Thursday, September 25, 2008

presto magix

who remembers
Presto Magix?


I loved these things!
My mom would always let me get one when
we went to the supermarket


They came in a little pack
which included a sheet with an illustrated background
to rub your decal on.

The decals were like the material of temporary tattoos,
and when you rubbed with a pencil over the back of the sheet,
they would adhere to the surface of the page
You make characters appear wherever the hell you wanted them to
on the provided canvas.

I would also use them on my note books,
bedroom door decorations.. wherever!


I still had them all over my door - right up until I moved out
My mom took the door down and re-finished it
and turned my room into a guest room
do you believe that shit??
Those were classic!!! - She obviously doesn't know what good is.
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12 comments:

Coffeypot said...

I missed them. This is the first time I have seen them. We were too busy having the kids working at the still for stuff like that.

Miss Alex said...

That would have KILLED me.

Some Guy said...

I loved these! Go figure.

SkylersDad said...

I didn't ever have these, but the first picture remonds me I had a Huckleberry Hound dog bank instead of a piggy bank!

Dr Zibbs said...

Sweet. Except Hanna Barara cartoons suck

Goggles Piasano Ritardo said...

I was disappointed in the low quality. I wish Doug Henning would of made a commercial set. With unicorns and such.

The Wife O Riley said...

I LOVED THESES!!! But I was too impatient and wouldn't rub them properly. Most of them that I did didn't have heads

Trukindog said...

Never heard of that stuff but my pop would have whipped my ass for puttin stuff like that on my door.

Anonymous said...

Last time I saw those things was at a party back in 81....yea this one guy was giving them out with instructions to eat um and wait....well I don't remember the rest but the cops were really nice after they got my down off the water tower and gave me a blanket because it was Feb. and without clothing it was really cold!
Breonitron.....

alybeth72 said...

wow! i loved those! how do you remember this stuff???? I use your blog as a memory to my childhood! Wonder if you can still buy them? My kids would look at them and say "thats gay, boring and stupid" and go jump back on the computer.

Laurie said...

Thanks for the memories and making me feel older. lol
No for real thank you for sharing, this was good!

P.S. Deleted my last, because apparently I am having a brain fart day and can not spell. :)

Brad said...

wow.. I totally forgot these existed lol