Dangerous Toys - Gas Powered Pogo Stick from 1960's

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[@TheBackyardScientist]

yoooo! there's actually a hop rod for sale right now on ebay if you want to break your ankles www.ebay.com/itm/256507704519 and whats up everybody! what should i do with the tesla coil?? 🤔

[@happythingsvlogs8576]

Idk lol

[@ryanbjornberg8601]

Trying to recoup your losses?

[@waverider6302]

Maybe see how long of an ark (arch?) you can make?

[@dmdeemer]

You should fix whatever blew up in that last clip, then do a collab with the floppotron. Your Tesla coil might have to be in another room though to match volumes though. With the door shut.🙂

[@patrickvanden8322]

I'm sure this pogo stick is more dangerous... kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKrboIpoZq9qg5o

[@itsLalm]

gotta enjoy how the water wiggle's strangulation capabilites are shown in the ad itself

[@registeredloser1092]

I like your profile pic

[@itsLalm]

@@registeredloser1092 ah, a fellow "fire dragon wallpaper" connoisseur

[@DrFan-gd8qk]

Rip phone 5:29

[@arrowghost]

If you put more water pressure, then yeah, very hard to get out from being strangled & the hose goes everywhere, though it won't be python-strength strangulation.

[@aetherisme1785]

The ai takeover

[@TrackpadProductions]

The Water Wiggle literally wraps itself around someone's neck _in the commercial._ Like, what the hell.

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

'60s'

[@starchief93]

Odd marketing tactic

[@josh_peacock]

It was wayyyyyyy before tentacle h- you know maybe I shouldn't say this one

[@jonny555ive]

TWICE !!!!!

[@josh_peacock]

@@dueldu70 O H N O

[@Khalid.F95]

it is very interesting how he tried all those different types of fuel but didn’t think of wearing a pair of boots

[@arcadeuk]

or normal socks .....

[@reubenj.cogburn8546]

And he makes fun I'm 60s kids that actually went out and did things. His generation sits on their butt and clicks video game controllers while taking their obesity medication. Yeah, we took some tumbles, but we actually had fun. Nowadays youngsters have been brain-damaged so badly, they deny their own gender in droves. I'll take a gas-powered pogo stick over problems like that any day.

[@Like_Ike]

​@@xSARGEx117xOk, not gonna lie... I've been sitting here googling and trying to 1+1 together without context clues, I give up!🤷🏾‍♂️ WTH is BYS?

[@mycology5242]

@@Like_Ike the channel name

[@davidjacobs8558]

ski boots would be ideal

[@jaybdub77]

Man, the 60s were the Wild West for toy designers; no rules, no limits. Lol 😂

[@dtibor5903]

Injured and dead children! So much fun!

[@jbeamer11tv]

TRUE 🤣

[@locuscuztheyfocuse4581]

but once they realised it was dangrous they banned it lol

[@ChrisRedfield--]

Buying a gun for your kid is stil perfectly fine.

[@ghostwriter1415]

I'm sure the police would not persecute a clandestine toy lab. Just use it on the back roads, and if they inquire, show them this video. In my neighbourhood, this would be easier than a car to take from point a, to point b. L/R

[@LIKEcommentANDsubscribe]

"It may seem safe, but upon closer inspection, it's actually a machete bolted onto a hard hat".

[@notsmrt4521]

Darn three bots on one comment

[@shovel662]

@Something came down begone foul demon!

[@Justusson]

Nicely done with your name Burnt Fancy Feast. How did you do that?

[@EGRJ]

QUIRK: Head spin.

[@brinesilver405]

Never has headbanging been so metal!

[@GameAceTaylor]

Only took half a second into the commercial for me to see the IMMEDIATE problem with the Water Wiggle. Dear lord.

[@TheBackyardScientist]

it tried to take out three people in the COMMERCIAL hahaha

[@ciarangale4738]

i mean, it seems fairly benign. yeah it wraps around your neck, but not with enough force to choke you. guessing the issues came about through it tangling people up rather than actually choking them

[@rhuttrho88]

We need it now for today's kids! They're weak!!!🤬

[@voidseeker4394]

@@Chris-rg6nm also, hose can entangle people and make them fall and hit something hard laying around (like metal pipes, border stones, etc)

[@Razza2250]

@@ciarangale4738 rather than doing any permanent damage, it just leads to some interesting kinks later in life XD

[@skettismyname]

the water wiggle scene that cut from you struggling to not choke to ACTUALLY being choked out by your dog caught me so off guard and i watched it like ten times I love this and thank you

[@monad_tcp]

not even the wiggle toy is needed for that, only a hose and a dog is enough for the dog to go crazy and make the hose into a constricting snake

[@russlehman2070]

For the gas powered pogo stick, I think the fuel needs to have some kind of lubricant (like 2 stroke oil) mxed into it. It seems, from your description, to be two stroke engine with no crank shaft. It probably relies on oil mixed in the fuel to lubricate it, unless it has an oil reservoir somewhere.

[@ragimundvonwallat8961]

nah combustion is very low temps, piston velocity ultra low and firing rate also low

[@wolfman231]

He did add oil. At 4:50 he "mixes up some gas" and spills it, lol.

[@yesterdayschunda1760]

I like how the dogs instantly joined forces with the water wiggle in attempted murder

[@RyanKung]

That water wiggle straight-up murdered him. I'll buy 100!

