On the strength of this one post and from one view of this video I was hooked and bought two - sent the clown fish to a friend. This would have to be up there as one of the best ebay panic buying decisions I've ever made.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/General-Discussion/Chat/Flying-fish

Mine arrived a few weeks ago and I just assembled it after being out of the country for a few weeks.

When I got home from work today all I was thinking about was playing with my inflatable shark. This has to be the greatest invention since the iphone.

But does the guy/babe who invented it get any credit? NO

Does he/she get to mingle with the President? NO

Will he/she ever get a biography written about him/her read by millions? NO

He's/She's in the 99%.

F'ckn Hero in my book - whoever he/she is.

(I tried to post this on the original thread - but wasn't allowed - the thread was too old)

No, but a great story all the same - thanks for sharing.

I'd like to send them the clown fish. But I'm a bit worried that their house may have been foreclosed. I don't think these things work real well in trailers - the turning circle isn't that great.

Nice one - 2 questions:

Where from?

How much?

Adolf you are on an absolute winner! the video is pretty funny, when people tire of the fish thing maybe get other flying thing's made like occasion stuff ie, Halloween specials for instance, re freaky severed heads, limbs and stuff like that or even food, cheesecakes, birthday cakes, or clothing, shoes, really an endless supply.
It would be pretty funny seeing those things flying around the shopping centres, now your talk'n, it would be worth making movies just on reactions ps,sorry 'bout the weirdo thoughts

GalahOnTheBay said...

Nice one - 2 questions:

Where from?

How much?

Ebay, search 'air swimmer', starting at around 20 bucks, I haven't bought one yet, mostly because I can't be bothered driving 110 k's to the nearest florist/party hire to get it filled.

Hey Adolf - can ya get your own helium tanks, maybe disposable canisters or something, or do you have to go to a shop to get em filled?

I like the look of them.

^^^^
mate my applause for your new venture - hope you make a squillion out of it too - these could become a cult

Good onya Adolf. Since we are obsessed with buying cheap novelty items made in China, I am sure you will do well.

FlySurfer said...

BulldogPup said...

^^^^
mate my applause for your new venture - hope you make a squillion out of it too - these could become a cult

I hate to go against the grain here and rain on your little stand, but these are $12 Alibaba knock-off's... The originals are Air Swimmers designed and made by WMC.

This is kind of like selling downloaded DVD's... not sure how happy you'd be if somebody was selling your intellectual property... I'm sure you didn't know.

Gee - that's no good fly - you're right I didn't know! ... wonder if adolf does either?
have you informed him?

I don't know about that. It would need to be researched a bit more.

My take on it is WMC just market a line of flying fish. The "about us" page doesn't say anything about inventing/owning them.

I got my first Air Swimmer from America and there is no WMC on the box and it looks identical to what's on the video. - Not sure what's going on there.

I then got 24 from China and they are better quality than the first one I got. Remote is better, has a rechargeable battery and an auto swim function - everything else is identical. - Not sure what's going on there.

From what I can tell there are several different boxes all containing the same parts. Some of them are called flying fish, some air swimmers some flying shark, some air ranger. Some I've seen have different controllers. What they all have in common is that the are "Made in China" - Not sure what's going on there.

The fact is airswimmers.com don't ship to Australia. - Not sure what's going on there.

What I do know is that yesterday they were voted the number one toy of the season by adweek and I have sold out completely in just two days.

www.adweek.com/creativity/seasons-15-hottest-toys-watch-tv-ads-136314/

Real or fake? who knows and who cares as long as they work.

They sure are all made in China.
This guy invented them: www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=353945
WMC designed them and owns the Air Swimmer brand.

The rest are copies

No idea about patents... no worries good luck.

adolf said...

FlySurfer said...
WMC designed them and owns the Air Swimmer brand.

Where exactly does it say?

I would worry too much Adolf, its not like you are going to cause a GFC by selling some remote control toys and you didnt coppy them, no biggie in my books

^^^^^^ hahahahahahaha - good on you!

Put me down for two sharks asap, thats just the best, gonna give me dog a good scare

dirtyharry said...

Hey Adolf - can ya get your own helium tanks, maybe disposable canisters or something, or do you have to go to a shop to get em filled?

I like the look of them.