10 worst toys of all time.

[uppityperson]

http://www.radarmagazine.com/features/2006/12/toys.php
#2 got me laughing.

[HughBeaumont]

1. Who the HELL would give a kid a toy that caused third degree burns?

Jeez, did Irwin Mainway sell these things? How about a Johnny Space Commander Mask?

[Frank Cannon]

7. Hey, I had one of those Thingmaker toys when I was a kid

It was the Picadoos set. The set came with metal molds that had a grid stamped into them, and you put different colors of liquid Plastigoop into the squares of the grid to make different designs. Once the burner got good and hot, you'd put the mold on the burner to bake--the heady fumes of cooking plastic gently teasing your nostrils and frontal lobe. You then plunged the mold into a steaming water bath and peeled your Picadoo off. Make enough Picadoos, and you could fashion a groovy belt or headband for your hippie mom or dad.



I played with this thing constantly. I never once got a burn. Okay, well once, maybe.

[underpants]

2. 8. The Johnny Reb Cannon (this whole thing is hilarious)

For only $11.98, young rebels got a cannon, six cannon balls, a ramrod, and a rebel flag. What better way to permanently maim your little brother while spreading valuable lessons about states' rights?

[myrna minx]

13. This commercial is hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADMf1BZeUug

[crim son]

3. I started laughing before I even read anything, when I saw

the kid's crying face. I love this! Thanks.

[malta blue]

4. I still have jarts

:rofl:

[Neshanic]

5. Letterman had a "Uncle Miltons Dog Farm" ...I almost died! Huge replica....

of the ant farm. Must of been 12 feet high. Had live dogs in it....Golden on bottom, little dogs in tunnels.

I still laugh out loud thinking about it!

[underpants]

14. Two words

Wiffle Ax

:rofl:

http://users.abac.com/ksitterley/nwsk1986.htm

[seemunkee]

6. owned 4 out of the 10

My brother and I had Jarts and Creepy Crawlers, I had the Bat Masterson belt buckle and my daughter had the sky dancers.

[noonwitch]

8. We had yard darts, and no one ever got hurt

But my mom was always paranoid about them.

I always wanted the rubber insect-maker, but my mom wouldn't let me have one.,

[LynneSin]

19. I had the rubber insect-maker

Actually my brother had it. BTW, that rubber stank horribly when you were cooking it!

[Jimbo S]

9. And then the U-238 toy gets defended in the comments

I'm not a chemist so I can't make a conclusion on the safety of the toy. Still, an odd thing to have. Then again it was the 50's.

[Pithlet]

17. I know. The comments grousing about the list

are almost as funny as the list itself. Man, the good old days when toys maimed and killed. Kids today are too soft... :crazy:

[warrior1]

10. Ok, I had this one.

I loved it. 'cept I've got twelve fingers now.

[cwydro]

11. #2

is a riot! Ah the good old days. :rofl:

[SacredCow]

12. I'd have loved the nuclear set...

Science nerd that I am.

I only had 2 of the 10 (Jarts and the Battlestar Galactica missles) but frankly, my parents were more worried about my penchant for dismantling fireworks and combining the gunpowder into something new and bigger.

[azmouse]

15. OMG! That brought back a terrible memory.

My uncle had those lawn darts when I was a kid. I was playing with two of my cousins when their brother decided he didn't want us around the backyard. So he picked a lawn dart and threw it at us. Luckily at the time my arm was between the dart and my younger cousins head! It went into my elbow instead of her skull. It created a puncture wound that hurt like hell and I still have a scar from it. But my cousin could have been seriously injured or even killed had it gone into her head.
My uncle immediately rounded up all the lawn darts and threw them away.

[Dukkha]

16. I had #9

The Vipor and Cylon Raider. That's the toy that ruined fun for all kids everywhere when no projectiles were allowed on toys from that point on. They weren't reintroduced until the mid 90's with choking hazard warning labels.

[LynneSin]

18. This was the WMD Bush thought they had in Iraq