“It’s Fluid Fascination!”

🐬🐠Documenter and Archivist of Aquatic Media🐠🐬

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Hello world!

Welcome to my Aqua Blog! A hobby and documentation blog in progress.

You can call me Bug.

This blog is dedicated to all the dollar store water games, quicksand bottle keychains, filled paper weights, floating animal souvenirs, liquid stim toys, and more!

“What is *Aqua/Aquacore???”***

Here’s a Handy Explanation that breaks it down!

Along with more well known objects of this nature, I also intend to document more obscure ones, as well as provide links where I can in case anyone would like to add to their own collection, or is inspired to start one.

If it’s full of liquid and you have a strange unexplainable and nostalgic attachment to it? It’ll be here!

Note: This isn’t solely an aesthetic blog! I document elements of the aesthetic, but I almost always have something to say about it. If you don’t like words, this blog isn’t for you.

I’m always open to asks, submissions, recommendations, and requests.

If you’d like to use a photo/gif/video of mine, please do message me!

aquapets !!!

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#toy aqua #aqua toys #digi aqua #animated #reblogs

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disturbedtomparis

…..you know I would like to thank @voyoock for this reply because tbh I kind of wanted to break one of these open and taste it myself.

Just think, these stones contain the water from ancient seas from millenia ago, and a well educated scholar STILL couldn’t resist their pull. Not one of us is immune to the siren call of ancient tide pods.

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jordisstigander

cracking open an old one with the boys

the-lost-undertaker

#yeah that checks off the list alright #non-toy aqua #natural aqua #animated #reblogs

This water game has a terrible secret. If you thought the Milk Water Incident was bad you’ve seen nothing yet. I’m gonna be straight up:

If you have an intense aversion to creepy crawlies, proceed no further.

Do you see those two holes on the left and right sides of the bottom of this game’s base? Those are drainage holes. They’re there to let water that may have accidentally accumulated in the base while filling the game leak out and not let mold start growing. It’s a great little addition, really.

Problem is though, someone didn’t store this game right.

I don’t know WHAT they did. Possibly left this thing outside in the yard maybe? But regardless, things found this game. Many things found this game. And decided to use it as a shelter.

How do I know?

This is how.

This is only SOME of the stuff that has come out of this thing. The first time I tried to clean it there was two times this much I was able to get out. These are decades old beetle shells. If you look closely you can spot elytra, abdomens, legs, and thoraxes. This was coming out in CLUMPS.

When I first mentioned this incident in passing I mistakenly referred to these as maggot shells, mostly because I wasn’t exactly looking very closely as I was horrified and only saw long shapes which in hindsight were likely more elytra. So congrats to this game for being slightly, SLIGHTLY less awful than I first thought.

When I mentioned this incident in passing, I mistakenly referred to these as maggot shells. This was because I wasn’t looking too closely the first time as I was horrified and only saw long shapes, which in hindsight were likely more elytra.

So congrats to this game for being slightly, SLIGHTLY less awful than I thought.

#tw unsanitary #unsanitary tw #dead bugs #colored text #beetle shell incident #questionable aqua

This water game has a terrible secret. If you thought the Milk Water Incident was bad you’ve seen nothing yet. I’m gonna be straight up:

If you have an intense aversion to creepy crawlies, proceed no further.

Do you see those two holes on the left and right sides of the bottom of this game’s base? Those are drainage holes. They’re there to let water that may have accidentally accumulated in the base while filling the game leak out and not let mold start growing. It’s a great little addition, really.

Problem is though, someone didn’t store this game right.

I don’t know WHAT they did. Possibly left this thing outside in the yard maybe? But regardless, things found this game. Many things found this game. And decided to use it as a shelter.

How do I know?

This is how.

This is only SOME of the stuff that has come out of this thing. The first time I tried to clean it there was two times this much I was able to get out. These are decades old beetle shells. If you look closely you can spot elytra, abdomens, legs, and thoraxes. This was coming out in CLUMPS.

When I first mentioned this incident in passing I mistakenly referred to these as maggot shells, mostly because I wasn’t exactly looking very closely as I was horrified and only saw long shapes which in hindsight were likely more elytra. So congrats to this game for being slightly, SLIGHTLY less awful than I first thought.

#tw unsanitary #unsanitary tw #dead bugs #beetle shell incident #colored text

You guys seem to enjoy it when I post about all the gross stuff I encounter in this hobby.

