Dangerous Toys and Games From the 60's & 70's

[@michaeldanao6326]

" KLACKERS " , great toy , once I threw them at my Little brother when he ran from me they wrapped around his ankles and smashed his face into the ground ! Good Clean fun !

[@bellakaldera3305]

An Argentine Bola!

[@howardgrover8908]

I still have a set of klackers that my mom bought me around 1971. I still play with them once in a while when my wrist doesn't hurt quite enough.

[@novass8610]

Did it !

[@paulhunt4690]

Bruises up and down my arms!

[@peterhall5070]

We knew how to have fun back then, lol.

[@kevins1114]

Those were the Good Old Days, when kids were actually encouraged to be creative.

[@darrellenglish8528]

We had Cool Toys and they Helped to Weed Out the Losers

[@francisphillips53]

Lol.. TRUTH

[@johnbockelie3899]

I was born in 1960, we had "dangerous toys". We all lived.

[@duanepigden1337]

I remember BB gun fights, bow and arrow fights and chemistry sets. Good times.

[@TJ-kk5zf]

seriously

[@x2malandy]

I have taught my great granddaughters, 2 & 4 year old's how to drive a real nail with a real hammer into wood. I have taught them how to use scissors and cut paper in straight lines and in circles. I had my sons using utility knives to sharpen sticks when they were 3 years old. 2 of my sons have their own company's and the 3rd is a engineer. The 2 granddaughters can tell you the word and explain with a tissue box what gravity is. I have watched all the young ones I have raised like a razor eyed hawk while they learned. All of them knew they could get hurt and bring blood if they goofed up. With watching and praying for their safety, nothing has ever gone wrong. Like I tell them, "Your Smart"!

[@larryrouse6322]

The lawn darts were awesome! The regular game wasn’t challenging enough so we would but the ring in the backyard, then stand in the front yard, and throw the Jarts over the house.

[@ricthomas9788]

We did too!👍🏻

[@robothunter1035]

It's like I tell the young'uns these days with their helmets and car seats, "Sure some of us died playing with these toys, but in those days kids were tough. We would lose four or five of our friends every year, and parents expected some of their children to die doing something fun. It was a normal thing. It was part of life. Those kids died doing something they loved. We salute you our dead brothers and sisters! Rock on!"

[@bossfan49]

You had 4 or 5 childhood friends die every year? Come on.

[@robothunter1035]

@I'm Back HO-LEE CRAP! . . . that was . . . AWESOME!

[@robothunter1035]

@I'm Back You must pay some massive insurance premiums, but again . . . AWESOME!

[@1369buddy]

Skitching, was a snow sport we partook in, for those who dont know.A car would stop at a stop sign we would grab the rear bumper, squat down on the icey road ,like skiing Sometimes an older brother would let all the kids grab on & take off,,, great fun, no ever got hurt,,,,,almost

[@Curtiz2008]

I know engineers who were inspired in their career choice by the Erector Sets. Same thing with Chemistry sets. This "fear factor" being played up just discourages a kid's interest and turns them into inert lumps that will never make a worthwhile contribution. What a world of wusses we have created.

[@theresalibert]

So so true. Kids lack imagination thanks to parents scaring them out of even climbing a tree 🌳. How sad for them

[@averagejoe8213]

I think we had every one of those "toys" Grew up south burbs of Chicago and ALSO jumped rooves as our houses were close enough together to do so, as well as jumping over each other with our bikes on home made ramps! Great video!

[@bossfan49]

I grew up in Hegewisch and we spent entirely too much time around railroad tracks as kids! haha. Kind of unavoidable since we were surrounded by them. I also remember long before the airsoft guns we had those dart guns with the suction cups on them, and cap guns that would make your ears ring for a minute or two.

