Magic 8 Ball
Plastic sphere used for fortune-telling
Summary
The Magic 8 Ball is a plastic sphere, made to look like an oversized eight ball, that is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is manufactured by Mattel. The user asks a yes–no question to the ball, then turns it over to reveal an answer that floats up into a window.
Originally created by 208.58.249.71
6/27/2002, 12:37:34 AM
Modified
5/9/2026, 12:42:17 PM
Recent revisions
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/Mechblitz10|Mechblitz10]] ([[User talk:Mechblitz10|talk]]): Spam
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Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-27700-75|~2026-27700-75]] ([[User talk:~2026-27700-75|talk]]): Article goes into no detail about the song
/* History */ 1944 date not given in citation
changed curly to straight punctuation ([[MOS:CURLY]]), image caption style ([[MOS:CAPFRAG]]), dash style ([[MOS:DASH]])
/* Patents */ Added a patent for the Bubble Free Die Agitator that was mentioned in the article, but was not in the patents section. Also fixed an inconsistency where on the second line it said "..., 1962" As opposed to what the other lines had which was "... ca. [year]".
removed para linking other objects to magic 8 ball without independent source to support it
Renamed "Origin" section to "History" and moved the modern development paragraph into "History"
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Added Toy Story reference
Deleted the "in popular culture" section (only subject in that section is trivial and does not heavily feature the magic 8 ball, and any more notable pop culture moments can be added to "cultural impact")
Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-11315-05|~2026-11315-05]] ([[User talk:~2026-11315-05|talk]]): Rv to correct description
Reverted [[WP:AGF|good faith]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/NoNameHere|NoNameHere]] ([[User talk:NoNameHere|talk]]): Needs an independent source
