Most Dangerous Toys Ever Made!

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As kids we have all played with toys but we most likely never thought about the dangers of the ones we played with. The companies that produced them didn't either. Some of these toys have been quite dangerous over the years. In this video we are going to take a closer look at some of the most dangerous toys of all time.
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@bbmousedoowop Жыл бұрын

I'm 78 and I had a LOT of those toys. I recall almost burning the house down with the Gilbert Chemistry Set. And then of course there was the solvent bubbles in a tube and airplane glue which was highly toxic. Shooting at old 78rpm records with my Daisy bb gun. No adult supervision. Ahhh... The memories.

@catonthemoon2084 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂👍

@robertmiller2633 Жыл бұрын

What is this "adult supervision" of which you speak??? Go outside and play is what we were told !!!

@bbmousedoowop Жыл бұрын

@@robertmiller2633 Yeah, I got that too...

@ntvypr4820 Жыл бұрын

I'm 63 and that was back when being a kid was FUN, and our toys ran mostly on IMAGINATION... If you survived them.😳

@ntvypr4820 Жыл бұрын

@@robertmiller2633 Don't let me see you till dinnertime!!!

@phcusnret Жыл бұрын

I remember most of these toys, and yet, here I am 60 years later.

@James-yg6em 26 күн бұрын

Never got hurt once!

@coloradodayhiker 7 ай бұрын

They took away all the fun when they recalled these games and toys. Great memories of a childhood long gone, but still remembered.

@bowrudder899 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the good ole' pocket knife: Throwing it at trees, trying to stick it in the ground, making each other "dance".

@SierenH 3 ай бұрын

My dad had one that I used to sharpen a pencil once when I was 7.....dont let kids use sharp objects, I was under supervision when it happened but it still happened 😢

@stevekirby6034 7 ай бұрын

My brother and I had the Creepy Crawlers set and i can still remember the smell from the heating element it came with! Good times!

@katavenger 6 ай бұрын

I love mine especially making the lizards. I will have to look around and see if I have a rubber lizard.

@kendallevans4079 6 ай бұрын

I got creative and would mix the goops made some crazy crawlers!

@kennypayton5103 4 ай бұрын

I'd play all day with mine. I was always looking for new molds.

@b3j8 4 ай бұрын

I still remember the commercial that had a man's voice whispering "CREEPY CRAWLERS! CREEPY CRAWLERS!

@TKaePetras Ай бұрын

I think of Creepy Crawlers and Chatty Cathy together. I remember I had a doll that had these little white records that would insert in her back and so would expand on what the doll could say. I'm not sure if that was Chatty Cathy or not. Does anyone know about this doll?

@richarderion4611 2 жыл бұрын

My older brother had the eractor set and the chemistry set. He would go to the drug store to buy refills for the chemicals. The druggist would add a red sticker to some of the bottles. Danger Poison. He made the mother of all smoke bombs, one Sat. Nite. It was built on half of a pool ball. It filled the whole upstairs of the house with smoke. It was awesome!

@S.Hawk841 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha… nice one.

@mercurry718 6 ай бұрын

Lol..

@turbofanlover 11 ай бұрын

I still have my lawn dart set!...the very same set that I enjoyed as a kid in the late 70s. Still use them, too. Great game back in the late 70s...still great in 2023.

@igorschmidlapp6987 6 ай бұрын

Jarts were NOT dangerous. You just had to PAY ATTENTION. Had them for years, not one "incident".

@vladimirpoutine7522 6 ай бұрын

@@igorschmidlapp6987 Same here. My grandparents would let us play with their set. Not a single injury. Unfortunately it only takes one to change everything.

@Slapjabber 6 ай бұрын

In the 70’s, a guy got a Jart in the ankle at one of our family reunions. They took him to the hospital and everybody kept playing.

@MrNickelbrille 5 ай бұрын

And just as dangerous! I got hit by one

@user-fd2ow5qf1h 4 ай бұрын

I found a vintage set of lawndarts in my basement, good times are back!