[@randallleibert4728]

Being born in 1955 I can relate to just about all the toys From the creepy crawler set to playing with mercury at the kitchen table

[@AlleyPicked]

I just bought a book that contains all the Sears Toy catalogs from 1951-1969 on Amazon. I'm sure you could also relate to that. I will be featuring some of it in some future toy videos. I hope you are a subscriber so you will be notified when they come out. Thanks for watching. Tom

[@TheWolfsnack]

...spring powered bean guns? .....when our grade 4 principal banned them...we switched to shooting paper clips with elastics......guess which was more dangerous?

[@deskgamesix]

We even rode bikes (without helmets) and stayed out after dark.

[@GaryCornelius]

I had every one of those! I even had a mini bike, no helmet of course, fireworks and at age 13 a 22 rifle and a 410 shotgun. Since I grew up on a farm it was just my younger brother and I just doing whatever we wanted. Amazing we are still alive.

[@muskokamike127]

No, not amazing, you were raised with a modicum of common sense....sure I had a rifle too, many in fact, but we knew how to use them safely. But even if you did get hurt, you went to the hospital, got patched up, and went back at it.....I've got numerous scars from when I was a kid......now when I slice myself really good, I just get out the crazy clue and electrical tape, I don't panic.

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

when my boy turn 16 years old i took him down to k mart and bought him a stainless steel barrel ruger 22 rifle. he is now 39 years old and he still has that rifle.

[@muskokamike127]

@@jodyguilbeaux8225 NICE.....I was 13 when I got my single shot .22 cooey.....

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Had all of those. Most dangerous ever was actually my favorite: the wrist rocket, that slingshot with the arm brace. You could take down a rabbit (or a human) at 200 yards.

[@randallleibert4728]

I still have my wrist rocket Still fun to shoot

[@mikey87]

You can still get those, thankfully they didn’t take everything away from us for our own good.

[@brentgurski9021]

they where only dangerous for the stupid the normal people ,the normal people are still here in one piece

[@robertseely3286]

A good friend of mine once stated "Get rid of all the warnings and let the stupid people be eliminated through attrition."

[@gwarlow]

Isn’t it known as “natural selection”?

[@robertseely3286]

@@gwarlow Indeed

[@brentgurski9021]

@Chris Farrell we had them in our house i still use them.simple rule at my house you use them you might die . we use every summer .No deaths yet

[@brentgurski9021]

@Chris Farrell sorry we are not like that in canada we let the stupid die but have relatively few accidents in life but look at the US the yearly death toll its humiliating for a so called free and smart country to lose that many lives in freek accidents so they need the help but we dont see that here .we are far to ahead of stupidity so canada will continue with smart people and watch the rest of the worlds stupidity

[@billlyell8322]

Klackers rockered! Lol. One of my favorite toys. You forgot to mention you could throw them like bolos. What a hoot.

[@bumpedhishead636]

My brother had a Thing Maker, and he had both the creepy crawlers and the Army set. The Army set was pretty cool, you had thin wire that you laid into the mold for the arms and the legs. So, when the Goop set, the arms and legs of the army men would (sort-of) stay when you bent them. It also had molds for machine guns, tank turrets, tank tracks and jeep tires that you could glue onto cardboard tank and jeep bodies.

[@christopherturco197]

I don't remember the Army set but I had the Creeple People. My older brother had the original Creepy Crawlers set complete with the Thing Maker, so I had to borrow his Thing Maker to make my People. Later on they came out with edible goop so you could eat the Creepy Crawlers, but I remember they tasted pretty nasty.

[@mikegrossberg8624]

Anyone who thought of a 20 lb draw weight fiberglass bow as a "toy" shouldn't have been allowed NEAR one! Anyone who gave a kid one, then turned him/her loose without first teaching them how to use it safely should have been arrested

[@bossfan49]

They were still selling Creepy Crawlers into the early 80s. We had Jarts, Klackers, regular mercury thermometers... We also had our share of bike ramps and did some garage jumping. We also were known to light a stick on fire, then blast it with WD40 or other flammable aerosol and make a blowtorch!!! Love that IL license plate art (and the familiar accent).

