I'm 78 and I had a LOT of those toys. I recall almost burning the house down with the Gilbert Chemistry Set. And then of course there was the solvent bubbles in a tube and airplane glue which was highly toxic. Shooting at old 78rpm records with my Daisy bb gun. No adult supervision. Ahhh... The memories.
@catonthemoon2084
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂👍
@robertmiller2633
Жыл бұрын
What is this "adult supervision" of which you speak??? Go outside and play is what we were told !!!
@bbmousedoowop
Жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller2633 Yeah, I got that too...
@ntvypr4820
Жыл бұрын
I'm 63 and that was back when being a kid was FUN, and our toys ran mostly on IMAGINATION... If you survived them.😳
@ntvypr4820
Жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller2633 Don't let me see you till dinnertime!!!
@KnightsandWeekends
2 жыл бұрын
I had many of these toys, and remember most of them. There was certainly a lax attitude toward safety in those days, but that also has to be considered in context. Parents were much more involved in their kids' lives then, and I can remember certain things (like Creepy Crawlers) where my dad would help set it up and use it the first time, and he would comment about things to be careful of. Today's parents would consider that far too inconvenient a chore. Also, many toys - including some of the best ever made - were simply adaptations of manufacturing byproducts or failures of another intended invention. Someone thinking outside the box would realize that this spring that can walk down staircases, or the plastic hoop or that odd putty that transfers ink and stretches are fun to play with. To be sure - most of these toys were too hazardous for the market, but I think we also have to give proper context and credit for a different culture. Great content - thanks!
@Daimoth1
Жыл бұрын
that's why y'all's generation is so much tougher than us. the weak ones died off.
@americand0lphin
Жыл бұрын
There is no proof of this at all
@americand0lphin
Жыл бұрын
@@Daimoth1no, that is not what you should take from that.
@Daimoth1
Жыл бұрын
@@americand0lphin Turn on your humor detector
@warrenash5370
Жыл бұрын
Creepy Crawlers were great! Even had Creeple People!
@jasonmiller6371
Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the 70's and early 80's. It was a great time to be a kid! I remember many of these "dangerous" toys, but survived. As a kid in this Era we came up with dangerous activities on our own , like when we decided one day to play firemen and lit the trash on fire in my friends metal trash cans and then put out the fire with a garden hose! We got in trouble, because the fire scorched the paint on the shed next to the cans, and my parents grounded me for a week!😂
@NyanyiC
Жыл бұрын
Just a week.. You got off easily!
@craigsaltmarsh244
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Played with and had lots of those toys as hand-me-downs...I learned common sense, how to think on my own, and to seriously think before I did burn the house down or blow stuff up! All of those toys would not make it today because kids have almost no common sense, they dont know much...phone or computer gives them the answers, and they don't seriously think...they say "whatever" and we see the outcome on the news. Bring back real stuff like those toys and make real, hard working, people with common sense again!!
@Pahoe77
Жыл бұрын
Ah, the good old days of toys. Long before we became a pampered & litigious society.
@judyfabion8849
Жыл бұрын
I had a pogo stick. I loved it. Much better exercise than what children get now playing with an ipad.
@drbluzer
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if they banned pea shooters ! We bought some pea shooters and bought a bag of pinto beans to use instead of peas since a bag of pinto beans was cheaper . We had a pea shooter fight and some time afterwards the beans began to grow everywhere in our yard ! We had to pull up all of those bean sprouts and throw them away ! Oh those GOOD TIMES !!
@AnthonyLee-u1z
7 ай бұрын
I remember most of these I'm 64 . The chemistry kit was a favorite. I guess bi- cycling was not dangerous.
@engineerinhickorystripehat
Жыл бұрын
I got a hop rod running, all it really did was make noise. But then boys love loud noises
@maryclark1049
2 жыл бұрын
I remember Clackers. Those suckers hurt. 😣
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
They could if they swung around and hit you.
@maryclark1049
2 жыл бұрын
Yep which I did lol Smacked my fingers. Ouch!
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I remember getting hit in the arm, face and head with them too. Thank you for watching Mary!
@swansfan6944
2 жыл бұрын
@@maryclark1049 Hi Mary, those suckers did hurt but the funny 😁 thing is, it didn’t stop us from playing with them. 😂 ❤️Jodie.
@maryclark1049
2 жыл бұрын
@@swansfan6944 that's so true lol 😆
@danklein8587
7 ай бұрын
I Loved this video. Memories. memories-:) Those power tool toys did not work for me. I could cut paper with the circular saw but not cardboard.
@kentbeery4941
Жыл бұрын
It was Great to be a kid back then 😂
@bowrudder899
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the good ole' pocket knife: Throwing it at trees, trying to stick it in the ground, making each other "dance".
@SierenH
5 ай бұрын
My dad had one that I used to sharpen a pencil once when I was 7.....dont let kids use sharp objects, I was under supervision when it happened but it still happened 😢
@phcusnret
Жыл бұрын
I remember most of these toys, and yet, here I am 60 years later.
@James-yg6em
3 ай бұрын
Never got hurt once!
@karenhall5293
Ай бұрын
@@James-yg6em if you did get hurt, ya got over it 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
@hiroehayes593
8 ай бұрын
"Silly Puddy" and "Play Dough" never tasted that good coming out of my sister's "Easy Bake Oven" 😧
@carch7243
8 ай бұрын
Yikes, lol!
@coloradodayhiker
9 ай бұрын
They took away all the fun when they recalled these games and toys. Great memories of a childhood long gone, but still remembered.
@richarderion4611
2 жыл бұрын
My older brother had the eractor set and the chemistry set. He would go to the drug store to buy refills for the chemicals. The druggist would add a red sticker to some of the bottles. Danger Poison. He made the mother of all smoke bombs, one Sat. Nite. It was built on half of a pool ball. It filled the whole upstairs of the house with smoke. It was awesome!
@S.Hawk841
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha… nice one.
@mercurry718
8 ай бұрын
Lol..
@floydthompson8668
2 жыл бұрын
I remember the "fun" of touching 9V batteries to kids tongues, or riding a bike with bellbottoms and they got stuck in the chain, or trying to go around the world with a Duncan Butterfly and hitting someone in the eye, among other things. Childhood was an adventure then.
@crunchytaco58
Жыл бұрын
The Clackers were the best, banged your arms or catch a friend in the face with them......those were the days,( and we didn't go crying to our parents,we just got even.) Miss em.
