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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:14 PM I can't remember what they were called, but we had this one where you would draw on a piece of plastic and put it in what looked like a mini George Foreman grill. The plastic would shrink and become thick. That was it. The other heating-element related toy was a super-heated metal mold where you pour in colored goop and it bakes into a rubber critter such as a spider or worm. —pookie |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:17 PM Shrinky Dinks and Creepy Crawlies! Oh, to be young and frivolous again... —catloaf |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:25 PM Ah, yes! You got it, Loafie! Another toy that maimed was Barbie. Do you remember the tits on that thing? They could put out Dusty's eyes. —pookie |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:25 PM
Edited Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:28 PM I used to like Shrinkydinks. I still have the scar. Well, actually, no I don't, but I did burn my arm on the cookie sheet. EDIT: ...and why do you think I need glasses now?
Another painful/dangerous toy was called "Kerbangers," I think. Two heavy plastic balls (huh-huh) hanging by two cords from a little handle, and we were supposed to make them smack together at top and bottom.
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:27 PM
Edited Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:27 PM Exactly! Why did so many of the toys of that era require kids to play with electricity and heating elements? Poor Dusty! Barbie was a cruel mistress. —pookie |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:28 PM She got hers. I can't even REMEMBER how many legs and heads I broke off of my sister's Barbie dolls.
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:29 PM
Edited Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:31 PM Originally those ball things were glass and were just on a string, no handle. Had one as a kid that was passed down from my older brothers. It was called something else, though, but I don't recall what it was. Edit: CLACKERS! —catloaf |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:31 PM Tsk, tsk. Oh, Dusty. The typical doll-mutilating brother. You are so adorable. —pookie |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:33 PM
Edited Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 9:37 PM I loved Clackers. They should have come with safety goggles for the user and for everyone else within 50 feet of the user. But I was damn good at clacking and shooting out shards of glass. —pookie |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 10:31 PM "Accidents." Uh huh. —catloaf |
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Sunday, September 4, 2005 at 10:39 PM I whacked myself in the head with a yo-yo once. Nice goose egg outta that once. Good times. I guess yo-yo's could classify as killers because you could hang yourself if you really wanted to. —TrinsTwin18 |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 2:36 AM Hey, Trins, when you whacked your head with the yoyo, was it cuz you were trying to go "'round the world" with it? That's what did me it. Now, yoyos are so light weight, they're not fun anymore. That reminds me of this other toy (catloaf, help me out here) which was a board on a roller. The board was the size of a typical skateboard, and the object was to balance on the board as it rolled back and forth on the roller. That toy was guaranteed concussion. —pookie |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 8:08 AM
Edited Monday, September 5, 2005 at 8:10 AM Not sure about that one Pookie, although it did bring to mind this, another potentially dangerous toy: Magnetic Space Wheel
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 8:11 AM >>Creepy Crawlies! Um, that would be Creepy Crawlers. I loved those things..still have them spread out all over my dresser, in fact. —chix0r |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 8:25 AM
Edited Monday, September 5, 2005 at 8:26 AM Lawn Darts, a childrens toy so dangerous that they have been banned from being sold in the US. 
