Wooly Willy: Classic

Classic Wooly Willy by Playmonster is the original magnetic drawing toy invented in Smethport, Pennsylvania. Make different faces with the magnetic wand! In 1955 James Herzog found that dust from the magnet grinding business could be used for magnetic drawing and patented the first workable Wooly Willy Magnetic Drawing set. About the same time the United States Army needed a three dimensional map which was produced by vacuum forming heated plastic. Donald Herzog suggested this process could be used to form a clear plastic to contain the magnetic drawing powder. Leonard Mackowski, a very talented Bradford, PA artist, designed the display card. He often hid his name in the art and you will still find it on the back of the original set that has been delighting youngsters for more than 60 years.