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Remember that wierd gray gooey stuff that you'd roll into a ball and place on the end of a straw, and blow into a bubble? And you could pull it from the straw and seal the hole and wallah, you'd have a wierd icky ball of air? What's it called?
 

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yeah... From wikipedia
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic was the Wham-O brand name for a 1960s, 1970s and 1980s children's toy consisting of a tube of a viscous plastic substance and a thin straw used to blow semi-solid bubbles. A pea-sized amount of liquid plastic was squirted from the tube and made into a tiny ball. One end of the straw was then inserted into the ball, and the user would blow into the other end, inflating the plastic into a bubble.
 

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Remember that wierd gray gooey stuff that you'd roll into a ball and place on the end of a straw, and blow into a bubble? And you could pull it from the straw and seal the hole and wallah, you'd have a wierd icky ball of air? What's it called?
Mod goo.:tongue
 

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Just bought some last month (don't ask and I'm not saying it was my best idea ever).
The package reads:
B'LOONIES
Big B'loonie
JA-RU (registered trademark) Jacksonville, FL Made in CHina
 

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Super elastic bubble plastic was the swirly colored version. I believe they found it to be toxic and took it off the market.

Yea I remember something about the toxicity. I loved that crap.