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As seen very briefly in the movie Weekend at Bernie's II (1993), what is the yellow box like thing this lady is carrying? Camera? Maybe, but what make or model?

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[–] HM05_Me@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think you're right https://www.hydrorevolution.com/product/hydro-tone-hydro-bells/

Not an exact match though, so maybe a coincidence.

[–] HM05_Me@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thrown off since it's a weird place to be carrying one and typically used in pairs. They probably just grabbed some pool equipment and handed it to a character to add to the vacation feel of the scene.

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

There's another one behind her. It looks like they may be connected with a thin strap and she's carrying it over her shoulder.

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is it! In this scene we are watching people disembark from a shuttle service on a resort on an island. Water resistance exercises were a pretty big fad back then. It all lines up. Thanks!

[–] HM05_Me@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Glad to help! It actually brought back memories of playing around with some at my grandma's pool when I was a kid.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Most be pretty light of she is holding it with just one hand

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could it be a slightly weird handbag? There seems to be another yellow thing just to the left, maybe a shoulder strap?

[–] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Good eye, but she's moving fast in the frame of the video, so that's just an artifact of my shody screenshot.

Well, that's what I originally thought, maybe it's the other half of what should be a pair of the things she's hold slung over her shoulder. She's literally only on screen for a second or two, so I only ever saw the one big yellow thing in front.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So weird! Hope you can find out what it is :-)

EDIT - oh wait, you did!

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

As a camera collector it doesn't look like any camera I've seen

It has holes, that look like they're for a speaker, possibly a floating waterproof radio.

looks like binoculars

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Is it a waterproof seal for a camera?

Complete guess

[–] PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Prehistoric cell phone. Jk

[–] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Underrated movie. Definitely the better of the two.