The Original X-ray Spex - Amazing X-ray Vision! [Toy]

Gifted and they loved it.

Made of paper. Even for a novelty, it’s garbage.

These are cardboard lol!

Exactly like the Wacky Pair my brother and I bought from a Comic Book offer when we were almost teenagers in the 60's. Man, did we have fun with them back then. 40 years later I searched for them on Amazon.com and they popped up! I gave them to my brother as a gag birthday gift, and they were the hit of the party. Everybody loves these goofy glasses and were holding out there hands to see the "Bones" under their skin. What a Hoot. Even Great GrandMa posed for the camera with them on !! Thanx Amazon for making it all possible again ! Enjoy !!

We had been using a Nikon XT V 160 with 160 kV source to inspect BGA ball pad joins in our PCB fabrication line, but the costs were high and it was difficult to use. When it was time to renew with the vendor, we decided evaluate to these X-RAY SPEX as a possible alternative.PROS:1) Low (no?) energy beam. These SPEX do not appear to impart any energy or charge to the sample under view. This allows longer dwell time without worrying about ionization or lattice dislocations.2) Size. When folded, these literally can fit in a lab coat pocket or desk drawer. The machine we replaced was the size of a small car.2) Intuitive use. There is no user interface to learn, just put them on and look at the sample.3) Low (no?) power. These appear to be self powered - there is no need for a dedicated high amperage circuit.4) Low (no?) dosing or exposure limits. We have not had a single dosimeter alert with this device, even at 1 millrem threshold. These are designed for looking at living tissue (hands and full body scans) and so must use some other method of action that limits biological interaction.4) Low cost. These cost about $10 per unit as a one -time purchase. The machine we replaced was running more than $2.5 million annually between the lease, maintenance, licencing fees, and operator training costs.CONS:1) Non-concentric imaging. Since you wear these SPEX on your head like you would with glasses, it is not possible to rotate the field of view without also impacting the position of the center-point.2) Fiber and particle release. These are made from standard non-bonded cellulose cardboard and so release airborne particles during normal use. This really precludes their use in class ISO 3 or better clean rooms.3) Large spot size. There is effectively no magnification. The smallest feature you can resolve is basically the smallest thing you can see with your eyes.4) No tomography. You can move your head around to see different angles, but there is no point cloud or way to reconstruct tomographic data. What you see is literally what you get.5) Low manufacturing quality. These are basically just a piece of cardboard with a striated filter at about 633nm (looks like a dyed feather).6) No support. We reached out the vendor for guidance in dealing with some back-scatter issues and got no response (we eventually figured out that must wear these SPEX on the *outside* of your safety goggles).All said, these SPEX have been a valuable and effective addition to our line. As long as you can live with their limitations, I would recommend them for people looking for an alternative to high cost, high power, hard to use, and dangerous tube and cyclotron based x-ray inspection systems.

Growing up as a kid in the 60s and 70s I remember sending away for X-Ray Spex through comic books.They were cool back then but these are even better!!! In the 60s and 70s the lenses had red feathers which created the illusion. The film in these X-Ray Spex creates a clearer sharper image. With the added extra of seeing the word X-Ray at every point of light!! I totaly love these and recommend them to all and anyone that was a kid during the 60s and 70s.

Made out of a cardboard, not the plastic ones like we grew up with

Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to know what the trick was with these things but could never get my hands on a pair. Now that i know the trick, I am not disappointed. Very entertaining day or night. Glad I went 28 years without having the trick spoiled for me!