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Yep, I rememeber those. You can put them in that catagory of toys that
can double for weapons, like Lawn Darts. Ahhh, those were the days when
the toys you played with could hurt you.
Woah....those look dangerous. I guess when I was a child, toys had become slightly safer.....I was born past the lawn dart stage. But it was still during the time when our playgrounds consisted of the merciless iron jungle gyms mounted in concrete so if you fell you broke every bone in your body.....I still remember the time my friend fell off the monkey bars in 1st grade and broke her arm......
Believe it or not I still own a pair that I got when I was a kid. They still work and instead of driving my mom crazy with the noise I drive my wife nuts with them. :evil:
I have a pair of amber orange ones!
I remember the image Lizzy Bobio posted too... Tell me what kind of idiot is MR. Super-pro!? that just looks like trouble!
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They were a fun toy. Gosh knows mine are probably in the trash or at the Goodwill. I remember my brothers & i driving my Mom nuts with the noise.
It is fun to have some old memory from ages ago brought back.
Yeah, but does anyone remember why they REALLY were pulled from the market? It wasn't because they could be used similar to numchucks (sp?), but actually because the plastic was prone to shattering upon intensive click-clacking. There were stories of blinded children...probably urban legends.
Anyone want to talk about the original Creepy Crawlers or Incredible Edibles? Giving kids aluminium alloy waffle irons that could melt plastic...now THAT's a cool idea
Ok Creepy Crawlers and Incredible Edibles are more my speed.....
Also Shrinky Dinks....come on kids! Lets put big pieces of plastic in the oven and see what happens!
And do you remember those laytex bubble things you could buy in the tube and they gave you a little straw to blow them up? So you are like 9 and huffing this laytex compound trying to blow a bubble?? I used to LOVE THOSE!
>>And do you remember those laytex bubble things you could buy in the tube and they gave you a little straw to blow them up? So you are like 9 and huffing this laytex compound trying to blow a bubble?? I used to LOVE THOSE!
Wal-Mart has them -platic bubbles- for sale, I'm 35 so the click clacks were around in my childhood days too.
Well, L.Mini, just in case you are still looking to dispose of braincells, you should know that the latex bubble thing is alive and well. Amazingly enough. I've seen it it Toys-R-Us.
On the other hand, currently available creepy crawlers are a de-powered version that melts at barely over room temp. Too bad...
I would have thought they would outlaw that stuff.....but thanks for the info....if ever I am in the mood to huff laytex through a tiny straw, I now know where to go....
Also I would like to thank you very much for getting the song from the 'Creepy Crawlers' commercial stuck in my head......I've been walking around the office for the past 20 minutes yelling "Creeeee-eeee-eeeeepy CRAWLERS!" at random coworkers. If it were possible for them to think I was any weirder than they already do, I think they would now....
Now you guys are hitting on a subject I know a lot about. I not only remeber all that stuff... I still have most of it.
I collect it too. Ok I'm a freak but it's fun! Of course anyone who remembers clackers must remember Funnyface drinks right?
Hence my name... Goofy Grape.
Indeed! Goofygrape! I knew that sounded familiar...
(what was the theme song for those??? Unfortunately I only work with people too young to remember/experience...so while I have absolutely no problem walking around the office singing strange songs -- it's my company, I can sing whenever I want -- I have nothing but a big memory hole for this. Hummmmm...must have been too many latex "balloons" )
>>Ok Creepy Crawlers and Incredible Edibles are more my speed.....
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>>Also Shrinky Dinks....come on kids! Lets put big pieces of plastic in the oven and see what happens!
>>And do you remember those laytex bubble things you could buy in the tube and they gave you a little straw to blow them up? So you are like 9 and huffing this laytex compound trying to blow a bubble?? I used to LOVE THOSE!
By the way, The latex stuff was called Super Elastic Bubble Plastic.
Kind of makes me want to knock back some Tang and peel open some of those paper-foil-wrapped sorta-like-peanutbutter-only-more-solid goodies right now.
Hey L Mini, I'm not that much older than you, but I do remember playing with those Clacker/Weapon things. I actually got pretty good with them after lots of bruises, pain, and suffering. Overall I was more of a Transformers/GO-BOTS(anyone remember those)/ and especially ROBOTECH. I still secretly collect ROBOTECH stuff, and I've finally purchased the entire series on DVD
Those were the best, the real thing, then they came back with the SAFE version, knock offs, anyway, that just brings back the thoughts of the pain that went along with them, man those were fun, wish I still had some now!!!
Yay Pop Rocks! Will the popping ever stop! Anyone ever use the boxes of lemonheads etc. as whistles, if not nevermind. Oh yeah and Garbage Pail Kids! We were sick and twisted little kids, screw the cutesy Pokemon and Pog stuff!
A couple years ago when I will still in college I was in my friend's dorm. His suitemate (meaning not in the same room, but same suite....) was passed out. My friend took Pop Rocks and lined his buddy's ear with them, like all around the outside....he put almost the entire package on there. Then he poured Mountain Dew on his ear.....
Man was he MAD! It was SO FUNNY...but kinda mean at the same time, too......
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-- I have nothing but a big memory hole for this. Hummmmm...must have been too many latex "balloons" 
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