Most bubble machines use a rotating disk or drum of standard ribbed bubble wands to produce a continuous stream of bubbles. This unit is very different in that it produces the bubbles by bubbling air through the liquid and then stripping bubbles off the top with an airflow around the perimeter of the top of the bubble generation cone.
A further search on eBay found that there are similar looking bubble wands rethemed and sold as Disney merchandise. Here's a starter eBay search link:-
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=bubble+wand+led+lights+-aquarium&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=bubble+wand+led+lights&LH_TitleDesc=0
Further investigation shows that the original wands seem to have a common battery contact displacement issue which may be responsible for the occasional failure to start. Adding a foam pad to the battery compartment lid helps greatly.
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A further search on eBay found that there are similar looking bubble wands rethemed and sold as Disney merchandise. Here's a starter eBay search link:-
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=bubble+wand+led+lights+-aquarium&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=bubble+wand+led+lights&LH_TitleDesc=0
Further investigation shows that the original wands seem to have a common battery contact displacement issue which may be responsible for the occasional failure to start. Adding a foam pad to the battery compartment lid helps greatly.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
http://www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of YouTube's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.
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This was a lifesaver! My son pulled out the silicone tubing from our Disney wand and with your help, I was able to figure this mechanism out. Thank you!!
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I can't imagine this being first designed to be a toy. I more expect someone designing some sort of medical device then thinking "hey, my kid could use this to make bubbles".
Would you be willing to sell them?
Hi. Would you mind telling me the name and possibly the company that sells this wand? Thank you!
So I have one of those Disney ones, and it looks different. Haven't taken it to bits yet (will soon to repair it), but it looks more like there's a little wiper moving across the top opening, rather than that cone design. Now I'm really curious…
Mine is not making more Bubbles. Ir still makes light and noise, but no Bubble. Any idea?
The cone thing reminds me of an injector on a steam engine used a bunch of cones, live steam from the boiler and cold water from the tender. Boyles Law did the rest so you could inject water into the boiler which was already at a high pressure.
I think this should be upgraded. I think its capable of producing more bubbles at a higher speed!
I love the fact that you still are fascinated by toys and such at your age. I'm the same way and I feel like I'm not an adult sometimes with my childish curiosity. I'm glad there are others out there like me.
Damn…where were these when I was a little girl in the 80s? My poor mom was always cleaning up bubble-making solution my friends and I would accidentally spill because all we had was a bottle of solution with a little plastic wand inside the bottle.
I'm often impressed by the engineering that goes into inexpensive toys. Ultimately, the margins are razor-thin, so they're betting they can sell enough units to recoup the up-front engineering, moldmaking, etc. I'm sure they'd love to have more reliable payoffs, but it seems the nature of the business is you have to risk a lot of money and hope for the best.
My guess is that the slots operate as a pneumatic regulator between
the cone and the outer channel (which acts as a "waste gate").