Rubber ducks are duck-shaped toys made of rubber or vinyl, first created in the late 1800s, when people had just mastered the technology of plasticizing rubber.
Fun Facts
The Duck Fleet took place in 1992. A toy factory's cargo ship set out from China with the intention of crossing the Pacific Ocean to the port of Tacoma, Washington, USA. But the cargo ship encountered a violent storm in the ocean near the International Date Line, and a container full of 29,000 yellow plastic toy ducks plunged into the ocean, leaving all the toy ducks floating on the surface, where they have since drifted with the waves. In the first three years, one batch of 19,000 ducks completed a total length of 11,000 kilometers of Pacific subtropical circulation drift, passing through Indonesia, Australia, South America and Hawaii and other places along the ocean surface, an average of 11 kilometers per day.
These toy ducks have become not only the best samples for marine scientific research, but also the favorites of many collectors.
World’s Largest Rubber Duck
A giant inflatable "rubber duck" created by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman was on public display in Hong Kong on May 3, 2013, causing a citywide sensation and becoming quite popular. The giant yellow duck, made of rubber, is 16.5 meters high and wide and 19.2 meters long, equivalent to the height of a six-story building. Hoffman has said that this creation is taken from the yellow duckling that children like to play with when bathing, which will evoke many people's childhood memories, and it does not distinguish between age, race, frontiers, the soft floating rubber on the body symbolizes happiness and beauty, the lovely figure will always make people smile and can heal the wounds of the human heart. It does not discriminate against people and has no political inclination. The artist also believes that it can relieve tensions, and more importantly, this soft and friendly rubber duck will be enjoyed by people of all ages. Since 2007, "Rubber Duck" has been on a global tour, exhibiting in cities in Japan, Australia, Brazil, France and the Netherlands.
Creative Design
The rubber duck was originally sold to children as a chew toy, and later evolved into a bath toy. In addition to the familiar yellow rubber duck body, it also has many novel variants, including character ducks that represent professions, politicians or celebrities.
Weijun Toys can provide a variety of toy materials for you to choose from, such as the color-changing material as shown in the picture. In this way, we more ideas and possibilities for your toy designs.
Post time: Sep-27-2022
