Loom bands.... Flash in the pan?

[surveyor]

Back to school I've noticed that I'm coming across noticeably less orphaned elastic bands... Did the summer holidays kill the craziest of craze, or is it still ongoing?

[R6VED]

My 11 year old niece has just bought a book showing her how to make all sorts of random crap that no one will want. I suspect for now it is still very much alive - until the next thing.

The fact that it is so cheap for parents to support will help prolong its life I suspect.

[Patch1875]

My daughters bored with them now....thankfully

[Puggit]

Dead and buried in this house. Books have taken over.

[Cliftonite]

They should be band.

[bigandclever]

Welcome to 3 months ago.

[backwoodsman]

They will not be missed.

[surveyor]

bigandclever said:

Welcome to 3 months ago.

Big and Clever???

[theshrew]

I find them everywhere, All over the house, in my pockets even in the dogs st sometimes.

Id love to punch whoever invented them.

[CrutyRammers]

Cliftonite said:

They should be band.

:badumtish:

[Killer2005]

Apparently they have some random potentially slightly poisonous chemical in them so they may be becoming less popular soon

[northwest monkey]

I visited one of our suppliers last week - they've got (probably literally) millions of the things clogging up the place. A few months ago they couldn't sell them fast enough.

Flash in the pan I'd say.

[Mojooo]

I'm bringing pogs back into the game.

[MuZiZZle]

I'm weaving our left over loom bands into rear tyres for the M5, I'll report back from a hedge soon.

[UnderTheRadar]

Judging by my children and their friends, it's not dead yet but the peak has passed. If I was holding stock I'd be shifting to a minimum.

[P-Jay]

Deader than a dead thing in our house - shame really, it was a pain finding them everywhere - but you couldn't argue with how long it kept them occupied or indeed the cost! I bought ours enough to bathe for less than a single playstation game. Creative, real world, learning skills etc - R.I.P. Loombands.

[Funkycoldribena]

Deader than the Tamagotchi's I used to have to feed for the kids.

[Hoofy]

Do you think the makers will stretch them out for Christmas?

[UnderTheRadar]

I was impressed with my children's school - they managed to monetise it in aid of a local charity by getting the children to make and sell them at their summer fete.

[S11Steve]

Our two lads (6 & 11) went mad for them over the summer - they had thousands of the bloody things, but only ever made about 5 small bracelets between them.

They are currently stuffed into a Pringles tube under their respective beds and soon to be binned, along with the many other broken and faddy toys that are cluttering the loft and cellar.