When I was a child, there was that in others. Some friends of my parents had one, but I do not remember its colors.
One of my aunts was also a translucent variety placed on a base, which changed color every thirty seconds. And I, who always bored in the middle of these endless nights where I was the only one not discuss with anyone, I stood mesmerized before these wonders bright future. I was bored most of the time!
Today, these decorative lamps are outdated. Paradoxically, young love, just as dolphins resin that sell for next to nothing at the "Fair-dig!"
In shops "discount" or commercial stations for teenagers (Soho!), Bubble lights are now sold for a handful of figs, alongside resin figures representing Rastafarians smoking joints shaped ashtray, Dogs or cats earthenware, which replace only the stuffed animals of our ancestors, and bright paintings that look very much like plastic aquarium ...
Yet the original lava lamps still exist that are beyond this ephemeral industry look into "toc", which I do not blame, since at one time I was blessed that it allows me to escape in light of its cheap bubbles!
Here they are, here today: Lamps "Mathmos" authentic, yet high quality synonymous today: Those of the 60s and 70s, they are relatively expensive, but they are the most beautiful, the most resistant, and all that follows ...
The chrome parts (aluminum) are solid and do not have the artificial look of their cheap copies, which are found everywhere today. Wax bubbles do not wear out after a few months and the lamp assembly is designed so that they can heat a long time, if not indefinitely. There is no denying the quality is optimal and justify the relatively high price.
Then this is definitely old-fashioned, but it is also, subjectively, a beautiful decorative object, also elegant kitsch, which connotes all a state of mind and a taste for a certain period (highly recommended to fans ).
There are also other colors (Pink, Red, Blue, Green, Transparent Black, etc.), and a smaller model (Astro Baby Lava Lamp) and a model much larger, rocket-shaped: Telstar Rocket Lava lamp shaped rocket. Finally, for the day when the bubbles begin to tire, no need to buy the lamp as the brand offers the only refills: Replacement Bottles ...