Oh, happy day.
Boyfriend's parents were in town for the weekend, so we took them to the COSI, the big-ass ultra-cool science and industry museum that lurks downtown on the Olentangy River. I got to play with a pair of testicles made out of black cloth! No, really! And a breast, too! But that's not why it was a happy day.
No, it was a happy day because, when we went into the COSI gift store, I found something. Something... wonderful.
I found... Shrinky Dinks.
I haven't seen Shrinky Dinks in YEARS! It turns out that the rights to the product have been sold to this little dinky educational-toy company, so they're now being produced again! And not in those preprinted licensed-character sets, either... no, just medium-sized flat blank sheets.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Shrinky Dinks, they're these rough sheets of floppy plastic, kind of like paper in texture. You can draw on them with pencil and markers and stuff, and then you cut them out and put them in the oven, and they shrink down to about one-third their original size and turn into thick, hard, clear plastic. If you used colored markers, it looks like stained glass... they make great suncatchers and keychains and jewelry and buttons and stuff.
And of course, now I'm not EIGHT, and I can actually DRAW a little... I'm going to be making myself some SWEET Shrinky Dinks! Anyone want an 'Ashley's Butt' suncatcher? How about a 'Tiny Little Citan'? I'm gonna pull out my sketchbook and my lightbox and go to TOWN...
The company in question has a web site reserved, but nothing seems to be there yet... but hey, maybe in a few months you'll be able to get Shrinky Dinks too! Woooo!
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Wow...yeah, Shrinky Dinks are like, a product of the '80's, right? Well, at least I REMEMBER them being AROUND in the 80's (not having lived before the 80's, that I am aware of, I can only go by this information). I remember some commercials for them in tiny pieces in my memory. Heh.
It would have been a happy day for ME if I would have gotten to play with a breast...^^; j/k
Posted by Wolf @ 09/09/2001 11:53 AM EST
Shrinky Dinks! Oh my God! I LOVE Shrinky Dinks! Can I have a Citan?
Posted by Lesath @ 09/09/2001 04:09 PM EST
A Citan would encourage Nezumi to love you forever. Not like he needs encouragement, of course.
Posted by Nezumi @ 09/09/2001 07:43 PM EST
:D Rockin'! ...I remember those things o'course, a Muppet Show set in particular... but I used colored pencils or something, and it looked way too scribbley. heheh.
Anyhow, excellent find. ;D
Posted by StB @ 09/09/2001 08:29 PM EST