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 8:46 AM I actually hit somebody in the head with a regular dart. —chix0r |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 10:26 AM I only had one sock-em bopper. If ya no what what I mean. — cab-merlot |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 10:32 AM Big Train is the best It's good, but I liked Spaced better. —mikeyfish |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 11:28 AM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 1978
Release # 78-020
Recall Of Wham-O Water Wiggle Toy WASHINGTON, D.C. (Apr. 13) -- Wham-O Manufacturing Co., San Gabriel, Calif., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, today announced it is voluntarily stopping sale and recalling its "Water Wiggle" toy. Approximately 2 1/2 million of these toys have been sold throughout the United States over the past 17 years. The toy consists of a seven-foot plastic hose attached to an aluminum water-jet nozzle which is covered by a bell-shaped plastic head. The toy is designed to be attached to a garden hose for water fun. It retails for approximately $3.50. Wham-O stated that the recall is occasioned by the death of a four-year-old child in March 1978. The youngster was playing with some other children in his backyard with a dismantled "Water Wiggle," one from which the bell-shaped head had been removed or had come off. The exposed aluminum nozzle became lodged in his mouth and he drowned. Wham-O stated that it had no knowledge of how or why the toy was dismantled or how the nozzle became lodged in the child's mouth. A "Water Wiggle" was involved in a similar death of a three-year-old boy in 1975. Parents are advised not to allow their children to play with this product. Wham-O requests its retailers to remove all "Water Wiggles" from their shelves. Consumers who own a "Water Wiggle" toy should return the product to the retail store where purchased for a full refund or credit toward another product. Consumers requiring information concerning this recall should contact the Customer Service Department, Wham-O Manufacturing Company, 835 East El Monte Street, San Gabriel, California 91778 (toll free numbers 800/423-4592 and 800/423-4593) or call the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission toll-free hotline 800/638-2772 
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 11:35 AM I used to have one of those water wiggles, but mine had a pic of barney on it. Im so thankful that i didnt die. —adams_babymomma |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 2:15 PM
Edited Monday, September 5, 2005 at 2:18 PM I want to back a dumptruck full of lawyers and overprotective moms into downtown New Orleans when I read shit like this. As a boy, I and my friends should all be Christopher Reeves for what we did with stuff we found layin' around, let ALONE products that were made for kids, as in the previous story, that had "the bell-shaped head had been removed or had come off. The exposed aluminum nozzle became lodged in his mouth and he drowned." Jebus Mary and Vishnu, we'd better ban every goddamn garden hose then! Once in the middle of winter, with 6in of snow in the ground, I popped a woodpecker in a pine tree across the street from my house with my pump BB gun. Being a kid, I didn't know how to think ahead to what I would do with the body. I panicked and tried hiding it various places. The snow was so bloody it looked like O.J. had paid a visit. Good times!  —Putsy ThePrick |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 4:16 PM I nailed my great uncle with a lawn dart once. Actually, the offending dart was headed for his new Caddy, so he stuck his hand out to deflect it as a reflex. As a result, he appeared to be experiencing stigmata. —pookie |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 4:19 PM That is officially the greatest story ever. —mikeyfish |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 4:20 PM *takes a bow* —pookie |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 6:16 PM
Edited Monday, September 5, 2005 at 6:16 PM Dusty must be slipping. I kinda expected him to re-post my story and strategically cross out some words so that it would read: "I nailed my great uncle ... for his new Caddy." —pookie |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 6:48 PM i used to love my Bag O' Broken Glass toy but then it got recalled cause it was "unsafe" or something. all the little jerks who died playing with it had to ruin it for everyone. —adamdontgo |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 7:06 PM I used to love playing with my Rainbowfun Handgun, until I accidentally shot my little brother and I got it taken away from me. I miss David, but I'd rather have my gun back. —mandeemoo22 |
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Monday, September 5, 2005 at 11:15 PM
Edited Monday, September 5, 2005 at 11:16 PM I nailed my great uncle with a lawn dart once, Actually, the offending dart was headed for his new Caddy. so he stuck his hand out to deflect it as a reflex. As a result, he appeared to be experiencing stigmata. —pookie
Happy?
That reminds me of this other toy (catloaf, help me out here) which was a board on a roller. The board was the size of a typical skateboard, and the object was to balance on the board as it rolled back and forth on the roller. That toy was guaranteed concussion. —pookie I believe those were called teeterboards. I never had one.
I'm wonering how many of those little Lite-Brite pegs have been swallowed over the last 30-some-odd years....and legos...and jacks.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 2:13 AM Ahhh, NOW I'm happy. Thanks Dusty. Now I can sleep. —pookie |
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 4:31 AM I wish they made adult sized Sit 'n Spins. —catloaf |
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 4:49 AM They do, they're called men. Once the woman learns to keep her balance it's gooooood times. —Putsy ThePrick |
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 4:50 AM Yeah, but I think there's some kind of law against throwing them in a closet until you're ready to use them again. —catloaf |
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Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 7:00 AM I think they don't make Sit N Spins for adults cuz adults have other ways of making themselves dizzy and nauseous. —pookie |
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