Comments on: The ten most dangerous playthings of all time. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:48:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: beowulf http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1892122 beowulf Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:14:51 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-1892122 the toys Iplayed with in the sixties were`nt really dangerous ,it`s just that kids have gotten dumber by being protected from every imaginable threat ! I had an air blaster pistol from whamo and would have to say it was one of the most fun toys I had !never got hurt , never hurt anyone !also had a creepy crawler set !can say the same thing about it ! I really feel sorry for kids in this time of over protection and pc bull c**p ! the toys Iplayed with in the sixties were`nt really dangerous ,it`s just that kids have gotten dumber by being protected from every imaginable threat ! I had an air blaster pistol from whamo and would have to say it was one of the most fun toys I had !never got hurt , never hurt anyone !also had a creepy crawler set !can say the same thing about it ! I really feel sorry for kids in this time of over protection and pc bull c**p !

]]> By: jami http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58270 jami Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:34:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58270 yikes! i was just reading about that poisoned russian spy in the economist. know what did it? "alpha source in handy container," as offered by the atomic playkit. yikes! i was just reading about that poisoned russian spy in the economist. know what did it? "alpha source in handy container," as offered by the atomic playkit.

]]> By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58224 Denita TwoDragons Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:54:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58224 Sky Dancers taken off the market?! Then why are the shelves at the W-M I work at crammed with the things? I kid you not, they're about as popular as Bratz dolls. (Now THERE is something that needs to be taken off the market...ugh...) I guess they redesigned them or something. But they're still being sold, trust me! --TwoDragons Sky Dancers taken off the market?! Then why are the shelves at the W-M I work at crammed with the things? I kid you not, they're about as popular as Bratz dolls. (Now THERE is something that needs to be taken off the market...ugh...)

I guess they redesigned them or something. But they're still being sold, trust me!

--TwoDragons

]]> By: Britt http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58123 Britt Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:03:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58123 I loved Sky Dancers. I only ever had a mini one, but it made me pretty damn happy. And creepy crawlers. My brother had one, but I couldn't play with it because it was for 'Ages 8 and up', while I was not yet eight. I later bought it from him for $10 and made awesome stuff with the eraser goop. I still have a set of lawn darts somewhere. I loved Sky Dancers. I only ever had a mini one, but it made me pretty damn happy.

And creepy crawlers. My brother had one, but I couldn't play with it because it was for 'Ages 8 and up', while I was not yet eight. I later bought it from him for $10 and made awesome stuff with the eraser goop.

I still have a set of lawn darts somewhere.

]]> By: Anita http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58120 Anita Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:43:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58120 I learned the hard way that Lawn darts at kid parties is a bad idea... OUCH! I learned the hard way that Lawn darts at kid parties is a bad idea... OUCH!

]]> By: Jenny http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58118 Jenny Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:56:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58118 Aww, I loved my sky dancer. Aww, I loved my sky dancer.

]]> By: megmeg http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58112 megmeg Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:37:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58112 In regards to most of the toys... stupid kids and lazy parents ruin it for everyone. We had sky dancers, we never hurt ourselves with them. We were careful and not retarded. except for the atomic energy thing, that's kinda scary In regards to most of the toys... stupid kids and lazy parents ruin it for everyone. We had sky dancers, we never hurt ourselves with them. We were careful and not retarded.

except for the atomic energy thing, that's kinda scary

]]> By: Blacknimbus http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58089 Blacknimbus Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:21:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58089 Crow: But didn't you little kinds back on Earth get burnt? Joel: Yeah I'll say we got burnt. We got burnt all the time. It was just part of what went with the territory when you got to make your own cool plastic toys. We had a saying when I was growing up "Learn with the Creepy Crawler Maker... Burn with the Creepy Crawler Maker" Tom: Well what happened? I mean why can't kids today play with the Thing-Maker or all the neat accessories here, like the Creepy Crawlers, or the Fun Flowers, or the Fright Factory, or the Picadoos (?), or the Fright Men, or the Mini-Dragons, or the EEKS! Joel: I'll tell you why. Because some little kids wrecked it for everybody. They'd get burnt and go screaming up stairs to their mommies. The Mom's would call the FDA. The FDA would call the manufacturer, and before you could say "It's Mattel, It's swell" the great goop factories of Taiwan were shut down forever. Tom: You know I was just reading something about that the other day. There were lots or really fun toys hauled off the market during the 60's because kids were careless. Joel: I'll say, the Susie Homemaker Oven, The Whamo Air Blaster... Tom: Lawn Darts Joel: ...Lawn darts, and Creepy Crawlers, the Vertibird. The list goes on and on... Tom: Vacuform... Crow: Poor dumb kids. They never even knew. Crow: But didn't you little kinds back on Earth get burnt?

Joel: Yeah I'll say we got burnt. We got burnt all the time. It was just part of what went with the territory when you got to make your own cool plastic toys. We had a saying when I was growing up "Learn with the Creepy Crawler Maker... Burn with the Creepy Crawler Maker"

Tom: Well what happened? I mean why can't kids today play with the Thing-Maker or all the neat accessories here, like the Creepy Crawlers, or the Fun Flowers, or the Fright Factory, or the Picadoos (?), or the Fright Men, or the Mini-Dragons, or the EEKS!

Joel: I'll tell you why. Because some little kids wrecked it for everybody. They'd get burnt and go screaming up stairs to their mommies. The Mom's would call the FDA. The FDA would call the manufacturer, and before you could say "It's Mattel, It's swell" the great goop factories of Taiwan were shut down forever.

Tom: You know I was just reading something about that the other day. There were lots or really fun toys hauled off the market during the 60's because kids were careless.

Joel: I'll say, the Susie Homemaker Oven, The Whamo Air Blaster...

Tom: Lawn Darts

Joel: ...Lawn darts, and Creepy Crawlers, the Vertibird. The list goes on and on...

Tom: Vacuform...

Crow: Poor dumb kids. They never even knew.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-58068 Bryan Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:59:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/15/the-ten-most-dangerous-playthings-of-all-time/#comment-58068 Jarts were one of the best toys of all time. Nothing makes a man out of a boy more than pulling a Jart out of his leg. The trickest Jart shot of all was the "over the roof" high altitude lob. That sucker came down like a V-2 rocket. Jarts were one of the best toys of all time. Nothing makes a man out of a boy more than pulling a Jart out of his leg.
The trickest Jart shot of all was the "over the roof" high altitude lob. That sucker came down like a V-2 rocket.

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