[@THX11458]

I grew up in the 70's and as hard as it is to imagine today our elementary school used to hand out those same bow and arrows (seen at the start of the video here) for an annual springtime archery contest. And yes it was as dangerous as it sounds.

[@sunseeker8457]

This video is about the good old days!

[@glennroberts461]

I not only had my own bow and arrows I had a 22 caliber rifle. So what? My dad taught me how to use them. And that's the difference.

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

I missed out, although I did have a bb gun in the 80s. Used to aim at the darts board

[@maxwellmortimermontoure7274]

We had similar childhoods, my town was always behind the times. Always running around with bows, knives, blowguns, BB guns...

[@chrismoody1342]

I had ever single one except the atomic energy set. No pinched or burned fingers more than once. No arrows thru my playmates. No burning down the house or explosions. Fact is I used to explore the river behind the house for the tallest cottonwood trees I could find the climb to the very top. The best specimens were probably 80-100 feet tall. I’d stay up there all day on the lookout for any trees I deemed taller. I survived it all and am a better man for it.

[@redskinjim]

Back then was not for pussies.

[@B_R_]

An over protected child becomes an unprepared adult that needs to be taken care of I've watched it progress over the last three decades It started with the "time out" kids in the 1980s

[@richardoldman5982]

Growng up in Canada in the sixties, we had a lump of asbestos in the library. We would scrape off fibers with our fingernails.

[@fangslaughter1198]

Only in Canada do we have a town named asbestos. Lol I think they may have changed it recently.

[@chrissibersky4617]

When I was a kid we used to play with matches.

[@babababuck]

Really enjoyed that. I had a Chemistry set with a microscope that came with a razor sharp scalpel. It should have included a suture set too. lol. Each set included a Bee to slice up. I don't think they do that anymore. I think a lot of us played with mercury. Well, boy's any way. I think the girls were smarter than that. lol. I have a set of Jarts, and they still get used. And I still have Klackers. I could never master them. My five year old grandson figured them out pretty quick, though. lol. Roofs weren't close enough to jump across, where I grew up. But garages sure were great for jumping off of. Sometimes during bbgun fights. :)

[@AlleyPicked]

I look forward to seeing your video. 😁

[@babababuck]

@@AlleyPicked I think I have to make a video, now.😬😀

[@dundonrl]

We had a camper that we jumped off. When it was on the jacks, it was a long ways in the air.. of course when we were older, we'd jump off "high rock" into the river about 70 ft into the water.

[@davidmohr4606]

Scars on my back and head from my brother using me as a JARTS target.

[@jchapman8248]

Dangerous? Hell son...that builds character. If you got hurt, good, you had it coming!

[@Argus890]

Talk about being an oveprotective (american? ;-) )guy. I played with a lot of these "dangerous" toys. If you followed the instructions the toys wasn´t that dangerous after all. Sure, if you trow darts at your friend he/she could get hurt...but the same goes for stones and sticks. If your parents taught you to THINK and showed you the difference between right and wrong everything was just fine. :-)

[@brianchandler6127]

Between my brothers and me we had them all, still standing !

[@marksark1119]

I'm 66 and had most of the "toys" in your vid. Which brought back a lot of memories. Some painful. No, I didn't burn down the house either, but burned my fingers a time or two making Creepy Crawlers. Got lawn jarted in my left foot when my sister-in-law through the 1/2 pounder like a javelin. I was barefoot, bad to start with, and standing out of range, or so I thought, of the yellow circle target. There wasn't any blood, but it sure hurt. I went into mild shock and was immediately put on the dl list which meant spending the rest of the day in the a/c. Ahhhhh. I stopped limping in a couple of days. And I NEVER played lawn jarts with my sister-in-law again. Great vid. Memories memories.👍✌

[@williamstaggjr8432]

back in those day we had Common Sense

[@wmffmw1854]

I'm 70 years old our toys were dangerous fun, like Gilbert Chemistry sets and glass blowing kits. Erector Sets, not even close to our idea of dangerous. Educational child's play. You were expected to use good sense. The dumb one's just didn't make it. No reason to spoil the fun for the rest of us.

