Why did you start collecting lava lamps? - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-29T00:36:49Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-did-you-start-collecting-lava-lamps?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A417588&feed=yes&xn_auth=no6 giants???...OMG your killin…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-05:1566398:Comment:4178942012-10-05T06:30:00.761Zlava luva ~ Tiffanyhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/tiffany583
<p>6 giants???...OMG your killing me lol :P<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jennifer said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-did-you-start-collecting-lava-lamps?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A417588&xg_source=activity#1566398Comment417588"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">I'm a newbie, but here it is... In August my 14 yr old son started his freshman year in high school. We have a two story house and he liked the idea of moving into the downstairs bedroom, which was…</div>
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<p>6 giants???...OMG your killing me lol :P<br/> <br/> <cite>Jennifer said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-did-you-start-collecting-lava-lamps?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A417588&xg_source=activity#1566398Comment417588"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">I'm a newbie, but here it is... In August my 14 yr old son started his freshman year in high school. We have a two story house and he liked the idea of moving into the downstairs bedroom, which was being used as our "office". So, we were moving all his crap from his large upstairs room to his smaller downstairs room. It didn't all fit. So his father told him to downsize, or stay upstairs. My son decided to get rid of his lava lamp. It was in a file box which was put in The donation pile in our garage. As I was loading it all into my car, the lamp globe slipped out of the box and shattered on the garage floor. My son HAD A FIT! Apparently, he was planning to sneak the lamp back into his room after his dad went to work the next day. Oops!<br/> <br/> So... I spend the next several days (weeks? Its all a blur!) surfing the net for a replacement. I had absolutely no idea what it looked like before it broke. Turns out it was a cheapy hot rocket, or whatever those are called. Anyway, I finally found an exact replacement for him, but that was after I bought myself three wizards, two midnights, a silver streak, and two giants. Hehe!! Oh yeah, and three rain lamps.<br/> <br/> Now i have a mathmos, 3 glitter wizards, 3 clearviews, a rainbow set of 6 colored lava/clear liquid 32 oz-ers, 6 giants, 2 grandes, 2 grande glitters, and a few other random glitter and lava lamps. I'll be joining the therapy group. :)</div>
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No idea really.
I don't…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-05:1566398:Comment:4176722012-10-05T05:45:01.637ZAstralavhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Astralav
<p>Why?</p>
<p>No idea really.</p>
<p>I don't remember seeing one precisely to give me envy, but in the early 90' I had 2 Mathmos Telstar, a China lamp and a Lavalite.</p>
<p>And many years passes without really using them.</p>
<p>Then a year ago (again, I don't know why) the virus sting again but harder this time (I suspect oozinggoo is to blame!).</p>
<p>But I'm kind of cured, because I think I have enough lavalamps now.</p>
<p>On the other side, I was never fond of glitter lamps before. That…</p>
<p>Why?</p>
<p>No idea really.</p>
<p>I don't remember seeing one precisely to give me envy, but in the early 90' I had 2 Mathmos Telstar, a China lamp and a Lavalite.</p>
<p>And many years passes without really using them.</p>
<p>Then a year ago (again, I don't know why) the virus sting again but harder this time (I suspect oozinggoo is to blame!).</p>
<p>But I'm kind of cured, because I think I have enough lavalamps now.</p>
<p>On the other side, I was never fond of glitter lamps before. That was before, because now I'm in love with the old Crestworth Glitters. Too bad they're a little expensive to me, but I plan to get more of them!</p> Oh yeah! One of the best part…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-05:1566398:Comment:4178252012-10-05T02:05:08.173ZJenniferhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/JenniferRinger
Oh yeah! One of the best parts is that my art "studio" was upstairs next to his old bedroom. He was downstairs exactly one night before I took him to school and busted out the pick axe. I chopped the dividing wall to little pieces! I now have a GIANT lava lounge, diva den, art studio. Woohooooo!!!!!
