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Optical Toys is a vibrant little company, devoted to the creation of various sorts of paper toys. We take pains to faithfully reproduce original antique pieces but also publish toys of new designs and forms. The company started on the living room floor in 1988 with a focus on bringing to the modern market early paper movie toys with the belief that the invention of the cinema historically interrupted interest in these types of toys. As such there remains many aesthetic possibilities: unexplored, unsolved, and undone. As we have grown, we have discovered an equal fascination with paper toys, most especially those of a unique (and weird) graphic sensibility. The company now distributes well over 50 different products and flipbook titles. Phenakistascopes, flipbooks, thaumatropes and other paper toys are sold in museum and specialty shops throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.

A color catalogue is available for $3 or as a PDF file. This file can also be sent by email if requested.

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For a catalogue or other inquiries please write to:
Optical Toys
371 US Route 5
Dummerston, VT 05301
Telephone: 802 254 6115
Or, you can email owner Andy directly.

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