@sueparras6028 Жыл бұрын

I'm 63 and I remember Lawn Darts! My grandfather LOVED to play them. Every single outdoor family gathering we would have a tournament! This was in the 60's and while I was younger I knew better than to run in front while someone was taking their turn. I guess we were either lucky or maybe just a smart enough family because nobody ever even came close to being hurt. I really miss playing that game with my family. 😢😢

@JTA1961 6 ай бұрын

Any of youall drive a...Dodge Dart...??

@petezereeeah 5 ай бұрын

My mom had a Dodge Dart. I totaled it in high school. She was so pissed off. My Dad didn't care. He never drove that thing. It had a great motor. Think it was called a slant six, or something like that

@petezereeeah 5 ай бұрын

Think that was 1979

@paulskopic5844 5 ай бұрын

A Dodge Dart was one of the best cars in those days.@@JTA1961

@JamesFreeman-jm5xz 5 ай бұрын

Speaking of Dodge Dart my dad had one and that was one of my favorite cars my dad had.

@floydthompson8668 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the "fun" of touching 9V batteries to kids tongues, or riding a bike with bellbottoms and they got stuck in the chain, or trying to go around the world with a Duncan Butterfly and hitting someone in the eye, among other things. Childhood was an adventure then.

@crunchytaco58 Жыл бұрын

The Clackers were the best, banged your arms or catch a friend in the face with them......those were the days,( and we didn't go crying to our parents,we just got even.) Miss em.

@floydthompson8668 Жыл бұрын

@@crunchytaco58 Oh wow! I had a set. They were so popular, kids were talking them to school, and teachers would take them. Got them back the last day of school.

@crunchytaco58 Жыл бұрын

@@floydthompson8668 Yep, we usually just stole ours back, cause it was an unlocked drawer the stuff was kept in, we weren't waiting till the end of school. I still remember the color they were light blue with a dark blue Starburst .

@floydthompson8668 Жыл бұрын

@@crunchytaco58 LOL.. I know that's right!

@crunchytaco58 Жыл бұрын

@@floydthompson8668 when times was more innocent, they didn't call the law on us, just got ragged by the teacher,trying to get us to break and narc.....never worked with me and my friends tho., but there was always 1 kid that woul narc, but that got taken care of on the playground or the bus.....memories they're always sweeter when we age huh? Good talking with you, stay breezy.

@hiroehayes593 5 ай бұрын

"Silly Puddy" and "Play Dough" never tasted that good coming out of my sister's "Easy Bake Oven" 😧

@carch7243 5 ай бұрын

Yikes, lol!

@therealMisterRN 7 ай бұрын

I can hear my mother..."Put that down, you're going to put somebody's eye out"

@andywells397 5 ай бұрын

Yep...all the time 😅

@MarkWhich Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I grew up in the "Dangerous Toys" era. I had no incidents.

@1922Skidoo Жыл бұрын

Not today’s geniuses 🤣

@mercurry718 6 ай бұрын

@@1922Skidoolol ..

@Washougalite1 6 ай бұрын

Same. We were just thinning the herd 😂

@arhatyellow 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when my friend discovered that clackers thrown at a running friends ankles became a bolo. That effectively ended the fad at our school in 1969.

@apfelbasket Жыл бұрын

They came back for a short time in the early 90's.

@v.m.8472 Жыл бұрын

Clackers we’re all the rage at our school and we had the bruises to prove it!

@stevegreenhorn934 Жыл бұрын

I`m 63 and grew up in Scotland and had had the clackers, chemistry set, pogo stick and lawn darts. Other than sore arms from the clackers and the odd tumble from the pogo stick, no major issues but a lot of fun.

@gen81465 Жыл бұрын

I have a modern dart gun that's basically a clone of the Zulu one. They can still be found in sporting good stores, but aren't marketed as kids toys. I also had a set of Jarts (the originals with the steel tips, not the fake Jarts with the beanbags). My sisters, my brother and I used to play a game of chicken with them and we never got hurt. My father kept guns over his bed when I was growing up, and we never got hurt from those either; mostly because we didn't play with them or even touch them without permission. It's the dumbing down of kids that causes so many of the injuries, and that's why we have to have warnings like "Suffocation Hazard: Don't let your child play with plastic bags." Stupidity and not following directions is a trait that some people never outgrow.