Oh yeah! One of the best parts is that my art "studio" was upstairs next to his old bedroom. He was downstairs exactly one night before I took him to school and busted out the pick axe. I chopped the dividing wall to little pieces! I now have a GIANT lava lounge, diva den, art studio. Woohooooo!!!!! I'm a newbie, but here it is.…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-05:1566398:Comment:4175882012-10-05T02:00:55.332ZJenniferhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/JenniferRinger
I'm a newbie, but here it is... In August my 14 yr old son started his freshman year in high school. We have a two story house and he liked the idea of moving into the downstairs bedroom, which was being used as our "office". So, we were moving all his crap from his large upstairs room to his smaller downstairs room. It didn't all fit. So his father told him to downsize, or stay upstairs. My son decided to get rid of his lava lamp. It was in a file box which was put in The donation pile in our…
I'm a newbie, but here it is... In August my 14 yr old son started his freshman year in high school. We have a two story house and he liked the idea of moving into the downstairs bedroom, which was being used as our "office". So, we were moving all his crap from his large upstairs room to his smaller downstairs room. It didn't all fit. So his father told him to downsize, or stay upstairs. My son decided to get rid of his lava lamp. It was in a file box which was put in The donation pile in our garage. As I was loading it all into my car, the lamp globe slipped out of the box and shattered on the garage floor. My son HAD A FIT! Apparently, he was planning to sneak the lamp back into his room after his dad went to work the next day. Oops!<br />
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So... I spend the next several days (weeks? Its all a blur!) surfing the net for a replacement. I had absolutely no idea what it looked like before it broke. Turns out it was a cheapy hot rocket, or whatever those are called. Anyway, I finally found an exact replacement for him, but that was after I bought myself three wizards, two midnights, a silver streak, and two giants. Hehe!! Oh yeah, and three rain lamps.<br />
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Now i have a mathmos, 3 glitter wizards, 3 clearviews, a rainbow set of 6 colored lava/clear liquid 32 oz-ers, 6 giants, 2 grandes, 2 grande glitters, and a few other random glitter and lava lamps. I'll be joining the therapy group. :) When I was a smalkl kid, I go…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-04:1566398:Comment:4175682012-10-04T15:50:28.744ZJonas Clark-Elliotthttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/JonasClarkElliott
<p>When I was a smalkl kid, I got a fixation on pipes and started following my grampa to the mall's Tinder Box. Back then, Tinder Box had dimly-lit Olde English looking stores, and the one here had a red/yellow and a white/blue Midnight on the counter. I liked watching them. They had a "Do not touch" sign next to them.</p>
<p>I was ten in 1989, and there was a store in Bellevue Square mall, Bellevue, WA called Jokers Wild. We didn't have Spencer Gifts here until the early 90s, but Jokers Wild…</p>
<p>When I was a smalkl kid, I got a fixation on pipes and started following my grampa to the mall's Tinder Box. Back then, Tinder Box had dimly-lit Olde English looking stores, and the one here had a red/yellow and a white/blue Midnight on the counter. I liked watching them. They had a "Do not touch" sign next to them.</p>
<p>I was ten in 1989, and there was a store in Bellevue Square mall, Bellevue, WA called Jokers Wild. We didn't have Spencer Gifts here until the early 90s, but Jokers Wild was basically a Spencer Gifts clone: novelties, raunchy gifts, jokes and gags. And they had Lava Lites, running, up on a high shelf. I asked my mom for one. She brought home a red/yellow Enchantress, which I still have. The box also depicted the Coach Lantern, and the drawing showed the old style with the fill cap, which I was absolutely certain had to be kerosene-powered!</p>
<p>A few months later I found what is now named the Snot Rocket. It was $15 at an antiques show. (I never went to toy stores, I hunted antiques). It was a Century dated 1972, base faded to silver, with murky green wax in pale-cream hazy liquid. When it warmed up, the liquid became much cloudier (it cleared up whenever it cooled down) and the lava looked like vomit and pond scum, a revolting dark green jammed full of bubbles. I still have that one, too.</p>
<p>Next up was a blue Midnight found in a mail-order catalog we got called Wireless, which was otherwise filled with things related to old radio shows. I still remember the ad copy: "Bell bottoms and peace symbols are strictly passe, but the Lava Lite lives on! Ours has a sleek black metal base with matching cap, white lava, and blue liquid."</p>
<p>Next was a red/yellow Aristocrat from BEST (formerly Jafco) which was similar to Service Merchandise. Following that, I ran into a Coach Lantern - and was somewhat disappointed - in a shop in Pike Place Market. By then, I was drawing what I imagined Lava Lite catalogs might look like, and that shop in Pike Place added the GemLite and the Wave Machine to my fictitious sales literature. And that was only 1990.</p>
<p>...everything went downhill from there... and I now stand at... er... --does a quick head-count-- approximately 80 complete lamps. And I don't have the biggest collection in our group - not by a LONG shot.</p> Lava therapy: go sit in a sem…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-04:1566398:Comment:4175442012-10-04T12:34:36.677ZKeithhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Keith
