Boomers! "Thingmaker" vs "Vac-U-Form". Which was more dangerous?

[maveric]

I had both and had fun with them in spite of heating elements that burned the shit out my brothers and me.
Which was more dangerous?
Did you have fun with these?

Thingmaker
http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/Thingmaker.html

Thingmaker was a small, square hotplate that held these metal molds that you poured "Plastigoop" into. You cooked it up till your little "creepy crawler" was cooked to a rubbery consistency.
Burned fingertips to all. But fun!

Vac-U-Form
http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/Vac-U-Form.html

Vac-U-Form was another heating element where you put these little plastic sheets into this hinged frame that heated up the sheet. Then there was this little surface where you put whatever you wanted to reproduce in thin plastic that is heat-melted over the object.
Burned fingers to all. But fun?

[maveric]

1. This is either the dullest, most uninteresting poll ever...

Or I'm the Oldest person on this board.
Oh well...

[haele]

2. My second cousin had a ThingMaker

Stunk up the house like mad. She used to melt crayola shavings in it, thinking that it would increase the amount of colors availible. Ended up ruining it. She also got sheets of "ShrinkyDoo" or whatever that stuff was called - those sheets of plastic you colored in on with indelible ink, cut out, and "baked" in the oven.
She also had the delux EZ-Bake and later, her little sister had a Lite Brite. Of course, their house ended up Barbie Central. Bleah.

All I had were Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys. (which weren't half bad, but they weren't "cool"...)
My brother got Legos and the MatchBox cars and the tracs.

Haele

[warrior1]

3. I had the thingmaker

Wish I still had it. It was the cools presents I ever got. Didn't have the other one. So I'm not sure. I think I remembed something about the thingmakers being dangerous at the time but I don't know why.

[maveric]

5. The metal mold would get HOT! They gave you this wire handle...

that you slipped into slots in the mold, to remove it to cool in water. The handle wasnt very strong and would also heat up with the heat from the mold.
Fingers would also end up touching the hot mold every now and then.
I loved my thingmaker and would buy different molds for different creepy crawlers cool stuff like shrunken heads and Rat Fink. It was a popular but semi-dangerous, toy in our house.

[guinivere]

4. Oh, I loved my Thingmaker.

I had molds to make flowers and dragon-type thingys.
It kept me quiet and busy for hours, so I'm sure my mom loved it too.


I had a huge chemistry set. Stuff blew up regularly and there was one tiny fire. It was fun.

[Deja Q]

6. The names of those 'toys' had hidden meanings for adults, right?

:blush:

[Dave Reynolds]

7. The Thingmaker,

especially after we lost the little wire holder.

We did not have a Vac-U-Form.

But we did have Jarts.