Deep divers in an aquarium.

[Bill Blackhurst]

These are some pictures of a new style deep sea diver, & 2 older original style deep sea divers that I came up with from my collection after seeing Peter's & manu's excellent contributions. The water is too clean to easily see the air bubbles, sorry  .
I hope you enjoy the pictures.


An old original deep sea diver with an air line from an air pump hooked to his helmet. You can see the air bubbles rising to the surface.


A new series deep sea diver with a custom yellow suited original style deep diver.


A picture of all three deep sea divers breathing air with exhaust bubbles rising to the surface.


Deep sea divers working on a galleon wreck treasure.

[Martin Milner]

I love the divers, I just wish I'd had them when I was a kid for bathtime play. I like your custom yellow diver, very cool!

I was particularly pleased with the current underwater series as my brother-in-law spent ten days in August 2007 in NASA's underwater testing facility Aquarius as an Aquanaut, and did some test dives.

[Bill Blackhurst]

I love the divers, I just wish I'd had them when I was a kid for bathtime play. I like your custom yellow diver, very cool!

I was particularly pleased with the current underwater series as my brother-in-law spent ten days in August 2007 in NASA's underwater testing facility Aquarius as an Aquanaut, and did some test dives.

I totally agree! They are some of my favorites, especially the new self contained deep diver! It could be used in a deep water salvage or construction photo story used with a cutting torch and support divers. I would like to design a hyperbaric chamber for stand by too! BTW, I like your NASA diving photos  .

[playmofire]

Great photos, Bill.   

[Gepetto]

Thanks for the photos Bill! It is great to see the old style suit alongside the newer one, the bubbles sure do add a lot to the scene. 


Gepetto

[Richard]

Thanks, Bill ...

When I was at TRU today I started thinking about how great the new pirate ghost ship would look in a very large aquarium. Now looking at your divers' scene, I realize that there are a lot of Playmobil that would really look cool in an aquarium.

The big question is ... do I really want a real aquarium with real fish to take care of? Hmmm ... does anyone here have a real aquarium with real fish? Is it a big maintenance pain? Would I be better off just using Playmobil fish?

All the best,
Richard

[Bill Blackhurst]

Thanks, Bill ...

When I was at TRU today I started thinking about how great the new pirate ghost ship would look in a very large aquarium. Now looking at your divers' scene, I realize that there are a lot of Playmobil that would really look cool in an aquarium.

The big question is ... do I really want a real aquarium with real fish to take care of? Hmmm ... does anyone here have a real aquarium with real fish? Is it a big maintenance pain? Would I be better off just using Playmobil fish?

All the best,
Richard

If you travel a lot, aquariums can be quite expensive due to the need of a baby sitter. Just think, you are in the mainland now, who's going to look after your fish while you're away? Even an aquarium with artificial fish will need to have water conditioners & will develop algae problems needing to be constantly cleaned. I've had real aquariums in the past, & they take daily maintenance & up keep especially salt water versus fresh water types.
Just my opinion though  !

[Richard]

... who's going to look after your fish while you're away?  ... they take daily maintenance & up keep ...

Thanks for the good advice, Bill ...

It sounds like a Playmobil Atlantis theme should be a "dry" one that only looks like it's a "wet" one!

I think that Tim (Tiermann) offered some suggestions (in another topic) about how to make a dry Playmobil diorama look like it was actually under water.

Thanks again and all the best,
Richard

Edit: corrected typo ... 

[reylocann]

The big question is ... do I really want a real aquarium with real fish to take care of? Hmmm ... does anyone here have a real aquarium with real fish? Is it a big maintenance pain? Would I be better off just using Playmobil fish?

A few years back my daughter convinced me to get an aquarium of fish for the cats. "The kitties need something to do during the long winter months," she lamented, and fish t.v. seemed a good enough idea.  So, silly me, I agreed.  We had about 6 really cool fish .....  I cleaned the aquarium and tended to the fish dutifully with little, if any, assistance from my dear sweet child. This went on for about 2 years.  One day I realised the heater wasn't working very well and one of the fish had perished.  I raced off to PetSmart, got new plants, a new algae eater, a new heater, etc.  I spent a couple of hours cleaning the tank, arranging all the rocks and artifacts, strategically placing the plants for maximum comfort and allowing the water to get warmed up.  The fish were ecstatic to have such a wonderfully clean tank!! They swam and dove and ate and .... did what fish do.  All was well until the next morning when I went to feed them.  I had a tank full of floaters        It seems that when I turned the heater down, I actually had turned it up    Oops! Long story short:    I got 35 bucks for the tank and accoutrement at my garage sale!   

Reylocann

[Richard]

Thanks, Reylocann ...

I'm convinced. No aquarium for me ...

Fortunately, we have a swimming pool for my Playmobil divers and boats ... 

Looks like I now need to get an underwater camera ...

Thanks again and all the best,
Richard