Sylvania developed the Flash Cube in 1965 and Kodak adopted the technology for its new Instamatic models. Each cube provides four flashes all powered by the camera’s battery.

GE later built on this technology, developing the Magicube. Similar in appearance to the Flash Cube, the Magicube fired using a chemical/mechanical process and didn’t need a battery. The Magicube connector is different from the Flash Cube connector - they are not interchangeable.

This lot includes 3 Magicube packs of 3 cubes each; one pack is missing one cube, so there is a total of 8 Magicubes. Since each cube has 4 flashes that’s 32 Magicube flashes. (Math!)

There are also two full 3-packs of the older model Flash Cubes - 6 cubes, 24 flashes. One pack is an original Sylvania brand; the other is Westinghouse.

All cubes are unused. This is old tech and can’t be tested without destroying it, so there is not a guarantee that these cubes will all function. The packages show wear consistent with their age and include original adhesive price tags from Target, K Mart, and “Kimball Avenue Drug - Walgreen Agency” (a neat throw-back to when Walgreen’s was a distributor and didn’t own all of its own properties.)

See photos for more details of composition and condition.