Plastic Slinky Tube

Andrew Nov 07, 2026
three different colored hoses are lined up together

Whirly sound tubes

Plastic slinky coils, 1992. "The 'slinky toy' steel coil designed by Richard T. James in 1948 in the USA" is rendered here in plastic. These Chinese-made "anonymous toys flooded Brazilian streets in the 1990s. They were machined out of Polystyrene tubes." Photo & caption by Gerson Lessa

three different colored hoses are lined up together
three different colored hoses are lined up together

Games

The slinky, I still have mine

a stack of multicolored spirals sitting on top of a blue surface
a stack of multicolored spirals sitting on top of a blue surface
Slinky
Slinky
Slinky Coils, 1992
Slinky Coils, 1992
a multicolored plastic tube is shown on a white background
a multicolored plastic tube is shown on a white background
a stack of multicolored spirals hanging from the ceiling in a room with white walls
a stack of multicolored spirals hanging from the ceiling in a room with white walls
multicolored plastic bracelets stacked on top of each other
multicolored plastic bracelets stacked on top of each other
four different colored plastic cups sitting next to each other
four different colored plastic cups sitting next to each other
three different types of blow up hoses and one is pink, blue, and green
three different types of blow up hoses and one is pink, blue, and green
three different colored plastic objects sitting next to each other on a white surface and one is in the shape of spirals
three different colored plastic objects sitting next to each other on a white surface and one is in the shape of spirals
many different colored plastic cups stacked on top of each other
many different colored plastic cups stacked on top of each other
Pop Tubes - Orange
Pop Tubes - Orange
a black and white drawing of a fan
a black and white drawing of a fan
an image of a colorful object that looks like it is made out of plastic pipes
an image of a colorful object that looks like it is made out of plastic pipes

three different colored hoses are lined up together a stack of multicolored spirals sitting on top of a blue surface Slinky Slinky Coils, 1992 a multicolored plastic tube is shown on a white background a stack of multicolored spirals hanging from the ceiling in a room with white walls