[@asimplewhale545]

"Fun" fir al the family 1 last time

[@dmdeemer]

It's ridiculous how it wrapped twice around the neck of the woman at 0:53. That's in their own TV ad, yet it sold for 17 years. People in the 60s and 70s had different risk tolerances than today.

[@ItsStartedTo]

oK

[@StevenIngram]

​@@dmdeemer As someone who was born in 1970, I can say that there were definitely some more dangerous toys back then. Heck, have you ever been hit with a Stretch Armstrong? It has a non-Newtonian liquid inside. Stretches like rubber, but if it snaps back and hits you, it's like a solid brick.

[@kieran.grant_]

At the very least, where's an STL?

[@handduggraverdronline]

My grandparents had one of these when I was a kid. It worked well once you got the hang of it. Unfortunately it broke one day and years later they tossed it out during a renovation

[@kimber-imber]

"They all have some sort of mild brain da-- but let's take a break from that...." LMAO I'm dying that's freakin funny ...

[@aitorleal4676]

i thought he was gonna go for the lead poisoning but this was way funnier xdddd

[@rowanweaver3241]

@@aitorleal4676 he was lowkey, lead=brain damage lmfao

[@MrCh0o]

@@aitorleal4676 That one might be a bit too real

[@areyoumybuddy]

I Like How The "Swing-Wing" Is Essentially The Perfect Defense Against The "Water Wiggle"

[@timmyda1st191]

Why are you right though xD

[@mstrfool]

Good lord... I never realized...

[@vazk-thret]

natural predator

[@WingsOfPhilosophy]

This is glorious

[@jadehegler6489]

Mongoose vs Kobra xD

[@SeanHodgins]

You know when people get rear ended, and they say they're fine right after, but then a day later have all these issues with their necks? I feel like the hop rod is doing the same jerking force but to your ankles.

[@MyHandleIsGood]

I'm sure ankle whiplash caused by a motorised pogostick would be an excellent conversation starter though.

[@one.2622]

Well yeah lol it's like when you work out hard! You don't feel it till the next day

[@gregorymckenzie7511]

Punishment for wearing short socks.

[@poppaganja3793]

@@one.2622 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6bQen6hjtSFl6M

[@johnchristian7788]

they ask you how you are, and you just have to say that you're fine, when you're not really fine, but you just can't get into it because they would never understand.

[@kistory8741]

This product just came up during lunch. I am an engineer with Chance Rides Manufacturing.. the same company that made the Hop Rod. I had seen this video last year and had no Idea that we made this haha. Just came back to watch and I am so amazed by this.

[@tciddados]

I love how it makes both of his ankles bleed from being knocked into the stick, but he still doesn't put on longer socks or anything.

[@Mister_Byron562]

Or wear boots 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@frenchcreekvalley]

Hello. This is Pete. Thanks for the channel plug! I hadn't realized that you'd get it going that soon. Wow! you don't let any grass grow under your feet, do you!!! Impressive testing. I hope your ankles heal. Your video would have made a great operator's guide if Hoprods were still being sold.

[@cosmiceyness]

cool

[@TheWaynester101]

Thank you for selling one to him!

[@hibye-by3yb]

the hoprod is such a terrifying "'toy" the 60s are truly a different era

[@anonymous7386]

Step 1: Do not play with this toy.

[@rufusconnolly8489]

@@hibye-by3yb I feel like you're easily terrified o.O I would stop eating everything the evening news puts on your plate lol

[@YodaWhat]

I've been thinking about this for years. Hop Rod DEFINITELY needs an update, probably microprocessor control and a normal spark coil to give ignition AFTER the point of maximum compression, a much longer piston stroke and smaller piston diameter, plus some kind of spring between the engine and the pedals. When done correctly, you should be able to jump over parked cars with ease, and have no risk to your ankles because the cooling sytem won't have fins next to your ankles!

[@lil-dexxy6475]

Someone needs to make this!

[@pineapplething5455]

I like your funny words magic man

[@SchiwiM]

Or maybe use a self-igniting fuel like diesel

[@ikitclaw7146]

and hope your ankles can take the force require to launch you over a car without the whole thing launching up into your chin and breaking your jaw lol

[@YodaWhat]

@@SchiwiM I thought long about Diesel, as in some model airplane engines, but keeping in mind that not all hops may be desired to have equal height, there seems no way to assure that it always ignites ONLY after the expansion stroke has begun. One could always add some kind of throttle, but then it's not quite a Diesel in the true sense. And frankly almost any fuel will self ignite, given a high enough compression ratio. For instance, powdered coal in a water-based slurry has been used in very large Diesels.

[@dodoz44]

8:18 Nah, that's just from the lead in the air from leaded gasoline lol.

[@TechyBen]

Water Wiggle: "I can't understand why this is dangerous?" Actual advert, literally... *LITERALLY* showing a kid being strangled by it 0:54 : "No, me neither..."

[@ColonelSandersLite]

When you need to make it look like an accident, try the water wiggle!

[@petertheoneandonly9752]

@@ColonelSandersLite lol

[@wirsindkunstmusic]

Everyone there got strangled 😂

[@jadehegler6489]

@@ColonelSandersLite that's what i thought about with the lawn darts xD

[@mstrfool]

Actually, on the recall notice it was claimed to be a risk of kids taking off the top and turning on the water with the spout in their mouth... Still remember that notice to this day. I couldn't believe anyone would do that... Would not doubt it today.

