Anybody remember the little plastic pencil boxes

[GoddessOfGuinness]

that had the names of countries and states and their capitals on them? There were two different boxes, one for countries and one for states. You could turn couple of gears to display the name of either a country or a state in one small rectangular window, and its capital would appear in the other. It was a nifty little game to help kids learn their capitals; but I haven't seen them in years.

Anybody know where I can find them?

[MineralMan]

1. Search on eBay, and

save the search. One will turn up. I couldn't find one today, though. Should be cheap.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. Nobody makes them anymore?

[skygazer]

3. Nobody knows the names of the states or countries anymore

How could they possibly make them?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. I can see where the countries could get tricky...

since there have been so many changes in the last 20 years. But I was thinking it'd be a fun way for my 10 year old to learn the state capitals.

[pokerfan]

4. I had one that was the multiplication table

[Roon]

5. Oh! You remember pee-chees?

they had a multiplication table on it. I also used to caption the athletes on the cover.

[pokerfan]

8. of course

[Roon]

9. They don't make them anymore

:(

[tigereye]

20. oh my, those take me back.. I had forgotten what they were called!

[pinniped]

26. I've only seen and used the last version of the Pee Chee.

Judging by the old school hair styles and the .10 cent price on the first two, I'm guessing they were produced years earlier than the 2 for .25 cent one.

[likesmountains 52]

16. Oh my...how many of those I wore out in high school!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. That's a good idea too!

I always liked mine when I was a kid. Of course, we didn't have video games back then.

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Here's the multiplier one!

Had one or two of those as well! :hi:


http://www.tias.com/cgi-bin/showcase-item.cgi?itemKey=3923498942&store=/stores/tins

[pokerfan]

13. That's it

I forgot that it had a pencil sharpener.

[surrealAmerican]

21. Nice, and a built in sharpener too...

... the kind that would leave your desk covered in messy shavings.

[Ptah]

11. I remember them. Two gears.

What a cool thing.

I hope you find some.

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. Yes! They weren't so practical for holding pencils,

but they were fun!

[Jamastiene]

12. Mine wasn't than fancy and mine wouldn't stay closed.

I was about 6 years old when I learned the true power of duct tape. :P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. I saw an article the other day that said duct tape

is to Jerusalem crickets what honey is to flies. :hi:

[jobycom]

17. I accidentally one once.

Someone was going to say it, so why not me?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Uhmmmm...

accidentally what one?

[jobycom]

22. Uhmmmm...

You must have been absent yesterday.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8408226

but especially this:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4821365

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. I must've that thread.

:rofl:

[jobycom]

24. .

:spray:

[Mike 03]

19. Absolutely. When I was in grade school I thought they were the greatest.

I wish I could remember if mine had a theme or not. It might have been "space" or the planets or something like that.

They were so cool. Mine had a little eraser.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. They probably stopped making them when

they realized kids were learning something from them.