@floydthompson8668
Жыл бұрын
@@crunchytaco58 Oh wow! I had a set. They were so popular, kids were talking them to school, and teachers would take them. Got them back the last day of school.
@crunchytaco58
Жыл бұрын
@@floydthompson8668 Yep, we usually just stole ours back, cause it was an unlocked drawer the stuff was kept in, we weren't waiting till the end of school. I still remember the color they were light blue with a dark blue Starburst .
@floydthompson8668
Жыл бұрын
@@crunchytaco58 LOL.. I know that's right!
@crunchytaco58
Жыл бұрын
@@floydthompson8668 when times was more innocent, they didn't call the law on us, just got ragged by the teacher,trying to get us to break and narc.....never worked with me and my friends tho., but there was always 1 kid that woul narc, but that got taken care of on the playground or the bus.....memories they're always sweeter when we age huh? Good talking with you, stay breezy.
@stevekirby6034
9 ай бұрын
My brother and I had the Creepy Crawlers set and i can still remember the smell from the heating element it came with! Good times!
@katavenger
8 ай бұрын
I love mine especially making the lizards. I will have to look around and see if I have a rubber lizard.
@kendallevans4079
8 ай бұрын
I got creative and would mix the goops made some crazy crawlers!
@kennypayton5103
6 ай бұрын
I'd play all day with mine. I was always looking for new molds.
@b3j8
6 ай бұрын
I still remember the commercial that had a man's voice whispering "CREEPY CRAWLERS! CREEPY CRAWLERS!
@TKaePetras
3 ай бұрын
I think of Creepy Crawlers and Chatty Cathy together. I remember I had a doll that had these little white records that would insert in her back and so would expand on what the doll could say. I'm not sure if that was Chatty Cathy or not. Does anyone know about this doll?
@genataylor460
2 жыл бұрын
I had two of those Gilbert Chemistry sets. Got the first one when I was 8 years old, and after finishing all the experiments in it, my parents got me the much larger set. I went through the experiments in the order they were in the manual, but got into serious trouble when I was about 12 years old, and the next experiment was called Kittie Gas. It required melting powdered sulfur and wax. It was, to my horror, a major stink bomb. My parents were trying to sell the house and had hired a bus to bring a bunch of real estate agents to tour the house. They arrived about an hour after my experiment. My parents never believed that I had no idea I was making a stink bomb. My best friend had been over helping me, and I was not allowed to play with her again after that. I remember they had gun powder, sulfur, cobalt, and other chemicals that you could use to make minor fireworks, lots of chemicals that even adults cannot buy easily anymore. I also got one of their microscope sets, and dissected a frog and some other small critters. I think one was a worm. My parents would make me go outside to play with that set. I would set up a card table on the back patio.
@coloradostrong
2 жыл бұрын
😅 😂 🤣 🥲
@joanncunningham7276
Жыл бұрын
Despite some malfunctions, lol, sounds like you have a good childhood and I mean that sincerely. I couldn’t imagine owning these but after seeing this video they were definitely inventive for their times. Especially the early ones in the 1900s, wow! Thanks for sharing your story that was fun
@timdebaney7167
Жыл бұрын
Gena Taylor, 👍 yeah, those early chemistry sets were great fun. Did your eyebrows ever grow back?
@bowrudder899
Жыл бұрын
At the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in the 60s you used to be able to buy all those elements over the counter in the museum gift shop.
@TheConorsmithusa
Жыл бұрын
That's quite a funny story especially the part where your parents were trying to sell your stink bomb filled house
@timmorris566
2 жыл бұрын
Man they"ve taken all the fun out of being a kid
@jamesries5534
Жыл бұрын
The kid in me had fun though, how about you?
@AndreasKempe
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesries5534 es ist halt alles eine frage des anspruchs. wenn man nicht viel anspruch hat, macht einen schon der warme furz im gesicht spaß. es ging hier zu dem nicht darum, ob du aktuell spaß hast. aber du machst nicht den eindruck intelligent genug zu sein dass überhaupt zu verstehen. whataboutism ist ein argument von extrem unterbelichteten.
@juliemccauslin5807
8 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@bsanchez3563
8 ай бұрын
Lmfao yeah bc we need to have kids play with a toy train that pisses fuel through the house or mind you is a cimbustion engine in a albeit clean burning form fwiw but.. still and for kids mind ya lmmfao
@mrmyorky5634
7 ай бұрын
Yep, as kids we were told never to play with the wood chopping axe and later getting a telling off from dad for slicing my thumb open. Years later I watched in horror as my dad cut off his fore finger on his home made circular saw bench. His words to me were 'Don't tell your mother' He tied what was left of it back in place with a dirty rag and walked of to the local A&E. I don't think we were any tougher in those day's but we accepted responsibility for our own injuries.
@arhatyellow
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when my friend discovered that clackers thrown at a running friends ankles became a bolo. That effectively ended the fad at our school in 1969.
@apfelbasket
Жыл бұрын
They came back for a short time in the early 90's.
@v.m.8472
Жыл бұрын
Clackers we’re all the rage at our school and we had the bruises to prove it!
@MarkWhich
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I grew up in the "Dangerous Toys" era. I had no incidents.
@1922Skidoo
Жыл бұрын
Not today’s geniuses 🤣
@mercurry718
8 ай бұрын
@@1922Skidoolol ..
@Washougalite1
8 ай бұрын
Same. We were just thinning the herd 😂
@turbofanlover
Жыл бұрын
I still have my lawn dart set!...the very same set that I enjoyed as a kid in the late 70s. Still use them, too. Great game back in the late 70s...still great in 2023.
@igorschmidlapp6987
9 ай бұрын
Jarts were NOT dangerous. You just had to PAY ATTENTION. Had them for years, not one "incident".
@vladimirpoutine7522
8 ай бұрын
@@igorschmidlapp6987 Same here. My grandparents would let us play with their set. Not a single injury. Unfortunately it only takes one to change everything.
@Slapjabber
8 ай бұрын
In the 70’s, a guy got a Jart in the ankle at one of our family reunions. They took him to the hospital and everybody kept playing.
@MrNickelbrille
7 ай бұрын
And just as dangerous! I got hit by one
@darrellmacdonald-q9m
6 ай бұрын
I found a vintage set of lawndarts in my basement, good times are back!
@royagilmore
2 жыл бұрын
I had a lot of these so-called "dangerous" toys, and so did many of my friends (maybe our parents were trying to kill us 🤔). We had a lot of fun, and none of us died or were seriously injured.
