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The manufacturer calls it the Thunder Tube". We call it indispensable for the amateur Foley operator. It's a 7" long x 2-1/2" dia PVC tube with a resonant head at one end attached to a 17" long x 3/16" dia extension spring. Shake it, scrape it, wiggle it, use your palm to muffle it and you generate creaks, deep warbles, rumbles, weird heterodyne-ish gong effects, wa-wa's, rude noises, and, yes, realistic thunder. A perfect musical companion to your cuica and rain stick--and good, clean fun around the house. Don't make a sound-track without it.
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92686 THUNDER TUBE |
Handheld Light Show
Nothing grabs people's attention in a meeting like a little spinning cosmic globe flashing multicolored lights. This 3" dia flasher spins (10) bright LEDs on the end of a 4-5/8" long handgrip. Push the button with your thumb and command instant attention. No meetings to go to? Use it to hypnotize your parakeet.
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38170 SPIN LIGHT |
Love Meter
AKA hand boiler. An exotic bit of hand blown glass with a bulb at top and bottom connected by some zippy tubing that spirals, loops, and/or jogs. In the closed system is some colored liquid (methyl chloride) that is very light. Hold the lower bulb in you hand and as the air in the system is warmed it pushes the fluid through the loops to the upper chamber. When all the liquid is pushed out of the lower bulb, expanding air will bubble through the tubing making it appear that the liquid is boiling. WARNING! The glass is fragile and the liquid is nasty. If you drop the thing on e.g. the kitchen tile, it will eat the finish off the tile and the stain in the liquid will permanently stain the floor. So don't let kids handle this item unsupervised. About 7" tall, it is a favorite in our stores.
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6199 LOVE METER |
Flood Forward Tanks!
Dive! Dive! Dive this remote control submarine into a tub or a pool for super fun! The 2-3/4" x 2-3/8" x 1-3/8" Super Mini X-Sub moves forward, backward, left, right, up and down, at regular or Super Dive speed! The small transmitter has a 7- to 9-ft range and may be 40MHz or 49MHz. You provide (3) "AAA" batteries (which should power it for approx 150 minutes or more) and a body of water. Comes with a small bag of BBs for ballast, in case your sub is too buoyant. This is a dazzler -- a real kick to play with, according to the junior submariners around here!
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92396 R.C. SUBMARINE |
Wow! Double Wow!
This is Philip's new favorite toy, since he blasted a rocket so high over our parking lot that he lost sight of it (the rocket, not the parking lot). The Air Burst(tm) Rocket system has a 26" tall, air-powered tri-pod launcher made of plastic and rigid foam. A 65" long air hose connects it to any stand-up bike pump. After a few pumps, the air pressure bursts a replaceable booster disc in the launcher and sends a 10" x 3/4" dia rocket 250 to 1000 feet into the air. Wow! The system includes the launcher, (2) rockets, and (60) boosters (two different weights). Sending rockets out of sight, even if they usually come straight back down, is an ingenuous ploy for selling extra rockets. Our each is a pack of (2). And having extra rockets is an ingenuous ploy for selling extra booster discs. Our each is another bag of (60). No bicycle pump? The 18" black Tech Team pump blew majestically through a "double bozon" booster for us! It creates up to 120 lbs of pressure while most pumps will only generate 80 psi. It fits a Schrader (American) valve. Warning: The Air Burst(tm) Rocket is for ages 10 and up, with adult supervision. Don't let us catch you out there without a kid!
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92025 AIR BURST ROCKET SYSTEM | |
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92028 AIR PUMP | |
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92027 EXTRA BOOSTER DISCS | |
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92026 EXTRA ROCKETS |
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Snaaaaaaaaake!
Our terrific Magic Aqua Grow rubber rattler starts out approx 17" long and skinny, and grows to over three feet of plump greenish reptile after a few days in the tub or pool. The red eyes and tongue make it just right as a little surprise for your sister. Complete with the helpful instructions "do not swallow," which is true of almost everything in our catalog.
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93448 GRO-SNAKE |
T-t-t-t-toothy Fun
THE American classic novelty item (even ahead of the whoopee cushion and rubber vomit, we think) is a set of chattering choppers. Auto-dentures. Invented by Eddy Goldfarb in 1949, a man who made the Toy Industry Hall of Fame ahead of Milton Bradley, these are, not to put too fine a point on it, the sine qua non of gagdom, the ne plus ultra of spring-driven frivolity. Ours are 2-1/2" dia, with a wind-up key.
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92824 CHATTERING TEETH |
Original Slinky(r)
Does anyone need to be told what a Slinky(tm) toy is?? Okay, it is a very slack spring, 2-7/8" dia x 2-1/2" long, compressed. It will stretch out to about 5 or 6 feet long without deforming. That's the boring part. The interesting part is that it "follows" itself. Slosh it from hand to hand. Put in on the top step of stairs, flip the end down a step, and watch it walk down stairs, or down an incline. Believe us, no childhood (or adulthood) is complete without an original stainless steel Slinky(tm). It was hard for us to find it, but we are glad we did. You should be too.
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88701 ORIGINAL SLINKY |
The Dragon Flies Tonight
And it's a larger-than-life R/C dragonfly! About triple the size of the largest dragonfly on record, but 10 times bigger than the ones you see around the neighborhood pond. Our radio-controlled buzzer has a 16-1/2" wire-and-cellophane wingspan and a 13" long styrofoam" body, and flies by flapping his big wings. He's stabilized by a small tail rotor (which you won't find on the real thing). The controller runs on (6) "AA" batteries (not included) which also charge the futuristic dragonfly's internal battery. Wings and rotor have continuous variable speed. Range is approx 50 feet and there is a trimmer dial to keep him flying straight. Charges in 20 minutes for 7 minutes of flying time.
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38066 RC DRAGONFLY |
Pocket Kite
Because you never know when the wind's gonna pick up. This rainbow-colored, strut-less, dual-control stunt kite measures 44-7/8" x 19-11/16" when in flight, but folds up into its own 6" x 9" drawstring pouch. Includes a pair of round handles/reels and line. Flying it, we're assured, is a breeze.
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93294 STUNT KITE |
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Flying Bird
From France comes this fun mechanical plastic bird that really flies by flapping its wings. It is about 8" long and has a wingspan of 16" tip to tip. Snap the wings in place, wind up the rubberband drive and toss it gently into the air on its maiden flight. It flies up to fifty yards with a satisfying fluttering sound. Comes with a spare rubberband drive mechanism.
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88566 FLYING BIRD TOY |
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