Does anyone know how splat toys work?
 

I saw someone demonstrating them in the local shopping centre and I was fascinated. You throw the thing on the ground and it forms a puddle. Then it reconstitutes itself spontaneously as if by magic.

I tried DDG and it seems they are actually thin plastic bags filled with soapy water but I couldn't find an explanation of how the shape is recovered. My guess is something to do with surface tension.

I'd say the container has its already made form, so when it is deformed using liquid it is easily put back into its original from by the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ku96ZF4kc


if they only could make cars to do this.

I think that was the wrong video. It had some fascinating toys in it but I couldn't see this one. But there was a comment there about splats saying that they have to have a "tacky" surface. So my guess about the first part of the phenomenon is that the internal pressure is low enough for the whole thing to flatten on impact and stick to the floor in its flat state for a few moments. But what pulls it back into its original shape? Is the polymer some kind of rubber?

there was one with a monkey that the toy stuck to the wall. maybe this one,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-mkvVnpaL0
it is not to me funny like it states to be.

You're right, it isn't funny. Anyway, people shouldn't keep monkeys or any other wild animals as pets. It isn't fair on them. And letting a monkey play with a splat ball is potentially dangerous as they are filled with detergent solution. If the ball gets punctured, you can get an eyeful of detergent. It's happened already to a couple of children.

I notice that he didn't throw the ball hard enough for it to actually splat. If you throw them onto the ground, they are usually travelling fast enough at impact to flatten out completely.

It'd be great for the human body too.

Ah memories. I saw the title and thought about the ones that you throw against a wall, or better, window, and they schmear down it somehow in a funny way. Gross, but like someone threw snot at it.

Our first job, we had a lab with glass all around it, and "the boss" would walk slowly by various points during the day, per our conclusion, "inspection", but he likely was going to the bathroom, etc. We had several sticky toys and we'd all be working diligently, and then all at once hurl them at the glass right towards his face.

Funny, ... he didn't seem to like that.

But did they reconstruct themselves in their original shapes? That's what I found so amazing.

My son has this pair of turds, "log" and "pile" (which have eyes and startled expression), they stick to ceilings, etc. They are a kind of a "bag" filled with what looks like a foam.

Interesting idea, regarding cars, but what about the humans inside?

A human would be mangled beyond repair. There was a car Christine who was able to do such a thing. Lol

mmmmm the money one saves on fixing the car, or getting a new one, can then be applied to doctor, and hospital bills. :D :D

Make splat humans.

Hilarious....
james corden late night did that with plexiglass. Hurl objects at the plexiglass with his guest standing behind it to see if they could not flinch. YouTube got vids if you like watching that sort of thing.

Interesting thread.
Kids love "gross" toys, esp. if there's added toilet humour.

Sorry hazel, I do not have an explanation. I have a vague inkling why this is physically possible, and that's enough for me.

Hello hazel. There is a cursory explanation here on the physicsfun channel ----https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1ku96ZF4kc