PowerTRC 6" 3-D Mirascope, Illusion Maker | Optical Illusions | 3-D Effect Toy

Very cool device my kids asked for one and I find myself amazed by it all the time

Very cool

Cute toy, but only entertains kids for a short time. Would be fun to demo in a classroom, or get a larger one. This one you can only fit really small items

This is a little toy. It doesn’t do much, just like Perry the Platypus. However, it is really amusing to use and share with friends and family. It would be a great toy to have on your desk. Kids really love it too. It does work best with the frog it came with, but we were able to get it to work with small game board pieces, little resin figures and even coins. All in all, it’s a cute little toy that we got a kick out of. It was worth the cost.

When I was a kid I had a similar product that was about 12 inches across. The illusion in that product was PERFECT. Utterly flawless...until, that is, I wiped the mirrors with a cloth when they got dusty. The tiny invisible scratches this laid into the mirrors was enough to warp the illusion. The product still *worked*, but if you moved your head you could see the illusion waver and deform like a funhouse mirror, and you would never be fooled into thinking it was a real object sitting there. This by the way is true of binoculars also — wiping or scrubbing at the lenses of binoculars will destroy them immediately; they take special care and very specific cleaning techniques. Well, with all that background knowledge, when I purchased this 6-inch pair of illusion makers for my son, I was already aware of the fragility of the mirrors and the importance of not scraping or wiping them. But lo! The manufacturer beat me to it. The mirrors arrived ALREADY scraped and scratched, like someone wiped them with a dirty dustcloth. The illusion is not at all perfect. They are still fun, and I bought them as a Christmas gift so am not returning them. My son and wife were both delighted, never having seen a PERFECT version of the same illusion. But I know what we are missing. I don't know if there is a really good, distortion-free version of this product available but it sure would be nice. Nice product, just know what you're getting.

Wonderful gift for inquisitive child and sometimes adults

This little thing is really amazing! My son wanted it and I wasn’t sure how well it would work but decided to try given the low cost. It works so well that it fools everyone the first time they see it. It is very fun and a good lesson in how mirrors/light create images. Everyone in our house enjoys it and I will be buying more for gifts moving forward.

This little experiment is quite interesting! We placed things on top. The right size seems so real. It truly appears as if you can pick it up. Then we played with lasers... Interestingly, if you tilt a laser downward, it appears to bounce off the image (we used a frog). If you shine it through the image, nothing happens. If you catch the front and back edges of the opening with the laser, it scatters in a very unique way. Such fun!