You used to sell these.... They were a little ballerina, made of plastic, standing on a circular plinth, which was in fact a round magnet . In the kit you were also given a mirror - with another magnet set in plastic behind it, and as you approached the ballerina with the mirror/magnet, because of oppposite poles(if my O level science is correctly rememberd) she would spin away, nicely refelcted in the mirror.. I lost my last one years ago when my daughter took it to school for a science class. I think they were East German. Do try and bring them back : they were fab stocking fillers for Christmas ;-) With kindest regards
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Where can a magnetic ballerina described in the blog posting be purchased? I just saw a similar toy in the film Doubt.
Posted by: lisa | January 06, 2009 at 08:56 AM
My father gave me one of these magnetic ballerina with mirror... about 1968... and he is now passed away. I didn't have it for long, was lost in the backyard at some point, no doubt. I would LOVE to find another, but a search has come up empty. Can anyone point me to one?
Posted by: Donn | March 11, 2009 at 04:27 PM
In case you guys are still wondering, I found one!!!
http://www.sciencemuseumgifts.com/prod-Magnetic_Ballerina-77.aspx
Here you go! It was my favorite toy growing up!
Posted by: Ashley | June 17, 2009 at 07:50 PM