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A Toypedo Underwater Glider, included with the Pop-a-Ring Target Game, heads straight for its target, above. Once hit, the rings separate and float.
Toys of summer Even though summer's winding down, it tends to feel like summer in Hawaii year-round. If you're one of the lucky ones with your own pool, here are a host of new water toys to indulge in:
Have a splash of fun at home
or in the ocean with some
cool new water toys
By SwimWays
>> The Rainbow Reef Self-Propelled Swimming Fish is your private water buddy. Push the button to activate the fish's tail. Drop it into the pool and watch the fish swim at all depths. Rainbow Reef fish operate on two AA batteries and come in three colors -- orange, yellow and blue -- so you can have a variety of ornate fish and pretend you are snorkeling in Hanauma Bay. $14.99. Also available through Frontgate.
>> Toypedo Underwater Glider, a solid rubber toy, is shaped like a torpedo and relies on the high-tech principle of hydrodynamics found in nuclear submarines. It can glide down to 30 feet under water, then blast up to 2 feet above the surface. The Glow-in-the-Dark Twister Toypedo is a candy-striped variation that is fun night or day, spinning as it glides. Both products are $14.99.
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The Rainbow Reef Self-Propelled Swimming Fish, available through SwimWays and Frontgate, add colorful motion to any pool.
>> The Toypedo Pop-a-Ring Target Game may be the ultimate underwater target game. Glide a Toypedo trident at the target of three rings. When the target is hit, it pops apart and floats to the surface. $19.99.
>> If you hit the underwater target on the Toypedo Battleship Target game, the floating 19-inch battleship explodes and shoots out its gun turrets, watch tower and radio tower. $39.99.
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The 19-inch battleship "explodes" once the underwater target is hit.
>> Submerge the Underwater Water Ray in the deep end of the pool, release it, and it glides with jetlike propulsion. Change the position of the blade and the Water Ray will curve, turn and even return to you. $9.99.
By Frontgate
>> With the SubQuest computerized hide-and-seek game, you win if you can dive deep and retrieve all 10 underwater satellites and return them to the floating mother ship. It's set up to play six different games and is fun on land, too. $65.
>> Pop the radio-controlled Sea-Doo water bike into your pool or the ocean and get ready for a thrilling race that you control with a hand-held transmitter. The transmitter includes forward/reverse and left/right rudder steering commands. Pull the rider off to lighten the load, giving it maximum speed. Offered in two frequency bands for competitive play. $69.
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Sea-Doo remote-controlled water bikes, above, are offered in two frequency bands for racing.
>> Not just for pools, but OK for the ocean, too, the Floating Hammock has a mesh lounging surface, which leaves you partially immersed for an "in the womb" feeling. Inflatable tubing around the rim keeps you afloat. Comes in yellow and blue. $34.
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The mesh support of Frontgate's Floating Hammock, top, leaves you partially immersed.
SwimWays products are available at www.SwimWays.com or by calling 800-889-7946. Order Frontgate products through Frontgate.com or by calling 800-626-6488.
Compiled by Tim Ryan and Ruby Mata-Viti, Star-Bulletin
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