[@xyzyyz]

Mighty Moe was a spring loaded howitzer that shot hard plastic projectiles or carefully placed darts. I remember a cannon that was sold in the late 50’s that made a Big Bang when ignited.

[@sueparras6028]

I had klackers as a kid, loved them, and my grandfather LOVED playing lawn darts! Every family get together we would all play lawn darts for hours. Nobody ever got hurt because we were smart enough to not stand in the middle of where they were being played. Also as a child I would take my dad's axes and go cut down small trees in the bush around our house. Only once I got 3 stitches in my knee from an axe but I wasn't told I couldn't play with the axes anymore, just to be more careful. I am 62 and still fine!

[@peterhall5070]

Great video! I grew up during the sixties and either owned or had experience with ALL of these items. I had the original Creepy Crawlers with the metal molds. I used to make smoke bombs with my chemistry set and when I went to visit my cousins, we would play Jarts. Lol, You make some good points in your presentation but somehow these items just didn’t seem dangerous at the time. We just knew to be careful. Too many kids in today’s society are raised as overprotected wusses!

[@peterhall5070]

pop p

[@MarkMphonoman]

In 1958 I shot an arrow in the air and it came down into the top of my father’s 1956 convertible Ford. They took away my bow and arrows. I remember the Mercury thermometers, but never played with the Mercury. Had Jarts, no accidents. Did not have creepy crawlers, but I know I would have liked to have it, had an erector set, no accidents there, absolutely had a chemistry set. They were great. Again, no accidents. Did not have clackers.

[@terrydouglas5008]

My dad in the 50's made us rubber band guns with the rubber bands made out of pieces of inner tubes. I had a carbide cannon, put the ball in and there was a hole you poured carbide and water. Had BB/Pellot guns, bows and arrows. Just remembered that you that had sheets of plastic and it got hot enough to mold toy cars, army men, etc. And girls had the stove with a light bulb you could bake little cakes. Gilbert Chemistry set you could make gun powder. Real small toolsets, I had a battery operated plane and helicopter attached to a wire the propeller could hurt.

[@AndrewVelonis]

I put army men in my sister's E-Z Bake oven and melted them. I was four years old at the time and to this day I don't know why I didn't burn the house down.

[@jrgreatwhite]

Yup remember BB gun wars, crab apple wars, fireworks wars (We had a lot of wars :)), Darts, Chemistry sets with lot's of dangerous chemicals,. We also made gun powder, rockets. I actually attached rockets to my bike so I could fire them like a fighter jet. Way to many things that would shock people today.

[@boazandruth909]

Best toys ever they need to be brought back. I had most of em including the chemistry kit. Had a blast growing up then

[@VoightComp]

I never had to purchase a bow and arrow set. My parents got a fiberglass bow for me as a Christmas present when I was ten. They were tired of me making my own from tree limbs. I still have the bow which is a testament to the quality of toys back then.

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

Lucky you, all I got was those rubbish plastic ones, with the rubber tipped arrows

[@VoightComp]

@@taraelizabethdensley9475 They were the worst, weren't they?

[@dondon747x]

Those some very cool toys.

[@Jack-pm1ve]

Back in the 60s I had toy's that would get an adult arrested today. B B guns pellet guns (there is a difference) bow and arrows boomerang. We all lived and had a lot of fun.

[@fangslaughter1198]

Im from Saskatchewan. We had 22s. ammunition was really really cheap. I was buying my own ammo at the sporting goods when i was 12. We got taught hunter and gun safety in school in grade 8. We'd go shoot them unsupervised whenever we wanted. Wed just walk out of town. Oh the freedom.

[@TheWolfsnack]

@@fangslaughter1198 ..even as a kid in the suburbs we used to head into the bush and play war games shooting at each other with BB guns....