<p>Lava therapy: go sit in a semi-dark room with several lava lamps, put on your favorite music, and chill. ;)<br></br> <br></br> <cite>krissyfromswindon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-did-you-start-collecting-lava-lamps?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A417620&xg_source=activity#1566398Comment417620"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>my name is krissy and i have been an adict now for 30 years, i am trying to go on the wagon but i find it hard to…</p>
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<p>Lava therapy: go sit in a semi-dark room with several lava lamps, put on your favorite music, and chill. ;)<br/> <br/> <cite>krissyfromswindon said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-did-you-start-collecting-lava-lamps?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A417620&xg_source=activity#1566398Comment417620"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>my name is krissy and i have been an adict now for 30 years, i am trying to go on the wagon but i find it hard to pass a lava lamp at a boot sale and not buy it, even though i have well over 200 of them now of every colour you can think of, i think it is an illness like ocd, i need therapy.........</p>
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</blockquote> my name is krissy and i have…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-04:1566398:Comment:4176202012-10-04T08:10:47.634Zkrissyfromswindonhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/krissyfromswindon
<p>my name is krissy and i have been an adict now for 30 years, i am trying to go on the wagon but i find it hard to pass a lava lamp at a boot sale and not buy it, even though i have well over 200 of them now of every colour you can think of, i think it is an illness like ocd, i need therapy.........</p>
<p>my name is krissy and i have been an adict now for 30 years, i am trying to go on the wagon but i find it hard to pass a lava lamp at a boot sale and not buy it, even though i have well over 200 of them now of every colour you can think of, i think it is an illness like ocd, i need therapy.........</p> Thank you ;) lava luva ~ Tif…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-04:1566398:Comment:4176962012-10-04T04:56:03.341ZKeithhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Keith
<p>Thank you ;)<br/> <br/> <cite>lava luva ~ Tiffany said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-did-you-start-collecting-lava-lamps?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A417613&xg_source=activity#1566398Comment417526"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>beautiful little piece of poetry keith! :)</p>
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<p>Thank you ;)<br/> <br/> <cite>lava luva ~ Tiffany said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/why-did-you-start-collecting-lava-lamps?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A417613&xg_source=activity#1566398Comment417526"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>beautiful little piece of poetry keith! :)</p>
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</blockquote> I got into lava by my interes…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-03:1566398:Comment:4176132012-10-03T22:31:48.794ZTim Gillhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TimGill
<p>I got into lava by my interest in unusual and generally weird and funky items and also disco type lights - it was in the 90's i think so those things were all the rage.<br></br><br></br>I saw a lava lamp in a home / DIY shop and I asked for one for my birthday and got it, my favourite colour at the time was green so I got a green / green it was a china lamp but loved it. From then on i have been into lava and lighting in some way and it has just grown from lava lamps to big lights and lighting…</p>
<p>I got into lava by my interest in unusual and generally weird and funky items and also disco type lights - it was in the 90's i think so those things were all the rage.<br/><br/>I saw a lava lamp in a home / DIY shop and I asked for one for my birthday and got it, my favourite colour at the time was green so I got a green / green it was a china lamp but loved it. From then on i have been into lava and lighting in some way and it has just grown from lava lamps to big lights and lighting equipment and now back to lava lamps.<br/><br/></p> i remember having a lamp back…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-10-03:1566398:Comment:4176072012-10-03T20:25:32.457Zlava luva ~ Tiffanyhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/tiffany583
<p>i remember having a lamp back in the 90s and had a few china lamps from kmart but one day i was on ebay looking for something else and up popped a listing for a gorgeous coach lantern. i thought it was the coolest thing ever but it was so expensive that i didnt buy it but i had to have one so the search was on! i finally found at an antique store and ive been totally addicted to lava ever since.</p>
<p>i remember having a lamp back in the 90s and had a few china lamps from kmart but one day i was on ebay looking for something else and up popped a listing for a gorgeous coach lantern. i thought it was the coolest thing ever but it was so expensive that i didnt buy it but i had to have one so the search was on! i finally found at an antique store and ive been totally addicted to lava ever since.</p>