#MAGIC 8 BALL SAYINGS FREE#
NOTE: If you're looking for a more balanced set of Magic 8-ball responses, try the "divination mode" on the free Fateball application at the top of the page. Now you know why you had a happy childhood. In other words, you're far more likely to get a positive answer than a negative one. The breakdown of the original answers is: 10 positive, 5 negative and 5 neutral. Here is the complete list of original Magic 8 Ball responses:Īs shown above, the original Magic 8-Ball has a total of 20 random answers.
(Looking for a Magic 8-Ball? Here's the real deal, direct from Mattel - available on Amazon.)ĭespite the fact that the toy is now the better part of a century old, it's still an extremely popular birthday gift and Christmas gift, with nearly 1 million Magic-8 Balls sold every year. Their first product would be called the "Miracle Home Fortune Teller". Together Carter and Bookman would form the novelty company, Alabe Crafts, Inc. His novel spherical design was the first "ball" version of the product, although it looked more like an iridescent crystal ball than the classic 8-ball from billiards tables we know today.Ĭarter produced his fortune-telling toy with help from store-owner Max Levinson and his brother in-law, engineer Abe Bookman. In 1948, Alfred Carter, son of the Syko Seer's inventor, created the first mass-produced commercial version based on his mother Mary's clairvoyant device.Ĭarter called it the "Syko Slate". The original design Magic 8 Ball used in these seances was actually a long, liquid-filled tube with a window at the top. The history of the Magic 8 Ball dates back to 1940's Minneapolis where the ball's predecessor "The Syco-Seer" was invented by a local fortune teller, Mary Carter who used it for somewhat questionable "seances". Before Online: The History of the Magic 8-Ball There's a reason this grapefruit-sized, black plastic novelty toy is still one of the best-selling gifts for both kids and adults, year after year:īecause, admit it - it's still fun. Sometimes eerily accurate - and often hilarious - the original Magic Eight Ball was a staple of Christmas and birthday presents for generations. And it was for many of us, the first time we ever considered the idea of "psychic powers" or fortune-telling, as we peered deep into the unknown of its magical blue liquid. It was the magical confidante you secretly turned to, to ask the questions you didn't dare ask out loud. The Magic 8-Ball was the toy that made you and your bestie laugh, again and again. Within seconds, the clear window randomly displays one of twenty possible answers.īut that mundane explanation can't possibly describe the special place that the Magic 8-Ball has held in the hearts of kids for generations. Using a Magic 8 Ball is simple: Simply ask a "Yes or No" question, shake the plastic ball and turn it over to see your answer "magically" appear. Consisting of a liquid filled plastic ball, with a plastic polyhedron floating inside, the toy randomly displays answers to simple "Yes and No" questions through a clear window on one side. The Magic 8 Ball is a popular fortune-telling novelty toy manufactured by Mattel, Inc.
Pretending for a moment that you don't know what a Magic 8-Ball is, even after using the free online 8-ball above, here's the textbook definition: