CHRISTMAS STOCK

Unfortunately, our Christmas stock is not going to arrive in time this year.

Our shipment got pushed back a couple of months, and won’t be arriving until late December.

What stock we have now on the website, will be all we have until then.

We do have a good number of lamps here at the moment, but we are going to run out of certain colour combos leading up to December.

If you are planning to buy any lava lamps for Christmas presents, then we suggest you get in early to avoid disappointment.

We mail out from QLD with Australia Post.

We apologise for the bad timing, and any inconvenience.

We have a big shipment arriving late December, and another one arriving around February.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

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The Origin of our Name: Mathmos

Mathmos takes its name from the cult 1960s French Sci-Fi comic strip Barbarella. The Mathmos is the bubble liquid force under the city. Barbarella was also made into a film in 1968 starring Jane Fonda with costumes by Paco Rabanne.

Mathmos in the 1990s

Mathmos lava lamps enjoyed a huge revival in the 1990s manufacturing and selling millions of lamps around the world.

Mathmos by Rankin in 2000

The famous photographer shot a series of Mathmos images for the December issue of Dazed and Confused magazine.

David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney…

Ringo Starr was the owner of an Astro, buying one from a shop in the early 60s. Paul McCartney had lava lamps on his set. David Bowie had an Astro Baby in his recording studio.

Mathmos’ 50th Birthday

We celebrated our 50th birthday in style with an exhibition in London’s Festival Hall including the biggest lava lamp in the world. We also made a limited edition lamp with imagery from our 1960s adverts and launched this in a central London design store. See here for press.

Collector’s Editions

We regularly issue limited editions of our classic lava lamps, which usually appreciate in value. Join our mailing list and social media channels to be one of the first to know.

Mathmos Lava Lamps on Film

Mathmos lava lamps have been used numerous times on film; in the 60s it was Dr. Who and The Prisoner. In the 90s The Word and Graham Norton.