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7 years ago

I notice that the detail in the kaleidescope view window is identical in both visible photos ( the hotel atrium and the office window). Is this the standard one design? or do they vary in color, arrangement, etc...?

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KaleidoView Portals
7 years ago
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To sinde666: Hi. We're so glad to get a question on them. We think we're getting the impression that you think that our images are stationary pictures? No. They are in actual working kaleidoscopes. They have moving parts. The colored tumbling pieces tumble. The images change. This particular one in these two pictures are of our very first, original set of colored tumbling pieces. We no longer offer it, because it looked too much like Christmas with all of the red and green. The easiest way to see our 8 subsets of colored tumbling pieces is to go to youtube and search KVP-1. (Our Playfulness subset looks like it is red and green, but we have no green pieces in it. The blue and yellow overlapped to make green. This is our prototype of this. We will order non-transparent blue pieces, for this one subset next time.) We have subsets that are made up of mostly: yellow and red; blue and yellow; pink and purple; yellow and green; blue and red; purple and green; orange and yellow; and black and blue. Each one has a few other neutral colors added into it. Let us know if you have any more questions. -Patricia Peffer, Creator, KaleidoView Portals
sinde666
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7 years ago
thank you! I'll check out the videos!
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