[@chiron9536]

Colin furze: Yep...definitely gonna make this even more dangerous

[@tonybaran1860]

The Furze💪💪 Still waiting for the tunnel😒

[@sr-71potatobird13]

He’ll probably add a turbo somehow

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@sr-71potatobird13 na, likely use a pulse jet somehow

[@sr-71potatobird13]

@@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 that’s the one

[@YounesLayachi]

Jet engine pogo stick

[@briansimcoe9119]

BYS: "A machete bolted to a hard hat." Joe Rogan: "I'll take six."

[@JohnSmith-ii3cu]

That thing looks pretty brutal. Toys in the 60s were survival of the fittest.

[@JunkyardDigs]

I felt that brain damage joke 😂😂

[@solens7288]

E

[@G_____]

The first one or second one?

[@mneyn789]

You mean dain bramage

[@ElvenMans]

@@G_____ Probably this one 8:10 😂

[@droaosfasg3169]

there was like 50

[@arktykkwynd6861]

1:35 "It may even be dangerous, and not even the fun kind of dangerous" Never have I heard words that rang so truly within me

[@CaptainSpycrab]

"It may seem safe, but on closer inspection, it's actually a machete bolted to a hard hat."

[@thomaseubank1503]

Fascinating that your dogs instinctively attack the choking hose toy thingy.

[@JerryRigEverything]

This thing is freakin' sweet.

[@MasterofOrion]

Hi Zack 👋 Nice to see ya' here 🤩

[@user-do4jy3qc7z]

You better not try this jack your wife is already legless don't want you to have the same

[@blazeyreal7777]

hi

[@aasin940]

yes it is

[@colossalproductionsmeme4906]

Sheeesh

[@NithinJune]

0:55 I love how you can literally see it strangle people in the commercial

[@spitzmesser7203]

Gordon Spitzmesser, the one on the patent on the left, is my uncle. He was a WWII vet and had a knack for inventing lots of things after the war. He moved to the Carilinas from Indiana in 1972 and set up his own tool and die shop, and then retired. I believe we still have the original of the patent, as well as the pogo stick. He was a tough and strong guy, so this to him seemed reasonable. Thanks for posting this!

[@skimaskalx]

super interesting, did he invent anything else dangerous?

[@spitzmesser7203]

@angel I don't think so. However, I'm not sure, but I will check. He was a good man and is missed by us all!

[@ROCCOCYCLES]

The Water Wiggle is hilarious! Everything about it is hilarious, the inventor, the store selling it, the people buying it, the commercial, the people breaking it out at a party, etc....

[@MartynDerg]

the 60s: "this pogo stick hurts to use and now my ankles are bleeding" "WE NEED THIS TO BE ON EVERY CHILD'S CHRISTMAS LIST"

[@arkansascomefirst5108]

Clickbait if no such thing as a ban gas powered pogo stick

[@zaknafein641]

A better demonstration... Also kids didn't wear ankle socks back then and weren't as fragile as that dude. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5vEhnqifbqNZpI

[@gavinpoperechny1610]

The part where the water wiggle strangled him and the dogs went after it had me laughing so hard

[@brianthomason5022]

No it didn't. Lol

[@corey_5758]

The dogs were strangling him lol

[@benayers8622]

If a still cucumber scares cats into thinking its a snake so they jump in the air in shock imagine what a water wiggler would do to them 😂😂

[@jimmey2121]

LOL I love at 1:30 when you have the hose around your neck and the dog starts pulling on the end I can just imagine him saying "OPPRESSED NO MORE"

[@rr2109]

This really helps explain why every older person I knew growing up complained about their knees

[@xhongi3390]

His dogs biting the hose while he's being choked out by it is hilarious, cracked me up good.

[@jameswolf5513]

Eat your cereal

[@Poop69709]

You people are everywhere

[@birb9501]

E

[@atgm4063]

Same 😂😂😂

[@jameswolf5513]

@@Poop69709 The cult cannot be stopped.

[@jakeking974]

"so what can we do to make a pogo more costly?" "Well... We could replace the simple spring that they use with a gas-powered engine." "W-why???" "I mean, you said more costly, not more logical." "Brilliant!"

[@castergilgamesh1778]

This probably happened

[@tylerwilliams33]

It was the '60s this definitely happened

[@Th3Br0wnman]

And now let's throw a turbo on it... Turbo Pogo Stick... soar higher than ever before... and never come down.

[@benayers8622]

@@Th3Br0wnman thats a brilliant idea id like a curly wurly exhaust with a chrome expansion power bulge too seeing as its 2 stroke it would increase power and make it look n sound cool too i love 2 strokes they are actuly one of my favorite ever things

[@doubledrats235]

My Dad (RIP) would take me to the auto show in NYC every year in the late 1960s and early 1970s. My grandfather would pick me up and we would take the LIRR into the city to meet my father at the show. One big highlight was right before we left he would buy me a copy of the AutoWorld catalog. I would read every page and order by mail some plastic models and parts for my Aurora HO scale cars. I remember seeing the Hop Rod in that catalog and wanting one but it was beyond the reach of my finances. And that was good because I would have broken some bones using it. Still, your video brings back fond memories. I still have all those old catalogs down in the basement. You said it was only sold for one year in the early 60s but I know it was in one of my AW catalogs from 1967 - 1973. I'll look through them later.

