Material in a Wham-O Magic Window?

May 19, 2005 8 Replies

Back in the early 70's the Wham-O company made a toy called a Magic Window. It's basically an oval made of a clear plastic with two panes very close together filled with two different materials, one white and one blue. They don't intermix very well at all and in turning the toy, lots of different designs can be made. What is the material inside? This is something I've been puzzled about for years, and I've Google searched with every thing I can think of. Wham-O called it "MICRODIUM CRYSTALS", but that is obviously a made up name as a Google search on it comes up with no usable information at all. Basically I'd like to be able to get some of this material and make my own "magic window". Thanks



Lane


It sounds like a variation of the lava lamp to me. Googling "lava lamp" provides plenty of ideas.

Thanks but it is not liquid, but dry resembling sand crystals. I should have been more explicit in my original post.

Lane

replying to Lane, Lisa A Skinner wrote: We're in a Brand New Era of 2020...& This toy I had when I was a kid still keeps me captivated!!! I would like to create my own Magic Window myself...with more colors???!!!

replying to Lane, Lisa A Skinner wrote: We're in a Brand New Era of 2020...& This toy I had when I was a kid still keeps me captivated!!! I would like to create my own Magic Window myself...with more colors???!!!

replying to Lisa A Skinner, Joel wrote: Did you find where to get the sand from

replying to Lisa A Skinner, Joel wrote: Did you find where to get the sand from

Hey I?d love to build my own as well. Would love to know if you ever found out what the sand was.

Hey I?d love to build my own as well. Would love to know if you ever found out what the sand was.

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