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valvo
Rubber toy figure with valves between limbs | |
An air-filled rubber toy body with valves between head, arms, legs, belly. The valves can be opened by squeezing them slightly,
allowing the air to be oved from one part to an adjacent one. (A cross between gumby and a balloon animal.) Watch the incredible
transformation of muscleman into brainiac!
(?) Martian Popping Thing
http://www.mcphee.c.../classic/09500.html
Not quite valvo, but great fun -- eyes 'n' ears bug out when you squeeze it. Mine sits on top of my mionitor for moments of M$-induced stress. I call it "Bill." [rmutt, Nov 30 1998]
billg doll
http://www.halfbake...idea/billgee%20doll
Speaking of "Bill"... [jutta, Nov 30 1998]
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The adult version is obvious, and has almost certainly been done already. |
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You know my friend I keep mentioning, the one who's always
asking how things are going here but refuses to set foot in the
place himself? I mentioned this idea to him a few minutes
ago, and he said he's pretty sure a similar thing exists, but
filled with sand instead of air, and without valves. But I think
the experience of that would be substantially different, so
there's probably room for both versions in the market. |
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(Hmm… I think the effect won't quite be the same here, what with
three digits differing, but it's still significant for being the
first time it's possible.) |
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nice bit of archalfeology there |
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//Rubber toy figure with valves between limbs// You can
actually do the same thing with hamsters. |
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A human-sized rubber doll packed with squirming hamsters is a disquieting image that has the apperance of one of [xenzag]'s art projects ... |
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This must be one of the first ideas posted on the
hb? ('oved' = 'moved' I presume) |
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Yes, I remember 'm's were very expensive back then. |
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Question: What was the first idea posted on the
halfbakery? |
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"Grind beans and pour water on them" ... |
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That one was posted in the C15th by a Sufi monk in the Yemen.
But then a chippy Abyssinian claimed prior art, and the
conversation got sidetracked into grumbling about bandwidth,
cultural appropriation and something about a dulcimer. |
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