[@h8stupidppl]

I love the fact that this guy has the perfect combination of genius with a good sense of humour.

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Wow, how interesting that it's a gasoline engine right down to the carburetor and spark plug, but just without the rotational parts! I guess this gives "new" meaning to the term "JUMP-start"! I never thought I'd see something like this! I guess you can hand it to the 60s to come up with something oddball-interesting like that! This is about the most fascinating oddball device I've seen in a long time!

[@gamerman7276]

The gas powered pogo stick looks like something from Fallout that you would need to craft a unique melee weapon.

[@paladinboyd1228]

Could see the lone wander punching a paladin in the face with the jumpy end.

[@RahPlayzYT]

If it is reall i want it to be a power armor attachment as a literal railgun and can shoots scraps or rails using the gas powered spring

[@zackjones8802]

The pogo-fist. So long as your punches are hard enough, the piston shoots forward with devastating force. It would essentially just boost your crit chance based your strength stat. Edit immediately after I post this: Yes, I know the name is bad. I came up with it in a few seconds.

[@youcansave15ormoreoncarins75]

It's a dead rising combo ingredient

[@jonraybon8582]

@@zackjones8802 Could be a blueprint you get from Fisto the sexbot

[@loveableterror674]

A reminder: An engineer had to actually sit down and design this engine. Like, figure out the timing, stroke of the piston and how it would work. So... Dont let your memes be dreams I guess?

[@MrScorpianwarrior]

It is genuinely neat engineering, just unfortunately a poor application of it.

[@kingfloridaman5274]

@@MrScorpianwarrior ye, if they timed it better to have a less powerful pop, or use a two stroke to give constant power

[@SirEpifire]

Part of me thinks this was actually from a 2 stroke jack hammer design that was toned down.

[@Mailmandolin]

I used one back in the 60's. Very hard to use. I couldn't jump on more that 3 times. I can see why it never sold for over a year.

[@newluckypro]

On 1:17, he was like, "all we gotta do-oooo is attach this to a flexible-..." 🤣

[@AxeAR]

"Now I can break all of my bones in new and exciting ways" Sounds like an Aperture Science advertisement

[@dollycheesecakes3658]

like the dude who got blue and not gel

[@ShortHax]

Just wait, Kevin will become so pro at pogo that even General Kenobi won’t be able to beat his high ground

[@ItsStartedTo]

uh

[@blumac9801]

Bro I swear I see you on every channel. Backyardscientist, inside edition, and hisroyalfatness. EVERYWHERE lol

[@Zorro9129]

@@blumac9801 Only lately, too

[@ryancornwell8563]

No one could.

[@DrFan-gd8qk]

Rip phone 5:29

[@carl8703]

1:33 Dog thoughts: oh no! something is attacking my human! don't worry, I'll save you! *attacks the toy, strangles human for real*

[@evangelicalsnever-lie9792]

1:22 Well played 😂

[@macrumpton]

Back in the 60's I had a regular pogo stick and I was determined to have the world record of pogo jumping. I got to a thousand and thought for sure that would be the record, but when I found a guiness book of world records the actual record was over 3k. BTW my ankles were super sore after that, I can't imagine what more than a few minutes of hop rod riding would do.

[@golden300velvet7]

Woah!!

[@lucid523]

Did you ever think about getting one of those?

[@nox_luna]

ive done 1k as well, 3k is insane though...

[@CrystalKeeper7]

When I was younger I pulled off ~5700 in a row, but the record is over 17,000, so I wasn't really close at all.

[@themovierocky8593]

@@lucid523 I been trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty

[@Vespuchian]

8:15 "I think I know what's going on with people in that generation too, they all have some mild brain damage!" I mean, this was the era of leaded gasoline.

[@velvet3784]

It was also a time when they would cover detailed old facades with metal plates and called it a progress. Or they would demolish old decorated buildings and replaced them with concrete box. So yeah 60s had some weird mentality.

[@Vespuchian]

@@velvet3784 All true, but I meant that leaded gasoline actually gave people brain damage, over and above all the other head-scratching 'modernist' ideas and ideals flying around at the time where the past was a bad thing that should be unilaterally swept under the rug.

[@okbeemer4695]

I'd like to point out that this was said by someone who bolted a machete to a helmet...I'm a fan, don't get me wrong, I just don't buy it being a generational thing.

[@melt6894]

@@okbeemer4695 yeah but he’s not touting it as an actually good money making idea. The evidence is right in front of you, they had the the brain to make a gas powered pogo stick and call it a toy, but not enough to actually consider its usability.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

and lead paint too

[@sansthehedgehog4690]

"when I'm in the garage working late the last thing i wanna do is-" *sounds of something being sawed*. bro that got me in tears 🤣🤣🤣

[@Wildboy789789]

When i was a kid, around 1998, my dad got me a pewter model forge from toysrus (metal molder die cast factory)... u put pewter beads in the crucible lol, locked the lid, turned it on, i remember the burning smell, probably shouldent have used it on my carpet, then when the timer clicks you pull the lever to pour it into a mold... best toy ive ever had 110%, im also sure it was banned after a year

[@ronaldschild157]

I had the "Water Wiggle" in the late 1960's. I think it was a WHAM-O toy product, as were a lot of my toys then. I don't remember it being too terribly dangerous, but I think it knocked me in the face a few times. The bell covering the nozzle was a hard plastic; later versions were a softer material. This reminds me of a saying I heard recently that goes, "If you grew up in the 1970's and didn't risk your life at least twice a day, you didn't do it right."