@dondee5439 Жыл бұрын

Wow the Gilbert Company had to be the most dangerous toy company of all time. Watching all these dangerous toys reminded me of the old SNL skit where Dan Akyroyd ran a dangerous toy company. One of his toys was a BAG OF BROKEN GLASS.

@johnlyngdal8601 5 ай бұрын

Maimeway Toys IIRC From the days when SNL was funny.

@user-fd2ow5qf1h 3 ай бұрын

Their was also invisible pedestrian and the Johnny switchblade action toy.

@TKaePetras Ай бұрын

@@johnlyngdal8601 Yes. Whatever happened to SNL? It is certainly no longer funny...mot like it used to be!!

@genataylor460 2 жыл бұрын

I had two of those Gilbert Chemistry sets. Got the first one when I was 8 years old, and after finishing all the experiments in it, my parents got me the much larger set. I went through the experiments in the order they were in the manual, but got into serious trouble when I was about 12 years old, and the next experiment was called Kittie Gas. It required melting powdered sulfur and wax. It was, to my horror, a major stink bomb. My parents were trying to sell the house and had hired a bus to bring a bunch of real estate agents to tour the house. They arrived about an hour after my experiment. My parents never believed that I had no idea I was making a stink bomb. My best friend had been over helping me, and I was not allowed to play with her again after that. I remember they had gun powder, sulfur, cobalt, and other chemicals that you could use to make minor fireworks, lots of chemicals that even adults cannot buy easily anymore. I also got one of their microscope sets, and dissected a frog and some other small critters. I think one was a worm. My parents would make me go outside to play with that set. I would set up a card table on the back patio.

@coloradostrong 2 жыл бұрын

😅 😂 🤣 🥲

@joanncunningham7276 Жыл бұрын

Despite some malfunctions, lol, sounds like you have a good childhood and I mean that sincerely. I couldn’t imagine owning these but after seeing this video they were definitely inventive for their times. Especially the early ones in the 1900s, wow! Thanks for sharing your story that was fun

@timdebaney7167 Жыл бұрын

Gena Taylor, 👍 yeah, those early chemistry sets were great fun. Did your eyebrows ever grow back?

@bowrudder899 Жыл бұрын

At the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in the 60s you used to be able to buy all those elements over the counter in the museum gift shop.

@TheConorsmithusa Жыл бұрын

That's quite a funny story especially the part where your parents were trying to sell your stink bomb filled house

@markdaniel8740 2 жыл бұрын

When those toys were popular, owners manual for new cars included how to adjust valves while new cars warn about drinking the radiator fluid.

@riverraisin1 2 жыл бұрын

[Drinking the radiator fluid] A tik tok challenge to today's youth

@DrLumpy Жыл бұрын

@@riverraisin1 I use it to wash down Tide balls.

@KnightsandWeekends Жыл бұрын

I had many of these toys, and remember most of them. There was certainly a lax attitude toward safety in those days, but that also has to be considered in context. Parents were much more involved in their kids' lives then, and I can remember certain things (like Creepy Crawlers) where my dad would help set it up and use it the first time, and he would comment about things to be careful of. Today's parents would consider that far too inconvenient a chore. Also, many toys - including some of the best ever made - were simply adaptations of manufacturing byproducts or failures of another intended invention. Someone thinking outside the box would realize that this spring that can walk down staircases, or the plastic hoop or that odd putty that transfers ink and stretches are fun to play with. To be sure - most of these toys were too hazardous for the market, but I think we also have to give proper context and credit for a different culture. Great content - thanks!

@Daimoth1 Жыл бұрын

that's why y'all's generation is so much tougher than us. the weak ones died off.

@americand0lphin Жыл бұрын

There is no proof of this at all

@americand0lphin Жыл бұрын

@@Daimoth1no, that is not what you should take from that.

