate. Jane started playing with an Etch A Sketch at the age of four. They call her Princess Etch-and her idea of a blank canvas is the popular toy, Etch A Sketch.

Etch a sketch inside