Wow, can you imagine the lawsuits that would come of this if this toy was made today? There’d be so many parents complaining about their kids getting bonked by the Water Wiggle. Busted lips and swollen shut eyes for every kid on the block! Kids would be turning the hose on full blast and a parent would look outside to see a gaggle of neighborhood kids knocked out in the yard while the Water Wiggle jumps and hovers above their fallen bodies.
“You think you’re chasing him and…”
WHAM-O!!! Right in the face!
I never even knew this existed, but I gotta say, if I had known, I would’ve made sure I owned one.
Y’know, there have been rumors of the government using something called the “Water Wiggle Room” to torture prisoners and extract information.
May 23, 2009 at 11:31 am |
I loved my water wiggle and just went on line to try and buy one for the neighbor kids, my heart is broken. Now I have to tell them it’s not available. I have home movies my family took in the 1960’s running from the water wiggle…he was a friend and enemy at the same time….so sad.
May 23, 2009 at 11:47 am |
Just get a hose that can sustain high water pressure, attach a bucket at the end, and you’ll get the same effect!
August 1, 2009 at 2:51 pm |
I had one as a kid too, of course waaaaaay back then there were a lot of fun things that have now been labeled ‘unfit’! But anyway, to reply to those who have looked for one, check eBay! I’ve never seen the metal-headed one there, but a later softer vinyl version (also no longer available in stores) has been listed there a couple times with one currently.
November 3, 2009 at 8:22 pm |
I too loved my Water Wiggle…a lot. In fact, some might say TOO much. I named him Al Lipschitz. I miss him. Who are these humans who take away the things that made life tolerable? My Water Wiggle (Mr. Lipschitz) was my friend and life hasn’t exactly been a bowl of peaches without him. If he’s listening from that great junkyard in the sky, I hope he hears me and I hope he knows how much he meant to me. I love you Al…I love you.
November 3, 2009 at 9:34 pm |