[@thomrobitaille3942]

We used to pack up our pellet guns and go hunt each other in the bush. Just put on a medium weight jacket and no aiming for the face. Our teachers handed us globs of mercury in science class to play with for a half an hour. No masks, no gloves. After all, we weren't sissies. To refill our pen cartridges, our parents gave us hypodermic needles to inject fresh ink. It was a cost savings measure. The teacher even supplied the ink. Jumping ramps and busting out spokes on our bikes was commonplace. Few of us kids were ever seriously injured. I never had a clacker shatter, no matter how hard I tried. Neither did my sisters.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

I played with a lot of these toys and even made some myself, such as a bow an catapult. I loved playing with mercury too! Never hurt myself at all. Not sure about the mercury though, probably some damage somewhere!

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

Remember when a thermometer broke we'd take a coin and roll it around? Hell, in elementary school they'd let you play with mercury in science class.

[@ericsikma4764]

That "play with mercury" thing brought a flashback to grade school. "Hey, kids! Divide into groups and...well...check THIS out...It's a metal! It's a liquid!" Ahh, yes. Those were the days. PFF!

[@garyandrews3925]

Lessee, wrist rockets, dart pistols, jax, super balls, sting ray bikes. We brought our .410 shotguns to middle school to hunt rabbits on the walk home. I never remember me or my buddies getting hurt. Why is that?

[@davedavis775]

I have a bow very similar to that one . It belonged to my older brother and came from Montgomery Wards. My friend and I would shoot target arrows straight up in the air. They would go so high you temporarily lost sight of them. Then we would catch them bare handed before they hit the ground. If we couldn't gain sight after a few seconds we ran under cover. It was lots of fun playing with that bow. I still have it.

[@peterrevens8454]

I'm from 72. We made our own bows, trying to figure out, what kind of trees were the best material.

[@rickschrager]

Toys were great in the '60s. Yeah we got burnt, punctured, scraped, bruised, we started fires, broke windows and visited the ER. It was awesome!!

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

IT IS JUST MEMORIES NOW

[@warbunny13203]

i played with and still have the "METAL TIPPED" lawn darts (later version of jarts), and a smaller count ver of erector set, and metal truck....a few years ago a guy on the radio said something very true about metal trucks, they had points on them and if you got hurt it was a "learning" experiance....ahhh the good old days (i was born in the early 70s)🤔🤔👍😁👍👌🇺🇸🦅

[@harrysweeten9417]

I had some of the toys shown, we did things like extending bike forks with ones we cut off old bikes, dug underground forts and built a dam on a small stream in the woods. And yet we survived childhood despite lead paint, asbestos, home made mini bikes and being giving a gun and being told to try not to shoot yourself as a safety briefing. And don't forget riding in a pickup truck bed with half a dozen friends.

[@cleanasdirt6832]

Takes me back to my childhood, and how did I survive.

[@Robert-xp4ii]

I had the same bow and it's still here somewhere. I had a chemistry set with a few chemicals with the skull and crossbones warning. I had the erector set and LOVED it. Those small nuts and bolts still haunt me. I know the point you're making but, just as jokes point out, we survived and didn't grow up soft, needing safe places from words. I was overly protective of my kids so I sound hypocritical but my childhood was great and better than that kids have today.

[@Bawbster1]

no such thing as dangerous toys, only stupid kids. I say let Darwin's law sort it all out.

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

and today, we have stupid "big kids" that go into schools and shoot kids and teachers. *WHO THE HELL THOUGHT OF SELLING GUNS TO THE PUBLIC ANYWAY!?!!?!?!?! ITS FUCKING STUPID!*

[@TeensierPython]

I had a bow as a kid, lawn darts, model rockets. 80s kid maybe that’s why?

[@bimscutney1242]

I lived through all of these as a kid. Kept you on your toes.