[@thisisreallife5086]

Yes, it just wasn't a very fun toy. When you grabbed it it would just go crazy and smack you all about the head, which gave you an owie or two. Much more fun when some other kid picked it up and got smacked around.

[@bozhijak]

Slip and Slide. Set up on the wrong surface.

[@nitroxylictv]

See, theres one dangerous lawn toy that still exists today, which is sad because its one of the most dangerous activities you can do at home without using machinery like dirt bikes, skateboards, bikes etc. Stuff like the water wiggle being shunned or banned doesnt make sense. The lawn darts could have been targeted at teens or adults instead like horseshoes because let me tell you ive been hit by one in the ankle and its pretty damn painful. i dont think a lawn dart would be any different if used right. I'm 19 so i pretty much grew up with safe toys, the only dangerous toys I had growing up were ones that used harmful chemicals. I had a McDonalds Shrek glass or 2 growing up which contained extremely high levels of cadmium and lead in the paint on the side of the glass.

[@sylvrwolflol]

Fits right in with how much of a colossal fuckup of a generation the Boomers were and endlessly forgotten Gen X is, huh.

[@suspense_comix3237]

I thought it was dangerous because people would get choked by the hose.

[@Blake-xo1gq]

An unpredictable strangle hose, a concussion helmet, and a gasoline engine right there by your feet and ankles pushing you into the air. I can’t imagine why these weren’t winners

[@kensmith8832]

The water wiggle had one issue back in those days, that was before we used water pressure regulators. So if you live in the mountains, your water pressure can exceed 100 PSI. Now you can understand why it failed. The problem wasn't the toy's fault.

[@ambersavant]

This man pulls materials for things like this out of thin air

[@HandToolRescue]

I've wanted to find and restore one of these for years! So nice to finally see in HD.

[@DJlegionuk]

replying with hopes it happens.

[@joe_preston]

I'll Keep an eye out, I'm seeing the inventor's son and manufacture this weekend to ask about the POGO recipe. There are 12 other pre production models that most have never seen.

[@benmiller3280]

Love your channel, I have one of these things, it was my dads when he was a kid. I don't think i could ever sell it though.

[@JasonM69]

Just make a v8 version.

[@synergous571]

@@joe_preston wait fr? how did it go

[@EvanAndKatelyn]

I'm sure with a little more work and a licensing deal with Disney, the musical tesla could could be the hottest Christmas toy of the season! 🤣 So cool to see how the ankle breaker worked in slow motion

[@rachael5099]

😎😎kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqHHioGKmNpni68

[@remistewart3753]

Wait you're here?

[@ryanm8764]

Go away

[@jednota6969]

👋👋 hello Evan and Katelyn ❤️❤️

[@chypearce8457]

Unexpected and surprising ❤

[@Fischbroetchen2k]

2:50 Hot Take: The Ak-47 is the most Epic Dangerous Toy to ever have existed, since it hasn´t been pulled off the market. And it has been around longer then the hop rod.

[@emailformosa]

“Upon closer inspection, it’s a machete bolted to a hard hat.” - ahahaha!

[@Coneshot]

When i was about 12-13, my friend and I built a compressed air pogo stick that worked well. It has a piston with a bolt in the center facing up and a ball bearing in the middle of the upper chamber. when the piston got to the top, the bolt pushed the bearing up releasing compressed air into the cylinder and up you'd go.. the top chamber just had a space as big as the cylinder and we fed compressed air into it. Shoot me a message if you have any questions..

[@TheBackyardScientist]

I was about to do the same thing with mine!! but i already tapped the top for a spark plug, smart making the check valve like that.

[@normang3668]

I was literally about to suggest this. Way simpler and less messy to use compressed air, with all of the fun/danger, minus the Hop Rod's sharp ankle-graters.

[@yeh.80]

That's awesome!

[@nolan989]

“Sooo how’d you cut off your hand?” “I screwed a machete on to a helmet and swung it around”

[@richardthomas2354]

Puts me in mind of Colin Furze's motorized knife belt.

[@nonyahbiznezz9094]

For just an instant I forgot I actually had a dangerous, sharp moving blade rotating above my head....All it took was a fraction of a second to forget and then "Woosh!" my hand flew before I could put the thought into motion! Il'l never do that again!

[@raven4k998]

you don't want to know how I cut my hand off 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dooplon5083]

Damn, the helmet cut off his hand while he was holding the machete, smh

[@metalvideos1961]

how can you cut off your own head when you are the one with the machete on your helmet. makes literally no sense

[@Samhain606]

I don't know why I find all the potential injuries so hilarious 😂

[@quint3ssent1a]

Also it's fun to see original hop rod was a proper gasoline engine with real spark plug. Because compression in hop rod chamber is high , you can get away with using diesel cycle and go without spark plug, just using special fuel which ignites from the heat of adiabatic compression. Interesting to see that even such simple idea can be made differently.

[@JunkyardDigs]

The first 30 seconds of this video were WILD😂

[@JunkyardDigs]

Update. 2 mins in now. The chaos has resumed

[@solens7288]

E

[@caesar7734]

He became a Disney princess

[@theeternalace865]

That's Florida man for you

[@sammy5517]

bottom gear vibes

[@ambrotose]

Omg lol, I love how the commercial literally shows the hose wrapping around a kids neck twice 😭😭😭

[@LaZarusXtnct]

"I committed a war crime against a hornet's nest for stinging my girlfriend" Beautiful

[@mcgavin098]

Control line airplanes were my favorite. We fired them up in the middle of the street. Cars would wait until the plane ran out of fuel before they could pass!

