1970s · toys
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic
Squeeze a blob of plastic goo onto a straw and blow — giant shimmering semi-permanent bubbles with a smell nobody who grew up in the 70s has forgotten.
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- 70s
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- Unknown
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- toys
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Why people remember it
- Blowing a bubble that actually stretched like rubber instead of popping like soap felt like a magic trick.
- The smell (and the mess) is one of those only-if-you-were-there sensory memories.
- You could actually keep the bubble afterward instead of watching it disappear in a second.
Questions people ask
- Is it safe to blow bubbles with it?
- It's designed for that exact use with a straw, though as with any chemical-based toy, adult supervision and following the label instructions matters.
- Why does the bubble stay stretchy instead of popping?
- The formula is a plastic-like polymer rather than a soap film, so it stretches and holds air like a thin balloon instead of bursting.