[@db2637]

🌸🌸🌸little known fact!!!! If you heated up the CREEPY CRAWLER tray, before putting n Goop- creating a searing hot piece of metal- The goop would cook at the ultra high temperature, and create a “clear” colored goop!!!! Loved this toy- from about 8-12 years old. Yeah- some burns here and there, BUT I LEARNED THE DANGERS OF AN ULTRA HOT TOY!!!!!! Fun times💕

[@jelsner5077]

Creepy Crawlers was my favorite! I remember getting it for Christmas in the late 60's. I got so many blisters from that "toy" and they were totally worth it!

[@TinCupChalice40]

Remember Incredible Edibles?

[@patprop74]

i got one of those also in the 80's I'm not sure if it was new or a hand-me-down from a cousin, but I had one nonetheless and I loved it!

[@jelsner5077]

@@TinCupChalice40 Yes! Mostly that they were incredibly inedible.

[@wkruit]

I once saw the restoration of a children’s cooking range. It was heated with mains voltage and the paint contained lead... In those days, it was really survival of the fittest...

[@toybarons]

I was maybe 6 years old when I had a Clackers. Mine never chipped but I was never really good at getting them to clack. Did hurt myself a few times too trying to get them to clack.

[@captainjohnh9405]

Melted lead for fishing sinkers and Wrist Rocket (sling shot) ammo; Jarts; Chemistry and erector sets; alcohol fired steam engine; Cox 'gas' powered airplanes; cap bombs (center front of the table), air rifle for BBs, lead pellets, and mini darts; had them all. We only wore helmets playing football or hockey. I also had a Schwinn five speed with a big, tall, dragsteresque shifter right in front of the banana seat (okay, that one was a bad idea).

[@roscoepatternworks3471]

And you still have 2 eyes 10 fingers and appear to be in good health. No harm, no foul and maybe some common sense, that seem to be lacking in today's kids.

[@TheMarkinMD]

I had everything you showed and talked about, great memories.

[@AlleyPicked]

Here's a few more in case you missed it...kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqHTloCviMx7rc0

[@marcmckenzie5110]

My most favorite toy from the 70’s was a chemistry set, I think circa 1974-75. It was made out of light blue plastic with metal pins in the hinges, unfolding into three sections similar to the metal sets you show. It had a large number of chemicals in square plastic jars, including sodium cyanide, cobalt, and carbon tetra chloride. If anyone knows anything about this, I’d love to hear it!

[@curtc2194]

Another dangerous toy from the 60's was the Vacuform...would heat up squares of plastic and then you would pump a handful to get the air out and the hot plastic would contour to the toy mold you chose...burned my hands more than once on it lol

[@richardross7219]

We had Whamo Slingshots in the 50s and 60s. They were great. a quartz rock at 20' could make an old coke bottle explode in a thousand glass shards. Later, I went in the Army and played with all kinds of neat toys. Most of us were taught to shoot real guns before we were 10 years old. The good old days. Good Luck, Rick

[@craigthescott5074]

I had that exact Bear bow. I made it into a cross bow and I would tape M80’s to the tip of the arrow. We also had BB gun fights in my backyard until I shot out one of the back windows of my house. I used to shoot my little sisters with my BB gun and I told them they got stung by bees. Haaaaa the 70’s were great.

[@0LoneTech]

There's something wrong about a culture where "M-80" bombs (yep, military, and regulated since the 60s) are apparently so common it's mentioned multiple times without any explanation. Around here, that designation would lead anyone to wonder where you found an 80mm wide thread.

[@1369buddy]

The M80s taped to arrows, man I was doing that till I was in my 30s,,,,I'm 61 now LMAO,, glad u did it too lots of fun

[@jefffoster3557]

The erector set I got never really saw any building, but the chemistry set.....NOW we're talking! Got one for xmas in 70 and even recorded all my experiments. Had a contest with best friend on how many experiments we both had......til I found out he was fibbin......no more best friend, lol. I think 4 boys in my 4th grade class got one that xmas.