@ntvypr4820
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, same here. It only takes a few idiots to ruin good toys for the rest of us! I need to get another skin graft from my Thing Maker. But still, it was FUN!
@lois2997
Жыл бұрын
@@ntvypr4820 exactly. I love the thing maker
@smujer1
Жыл бұрын
Seriously being the key word
@royagilmore
Жыл бұрын
@@ntvypr4820 What kid wouldn't want a Gilbert Nuclear Physics No. U--238 Atomic Energy Lab? Yes, they did make it, and it did contain U-238 (it also contained Po-210, Pb-210, Ru-106, and Zn-65). Unfortunately, it wasn't popular; they sold less than 5,000 units, it was quickly dropped, and they only sold it in 1950-51. A big plus is it's ranked as the second most dangerous toy in history. What could be #1? Lawn Darts. Lawn Darts? Are they kidding? Somebody thinks Lawn Darts are more hazardous than U-238? That must be why there was Lawn Dart Non-Proliferation Treaty with the USSR. 😃 I had Lawn Darts. How stupid do you have to be to get hurt with Lawn Darts?
@tanyastacy-haws993
Жыл бұрын
Yes, we only hear from the survivors 😂 Glad you survived broski
@Evermore2017
2 жыл бұрын
When toys taught children responsibility.
@marknesselhaus4376
Жыл бұрын
You are sure right about that, I have survived to a still young age of 66 in part to those toys and the lessons learned from playing with them 🙂
@venom74799
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t trust kids nowadays with things like this. If it doesn’t have an app to it then you might as well hand them a gas can and some matches and say”do a challenge”.
@marknesselhaus4376
Жыл бұрын
@@venom74799 How sadly true and a frightening thought.
@georgebrown2175
Жыл бұрын
The hard way.
@marknesselhaus4376
Жыл бұрын
@Maya Eaton IDK about that. For me at age 66, If these came back to the shelves I would give them a go a second time 🙂
@stevegreenhorn934
2 жыл бұрын
I`m 63 and grew up in Scotland and had had the clackers, chemistry set, pogo stick and lawn darts. Other than sore arms from the clackers and the odd tumble from the pogo stick, no major issues but a lot of fun.
@rheverend
Жыл бұрын
I remember playing with BB guns when I was 7. Pretty sure someone would call cps on my parents today. Life used to be so much more fun
@dondee5439
Жыл бұрын
Wow the Gilbert Company had to be the most dangerous toy company of all time. Watching all these dangerous toys reminded me of the old SNL skit where Dan Akyroyd ran a dangerous toy company. One of his toys was a BAG OF BROKEN GLASS.
@johnlyngdal8601
7 ай бұрын
Maimeway Toys IIRC From the days when SNL was funny.
@darrellmacdonald-q9m
5 ай бұрын
Their was also invisible pedestrian and the Johnny switchblade action toy.
@TKaePetras
3 ай бұрын
@@johnlyngdal8601 Yes. Whatever happened to SNL? It is certainly no longer funny...mot like it used to be!!
@markdaniel8740
2 жыл бұрын
When those toys were popular, owners manual for new cars included how to adjust valves while new cars warn about drinking the radiator fluid.
@riverraisin1
2 жыл бұрын
[Drinking the radiator fluid] A tik tok challenge to today's youth
@DrLumpy
Жыл бұрын
@@riverraisin1 I use it to wash down Tide balls.
@staceeAB
2 жыл бұрын
Those lawn darts would stick in trees and fences 😆 pointed tips and all. How did we survive childhood 🤣
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
That is a good question but they sure were fun! We never stood on the receiving end of those or horse shoes. Thank you for watching Stacee!
@lanacampbell-moore6686
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@CarsandCats
2 жыл бұрын
Because we weren't stupid and would never eat Tide Pods even if they existed back then.
@brian7537
2 жыл бұрын
🤔lol even normal darts were dangerous too I suppose. Well only because me and my friend got bored playing normal darts...so I had a genius idea,I would face the wall (for safety reasons of course😂)...and asked him to see just how close to my head he could throw a dart,without actually hitting me. Needless to say I heard a thud as first dart he threw almost stuck in the back of my head😂then his mum stopped us playing darts that day.
@jim2lane
2 жыл бұрын
@@CarsandCats we weren't stupid? You obviously grew up in a much more enlightened neighborhood than me and my childhood friends 😉
@therealMisterRN
9 ай бұрын
I can hear my mother..."Put that down, you're going to put somebody's eye out"
@andywells397
7 ай бұрын
Yep...all the time 😅
@sueparras6028
Жыл бұрын
I'm 63 and I remember Lawn Darts! My grandfather LOVED to play them. Every single outdoor family gathering we would have a tournament! This was in the 60's and while I was younger I knew better than to run in front while someone was taking their turn. I guess we were either lucky or maybe just a smart enough family because nobody ever even came close to being hurt. I really miss playing that game with my family. 😢😢
@JTA1961
8 ай бұрын
Any of youall drive a...Dodge Dart...??
@petezereeeah
8 ай бұрын
My mom had a Dodge Dart. I totaled it in high school. She was so pissed off. My Dad didn't care. He never drove that thing. It had a great motor. Think it was called a slant six, or something like that
@petezereeeah
8 ай бұрын
Think that was 1979
@paulskopic5844
7 ай бұрын
A Dodge Dart was one of the best cars in those days.@@JTA1961
@JamesFreeman-jm5xz
7 ай бұрын
Speaking of Dodge Dart my dad had one and that was one of my favorite cars my dad had.
@thecasualatvguy617
2 жыл бұрын
"Highly explosive or corrosive" sounds like my kind of toy
@vladtepes481
2 жыл бұрын
I had several of these toys. In the old day we were more itellegent and were aware that there were some dangers in things. For example, I knew hot things were hot.
@1calvinfunny1
2 жыл бұрын
@@susannagaffney2208 Learn how to be a decent human being...
@ZeRTO_13
2 жыл бұрын
You knew about gamma radiation?
@Skin-ve2tt
2 жыл бұрын
@@susannagaffney2208 If you really wanna be a grammar critic, the word in this instance would be "intelligent", not "intelligence" - Now go back to school & try not to bully the other kids 😂😂
@charlesanderson32
2 жыл бұрын
I never ate any radioactive materials.
@captainamericaamerica8090
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skin-ve2tt Wanna?? Isn't a word! Mr. Know all.😁😁
@ericteneyck8691
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I had several of these things. Played with the lawn darts a lot! It was survival of the fittest back then!! LOL!