There is one incident I offhandedly mentioned while in the midst of live-blogging the Milk Water Incident, and I do have an ask sitting in my inbox inquiring about it.

It’s pretty gross. Would you like me to get into that one later? You guys think you can handle it? Because I dare say it’s worse than the milk water.

Only problem is I don’t have photos for proof, so you guys either gotta take my word on this one,

or,

I need to revisit the toy responsible for this, because there’s a small yet good chance it still has this…issue.

Good news!

There will now be photos!

I’m having a bad time.

Posting this today btw, sorry for the wait!

#bug’s rambles

Anonymous asked:

was wondering if the rising attention surrounding 'lost media' has impacted your documentary/archival efforts into something this niche? as someone with a similar interest it's definitely given me a more universal concept to compare my own work to, I'd also just be interested in hearing more about your process in general. Sorry if this worded too pretentiously lol

Oh it’s not pretentious at all, don’t worry.

I will say the rise in popularity surrounding lost media as well as the stressed importance of archival has done a lot to motivate me. I was interested in preserving toy history before lost media got popularized, but it did wonders to convince me just how many people can be fascinated by the simple stories of things they might not even be interested in usually. Of course media should be preserved regardless if you have an audience or not to see/care about it, but it doesn’t hurt to know people really are out there that do. More attention also is a great tool for more vigorously combing the internet for information that could’ve easily been missed, as people love a good mystery, especially one they themselves can possibly help solve. It’s definitely one of the big reasons I started this blog.

In around 3 years, the original Wonderful Waterfuls will turn 50 years old. 50 years. That’s half a century. The exact creator of Waterful Ringtoss still isn’t widely available information. I don’t know their name. They may not be around anymore. I hope they are, when I find them I have so much I’d like to ask them.

Back when Netflix put up the first batch of The Toys That Made Us, I was curious if an episode on Waterfuls would ever drop. But after all my time researching these things, I don’t know if one ever will. Because despite being in several generations of peoples childhoods in some form or fashion, there’s very, very minimal information about them. There is no comprehensive list just showing every game that was released. There’s next to nothing, almost all information you have to search for through secondhand listings and infer through context. The most popular line of these games there is, and we’re missing very basic details about them. That’s part of my duty, I feel. To fill in as many missing details as I’m able with the information I’ve gathered and intend to keep gathering.

And the longer I’m in this hobby, the more stories I infer from the things I find. Unspoken tales and series of events that honestly likely have never been recorded to any degree. What do I mean? I’ve been somewhat haunted lately by a series of water games made by a company trying to get in on the craze, and how they really truly tried to create something original, but their new ideas kept failing in the final products, to the point they eventually caved in to the typical design conventions of the time (Waterful-ification, if you will). I’m still collecting for that, I can’t wait to tell you all about it.

I don’t feel I’ll run out of content anytime soon.

#hope this answers your question sorry this is long I was about to start waxing poetic don’t mind me #ask box #colored text

Tomy Water Games Commercials

[Tomy Water] “Life’s A Desert” Advert - English

[Tomy Water] “Life’s A Desert” Advert - French - ALT

[Milton Bradley Waterfuls] “Fill Them Up” Advert - English

[Milton Bradley Waterfuls] “Fill Them Up” Advert - English - SewerBall ALT

[Tomy Water] “Fish” Advert - Italian

[Tomy Jeux D’eau] “Dive In” Advert - French

[Ideal Water Games] “Hard To Put Down” Advert + Jaws Pairing - English

[Kahootz Waterfuls] “Remember The Whoosh?” Advert - English

#all the ones I’ve found so far #will update if there’s more #aqua #aquacore #toy aqua #aqua toys #water toys #water games #water bottle #water ball game #water catch game #water stack game #colored text #aqua archival #Youtube

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54% of you need to GET GOOOOOOOD

Anonymous asked:

I want to buy a vintage Nosey Bear but I have no more space for more stuff. Can I buy you one instead? Being absolutely genuine here

Oh gosh, that’s a big purchase to want to send my way! Please don’t get me wrong, I’m very, very flattered by such an offer, I just don’t know if I could really accept something like that right now :[.

I’d feel bad accepting something that’s often in the hundreds of dollars, that and I don’t know if I could do it proper justice as an owner since I’m not as big with plushes as some are. I know there’s a LOT of passionate collectors out there who’d kill for one of those little guys!

