PINBALL MAGNET
with sound and flashing light

We're not sure what this is. The salesman who sold them to us insisted that there used to be an arcade game called "Pinball." We had never heard of it, but the concept fascinated us.

According to the salesman (who had about three hairs on his head and three dozen in each ear), Pinball was played without a video screen. There was no joy stick -- instead the player used something called "floppers" that hit a metal ball around. To be perfectly honest, we think he was making the whole thing up to sell us these Pinball Magnets.

This little magnet measures just 3-inches long, and is quite colorful. When you press the buttons on the side, it makes these sounds that (we suppose) are the sounds a real pinball machine made (if they ever existed). There is a light that flashes and also a little metal ball that zips around the playing surface.

If you have ever played such a game, perhaps this Pinball Magnet will have some value to you. To us, it belongs right next to other mythical inventions such as the Crock Pot and the Record Player.