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Those lawn darts were fun as long as you didn't have anyone fooling around with them. Thank you for watching!
@arinerm1331
2 жыл бұрын
And we rode our bicycles at speeds up to 50 MPH with no helmets or any other protective gear. I lived in a particularly hilly area, so we could really get up to speed even on a standard one-speed 20-inch bicycle.
@johngalush8790
2 жыл бұрын
@@arinerm1331 And I might add that defunct grain elevators were easy to climb on top of until you fell throught the roof and went crashing 50 feet down to your death. The good old days.
@johngalush8790
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid we didn't have fancy toys. If you wanted to play you just found a long stick and bang on a garbage can.
@eshep71
2 жыл бұрын
We went from kids playing lawn Darts to adults playing with bean bags.
@samsum3738
8 ай бұрын
That atomic energy kit reminds me of a joke advert in Mad Magazine . It read ........Build Your Own Atomic Bomb And Be The First Kid On Your Street To Rule The World .
@gen81465
Жыл бұрын
I have a modern dart gun that's basically a clone of the Zulu one. They can still be found in sporting good stores, but aren't marketed as kids toys. I also had a set of Jarts (the originals with the steel tips, not the fake Jarts with the beanbags). My sisters, my brother and I used to play a game of chicken with them and we never got hurt. My father kept guns over his bed when I was growing up, and we never got hurt from those either; mostly because we didn't play with them or even touch them without permission. It's the dumbing down of kids that causes so many of the injuries, and that's why we have to have warnings like "Suffocation Hazard: Don't let your child play with plastic bags." Stupidity and not following directions is a trait that some people never outgrow.
@life_behind_bars
2 жыл бұрын
The erector set was the greatest toy kit ever! The things you could build were limitless. You could build a bridge, an actual working crane with a real motor. I remember making whirling blades of death and chasing my friends around with it.........oh OK I can see why it was on the list.😁
@AndyMangele
Жыл бұрын
Sounds fun though! 😇
@kendallevans4079
8 ай бұрын
Who knows how many of those kids turned out to be civil or mechanical engineers? I became a bio-medical laser engineer because of Lost In Space and Johnny Quest. Both had laser guns! Just retired after 44 years working with lasers.
@tommywood343
2 жыл бұрын
I'm 62 years old. I had some of those toys. Brings back a lot of memories. Thank you Rhetty have a Blessed day 🔥
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome and thank you for watching Tommy!
@greatfullded
2 жыл бұрын
im 61 and im just like you.. remember abt most of them, love playing the lawn darts... LOL..
@stevegreenhorn934
2 жыл бұрын
@@greatfullded I`m 63 and remember all these too. I especially remember pogo sticks and clackers. They were a lot of fun.
@georgeglass4105
2 жыл бұрын
How did we possibly live through all of these toys?
@Musecrafter
Жыл бұрын
When I first read that you were 62 my initial thought was "man, you're old!" but then I realized that I'm 61! 😆🤣
@craigcampbell1843
2 жыл бұрын
I remember in the 80s when those kids died and everyone was saying lawn darts don’t kill kids! The people throwing them do. Oh wait. No. No one said that. That would be crazy.
@sparkingdogg
Жыл бұрын
I had many of these toys as a kid. It was a lot more fun before the world was idiot proofed. I never lost any fingers or blew myself up. This stuff taught kids to be responsible, something lacking in today's world. I had pellet guns, cherry bombs, and an electric powered live steam engine. Not to mention all the gasoline powered goodies. It was a fun time for sure. We didn't need video games or smart phones.
@A..D..D
Жыл бұрын
That atomic energy set looks pretty cool .
@ntvypr4820
Жыл бұрын
Makes me think of Young Sheldon.
@216Numbskull
9 ай бұрын
The A.E. set might look cool, but the "uranium" materials & chemicals that came with set wasn't too cool, it was actually pretty hot! 🤣🤔😂 Just keeping it a buck, ya dig? +Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friends+ 🤘😉🤘
@AshGreen359
2 жыл бұрын
The good ole days when toys weren't boring
@americand0lphin
Жыл бұрын
You should stop playing with toys then
@jamesries5534
Жыл бұрын
@@americand0lphin IMO, playing with these toys were better than kids today laying around playing with video games on their phone or XBOX or Nintendo.
@petersmith1591
Жыл бұрын
Yeah right, lol
@LisaHerman1963
9 ай бұрын
Exactly. I loved my 1970s toys. I'd die of boredom with the toys nowadays.
@Geo-Global-oz5kl
8 ай бұрын
Because video games are more fun at least for an GenZ like me.
@leslieoneal4464
2 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the smell of the Creepy Crawlers!!! Lol My brother got in trouble and we lost the Creepy Crawler toy for good after my brother tried to use it to cook bacon in our bedroom! 😳🤣 We had a candle making kit, Jarts, and a lot of other "dangerous toys". My personal favorite was my woodburning kit!!
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
That is funny trying to use it to make bacon! Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!
@barryhessel6078
2 жыл бұрын
Your brother sounds like me. LoL
@Nan-59
2 жыл бұрын
I loved Creepy Crawlers, too! Your brother just needed an EASY BAKE OVEN! Can you imagine placing your baby outside the window!! 🤦🏼♀️ just the thought of it scares me!! 😁😁
@leslieoneal4464
2 жыл бұрын
@@Nan-59 Those baby pens scare the heck out of me!! I wonder how many people actually bought them?!?
@mariekatherine5238
2 жыл бұрын
Cook bacon in the bedroom on a Creepy Crawlers plate? Sounds like something I’d have tried! Did you eat the bacon?
@timdebaney7167
2 жыл бұрын
The '50s and '60s were great fun! When the mosquito truck drove down the street spraying DDT, the kids would ride their bikes as close as possible behind in the cloud of toxic spray. In winter, hanging onto a car bumper driving down snow covered streets was exhilarating! ...especially when the driver tried to shake the kids off by flooring the gas pedal!
@brazosbear4593
Жыл бұрын
That bumper skating was great fun...until the ice ended LOL
@PatrickFDolan
Жыл бұрын
Did it every summer on my Evil Knievel bike.
@Musiker_mit_Gitarre
10 ай бұрын
😂 'Swing wing'. The best toy for hardrockers and metalheads to strengthen neck muscles for headbanging. 👍
@speedfreakjive88
2 жыл бұрын
I love how quickly this video got going. No drawn out intro and and endless lead-in. Thanks for the great content!
@kendallevans4079
8 ай бұрын
Don't you wish every YT video was this way? Just get to it, we're here for the content.