[@alfredindy8058]

I had the lead soldier maker. Safety instructions: mom said, if you get burned, I will put it away for a month. Also, I had a chemistry set; however, the ones in the sixties did not contain Potassium Nitrate (salt Peter) like the 50s Lionel sets. You had to have someone go down to the local drugstore to purchase it for you.

[@jasonfrodoman1316]

I still got bruises from my Klackers. LOL. Those suckers really hurt.

[@AndrewVelonis]

They were banned from my high school, once in a while one would shatter, spraying sharp fragments of hard plastic in every direction.

[@fernandochavez4312]

I had the same bow as a kid. One Christmas my brother, sister and I got these hot plate ovens that you poured liquid plastic into. Mine made little soldiers, my brothers made the creepy crawlers and my sisters made flowers. Classic!

[@jmad627]

I had a Mattel Hot Wheels factory that came out in the late 60’s. It was similar to what made those creepycrawly things, and generated a lot of heat also those molds got really hot as well. I can’t imagine anything like that being sold these days.

[@njneer]

I really enjoyed this video,I think I had all of those at one point or another. Not entirely sure about the chemistry set as my memory isn't so good anymore. (maybe from inhaling chemicals from my chemistry set) :0) Almost forgot to mention, I had a BB gun too. hahaha

[@rixx46]

I had a Thing Maker and Incredible Edibles! Burned the crap out of myself thousands of times! There was a Vacuuform thing, too... Mattel - Toys for Kids with a Burning Desire!

[@RETired-oc9xq]

I had a vacuuform, loved the little boats. they were my favorite thing to make.

[@barbaracastonguay7536]

My friends and I played with many of these things growing up and no one ever got hurt. Heck I still have my klackers and lawn jarts in a box in my cellar.

[@wmroykarlen]

Creepy Crawlers were great. :)

[@bindig1]

Yep, I had every one of these and more. I had a snub nosed 38 detective cap gun that was an exact replica of the real thing, no red cap on the end nonsense. And the klackers used to be sold at a kiosk in the mall. A buddy of mine had a grenade launcher that shot a big red grenade at high speed. Ahh, the good old days

[@garyjcsizmar4636]

Hahahahaha! Loved all these toys and sets! We all survived with no mishaps!

[@nicholasburns729]

Erector looks like a British (invented) educational toy called Mechano.

[@Biffo1262]

Those blasted clackers. I swear blind I fractured my right wrist from a love tap from those things. They were evil.

[@fat_head_Carl]

Nice lawn darts!!!!

[@cyclenut]

Klackers - 77/78 school year. Redland Middle school Dade Co, FL, 8 & 9 grade shift. They were popular with girls. The school had a hard time keeping out of school. It took the threat of suspensions to end them. The more dangerous the toy, the more fun. Like playground toys. If kids could break a arm, then it was FUN. Like a swing set where one could swing high as a two story house. If a kid fell out, there would be broken bones. After reading others posts. The fun toys, those that didn't end up at the hospital were the kids we hung out with.

[@spazimdam]

I had Jarts, Creepy Crawlers, a chemistry set and Klackers. They were all great fun and neither I nor anyone I knew ever got hurt, as least not seriously. Nowadays fun is virtual. It was better when you had to use your imagination and there was an element of danger.

[@robertvc4716]

The good old days! Awesome toys , no helmets on bikes, and we played outside until dark! Even used to ride in the back of dads Ford pickup .

[@harrybriscoe7948]

I remember seeing smaller kids laying down on the back window deck of cars as the parents drove down the road and freeways

[@robertvc4716]

@@harrybriscoe7948 YES!! Your right imagine doing that now?

[@RETired-oc9xq]

@@harrybriscoe7948 I did that all the time, usually took a nap on long rides.

[@henryhansen3662]

I had all those toys except for the Jarts. Toys were more fun back then.

[@kurtschlarb9762]

The farm kids in high school saw "Klackers," but when they got them for X-mas, they added extra cordage and became Bolas for small game, and to trip up their friends. Yeah, it was a great time to be a kid. I had a Thing maker, but the Incredible Edibles were really cool. Nowadays, this takes on a whole new meaning. I just wonder......

