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Posted by Ed Sawicki at 11:06 am (PDT) on Thu July 4, 2024
I just heard a story about the flash cubes used with Instamatix cameras. They were sold at the PX of an Air Force radar site, but when people bought them, they were all "used" - the flash had already gone off. Turns out, the RF from the radar ignited the flash cubes when the truck that delivered them drove close to the radar antenna.
Posted by freddo30 at 9:55 am (PDT) on Thu March 24, 2016
Made excellent "radiation weapons" when playing with my plastic soldiers, easy to trigger ...
Posted by Duff at 8:57 pm (PDT) on Tue July 23, 2013
I thought that Magicubes differed from flash cubes by having a built-in battery, but apparently I was wrong. According to Wikipedia, anyhow, they used some kind of chemical reaction.
Posted by GlenEllyn at 3:08 am (PDT) on Sun June 17, 2012
We used a paperclip to poke in the little slot on the bottom of the cube, press the little wire and make it flash on its own. For some reason, our parents frowned on that activity.
Posted by AliKaplan at 11:47 am (PDT) on Tue April 10, 2012
I have an Instamatic 100 n display in my house from when I was a kid, used the small blue flash bulbs.
Posted by Laura at 5:11 am (PST) on Thu February 23, 2012
The first, and one of the best, cameras I ever owned was a Kodak that took a 126 film cartridge and flashcubes.
Posted by Former member at 12:55 am (PDT) on Mon May 17, 2010
spin spin spin...

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