@curiotimetv
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, the Gilbert company really was one giant liability. Fun for the whole family!
@mbd501
2 жыл бұрын
And Mattel wasn't much better in the 60s and 70s.
@bartschwartz9233
2 жыл бұрын
New haven Conn they let us kids buy whatever we wanted. I am still alieve.
@totenkopf30
2 жыл бұрын
@@bartschwartz9233 wow, weird logic. Its like hearing a Hiroshima survivor saying "meh, atomic bombs/radiation aren't that bad: Im still alive"
@winstonelston5743
2 жыл бұрын
I really loved my erector set.
@jamest39
2 жыл бұрын
@@totenkopf30 Yet these were toys not weapons of war. People today are sue happy and get butt hurt t the drop of a hat.
@tomjeffries58
2 жыл бұрын
I got an Erector Set for Christmas in the 60's. I loved it and really learned a lot building with it. I did every project in the booklet that came with it. It also had rope and pulleys and an very strong electric motor to make different projects work. It had a gearing system on it for different speeds and directions and all the gears were exposed. I was very inquisitive as a kid and while playing with the motor I got my finger stuck in the gears and they torn a good chunk off the end of my finger. When my Dad saw it he called me an idiot and I never stuck my fingers in those gears again. I loved that motor the gears made it incredibly strong and I made it lift big heavy things that weren't in the book.😄
@kendallevans4079
8 ай бұрын
The fun of these toys, and most toys is using them for they were NOT intended for but getting creative! You can turn almost any toy into some kind of 3rd world weapon.
@robwebnoid5763
Жыл бұрын
I'm a kid of the 1970's & out of all of these toys shown, the one that stands out are the Lawn Darts, because we still have a few of them remaining in our possession to this day in storage, but we haven't really played with them since the 70's. And we never had any issues with the darts. I was & still am a Battlestar Galactica fan but I did not have any of those toys, but instead I have one of the plastic scale model kits, that I glued together in the late 70's. I miss those times too.
@johnmitchelljr
Жыл бұрын
I’ve got a whole box of eyes that were put out by blowguns and darts. God bless Wham-O for making life interesting. Good video. Thank you for sharing. No fun getting hurt by toys.
@djquinn11
2 жыл бұрын
We had a lot of fun with bb and pellet guns.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Those have been popular since they first came out in the 1800s. Thank you for watching!
@ChrisLichowicz
2 жыл бұрын
Yep! BB gun wars in the field behind our house!
@riverraisin1
2 жыл бұрын
It was all fun and games playing army with my bro using our bb guns until I got shot in the face. After that I didn't want to play anymore. 😂
@foxtrot312
2 жыл бұрын
"You'll shoot your eye out"
@Funco1979
Жыл бұрын
@@foxtrot312 The Crossman 788 BB Scout with 10 pumps at close range in the leg. It'll be screaming, hospital, a scalpel and stitches.
@kimmergonzales9792
2 жыл бұрын
I remember the water wiggle. That toy was insane, but alot of fun 😄!!!
@kendallevans4079
8 ай бұрын
Me too...seems like it would always whack you in a "sensitive area" 😱
@micheleconner5083
9 ай бұрын
Sounds like some toy manufacturers didn't like kids! I remember the jarts. We had a set,but never any injuries. Guess we had enough sense to know they'd hurt if they hit you.
@zachdelong1039
Жыл бұрын
Blow dart guns are still available to buy in Michigan. I bought one in a shop a few years ago. It pulls out of a dagger handle. It’s called the ninja stunner. It’s pretty bad ass 😂
@Awol991
2 жыл бұрын
Lawn darts were a very good educational toy. They taught you about evaluating risks. And to keep drunks away from the dangerous toys.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Haha! Very true! Thanks for the laugh and I appreciate you watching.
@bigdeal6852
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I think my sister still has my set to this day ! It definitely was a game that taught you "alert" skills ! 🤣🤣
@aretnap3653
Жыл бұрын
Yeah... Playing "DiveBomb" Wasn't Enough for Me to Find Out "TheHardWay", it Was When I *ALMOST* Sent a Sky-High-Thrown Lawn-Dart *Into* TheRoof of My Aunt's *Brand New Mini-Van* in TheLate 80's, That Finally Shown Me "Evaluating Risks"!
@aretnap3653
Жыл бұрын
TheLawnDart Landed in TheDriveWay *BETWEEN* Two Parked Vehicles! That Was My First Taste of "Luck"!
@aretnap3653
Жыл бұрын
& It's Been Nothing But *IRONIC* Luck, Ever Since That Day. Wh0reAble
@mimidavis2686
2 жыл бұрын
It’s a wonder a lot of us are alive today! I remember having an erector set and the darts. My big brother threw one at me and it stuck in my thigh. Still have the scar. I also had the cracker balls, the creepy crawlers and a soldering kit. Burnt my hands several times and caught my bed on fire once. I believe that is why we grew up tough and had good common sense. We learned the hard way but we did learn! No whining babies and no participation trophies.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think the erector set was bad at all and I think it helped kids to be creative. That jart in the thigh sounds painful. I never got hit by one. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories! Sounds like you had quite a bit!
@kymclinton3140
2 жыл бұрын
My friend now in her sixties like myself still has her clackers and we both had pogo sticks and best of all wooden stilts
@largol33t1
2 жыл бұрын
I learned how to shoot a gun when I was 11. By age 13, I had moved up to big ones like .45 Auto and .357 Magnum. By age 15, .44 Magnums. Interestingly, .44 wasn't THAT hard to use. The 8" barrel on the revolver helped a lot in keeping the muzzle down. The .45 however, I hated it. It kicked back very sharply while the .44 would softly kick upwards. I could shoot that S&W revolver all day. On the other hand, just two magazines with that .45 was too much to take. My arms hurt and I'd quit for the day. It was the "snubby" version intended for detectives and spies. Basically they took a 1911 series and reduced capacity by one round. Then they cut the barrel down so it would be easier to stuff into a coat pocket. Unfortunately, that reduces the weight and makes it climb even higher when fired!
@cynthiap1927
2 жыл бұрын
@@kymclinton3140I used my dads band saw and made my own stilts!
@riverraisin1
2 жыл бұрын
I did get whacked in the face by those clackers. It hurt, but so did a lot of other things.
@stevenf1953
2 жыл бұрын
The problem with most toys now and back then were parents not watching their children closely enough. We had lawn darts and my parents' made rules. All children stand 15 feet to the side while 1 person threw the darts. If not, they were taken away for weeks. My mom or dad would watch or at least check on us often, No one ever got hurt. My parents did this with every toy we had if they thought one of us would get hurt. People need to watch their kids closer when they play.
