4th Feb 2012
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FunFlyStick

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If you thought levitation was the stuff of make believe, prepare to be utterly astounded by the mind-blowing FunFlyStick. Guaranteed to flabber your gast, this multi-award-winning wand lets you levitate and control various metallic shapes, as if by magic. Harry who?

FunFlyStick levitating a shape

Hocus pocus!

Seeing is disbelieving and trying to describe how this highly Hogwartian thingummy works is a bit like trying to portray sausagemeat via the medium of dance, but here goes.

The wand contains a tiny battery-powered Van de Graaff generator (go Google), which, when activated via a button, generates an electrostatic charge. When the tip of the wand touches the tinselly shapes (or ‘FunFlyers’) they become charged and thus repelled by the wand. Or something like that.

The different Mylar Flying toys...

The different Flying Mylar Toys

1x butterfly

3x sphere

1x hourglass


The power button for the FunFlyStick

Activate the Van de Graaff generator!

Once you get the hang of swishing the wand to control the shapes, you can go all Potter-ish with some really fancy tricks. You can even electrocharge yourself or any other object and ‘beckon’ the FunFlyers with your hand, or make them jump between your body and the wand. Abraca-flippin’-dabra!

The makers reckon all this hocus pocus teaches users about physics, but we’ve been too busy impressing onlookers to worry about geeky twaddle. It’s something to do with static electricity. ‘Nuff said.

How to use the wand

Hold out the shape...

The wand will expand it...

and make it levitate!


The wand levitating a shape

Levi-oh-sah!

Each wand comes with five FunFlyers: one hourglass, one butterfly and three spheres. Different shapes have different floating properties, so the possibilities are endless. You’ll be hooked before you can say ‘I’ll just get me invisibility cloak.’

We think the FunFlyStick is one the most addictive playthings ever. It’s definitely top ten in terms of wow factor. You’ll never want to work again. So for your next trick, hurry up and hit the Button. Alakazam!

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Please note:
  • Warning: Choking hazard - small parts
  • Not for children under 3 years
  • Use at least 3ft from computers,TVs and other electronic devices
  • We recommend avoiding contact between the wand and metal objects such as pots, pans etc
Features:
  • It's a magic wand, well, a mini Van de Graaff Generator!
  • This product has won a lot of awards:
    • Platinum Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
    • Dr. Toy's 100 Best Children's Products
    • Dr. Toy's 10 Best Active Products
    • Toy of the Year, Creative Child Magazine
Contents:
  • 1x Wand
  • 5x Mylar "flying" toys (1x hourglass, 3x spheres, 1x butterfly)
  • 1x Activity guide
Battery requirements
  • 2x AA batteries - not included
Dimensions:
  • Wand approximately - 47.5cm(W) x 5.5cm(H) x 2.5cm(D)
Download the User Manual PDF 1.9 MB
Download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Press Reviews...

press review "It's an utterly addictive gadget - and it's educational if you want to go into the physics of it."
The Independent - Dec '09
press review "Flick a switch on the wand and a small electrostatic charge is produced that you use to touch one of your five funflyer shapes and float and spin them mid-air... Copperfield stylee!"
Toyology - Feb '09

Visitor Reviews...

visitor avatar I Really Want One Of These And Apparently You Can Bend Small Streams Of Water Coming Out of Your Tap.
Josh Street, Exeter - 20th May 2011
visitor avatar This is a great toy. It comes with many shapes and ever since I have been wishing and twirling, who would not want this??? Great for Harry Potter fans!
Callum Quirk, Isle Of Man - 11th February 2011
visitor avatar This is brilliant! I wanted to buy a VanDeGraff Generator; but they cost 100 upwards! This is the perfect alternative for people with not much money. Although only small, the device creates a lot of charge. Which means you can fly the shapes, make people hair stand on end, shock people and much more! Also, a tip; if you sellotape 2 pennies to the top of the stick it generates more of a charge. BRILLIANT! :).
Iwan Evans, Pontyclun - 29th November 2009
visitor avatar My science teacher brought one of these into class today, and I got a shot and it's soooo funny. I would say the only problem is that because the shapes are staticly charged they stick to things like (ahem) ceilings and people. This thing actually chased one of my classmates across the room. Definitely worth buying. Five stars. XD.
Rebecca, Ayrshire - 3rd June 2009
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