[@scottthomas6202]

I had the Creepy Crawler maker...In elementary school, we used Jarts as " bike missiles" - set up empty boxes, and throw the darts at them from your bike while riding by. There was " Mr. Quarterback", designed to throw a football, it would launch those old disposable glass Coke bottles a long way...

[@daric40]

Awesome toys and games from the 1960s and 1970s

[@JIMIIXTLAN]

I remember buying cap guns and rolls of caps from the corner store me and my buddies were hardcore pyros caps were a staple

[@RETired-oc9xq]

Remember the rockets? You put caps in the tip and throw the rocket in the air, bang when it hit the ground.

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

Remember the caps on the rolls? You could lay them on a rock and bang them with another rock and really get that powder smell going! I think all kids were pyros at heart back then. I had an minor incident with matches and some plastic that fell on my knee, but I'm still here😁.

[@micahreynolds3450]

I grew up like this. When I had my son I saw where society was headed. I decided to be adamant in making sure he did not grow up like the others around us. MMA training, no bicycle helmets. Nose bleed from falling? Pick yourself up and brush it off. Kind of worried my wife when she looked out in the backyard and he and a friend were actually sword fighting with machetes. LOL Good times. Now he is 19, good morals, drives a stick, can work on his own vehicle, and has basic plumbing and construction knowledge so that he doesn't have to rely on others . Works a full time job and pays his own bills. So much better than these sensitive guys who played with safe toys. LOL

[@1369buddy]

He drives a stick,,that sez it all The uninitiated would think that means a Harry Potter broom,,,lol

[@chickenlady9340]

I had the creepy crawler set! That thing got so HOT! I burned myself more than once. My Mom just said be careful and continued to let me and my brother cook bugs in the living room. On the carpet. Best days ever.

[@patprop74]

The moral of the story lol you learn hot things burn lol Life lessons everywhere back then huh, Mom knew best and when she didn't want, we went to dad lol

[@lescorlett4133]

Used to play with Mercury mazes, Dutch arrows, air rifles, darts, 'Split the Kipper' with kid sized Bowie knives, chemistry sets, Klackers and much more. Great times. Now kids are wrapped up in cotton wool and are soooo boring.

[@candyh9876]

JARTS my favorite that game traveled with us on vacation every year along with badminton , we just cleaned out under the stairs found the last JART and a hoop had only 2 fins left made me feel really sad when i threw it away it was part of my childhood 😪

[@donupton5246]

Well he may be amazed, simply because he doesn't understand what parenting is all about.

[@quark042]

I had the creepy crawler set !!! My favorite toy ever!

[@mikewolosz9456]

Had jarts, we would shoot arrows into the air and see how close we could get it to land near us, wrist rockets, wood burning sets, model glue, slang shoots. Klacker, build a ramp to jump your bike, big wheel higher and further then your friends. But loved every second of it

[@marktaylor8659]

Mattel's Creepy Crawlers was the best toy I ever received for Christmas. My mom double wrapped it so I couldn't see through the paper or attempt to gently open one end to see the gift. I never got burned, because I knew it was hot. I never drank the goop or ate any of the rubbery insects because I knew they weren't food. I also had an Erector set and I never got cut, or fingers caught in gears or swallowed any of the little nuts and bolts. I guess my parents instilled a little common sense. It seems many kids never got that.

[@kelvinh8327]

Just subscribed because you don't blather and pad out your video with BS. Good work!

[@AlleyPicked]

Thanks! I make videos that I would want to watch. Only as long as they need to be.

[@rickrussell8382]

Bows and arrows. Sling shots. Making gun powder. Wooden swords ,spears and shields. Pellet guns. Tree forts. Fire crackers. Knives. Boxing gloves. Fires. Walking on ice. Learning to shoot around 11 years old. Great times