@normg2242
Жыл бұрын
That's EXACTLY the problem. Many parents were not nearly that smart...
@NyanyiC
Жыл бұрын
It also helps with bonding
@hoggravyandchitlins
8 ай бұрын
I loved the smell when your new creepy crawler was cooking, the glow in the dark plastigoop smelled the best.
@MrRrainbeau
2 жыл бұрын
After seeking a set of “Jarts” for years, finally found two in one flea market. The older advised “Fun for the whole family”, the newer set had “NOT FOR CHILDREN” in big, friendly red letters.
@Thelake9667
11 ай бұрын
I have a set of Jarts still in the box😬
@anthonytucker8913
9 ай бұрын
I don't understand why they didn't ban dart boards. They have darts
@RalphReagan
2 жыл бұрын
Oooo atomic energy lab!
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
That was sure quite a toy!
@jmjones7897
6 ай бұрын
Hell yeah. Easy Bake no more! Now we're cooking with Gamma I'm still a Hulk
@marshallodom1388
2 жыл бұрын
We played with nearly every one of those, except the atomic kit lol. I think Hot Wheels tracks are still used in corporal punishment. We bought and made even bigger blow guns, using nails and cones of paper that went through denim jeans and impaled lizards on the back fence. My favorite was either the Slip And Slide and break your neck (with liquid soap) or the Wacky Wiggle death on a water hose toy. Plus we drank water from a garden hose. Ah such fond memories and GREAT time! 😍
@BOLLOCKS1968
10 ай бұрын
Whats childhood without a few burns from your sisters easy bake oven? Or scars from the woodburning kit you got for Christmas at age 8. I remember one of my sisters having to go to the emergency room because she shoved Lite -Brite pegs up her nose and in her ear! Nobody was ever seriously injured though. We played with actual metal lawn darts and horseshoes with real horseshoes and not one injury. Nowadays kids are seeing the Doctor for carpel tunnel and muscular injuries ... from playing too many hours on video games! I'll take my chances with the banned toys.
@marknesselhaus4376
Жыл бұрын
Oh how I fondly remember those Gilbert Chem sets. I had a few in the 60's and those could still do a bit of damage. We kids had a lot fun while learning back then but it is a wonder how we ever survived. I had just about all of the 60's toys mentioned in this video then progressed into electronics and computer logic later as the years rolled on 🙂
@CarsandCats
2 жыл бұрын
We played lawn darts, but throwing pocket knives was just as much fun.
@apfelbasket
Жыл бұрын
Lawn darts is the same as darts with a board seen in bars & even though drunks walk in front of those & get hit all the time, it's still around! A sad loss.
@CarsandCats
Жыл бұрын
@@apfelbasket Lawn Darts are MUCH safer, they aren't even sharp! Yet you made a great point.
@DrLumpy
Жыл бұрын
@@CarsandCats "You made a great point" ... I see what you did there..🙂
@royfearn4345
Жыл бұрын
Or indeed ordinary darts!
@deannculver7969
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sixty and somehow managed to not get hurt or break a bone as a kid.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
That's impressive! I got hurt a lot. Thank you for watching!
@jerryscott8608
2 жыл бұрын
And let's not forget wood burning kits, what could go wrong?
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Those were also a big thing to have. My oldest brother did a lot with those. Interestingly enough they are still bein sold. Thank you for watching!
@trallfraz
2 жыл бұрын
I had no problem with mine, worked great and hurt nobody. ya just have to be smarter than the product, I guess!!
@gmamagillmore4812
Жыл бұрын
Nothing ever went wrong with mine.
@Lakeman3211
Жыл бұрын
Used the jarts, chemistry sets, hot melts, clackers, water powered rockets, all types of guns, pull type firecrackers, ah the stories….we made our own too…smoke bombs, Molotovs, high speed launchers…caught to many things on fire…but always managed to put them out!….the good old days!
@dmann1209
Жыл бұрын
I had the lawn darts when I was a child, I realized it was dangerous and never tossed them at people or pets. I guess only rich kids got the really dangerous cool toys. Awesome episode!
@tadpetrie3464
Жыл бұрын
I played with Jarts for years. I never once saw anyone injured by them!
@dmann1209
Жыл бұрын
@@tadpetrie3464 I am not experienced in Jarts, but Lawn Darts is another thing. They had sharp heavy metal points and were fairly accurate if you threw them overhand. They were intended to be launched by the fins towards a target. Did you play horse shoes? Awesomely dangerous but fun!
@216Numbskull
9 ай бұрын
@@dmann1209 You can't be too familiar with the game if you don't even realize & know that "lawn darts/yard darts" is the same game AKA "Jarts." Various companies made & sold knockoffs of the game. However, the brand name & inventor of the game was created by the "R.B. Jarts" company. Just saying & keeping it a buck! 🤘😉🤘
@gregggoss2210
2 жыл бұрын
I had those Powermite power tools. Never got got hurt. I don't know, maybe it's because I used some common sense.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
That is key to most of these. Thank you for watching!
@DIYDaveOK
2 жыл бұрын
I really wanted a Powermite set, but never got one. While I certainly realize some of these toys were legitimately dangerous, I fear we've become a society where we are now *too* cautious, and we're effectively teaching kids never to take *any* risks.
@medes5597
Жыл бұрын
There's a sociology book called "for the children?" that has a chapter covering this. Basically they point out that a child would be fine if their father, for example, has a wood working shop and they did some woodworking with their father in there. No one would think that's weird and no one would be unsafe. And that's the environment that was assumed by toy manufacturers in the 1900s to 1960s. That these toys - the power tools, the chemistry sets, etc - would be used in an environment where the parent was taking part in the experience or very close by. So there was no need to police other people's children for safety as it was understood that there would always been a parent present. Then in the 70s, you have a recession that sends both parents into the workplace full time to make ends meet, you have social upheaval where more women are in the workplace, more day cares are in use, more single parent households are cropping up through either social changes towards marriage and children or divorce. And then in the 80s, there's a big movement towards the idea of work as a dignifying, essential thing. That hard work is the only thing that matters, so you find the benefits are made harder to attain, poor or unfit people are forced into long hours at minimum wage jobs and so on. So now you have parents who simply aren't around to see their kids because they're earning less money despite working more, so they have to make sacrifices to make the household work - and that's when "dangerous toys" become an issue for the state. Parents aren't around to look after their own kids like they used to, so the state has to fill in the gaps and pick up some to their slack. They have to make it so a parent can buy a you for their child and know it will be safe even if they're at work while they're playing. It's one of those things that no one expects but makes a ton of sense once you see the data.
