Fun Summer toys: Super Soaker©
It’s summer!
It’s gettin’ hot outside!
It’s time for water, lots of water!
It’s time for Super Soaker©!
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Super Soaker. Even the story behind the Super Soaker is fun.
The first sparks of the idea that started the creation of the Super Soaker was in 1982. Dr. Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, was working on an idea for a heat pump that used water as opposed to Freon. He hooked up the model of the pump to his bathroom sink at his home.
"I turned around and I was shooting this thing across the bathroom into the tub and the stream of water was so powerful that the curtains were swirling in the breeze it sent out. I thought, 'This would make a great water gun’.” Be sure to go to the end of this article and see Lonnie on CBS Morning Show. And, the rest is history!
Super Soaker fun facts:
- The original name was the Power Drencher.
- Took eight years before consumers saw the product.
- Original manufacturer was Laramie.
- Though involved with several manufacturers, it wasn’t until March of 1989 that a deal was sealed. In a meeting with Larami, after Johnson shot water across the room with the gun, President, Myung Song, exclaimed, “Wow”. That’s all it took and a deal was made.
- A Larami employee, Bruce D’Andrade helped develop the water gun. Johnson and D'Andrade’s names are both on the box for the Collector's Edition Super Soaker® 50.
- Larami was purchased by Hasbro in 1995.
- Super Soakers is a hobby!
Come to think of it, the Super Soaker would make a "cool" Father's Day Gift!
Here’s the top Super Soakers:
Super Soaker 50 Water Blaster - 20th Anniversary Edition
- Twentieth anniversary air-powered water blaster designed after the original
- Features a 25-ounce capacity and can shoot up to 35 feet
- # 88 in Toys & Games, # 3 in Water Toys (per Amazon)
- Just changed, # 66 in Toys & Games, # 1 in Water Toys!
Super Soaker Quick Blast Water Blaster
- High-powered water blaster delivers a soaking stream of water with every single pump!
- Just fill the water tank and pump the handle for a soaking stream that's sure to blast the competition away
- And because the tank has a huge water capacity, you can unleash a massive H2O attack and leave your opponents all washed up!
- Holds up to a liter of water!
- # 77 in Toys & Games, #1 in Water Toys, #1 in Soakers & Sprinklers (per Amazon)
Super Soaker Max Infusion Flash Flood Water Blaster
- Blast `em once with a constant stream of water or blast `em twice by pulling back the trigger for the ultimate FLASH FLOOD
- Quick-fill cap allows for fast-and-easy refills
- Air-powered water blaster features two water tanks and a patented CONSTANT PRESSURE SYSTEM (CPS) that ensures that the last drop of water blasts out with as much power as the first
- Hit targets up to 35 feet away with two powerful blasting modes
- # 78 in Toys & Games, #2 in Water Toys, #2 in Soakers & Sprinklers (per Amazon)
Great CBS Video with Inventor, Lonnie Johnson!
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