Optical Toys

Optical illusion toys & gadgets, e.g. praxinoscopes, zoetropes, optical toy animation kits & kaleidoscopes.

12 mirrors Praxinoscope in decorative box including 14 color picture strips. This smoothly working Praxinoscope has a wooden base and a strong, paper decorated, good quality plastic drum with copper top. All picture strips are nicely printed in color on strong high quality paper reproductions of vintage samples. All strips are working perfectly and well demonstrate the illusion of movement by still images, thanks to the correct relation between the number of mirrors and number of images on the strips, a principle of utmost importance to guarantee a good illusion of animation.