@jeffsummstl
2 жыл бұрын
Jarts weren’t dangerous, careless people were.
@Dallin456
9 ай бұрын
Our family had five of the products mentioned here. Fortunately, our parents spent time with us to talk about responsible usage of our toys. I remember many great times with my pogo stick without handles, clackers, jarts, making creepy crawlers, etc. It’s ironic that after trying to make people aghast at these toys, the advertising accompanying this video is about incredibly sharp knives. Folks, toys and knives don’t hurt people, irresponsible usage hurts people, please teach your children well, and use the items you buy responsibly.
@paulstan9828
2 жыл бұрын
As kids we had the lawn darts and the clackers. You could always tell when somebody in the house was playing with the clackers you were here in the distance, clack clack clack ouch! clack clack clack ouch!
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think those would be a parents nightmare! I had those and drums and I'm not sure how my parents ever put up with it. I did both a lot and even at the same time. I really enjoyed lawn darts but I definitely didn't want to stand on the receiving end of those. Thank you for watching and sharing what you had.
@paulstan9828
2 жыл бұрын
@@RhettyforHistory 😁👍
@whiterabbit-wo7hw
2 жыл бұрын
Rhett, how about BB guns. Man, those were great!!! Some friends and myself would play army with them. It stung when you got shot. Sometimes we had to dig the BB out of our arms. I also had a pogo stick. That's to say my little brother did and I took over playing with it. Anyway, good times.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
I used a pogo stick on my mom's kitchen floor and we had linoleum floors. The little rubber stopper came off the bottom so it really wreaked some havoc to those floors. She was really mad about that. I was trying to pogo all around the house and I was happy I made it. When I saw the kitchen I used a marker to color in the damage. it didn't work because she saw it anyway. Good times!
@whiterabbit-wo7hw
2 жыл бұрын
@@RhettyforHistory Oh wow! That put a dampner on your moment of glory. Dang!! 🤣
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it did! I never did the pogo stick in the house again!
@whiterabbit-wo7hw
2 жыл бұрын
@@RhettyforHistory Lesson learned.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Sometimes I find things out the hard way. Thankfully it wasn't from one of those jarts!
@RalphReagan
2 жыл бұрын
Hey the blow guns say harmless! :)
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
It's funny to look at that now! I'm sure some kids aimed it at grandma's but as she was bending over hanging laundry! Thank you for watching!
@jeffyoung60
2 жыл бұрын
My parents purchased the Creepy Crawler heat molding toy as a Christmas present for me. I remember having a ball using the thermal molds to create my own rubber insect monster toys. I never burned myself as I had the common sense not to misuse the toy at nine years old.
@williamjosephbc17Q
Жыл бұрын
I remember having spring loaded dart guns ....the darts had rubber suction cups on the end....but we would remove the suction cups to make them more fun....ahhhh, the good ol days... reminds me of " the Christmas story"...." You're going to put your eye out kid"
@marybeth1526
2 жыл бұрын
Grew up in a large family , we had the marts, pogo sticks, and most of the dangerous items listed, no injuries, love the trip down memory lane
@russelllivingood2724
2 жыл бұрын
Happy to see my favorite Christmas present on the list, the Mattel belt buckle derringer. It came in a set with a 6 shooter and a buffalo gun rifle. We were all cowboys in the 50's.
@foxtrot312
2 жыл бұрын
Oh He'll yeah! That sounds bad ass!
@joewoodchuck3824
8 ай бұрын
I had one. The toy was just a cap gun, so I don't see anything dangerous about it. Now I have the real thing. Lol..
@txguy1973
11 ай бұрын
In the late 1980s I took a battery powered flash from a camera and created a basic taser. Originally it would only provide a short painful shock but I kept improving it. My buddies thought it was a fun toy and stole it, dropped it in a puddle and were scared to pick it up. I was a weird kid.
@charlesgreathouse7376
2 жыл бұрын
The dangerous toys were the most fun.
@RedfishInc
2 жыл бұрын
I had a few of these myself, somehow I managed to survive into my sixties. One of our family's favorites was lawn darts. The entire family enjoyed weekend lawn dart tournaments which often included alcoholic beverages for the adults. Still No one ever was ever injured by an errant spike . To this day when I go to a garage sale or an estate sale I am on the look out for an old set of lawn darts.
@kassiusw7133
9 ай бұрын
I have some. They are illegal to sell. Most people sell the box with "free" darts
@DillyDahlia
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I’m 61 and thought we had dangerous toys in the 60s, but they were nothing compared to those early chemistry sets and the nuclear lab! I clearly remember the Thingmaker, Jarts, and Clickclacks. Great video.
@guidozarducci7745
8 ай бұрын
68 and had many of these. They are considered dangerous today only because today's kids couldn't find their own rear end with both hands! It wasn't like this back then. Frankley, we were much more mature and a lot smarter. All you have to do is compare the graduation photos of H.S. Seniors of today's youth to that of my generation. No comparison. Today, almost all look like they have their eye-balls screwed in upside down. We went OUT and did actual stuff. Today, just give em a smart phone and they'll stare at it for hours on end.
@iwantthisfuckingname
2 жыл бұрын
Ahhh....the good ol days. A time when kids were smarter and adults supervised.
@americand0lphin
Жыл бұрын
Not true
@Washougalite1
8 ай бұрын
We were smarter. But it was because we were unsupervised and had to solve our own problems 😊
@dannysanders9338
8 ай бұрын
Key words "Adult supervised ". 😊
@60sbaby608
7 ай бұрын
I was born in 68 , honestly, never supervised. My days in summer, grab breakfast head outside, back in to watch Love Boat, grab towel and bathing suit, walk half mile to the pool, come home eat sandwich or whatever, grab bicycle head out till dark, wind up across town hanging out with friends, trying to hurry and get back by dark...and that was when I was a 12 year old girl 😊
@geographyinaction7814
Жыл бұрын
You can't blame Battlestar Galactica, Micronauts and other toys shot projectiles too. Bloody kids today wouldn't last five minutes in '79. Too coddled, too weak, no contact, too afraid, and no common sense, just a lifetime of participation in playing with yarn and being rewarded.
