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Lava Lites Staying Local

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jun 30, 2008 9:54PM

2008_6_30.lava.jpgChicago's Talon Merchant Capital announced today that it's now the proud owner of the company that makes Lava lamps. Technically, they're called Lava Lites. The company is going back to calling itself Lava Lite LLC after years as Lava World International, which according to a press release "'reflects a desire to return to our roots similar to Coca-Cola's move with 'classic coke.'"

Back in the day, there were all different kinds of Lava options: a wall-mounted Princess model, a canister-shaped Consort model, a cross or menorah-adorned Meditation model, and the almost unbearably ugly Alladin. Wow. [Crain's, press release, an old Straight Dope from back when the Lava factory was on Fullerton and Pulaski]

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