Hey #CoSo, what's the most dangerous toy you owned as a kid?
Most dangerous toy I owned? Probably either the Jarts (lawn darts), or Moon Shoes. The chemistry set and gas powered pogo stick weren't really safe either. Come to think of it, were our parents TRYING to kill us? π€
Jacks are basically caltrops, bb guns are actual weapons, and let's not forget about board games like Crossfire...
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Oh, my dad loved dangerous toys. We had BB guns, chemistry sets, go carts, zip lines, water slides, Creepy Crawlers, wire flowers you dipped in molten film...
I remember it fondly and with fewer scars than you would expect. π
@Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 Creepy Crawlers! Damn, I'd forgotten those!
My most dangerous toy was a small boat with a 5 HP motor. My parents gave that to me when I was 10 and set me loose, by myself, on an 8 mile long lake. π
- Hahaha! I got that EXACT set for
Christmas in like 1965!!!
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I had that baby fired up
& making creepy crawlers before 0700 hrs!!! The smell pretty much
got everyone else out of bed!!
@Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 I led a deprived childhood. Didn't know about that stuff cos didn't have a TV.
@DavidKMresists @Studio_M_ @Heucuva8
Oh, honey. My dad and my uncle HUNTED this stuff. They spent MONTHS looking for loud, messy, dangerous toys with lots of small pieces to give the other one's kids. Non-removable batteries were a plus. Lights always a bonus.
I will never forget the Silly Sand year. Like glitter, but harder to see and grainy.
@DavidKMresists @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8
- sorry ta hear that lad...
we didn't have much, but my
β€οΈMomβ€οΈ always made sure that
i had the latest, greatest, deadliest,
most dangerous, toy available on
the market!
haaay, wait a Fn minute... π€
@Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 Loved making Creepy Crawlers! Most dangerous toy for me were those Click-Clacks - two heavy hard plastic balls on cords that you waved around. I was black & blue everywhere!
@Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 Oh gawd yes! I had those as well. I still cringe when I think about them.
@cjcrew @Sheree @Studio_M_ @Heucuva8
Fun Fact - Clackers were originally made of tempered glass so you had the additional fun of potential shattering. That changed to plastic after enough GenX kids were wounded (kidding, sorta), but you could still put an eye out with 'em.
@Cosmichomicide @cjcrew @Studio_M_ @Heucuva8 Mine must have been glass then. I couldn't remember. I just remembered the bruises!
@Cosmichomicide @Sheree @Studio_M_ @Heucuva8 A lot of my friends had the glass ones but it took a while before I got some. They were plastic by then.
@Sheree @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8
- Oh, yeah!!! Had those too! π€£
We also had JARTS one summer π³
@Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 Those Jarts tho... military grade mischief disguised as wholesome family fun!
They're illegal now in the U.S., but we had Jarts as well.
Between that, and learning games like Mumblety-peg...
Well, it's a wonder we didn't die.
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@Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide
@Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8
I have always wonder how toxic heated plastigoop was. π
Right? And those B'loons...
@Heucuva8 @realDDGlover @Sheree @Cosmichomicide
- That too!!! YUK!
Tastes terrible!
(don't ask how i know this)
@Studio_M_ @Heucuva8 @realDDGlover @Cosmichomicide I've seen this sort if thing in a store recently. Had a sensory memory of the taste & a memory of peeling a busted balloon off my glasses.
@realDDGlover @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 That never occurred to me! I must have absorbed a ton of that stuff through my fingers.
@Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8
And remember there was a creepy crawlers edible version? Thank goodness we didnβt have it but friends did. Tasted cinnamon like.
@realDDGlover @Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8
They had different flavors, I remember liking the grape and being disappointed with the cherry.
It was a do-it-yourself gummy kit. Ahead of its time.
@mcfate @Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8
Flavored plastic! ππ
@realDDGlover @Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8
Say what you like, but having to fill a mold from a squirt bottle, bake it for fifteen minutes, and then let it cool will slow down your candy consumption.
I was a big Vac-u-Form fan.
McFate, you make a very good point. I kinda wish that's how I had gotten my sugar as a child. Might've made me more healthy and fit than I am today. A little bit, anyway.
@Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 those Clackers were a menace to anyone around you too! π΅
@NorCalCherylLyn @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 So true! I wish I had a set now in case I have to ward off an intruder! Darn it, now I want to develop a Clackers-based self-defense course. "Don't move. I have Clackers and I'm not afraid to use 'em!"
@Sheree @Studio_M_ @Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 lolβ¦that would work on me! I wouldnβt mess with anyone armed with those weapons!
Remembered the dip a flower things - Mattel had one in the Thingmaker series (same as the Creepy Crawlers) but this version was far more dangerous. In fact, my younger brother got TWO trips to the ER out of my set. Wires AND hot molten film. π₯
@Cosmichomicide @Heucuva8 sounds like a GREAT childhood.