@ronnieisaacs6960
2 жыл бұрын
Have to hand it to you, you know how to make a fellow seem old! 😊 Probably because I am! 😂 I remember or had a lot of the older toys! Life sure was simpler back then and was really a lot of fun. Even though Im older, Im glad I grew up then! Appreciate the memories my friend! God Bless you & your family!
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
A lot of these were really fun and if you used them correctly then they were safer. I think there will always be people that don't follow the warnings or instructions. Of course there are some that probably just shouldn't have been made for kids. Thank you for watching!
@baldeagle5297
2 жыл бұрын
@@RhettyforHistory That's called Darwinism in action.🙄
@ronpeacock9939
2 жыл бұрын
I had many of these (we loved playing jarts)... How in the hell did we survive? I guess we took more responsibility for our actions back then...
@foxtrot312
2 жыл бұрын
Or Not 🤔
@gofast3209
2 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine what these toys are worth today!
@bigtechisbigbrother8690
Жыл бұрын
I saw that atomic energy lab on Ebay for $5,000.
@hiroehayes593
8 ай бұрын
"Bag Of Glass" sold by Dan Akroyd on Saturday Night Live 😅
@ColonizersBlow
Жыл бұрын
Good thing “Bag O’Glass” & “Johnny Switchblade” were never real toys 😂
@jeannineroche5669
2 жыл бұрын
We had Jarts, the Click Clacks, and the Creepy Crawlers in the sixties when I was a kid. My two daughters had the Sky Dancers. Loved them all and never had a problem, I guess we were blessed not to have had so.Thanks again for the video, Rhetty.
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
I would imagine the sky dancers would be bad if they didn't have a firm grip on the base. That is how I could see them flying all over but I never played with them. I did play with the others you mentioned. Just have to be careful with them. THank you for watching Jeannine!
@kaylakain6039
2 жыл бұрын
Wow your like way older in my parents and your kids are older then me and my sister
@F_U23
2 жыл бұрын
I recall the collateral damages from clackers. I was determined to master them. Bruised wrists and forearms for weeks. I ended up being quite good at it. 😎🤣
@lestersabados1306
2 жыл бұрын
I used the hotplate for years from creepy crawlies
@ctcanine
2 жыл бұрын
@Mike Oxlong being with your friends and throwing a jart as high as you can and yelling “run”
@wendyzachowicz6184
2 жыл бұрын
I think I had almost all of these toys wow still alive and well 😁
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! You had a lot then. Thank you for watching Wendy!
@David-sc2ir
2 жыл бұрын
I had a lot of these back in the 60's. My most memorable antic was setting up my water-wiggle by the front door... I rang the doorbell and mom answered right when I turned on the hose and Mr. Wiggle darted up in her face. Needless to say.... end of my water-wiggle! My arms stayed black and blue from those clackers! Tried cooking an egg on the creepy-crawler hotplate.... end of that! Ordered the seamonkeys, seahorses, and chameleon from Boys Life magazine (all arrived but had short lives) :( Nearly burned our garage down one day while using the wood-burning set trying to wood burn cardboard (not a good idea)! I never wore a helmet while riding my bike, I crashed my skateboard a million times, I swallowed several monopoly tokens.... a wonder I made it to 65! OH, and mom and dad are still kickin' too at 92 and 90!!! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES :)
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome and thank you for sharing some of your memories! Sounds like you were a handful for your parents so that helped their longevity!
@billcat1840
10 ай бұрын
Natural Selection at its best...😂. Still have all my fingers and eye sight...57 yrs old.
@CONSOLETRUTH2
Жыл бұрын
Just realized something with those baby cages. They got popular in the early 30s but basically fizzled out due to safety concerns in the mid 50s. By the mid 50s the babies that were put in those baby cages in the early 30s would now be between 20 and 25 and probably started having kids of their own. A good chunk probably saw photos of themselves being put in them by their parents and somehow remembering the horror of being hung out a window (even if a ground floor window maybe 3 feet from the ground, it would probably look like a mile to an infant that didn't know any better) so it was most likely those first infants being put into those cages that then got it taken of the market when they grew up knowing how stupid and idiotic their own parents were when they were children by putting them in that thing. Hell, I bet the decline really started when one of those babies had their first kid in the 1950s and grandma and grandpa still had the original cage up in the attic and thought it would be a great hand me down gift to give to their new grandkids and when mom and dad saw it and were told that grandma and grandpa used to put them in those things while living on the 10th floor of an apartment building sent mom and dad into horror realizing that they could have easily died had the thing been defective or if it came loose while they were in it . Or maybe I am way over thinking this cause it is late, I am tired, and the 5 THC gummies I took 30 min ago have fully kicked in and I am high as a kite to come up with this.....I dunno if I would call ot a conspiracy, but, well, whatever it is.......long story about how the baby cage was discontinued some 20-25 years after its introduction!!
@guy-tn2ud
2 жыл бұрын
I remember click clacks (mine had a chunk missing, not sure how that happened), creepy crawlers (yes it was hot), power mite (I would cut balsa wood into shapes). No injuries to report. I think click clacks were a bad idea, the other two really needed adult supervision under 10ish. There was no such supervision in my house.
@thejeepdoctor
2 жыл бұрын
Back in the late 60’s, my dad bought my brother and I some pop guns. They had a cork plug hooked to a string. Needless to say, the corks got replaced by shoving the barrel into the mud. Then we would blast each other with them. Well, my brother went crying to my dad and he took them away from us. Later we asked him about what happened to them. He said that he couldn’t remember….. ya, I’ll bet he threw them away. 🤣
@RhettyforHistory
2 жыл бұрын
I bet he did too! That's a funny story! Thank you for watching and sharing it!
@largol33t1
2 жыл бұрын
I can come close to that. I experimented with those old roll caps. Remember those dummy wooden flintlock style guns Disney used to sell at Ft. Wilderness in the 80s? You pull the hammer and it would snap shut. It couldn't fire any caps as there was no way to fit the rolls or insert the 8-shot clips for plastic revolvers. It didn't stop me. I bought a roll of those paper caps, cut them up with scissors and taped them under the hammer. Bang! It worked! I'm sure the Disney toy company NEVER thought it could slam hard enough to ignite actual paper caps! I had a lot of fun shooting that thing. I actually wore it out, one day the hammer wouldn't let go but when it did, it bent! Must have been very very poor quality iron, LOL...
@nicholashodges201
Жыл бұрын
@@largol33t1 when those first came out you didn't need to tape the caps, they actually stuck on there. They quit makeing them like that for Disney in the 80's, but you can still find them set up for caps from other companies
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