That and I must admit I am a bit of a paranoid individual. I’m not at all accusing you of having bad intentions, it’s entirely just a me-thing. But believe it or not I have made quite a few people upset on this blog (somehow) and would like to prevent my information possibly ending up leaked if I’m able. I have considered a P.O. Box for the future for when I have the water game archive website up and running to accept any physical submissions people may want to make for documentation purposes. And I’ll admit it’s not out of the realm of possibility of one being opened sooner if people are genuinely interested in sending me things! But at this moment in time I do not have one, and it would cost me a bit to keep one open. Not averse to it! Just don’t got one currently.

Again, deeply appreciate such an offer. If you’re really set on buying the little guy, I hope you’re able to find space for it or another owner who could take it in. Thank you, and best of luck!

#sorry this ended up longer than intended!#ask box #colored text

soft-rat-boi asked:

Does this count as an Aqua? This plastic pendant is filled with a clear liquid and gold glitter.

Filled with liquid, sealed, with observable movement, you bet it is!

#nice find!#ask box #aqua #aquacore #jewelry aqua #accessory aqua #is it aqua #colored text

Yes I’ve seen the Nano Tape Bubble trend, I LOVE it and it’s just making me want to get back into heat welding marine vinyl again…

I’ve been wanting to get back into that tbh, I stopped doing it around a year ago but if I told you all why you’d laugh :[

Once I was dissatisfied with the speed my clothes iron was welding these vinyl sheets together so instead I switched to my soldering iron and cranked it to the lowest setting actively thinking to myself “Ah but I’ve researched this! Surely this iron at a hair thin temp away from the burn point of polyvinyl chloride will not burn the polyvinyl chloride thus causing a chemical reaction and in turn releasing chlorine gas if I am just quick enough!”

Guess what happened

#YOURE ALLOWED TO LAUGH I WAS FINE #it was a TINY PIN PRICK BURN and I noticed it RIGHT AWAY #mostly because chlorine gas is such an irritant it’s kind of hard to ignore!#no I’m not making a ‘bug poisons themself’ tag bevause id rather not put that energy out there to invite more instances aha #bug’s rambles

Yes I’ve seen the Nano Tape Bubble trend, I LOVE it and it’s just making me want to get back into heat welding marine vinyl again…

I’ve been wanting to get back into that tbh, I stopped doing it around a year ago but if I told you all why you’d laugh :[

#bug’s rambles #colored text

tr4shc4t asked:

i got two water ring games from a dollar tree to use as stim toys however i think one of them has too many rings. like i dont think its possible to get all of them on the little pole things bc of how many there are. here they r together you can tell the top one has more rings than the bottom one

Hmm, it is possible for these games to get loaded with a few too many rings, especially the smaller cheaper games like these. Whenever this happens though, I try to make it a challenge to avoid an entire color of ring!

I have these two myself :] they’re pretty good quality otherwise I’d say! Prime for customizing if you’re into that sort of thing.

#ask box #aqua #aquacore #toy aqua #aqua toys #water toys #water games #water ring game #water ring toss #colored text

Carlin Playthings Kmart “Dolphin” Ring Toss Water Game

Here it is! Finally all cleaned up and restored!

This guy was in BAD shape when I got it, filled with nearly opaque murky water and it’s axle snapped, but it’s now about as good as it’s gonna get! The quality of this game is dubious, admittedly, as it’s made with pretty cheap plastic. The yellow ring around the tank is so thin and flimsy that it’s nearly rubber-like? It’s bizarre. But I’m AMAZED that the plug is still usable!

The design is definitely unique as far as these games go, having no pushable buttons, just a wheel shaped tank you must try to spin and stop at just the right moment to attempt to catch a ring or two. It’s going to be nearly impossible to catch all of them because of this, as caught rings will slip off the pegs each time you try again. I don’t believe you’re supposed to catch them all though, considering yellow rings are worth no points at all according to this game. You’ll be lucky if you catch even just two rings, I still have yet to be able to. Part of what makes it so tricky is the pegs being set fairly close to the rear tank wall, making it so rings have a very small area to perfectly slide in. It’s not too fun, but I’ll definitely add points for originality. Good job, Dean. You did your best. Those still aren’t dolphins though.

But yeah! It’s been a journey with this guy, and I’m happy to finally bring you all an ending update to The Milk Water Incident.

#for the morning crowd

Carlin Playthings Kmart “Dolphin” Ring Toss Water Game

Here it is! Finally all cleaned up and restored!

