Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Visit Tim's Toy Shop, at grand-illusions.com
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Back in 2002 Tim received an inventive card from a friend of his, Mark Setteducati. The card was designed by Mark himself, and features his face. As you turn over the flaps at the front of the card, a fly moves across Mark's face. Where does it end up?
A well known optical illusion with two pieces of card with a design on. One card appears to be larger, but switch their position around, and now the other one looks to be larger.
A craftsman in the UK, based in the West Country, makes intriguing little metal model automata. This one is a teapot - turn the spout and the man hiding inside sips his tea!
A Japanese figure with feet that can be rotated to become wheels, so it can zoom across the table...
A small chick that cheeps at you...
Tim's tins with unusual ways of being opened...
A card that arrives flat, but when you stand it up, the cat's head rotates so that it is now looking at you...
Open the card and it shows the ace, but open it again and you see the king... based on the old milkman's wallet mechanism...
Spinning tops made from old German coins...
A spoon that is also a pair of chopsticks...
A glass marble that has hidden colours inside. Tim is not sure how it works...
A small planet that opens up to show characters that live there. This is the planet Coruscant in the Star Wars universe.
Finally a transparent cube that contains various mirrors that mean you cannot work out exactly what is inside the cube.
Visit Tim's Toy Shop, at grand-illusions.com
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Back in 2002 Tim received an inventive card from a friend of his, Mark Setteducati. The card was designed by Mark himself, and features his face. As you turn over the flaps at the front of the card, a fly moves across Mark's face. Where does it end up?
A well known optical illusion with two pieces of card with a design on. One card appears to be larger, but switch their position around, and now the other one looks to be larger.
A craftsman in the UK, based in the West Country, makes intriguing little metal model automata. This one is a teapot - turn the spout and the man hiding inside sips his tea!
A Japanese figure with feet that can be rotated to become wheels, so it can zoom across the table...
A small chick that cheeps at you...
Tim's tins with unusual ways of being opened...
A card that arrives flat, but when you stand it up, the cat's head rotates so that it is now looking at you...
Open the card and it shows the ace, but open it again and you see the king... based on the old milkman's wallet mechanism...
Spinning tops made from old German coins...
A spoon that is also a pair of chopsticks...
A glass marble that has hidden colours inside. Tim is not sure how it works...
A small planet that opens up to show characters that live there. This is the planet Coruscant in the Star Wars universe.
Finally a transparent cube that contains various mirrors that mean you cannot work out exactly what is inside the cube.
