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Post number 19953

Sal Amander — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:16:14 -0800

OK, no I guess I was the only one that thought this toy was cool (I have since bought one and enjoy it), but it would be hard to deny that the Zero Blaster is a very cool toy. See it in action.

By: Sal Amander

Sal Amander — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:20:00 -0800

Sorry, I was distracted by a shiny object when I typed this. The word 'no' should be 'now'.

By: wanderingmind

wanderingmind — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:33:35 -0800

Is this for real or are they just blowing smoke (rings)? (someone had to say it...)

By: substrate

substrate — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:43:10 -0800

You can build these yourself, including massive ones. Here's one version here.

By: starvingartist

starvingartist — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:46:51 -0800

You can build these yourself, including massive ones. Heck, you can do it with cigarette packages. Pull the plastic sleeve down a bit, burn a hole in the bottom with the lit cigarette, put some smoke in there, and gently push the sleeve back onto the package. Neat bar trick.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:51:17 -0800

Ze Blaster, it shoots nothing! - R. Wolfcastle Now with double the amount of radioactive isotopes!

By: wanderingmind

wanderingmind — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:00:29 -0800

Seriously, though, these look quite cool. I may have to get one for myself. This also reminds me of a singularly odd sight I saw once while riding the train home - a running engine of some kind (possibly a tractor; I didn't get a very close look at the thing itself) with a long vertical exhaust pipe. It was spewing smoke in short percussive bursts, generating - you guessed it - smoke rings out the pipe, drifting every which way. The air was literally fill of rings. It was like a three-dimensional bowl of Cheerios, or a snow of donuts, with more and more rings being pumped out. I sat there agog until it was out of view.

By: ahimsakid

ahimsakid — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:02:16 -0800

Those of us who are of a certain age remember the Whammo Air Blaster which worked much the same way. We used talcum powder to see the puff of concentrated air it shot. And yes, I used mine to annoy my cats and sisters.

By: warhol

warhol — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:07:31 -0800

Seriously, though, these look quite cool. I may have to get one for myself. Seriously, though, these look quite cool. I just bought one for myself.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:08:37 -0800

Does it vibrate?

By: sharksandwich

sharksandwich — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:09:10 -0800

It's fun until someone pokes an eye out.

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:11:19 -0800

I remember a few years ago I bought a little plastic novelty toy called a "Smokey Dog". It was a little brown dog that came with tiny cigarettes you would put in his mouth and light. And he'd blow little tiny smoke rings. A plastic dog that smoked! This is indeed the best of all possible worlds! I'm pretty sure it was the teeny cigarettes themselves that blew the smoke rings, but still!

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:11:36 -0800

Air Blaster! I loved that thing. :)

By: yhbc

yhbc — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:17:45 -0800

Smoking plastic dogs? Feh. Kaf, you need some of these bad boys.

By: Samsonov14

Samsonov14 — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:25:36 -0800

From the Playing Ring the Cat page: Not suitable for all cats. I guess it's only suitable for some cats.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:33:41 -0800

The iGandalf.

By: Kafkaesque

Kafkaesque — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:44:31 -0800

yhbc, those monkeys look rather like turds. And it behooves me to mention that dogs smoking are, in fact, way way funnier than monkeys smoking. That's just sad and wrong.

By: Satapher

Satapher — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:11:53 -0800

and you can play such amazing games as "RING THE CAT!" did anyone else see this video? the cat just sits there. what a faannnnntastic game!

By: Witty

Witty — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:12:07 -0800

Looks like something you're average stoner could modify into a killer bong... dude.

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 20:49:56 -0800

it IS cool. i have one. and the smoke smells like cherry!

By: hoopyfrood

hoopyfrood — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:09:55 -0800

Just a "FYI"....The "fog" from fog fluid can be an asthma trigger to sensitive children and adults. having said that it looks COOL!!!!