[@numbermuncher]

Wow!! That was my Hop Rod that sold at the 4:00 mark! This guy reached out to me on eBay to try and buy it for more! Wish I would have known what is would have been used for.

[@economicapple2609]

nice

[@mq4oneseventyeight567]

Did you ever use it?

[@numbermuncher]

@@mq4oneseventyeight567 I am too heavy so I had my wife try it lol. It sometimes fires at the wrong time and hurts.

[@reddeadleisure]

@@ilhandaanish2381 do you think the dude is 8 or something

[@ShabazzTBL]

Congrats on the $3k

[@oldman2477]

"Gas powered stick, Never runs outta gas."

[@gbs5009]

beat me to it :p

[@interlamer7480]

I knew I wouldn't be the only one.

[@selurxelpirt]

IMPOSSIBEAR!

[@SEX_TRAINER]

@@selurxelpirt Is that some old community joke from an unknown chinese game out of 1864 that less than 12 people played?

[@ke_ag]

@@SEX_TRAINER This guy is fun at parties.

[@mikegLXIVMM]

Water wiggle - Hydraulic powered strangling device. Swing Wing - Damage your brain and neck while looking like a dork. Hop Rod - Gasoline powered leg breaking device.

[@battalion151R]

A friend of mine has one of the pogo sticks. I never had one of the water stranglers, but I have seen the damage a 2 1/2" hose line from a fire truck can do. Remember Roxanne?

[@leutwin]

There was a "build your own nuclear reactor" 'toy' complete with forms to order extra uranium in case you ran out. Yes, it was a TOY for KIDS in which they would build a ligit nuclear reactor out of ligit uranium.

[@alanlovesheidi1]

Wow

[@jinmax1024]

Uranium isnt that dangerous though you just gotta wash your hands

[@omniscientbarebones]

@@jinmax1024 but the fact a it would be in a CHILD’S HAND is a problem

[@leyrua]

@@omniscientbarebones Look Mama, I can count to 12 _on my hands!_

[@leyrua]

@@omniscientbarebones in other words, now we know how Ford pines ended up with six fingers per hand.

[@andrewduong2740]

"Kids these days are so soft! Back in my day we had real toys!" The toys:

[@whatsomeonesaidwastaken9216]

i mean they arent kidding

[@austntexan]

Kids were simply more coordinated back then, many had dirt-bikes or mini-bikes and everyone was always outside riding and jumping ramps. If he shifted his feet forward, to be on his arches, it would've been a lot easier and fun.

[@massivepileup]

@@austntexan The cooling ribs seem badly placed for that.

[@nonyahbiznezz9094]

We were so occupied with awesome dangerous toys that the thought of finding dad's gun never even crossed most of our minds.

[@1STGeneral]

I remember having a pair of metal wheeled roller skates that clamped to my shoes. Living in Everett Massachusetts the sidewalks were steep and had deep joints between each section. I never knew when they would come off luckily the landlord used boot laces to tie them on just couldn't get them off for dinner kinda messed the wood floors up but I wasn't late for dinner. The landlord was upset when he found out his boot laces had to be cut off so I could go to school. The skates were later nailed to a board that carried 3 of us at a high speed until we fell off and it continued into a busy intersection....We didn't go that way for a while

[@Ayelis]

There's got to be some way to make it so the engine fires at the right time. Maybe with your own pogo stick at least. A contact sensor that detects when you start to travel upwards? Or maybe you should already be a bit into the upward trajectory before the thing goes off. 🤔 And the most obvious upgrade is to move the motor higher up on the stick...

[@jacknordli1676]

convert it to a diesel no spark needed.

[@seetheforest]

Omg that Water Wiggle was hilarious! I saw it wrap around three people's necks in the commercial alone!

[@degiguess]

You know the water wiggle is out for blood when literally the first thing it does in the commercial is wrap around some girls neck

[@johnnysumms6945]

Ikr

[@VINCE-pp3es]

should have hooked it up to a pressure washer

[@turborooster8548]

@@VINCE-pp3es instant death

[@graywoulf]

I had a Water Wiggler when I was a kid back in the 60's and it was a ton of fun. I never got hurt by it or injured while playing with it. I did not know it was a banned toy though. I remember the Hop Rod too but I never wanted one.

[@nikolasregalado]

any toy before the 2000's is just a literal weapon

[@user-ey4rb3do4l]

I was injured in a dry ice incident at work, I think it would be incredibly interesting and educational to show the effects of dry ice in a much more condensed and uncontrolled atmosphere; As in instead of dry ice in a water bottle or pvc pipe, more what dry ice in a piece of 10” steel pipe with an insert pipe plug can do

[@WowieZowie123]

"it's just a machete bolted to a hard hat" Well, I wouldn't expect anything less.

[@raven4k998]

strap a machete to a water wiggle 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alienwarrior0411]

@@raven4k998 Dear God...

