"As an aside, my blue Rankin edition just arrived and I have to say that I love it.
I'll take pictures at some point, I've literally just plugged it in lol. The "aquamarine" wax is like a more greeny version of the…"
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master liquid colour refresh
One of my globes (Mathmos) is turning quite faded and I'd been pondering trying to refresh the colour of the master fluid a bit. I've seen the odd post about people using food colouring (not great)…Continue
Started Jun 6, 2021
Mathmos Astro liquid replacement
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I got a couple of old astros from eBay , one had no fluid, the other had cloudy fluid. Both are the old style bottles with the wide cap.I cycled the cloudy one for a while and it had improved, it…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by john May 3, 2021.
Metallic Astros back in stock (UK)
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Just a head's up that Mathmos have the metallic yellow and red back in stock.I'd had the site open in another tab for a few days and when I clicked on the tab it refreshed and I got a 404, so I have…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by MonsoonStorm Apr 9, 2021.
PSA: Mathmos UK - Pretty Green
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Just a heads up to anyone interested,A couple of days ago I ordered a black astro with a blue/pink globe, and the globe that arrived was one of the limited edition Pretty Green ones! I was…Continue
Tags: edition, limited, Mathmos
Started this discussion. Last reply by john Mar 28, 2021.
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"I actually thought there were six, guess I was wrong!
Given the fact they seemingly have a laser etching machine I kinda expected a whole lot more from these special edition lamps. Hey ho.
A part of me wonders if they had a special bottle…"
"New one is up and it's a pass from me, it's interesting but not £130 interesting:
"Our final limited edition 60th birthday Astro lava lamp is with multi-disciplinary designer Camille Walala. She is known for her ambitious,…"
"On the box the lava itself looks slightly greenish and the liquid blue, It may be something that doesn't come across too well in a photo perhaps?"
"New one is out and I grabbed one immediately, really like it:
"Our fourth limited edition 60th birthday Astro lava lamp is with renowned British photographer, publisher and film director Rankin. Rankin has chosen a blue version of our Astro…"
"Interesting.
May need to be on the ball this week after the publicity, given how quickly they sold out last week."
"oh cool, where did you get this?"
"Next one planned? By Mathmos?"
"Even the yellow ones are out of stock it seems. They have been out of stock before but ended up getting restocked, but the lack of a red option doesn't bode well for that particular colourway. I have a red and yellow, I didn't get a…"
"Duran Duran fans perhaps? maybe they put something out on social media or something."
"I think 2 would be ideal as sometimes people display them in pairs. "
"Ok... the new one is kinda disappointing, however, the Gen X'er in me is thinking "omg Duran Duran! I remember them!" And then I scrolled down and saw it was a chrome bottle...
*sigh*
The base/top is kinda (very) meh...…"
"It didn't actually come from the main mathmos address, so it may have ended up in your junk mail.
Here you go:
"Thank you for supporting the launch of Mathmos X Sabine Marcelis , the 60th anniversary collaboration Astro lava lamp.
Advice…"
"Addition to the above...
Would the same concerns not apply to Facebook also? Personally I haven't used facebook for years (can't stand the place) so I don't really know what the deal is there.
Just a little concerned…"
"Cool to know about the discord, I'll check it out.
Just a quick thought, would incorporating the reddit sub not detract from this forum? They both essentially serve the same purpose - it would become a case of "which do we post…"
"I got my shipping email last night, and it came with advice about preserving the coating on the lamp, so it seems the frosting is a coating (perhaps like the chrome or neo?) rather than an actual etching.
I suppose in this case if you truly hated…"
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