Shaker Maker

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Game principle

Shaker Maker is a toy for children aged four years and older which makes it easy for them to make their own toy figures. The base element is a powder called "Magic Mix" which comes in a range of colours. After mixing with water it has to be shaken. After some seconds the shaker has to be turned so that the mixture can flow into a mould which is installed in the shaker. After five to ten minutes the mixture hardens, and the figures are ready to be taken out of their mould and placed on a drying stand. The figures shrink dramatically as they dry, and final drying can take another few days. When the figures are completely dry they can be painted and decorated.

History

First invented by the "Ideal Toy Company", it appeared in stores in the early Seventies. In the early Nineties "Toymax", "New York" started producing it again. [http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/ShakerMaker.html Sam's Toy Box] , called Nov., 12. 2007] After that it was reissued by the Canadian firm "Spin Master" in 2003. [http://www.spinmaster.com about us von spinmaster.com] , called Nov., 12. 2007]

Manual

# Fill cap to water line with cool water.
# Pour contents of "Magic Mix" package into water.
# Close moulds halves around the cap.
# Place shaker bottom over assembled mold halves and shake with bottom up 10 to 20 seconds.
# Turn shaker over and place on a table and wait five to ten minutes.
# Remove the bottom.
# Separate the mold halves.
# Place figures of the drying stand. The figures shrinks about fifty percent of its size.

Sets

The sets of Ideal and Toymax are compatible. A sample of sets:

Ideal

* People Series No. 1 (1971): Hippies.
* Disney characters (1972): Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto
* The Flintstones characters (1973)
* Switchables (1973)
* Bat-Man Playset

Toymax

* Trolls
* Monsters

Spin Master

* Spider-Man
* Hulk
* Disney's Prinzessinnen
* Dinosaurier
* Scooby-Doo characters

Miscellaneous

Oasis has a song called "Shakermaker". It was a toy Noel Gallagher played with as a child. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13275227 BBC online of "Definitely Maybe" of Oasis] , called Nov., 19. 2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5sgYJBz2fY Spot of the Seventies (Youtube)]