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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I remember when these things were first being sold... I think I saw them at "Spencer Gifts" at Halloween time. The box was black plastic, and when you'd throw the switch, the lid would open very slowly and a creepy green plastic hand would slowly inch out from under the lid and throw the switch back, then snap back inside the box and the lid slam shut! Lot's of fun!
Stitchawl
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They had those creepy hand boxes as far back as the 60s, I believe. There was a magic shop in Norfolk that had them. They were black, and you'd put a coin in them and the hand would come out of the box and take the coin.