[@raven4k998]

@@alienwarrior0411 are you high God wants no part of that one honey he doe s not want a machete on a water wiggle he says that is seriously dangerous😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Carbon-cringe-human]

@@raven4k998 oh heavens no

[@MikhelBL]

In the 1980s I saw a bunch of kids playing with a coconut palm, the game was trying to get coconuts, if you got one you won the prize of eating it... it involucred throwing a machete towards the top of the palm, the machete was tied to a rope so if the machete got stuck to the palm the kid would pull it and had to move really fast to avoid the flying machete. I wish I was making this stuff hahahaha it was a very weird sight to me. The more advanced just climbed the palm with bare hands and feet, keep in mind the palm is anywhere from 3 to 6 meters tall (or even more).

[@LabCoatz_Science]

Now you just need to team up with William Osman and make a better version that won't break your legs! Maybe pneumatics and some microcontrollers would help?

[@sittaman]

always great to see a video from TheBackyardScientist where he didn't blow up his own backyard

[@p.r5135]

1:34 the moment the dog tries to help but is actually garrotting the backyard scientist 🤣

[@urk5204]

I got higher bounces from a regular pogo stick in the 90s. I’d jump so high with it, I’d get a little worried on the way down sometimes. This pogo stick is a cool idea, but the execution leaves much to be desired if it can’t beat a loaded spring

[@pigsnoutman]

It's probably way more powerful, but also way heavier, so the lift isn't even higher.

[@Sotanaht01]

@@pigsnoutman On the scale of the person riding the stick, the extra weight of the stick shouldn't really make any noticeable difference. You're talking less than 10% of the overall system

[@Slickhubert]

Wrong fuel and lack of displacement.

[@SMMBHQ-cg2zy]

WAS IT THE 90'S WHEN THAT MONSTER POGO CAME OUT , ? I WASN'T SURE BUT YEA YOU RODE THE GRAND DADDY OF ALL POGO'S THERE BOY , I WANTED ONE SO BAD BUT I HAD BROKEN SEVERAL BONES BY THEN AND KNEW I DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITIES IT TAKES TO RIDE ONE SAFELY , WHAT A TOY .

[@ChiTownGuerrilla]

You're not the only one. I had a chesp plastic one and it was still so fun. No handed hops were so essy.

[@jeramycourter5117]

I actually had this when I was a kid. We had to mix the gasoline with oil like the old lawn mowers. We got rid of it because I sprained my ankle twice in a week. I find it funny that our backyard geek is trying to redo this bad toy that I used to own. I want him to try with the fuel/oil mix that I had to run in my mower.

[@TheKyubiisaan]

I don’t. I want him to live to make more videos. Lol

[@ianbelanger7459]

He could also use straight diesel like the pile drivers it is modeled after.

[@SoulDelSol]

That was the first thing he tried, gas oil mixture. A two stroke engine (like this one) uses fuel with oil mixed into it. That's why he keeps referring to his fuels as "mixtures"

[@204azfc]

An adult that doesn't know the difference between two and 4 stroke engines yikes

[@johngillon6969]

I think we were allot tougher back then, cause our fathers were the mean bastards that killed the japanese and german war machines. I remember it seemed to me we all HAD dads save the ones that had been killed. we used to argue who's dad was the meanest. and a mild beat down did not land u in jail faced with a felony assault charge. we were real.

[@crush3095]

god vlog style videos that make you listen to intros and watch montages before getting to the content reminds me of TV you guys remember TV? it's that thing we all abandoned because they invented the internet

[@markisback]

The best of all videos i've seen in a couple of weeks. Hilarious and interesting. Thanks for that and please continue.

[@SunRabbit]

When I was a kid I thought that the Pogo Stick we had was just a toy version of something the military had, where they could jump like a whole city block at a time. Only later did I find out that what goes up must come down, and that coming down from a jump that high would be very painful. But back in the 60s and 70s the toys you mentioned were just the tip of the iceberg. There was one that was advertised in a science mag for kids where it was an actual working miniature NUCLEAR REACTOR. Not kidding. There were also various do-it-yourself plans for zip guns, explosives, all that. I had my own near-miss experience with a lawn dart that embedded itself in a crack in the sidewalk less than an inch from my foot as I walked past a certain house on my street. Sure, we had dangerous toys but at least we had FUN. Although when I look back at some of the dangerous things we did back then, I shudder thinking about all that could have happened.

[@Femaiden]

doesnt sound much fun to almost get nailed by a lawn dart. i've seen those things. can't imagine how they were "fun" to play with either. what were you even "supposed" to do with them?

[@Analysta654]

@@Femaiden I think us kids who grew up in the late 60’s-early 70’s especially were a bit masochistic. Similar to lawn darts, there were games like numbly peg, where we there actual knives at each other’s feet. lol! Good times!

[@simpletoastvibes]

"Baby's First Nuke!"

[@truthbydesign5146]

@@Femaiden They were very fun and the neighborhood parents made sure we knew not to throw them at other kids. It’s basically as the name implies. You set a few round targets of varying sizes a few yards away, toss in the air, trying to get the dart to land in the smallest target. You could play a version of basketball’s “horse” with them, among other challenges we could come up with.

[@willardlentz3044]

@@truthbydesign5146 Then Darwinism showed its face and Darwin awards were plentiful.

[@ohboi994]

I find it funny how underwhelming and dangerous at the same time that pogo stick is. Especially considering pro-pogo sricks only use compressed air and you can jump like 3 meters up in the air

[@tarkitarker0815]

its not funny its logical, thats a gas engine, just like normal pogo sticks, but instead it uses waaaay higher energy fuel to ignite uncontrolled. a pogo stick without active fuel compresses the air until it jumps back, and thats calculatable with ease. the fuel pogo would need a sensor that triggers an relais and it would work way better. still dangerous.