This guy was in BAD shape when I got it, filled with nearly opaque murky water and it’s axle snapped, but it’s now about as good as it’s gonna get! The quality of this game is dubious, admittedly, as it’s made with pretty cheap plastic. The yellow ring around the tank is so thin and flimsy that it’s nearly rubber-like? It’s bizarre. But I’m AMAZED that the plug is still usable!

The design is definitely unique as far as these games go, having no pushable buttons, just a wheel shaped tank you must try to spin and stop at just the right moment to attempt to catch a ring or two. It’s going to be nearly impossible to catch all of them because of this, as caught rings will slip off the pegs each time you try again. I don’t believe you’re supposed to catch them all though, considering yellow rings are worth no points at all according to this game. You’ll be lucky if you catch even just two rings, I still have yet to be able to. Part of what makes it so tricky is the pegs being set fairly close to the rear tank wall, making it so rings have a very small area to perfectly slide in. It’s not too fun, but I’ll definitely add points for originality. Good job, Dean. You did your best. Those still aren’t dolphins though.

But yeah! It’s been a journey with this guy, and I’m happy to finally bring you all an ending update to The Milk Water Incident.

Now I shall do what the former owner didn’t:

Remove the plug, drain the tank to the best of my ability, place it in a sterile storage bin, and toss in a silica gel packet to aid with drying.

Never again shall this toy be the vessel for milk water.

#goodnight.#milk water incident

Carlin Playthings Kmart “Dolphin” Ring Toss Water Game

Here it is! Finally all cleaned up and restored!

This guy was in BAD shape when I got it, filled with nearly opaque murky water and it’s axle snapped, but it’s now about as good as it’s gonna get! The quality of this game is dubious, admittedly, as it’s made with pretty cheap plastic. The yellow ring around the tank is so thin and flimsy that it’s nearly rubber-like? It’s bizarre. But I’m AMAZED that the plug is still usable!

The design is definitely unique as far as these games go, having no pushable buttons, just a wheel shaped tank you must try to spin and stop at just the right moment to attempt to catch a ring or two. It’s going to be nearly impossible to catch all of them because of this, as caught rings will slip off the pegs each time you try again. I don’t believe you’re supposed to catch them all though, considering yellow rings are worth no points at all according to this game. You’ll be lucky if you catch even just two rings, I still have yet to be able to. Part of what makes it so tricky is the pegs being set fairly close to the rear tank wall, making it so rings have a very small area to perfectly slide in. It’s not too fun, but I’ll definitely add points for originality. Good job, Dean. You did your best. Those still aren’t dolphins though.

But yeah! It’s been a journey with this guy, and I’m happy to finally bring you all an ending update to The Milk Water Incident.

#stay tuned for the next horror I have in store #aqua #aquacore #toy aqua #aqua toys #water toys #water games #water ring game #water ring toss #milk water incident #bug’s collection #colored text

Good afternoon friends bug here with a word of advice:

If you ever have an electronic device with rusty/corroded battery terminals (result of battery acid exposure) vinegar is great for breaking down that rust! Just be sure to not do what I did which is leave the terminals soaking in vinegar for a few hours because it turns out this will have the reverse effect and corrode the ever loving shit out of the Lead in the plates as well as draw it out.

I think I just annihilated this jellyfish lamp I got for free and am once again being exposed to neurotoxins. Peace and love

#bug’s rambles

Good afternoon friends bug here with a word of advice:

If you ever have an electronic device with rusty/corroded battery terminals (result of battery acid exposure) vinegar is great for breaking down that rust! Just be sure to not do what I did which is leave the terminals soaking in vinegar for a few hours because it turns out this will have the reverse effect and corrode the ever loving shit out of the Lead in the plates as well as draw it out.

I think I just annihilated this jellyfish lamp I got for free and am once again being exposed to neurotoxins. Peace and love

@merc9andazombie

Considering I have Soviet era Russian bootleg games with suspicious dark chunks mixed in with the plastic I would literally not even be surprised at this point

#unlikely but can you imagine #knowing my luck? possible #loooooove plainly difficult though #bug’s rambles

Good afternoon friends bug here with a word of advice:

If you ever have an electronic device with rusty/corroded battery terminals (result of battery acid exposure) vinegar is great for breaking down that rust! Just be sure to not do what I did which is leave the terminals soaking in vinegar for a few hours because it turns out this will have the reverse effect and corrode the ever loving shit out of the Lead in the plates as well as draw it out.

I think I just annihilated this jellyfish lamp I got for free and am once again being exposed to neurotoxins. Peace and love

#bug’s rambles

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