Stretch Armstrong keeps best at room temperature. Stretch Armstrong is made of latex rubber filled with gelled corn syrup, which allows it to retain shape for a short time before shrinking to its original shape. An estimated 67 different versions from Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Australia, and other countries released Stretch Armstrong variations between 1976 and the 1990s. The last two were filled with a granular solid in place of the viscous liquid found in the other figures. A vacuum pump, which attached to the heads of these figures, removed the air from within, which "froze" the toy in its stretched position.
Fair Rubber Association Fair Rubber Association The Fair Rubber Association, Fair Rubber e.V., is a non-governmental organization registered under German law. Its purpose is to apply the principles of fair trade to products made of natural rubber, in order to help improve the working and living conditions in particular of the primary producers of natural rubber, i.e. the tappers and small farmers involved in the procurement of raw latex milk (raw rubber). The first Fair Trade project for rubber was initiated in 2006 by FairDeal Trading Llp, a small British pioneer in Fairly Traded sports balls, trying to make their products environmentally sustainable,