[@jasonfalcon4052]

Awesome video. From being into engine’s! Looks like you could get more HP with a pipe. I’m surprised. I’ve never seen this before.❤️

[@twinturbine320]

We had a dangerous toy in the '60s, which I can't remember the name of, so I will have to try to describe it. Picture a croquet mallet with a hole bored partially into the face of the mallet and a metal disk at the bottom of the hole. Then insert a "cap" from a cap pistol ( hey, where did they go?), then a wooden plug with a metal disk to sandwich the cap between two metal disks. The plug had feathers attached to enable the tracking of the trajectory and to slow its descent. Then you would slam the mallet on the sidewalk with the non-drilled face down, which would result in the cap exploding due to the force of the two metal disk coming together with the cap in between. The plug would be fired out vertically into the air to an impressive height. Needless to say, we soon tired of the one cap load and stuffed as many caps in as would fit. You can imagine the force and velocity of the plug, but fortunately, no one ever got hit in the face. If I recall, the toy was soon destroyed as the wooden mallet "barrel" split open from the excessive pressure.

[@FLCollection620]

I don’t know

[@Greyheart67]

Hey! I a went a looking for the toy you were describing, though I have no idea if i'm 100% correct or not, but I what I think that you are describing are called Cap Hammers and with the way they look I'm honestly kind of shocked that nobody actually got hurt by these things.

[@zach3096]

@@Greyheart67 that’s it

[@snarkasticdouche3863]

They probably stopped selling caps as soon as preppers started buying them as emergency primers.

[@waltspence5508]

My favorite banned toys from the 60's are Crackerballs and Flubber. Crackerballs were colorful little paper spheres containing something like ammonium tri-iodide that would blow up in your mouth if you bit them. Flubber was a pliable translucent material that would bounce like crazy. We used to play baseball with it. Think it was toxic. Great idea for a video! Took me back...

[@hansloyalitat9774]

crackerballs are illegal? still legal in my country I guess you are from the USA?

[@FU-Utube]

I was able to play with nitrogen tri-iodide in chemistry. Stable when a liquid, very very unstable when it dries perfectly dry. Can explode on it's own if it's dry enough. I do know it leaves iodine gas behind once it goes off.

[@waltspence5508]

@@FU-Utube yep, that's the stuff. A couple of guys in my chemistry class made some of it and left it to dry, thinking that would be OK. They actually went off to lunch. The teacher returned to the classroom before they did and tried to re-wet it. I was the next student back from lunch, and the teacher met me at the door. He looked a bit like Yosemite Sam after the dynamite goes off. His hair was blown back a bit and his lab coat had hundreds of little burn holes in it. "DID YOU DO THIS?", he thundered? "Uh, no." I'll never forget the crazed look on his face. The upshot was tighter supply-room security. The guys who made the stuff got off with a wrist slap because it wasn't something that was covered in class, and they could rightfully claim some amount of ignorance.

[@blak4831]

Crackerballs are only illegal in some places, they're largely treated like small fireworks (where I live you can buy them if you're 18+). Thankfully, the super volatile stuff in them is only an incredibly tiny amount and is used as a primer to ignite the rest of the stuff, which is much safer. The amount is so little that in cheaper packs you can often find several with no primer in them at all, so the literally wont go off on their own

[@waltspence5508]

@@blak4831 Thanks for the info. We can still get large poppers which are similar in function, but do not look like candy to little kids. That was the problem. A few tried to eat them.

[@markfeldhaus3693]

Old "jumping Jack" packers is what started the concept toy. Used them to pack sand and screenings before my time.

[@redrolo149]

Lol, you can literally see the "Water wiggle" thing wrapping around the kids' necks in the commercial, like it was sentient.

[@jacobremillard]

The 1960s were a time to be alive. Imagine getting this for Christmas. I mean, that’s the best present ever.

[@d.jensen5153]

YES!! But it set me up to be forever afterward pissed at government restrictions, the CPSC, lawmakers, cops, prosecutors, and the whole nanny state scene. I wouldn't change my 60's childhood for anything. But the decades that followed sucked in so many ways!

[@jacobremillard]

@@d.jensen5153 I’d agree with that sentiment. The government is characteristically bad everything. I can understand the reasons for safety legislation, but if you wanna break your neck on a ICE powered pogo stick, I don’t see a reason that I have to intervene.

[@RRW359]

The last ones are always the best.

[@jacobremillard]

@@mike-6139 I’m not 60, but it was certainly sarcasm.

[@ilyarepin7750]

he is 100% correct the gov has no business telling me what toys to play with.

[@chocolateblocks]

The backyard scientist casually roasting us; "I'm immune to brain damage, I already got it by reading all of your guys comments on my youtube page"

[@rachael5099]

👍👍kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqHHioGKmNpni68

[@AspringCornstar]

Was looking for somebody who appreciated this level of savagery!

[@LuddikusCCLIII]

And then went on to destroy boomers

[@wyattshark13]

As soon as I saw (catching our 7th racoon this season #190) I was dedicated to finding this guy’s KZbin channel

[@andystevens7557]

Love that the water wiggle commercial showed the thing trying to choke someone out