Permanent icon record
A grayscale animated sequence shows a coiled spring transforming through multiple poses, shifting from a compact coil to a full arch and back.
A grayscale animated sequence shows a coiled spring transforming through multiple poses, shifting from a compact coil to a full arch and back. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon fr…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 7, 2026
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captures
- Source title
- slinky
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc / slinky
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 7, 2026 at 20:04 UTC
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures
- Source title
- 1097599324_113264487
- Category
- images / icons / toys / classics
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival
- Source title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Category
- myoldicons / toys / classics
- Era
- Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 11:17 UTC
Wayback Clark Animations AIM Icon Pages 2-9
- Source title
- AimIcons6
- Category
- spideyanimations2 / aimicons6 / aimicons6
- Era
- 2002-2009 Authored Animated AIM Collection
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 09:02 UTC
Clark Animations 216 Animated AIM Buddy Icons
- Source title
- AimIcons6
- Category
- spideyanimations2 / aimicons6 / aimicons6
- Era
- 2003 Animated AIM Buddy Icons
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 11:09 UTC
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captures
- Source title
- slinky
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 23, 2026 at 20:33 UTC
Experiment Control Wayback Source
- Source title
- slinky
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc
- Observed
- July 27, 2026 at 08:38 UTC
Experiment Googlebot Wayback Source
- Source title
- slinky
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc
- Observed
- July 27, 2026 at 08:41 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 50×50 pixels
- File size
- 6.9 KB
- Motion
- Animated (12 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 7, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/b2/b2c8425cf4b69b6d68277f12d9431d86a00960799b5c3bedda87e39047364cd6.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- b2c8425cf4b69b6d
- SHA-256
- b2c8425cf4b69b6d68277f12d9431d86a00960799b5c3bedda87e39047364cd6
Full source records (8)
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-com-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback historical portal crawl
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc / slinky
- Alt
- slinky
- Observed
- July 7, 2026 at 20:04 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large recovered buddy-icon portal and user-submitted icon culture
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/buddyicons/Animated.Misc/slinky.gif
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-image-icons-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback historical portal crawl
- Category
- images / icons / toys / classics
- Alt
- 1097599324_113264487
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- OriginalIcons category image folders with celebrity, entertainment, holiday, and user-submitted buddy icons
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Toys/Classics/1097599324_113264487.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20050420214501id_/http://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Toys/Classics/1097599324_113264487.gif
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)
- Kind
- myoldicons-api
- Era
- Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
- Type
- current recovered OriginalIcons API
- Category
- myoldicons / toys / classics
- Title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Alt
- 1097599324_1506940249.gif | top | animated | myoldicons id 210369
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 11:17 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata
Original: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Toys/Classics/1097599324_113264487.gif Download: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Toys/Classics/1097599324_113264487.gif Page: https://myoldicons.com/api/icons?category=toys
Wayback Clark Animations AIM Icon Pages 2-9 (wayback-geocities-spideyanimations2-aim-icons-pages-2-9)
- Kind
- wayback-page-cdx
- Era
- 2002-2009 Authored Animated AIM Collection
- Type
- Internet Archive recovery of eight previously omitted pages from a dedicated authored animated AIM gallery
- Category
- spideyanimations2 / aimicons6 / aimicons6
- Title
- AimIcons6
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 09:02 UTC
- Rights
- mixed fan and copyrighted subject matter; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- nine-page handmade animated AIM identity collection spanning television, comics, sports, film, games, and topical internet humor
Original: http://www.geocities.com/spideyanimations2/icon_138_slinky.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20090726164354id_/http://www.geocities.com/spideyanimations2/icon_138_slinky.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20090726164354id_/http://www.geocities.com:80/spideyanimations2/AimIcons6.html
Clark Animations 216 Animated AIM Buddy Icons (wayback-clarkanimations-spideyanimations2-animated-aim-icons)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Era
- 2003 Animated AIM Buddy Icons
- Type
- Internet Archive recovery of nine explicitly documented animated AIM buddy-icon galleries
- Category
- spideyanimations2 / aimicons6 / aimicons6
- Title
- AimIcons6
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 11:09 UTC
- Rights
- mixed creator-authored, contributed, and derivative personal-web graphics; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- animated superhero, television, film, comedy, sports, horror, fantasy, and reaction identity graphics from a prolific personal animation archive
Original: http://www.geocities.com/spideyanimations2/icon_138_slinky.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20091022025800id_/http://www.geocities.com/spideyanimations2/icon_138_slinky.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20091022025800id_/http://geocities.com/spideyanimations2/AimIcons6.html
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons.com GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-com-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback historical portal crawl
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc
- Alt
- slinky
- Observed
- July 23, 2026 at 20:33 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- large recovered buddy-icon portal and user-submitted icon culture
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/buddyicons/Animated.Misc/slinky.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20030415031924id_/http://www.originalicons.com:80/buddyicons/Animated.Misc/slinky.gif
Experiment Control Wayback Source (exp-wayback-control-20260727-013712093)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc
- Alt
- slinky
- Observed
- July 27, 2026 at 08:38 UTC
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/buddyicons/Animated.Misc/slinky.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20030415031924id_/http://www.originalicons.com:80/buddyicons/Animated.Misc/slinky.gif
Experiment Googlebot Wayback Source (exp-wayback-google-20260727-013712093)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Category
- buddyicons / animated misc
- Alt
- slinky
- Observed
- July 27, 2026 at 08:41 UTC
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/buddyicons/Animated.Misc/slinky.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20030415031924id_/http://www.originalicons.com:80/buddyicons/Animated.Misc/slinky.gif