Good for wedding favours/kid's party bags/Xmas crackers, etc - I remember these from the 1970s! Cheapest I can see these :)
Simply place in the palm of your hand and its movements will indicate:
Moving Head............................Jealousy
Moving Tail...............................Indifference
Moving Head and Tail...............In Love
Curling Sides.............................Fickle
Turns Over................................False
Motionless.................................Dead One
Curls up Entirely.........................Passionate.
One Amazon reviewer suggests the predictions/definitions have changed from the 1970s/80s?
wow they still make these? member you got 1 free if you ordered a Matchrite catalogue.
Shengis to mittromney
28 Feb 161#5
Red hot sweets, crappy vampire teeth and ventriloquist 'thing' that never worked.
louiselouise
28 Feb 16#3
It was curiosity that made me look - I asked my six year-old niece if kids still got Fortune Telling Fish in Lucky Bags and she didn't seem aware of them :smile: Isn't the internet great :smiley:!
Agent004
28 Feb 16#4
Wow another retro moment, these were great
louiselouise
28 Feb 162#6
I remember squirty water rings (which had a little bulb that sat in the palm of your hand). We used to fill them with water from puddles (not advisable) :smile:
mittromney
28 Feb 16#7
Turns out Matchrite still exist but not with the huge catalogue. More magic orientated. Matchrite
poshaffi
29 Feb 16#8
ohhhhh I remember this from when i was small ..... :smile:
monkeyarse
29 Feb 161#9
Thank you OP - these are just what I'm looking for for some goody bags and a decent price too!
FATBOY78
3 Mar 161#10
these are still a staple in at least one xmas cracker each year!
louiselouise
3 Mar 16#11
I must buy really cruddy Xmas Crackers - I've not seen them since primary school (which was quite some time ago now!).
louiselouise
3 Mar 16#12
The trader-franks-ltd ebay link seems to have changed slightly, the 24 pack is £2.50 now :smiley:
evostick47
4 Mar 161#13
Let me tell you your fortune..... You've just wasted £4.50 on some tat.
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Simply place in the palm of your hand and its movements will indicate:
Moving Head............................Jealousy
Moving Tail...............................Indifference
Moving Head and Tail...............In Love
Curling Sides.............................Fickle
Turns Over................................False
Motionless.................................Dead One
Curls up Entirely.........................Passionate.
One Amazon reviewer suggests the predictions/definitions have changed from the 1970s/80s?
24 for £2.50 delivered from the same seller.
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Ashens has a go at reviewing one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM3ngMbHUyc
Turns out Matchrite still exist but not with the huge catalogue. More magic orientated.
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