@Daimoth1 Жыл бұрын

@@americand0lphin Turn on your humor detector

@warrenash5370 Жыл бұрын

Creepy Crawlers were great! Even had Creeple People!

@jasonmiller6371 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in the 70's and early 80's. It was a great time to be a kid! I remember many of these "dangerous" toys, but survived. As a kid in this Era we came up with dangerous activities on our own , like when we decided one day to play firemen and lit the trash on fire in my friends metal trash cans and then put out the fire with a garden hose! We got in trouble, because the fire scorched the paint on the shed next to the cans, and my parents grounded me for a week!😂

@NyanyiC 9 ай бұрын

Just a week.. You got off easily!

@tommywood343 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 62 years old. I had some of those toys. Brings back a lot of memories. Thank you Rhetty have a Blessed day 🔥

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thank you for watching Tommy!

@greatfullded 2 жыл бұрын

im 61 and im just like you.. remember abt most of them, love playing the lawn darts... LOL..

@stevegreenhorn934 2 жыл бұрын

@@greatfullded I`m 63 and remember all these too. I especially remember pogo sticks and clackers. They were a lot of fun.

@georgeglass4105 Жыл бұрын

How did we possibly live through all of these toys?

@spaceace1006 Жыл бұрын

64 here! Remember the Hot Wheels Boss Hoss special order? It was a chrome plated mustang. I never received mine😡 after my Dad ordered it for me!.A few friends who did get theirs, weren't even Mustangs! They were these Barracuda replicas!

@staceeAB 2 жыл бұрын

Those lawn darts would stick in trees and fences 😆 pointed tips and all. How did we survive childhood 🤣

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

That is a good question but they sure were fun! We never stood on the receiving end of those or horse shoes. Thank you for watching Stacee!

@lanacampbell-moore6686 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@CarsandCats 2 жыл бұрын

Because we weren't stupid and would never eat Tide Pods even if they existed back then.

@brian7537 2 жыл бұрын

🤔lol even normal darts were dangerous too I suppose. Well only because me and my friend got bored playing normal darts...so I had a genius idea,I would face the wall (for safety reasons of course😂)...and asked him to see just how close to my head he could throw a dart,without actually hitting me. Needless to say I heard a thud as first dart he threw almost stuck in the back of my head😂then his mum stopped us playing darts that day.

@jim2lane 2 жыл бұрын

@@CarsandCats we weren't stupid? You obviously grew up in a much more enlightened neighborhood than me and my childhood friends 😉

@rheverend Жыл бұрын

I remember playing with BB guns when I was 7. Pretty sure someone would call cps on my parents today. Life used to be so much more fun

@robwebnoid5763 Жыл бұрын

I'm a kid of the 1970's & out of all of these toys shown, the one that stands out are the Lawn Darts, because we still have a few of them remaining in our possession to this day in storage, but we haven't really played with them since the 70's. And we never had any issues with the darts. I was & still am a Battlestar Galactica fan but I did not have any of those toys, but instead I have one of the plastic scale model kits, that I glued together in the late 70's. I miss those times too.

@thecasualatvguy617 2 жыл бұрын

"Highly explosive or corrosive" sounds like my kind of toy

@Evermore2017 2 жыл бұрын

When toys taught children responsibility.

@marknesselhaus4376 Жыл бұрын

You are sure right about that, I have survived to a still young age of 66 in part to those toys and the lessons learned from playing with them 🙂

@venom74799 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t trust kids nowadays with things like this. If it doesn’t have an app to it then you might as well hand them a gas can and some matches and say”do a challenge”.

@marknesselhaus4376 Жыл бұрын

@@venom74799 How sadly true and a frightening thought.

@georgebrown2175 Жыл бұрын

The hard way.

@marknesselhaus4376 Жыл бұрын

@Maya Eaton IDK about that. For me at age 66, If these came back to the shelves I would give them a go a second time 🙂

@A..D..D Жыл бұрын

That atomic energy set looks pretty cool .

@ntvypr4820 Жыл бұрын

Makes me think of Young Sheldon.

@216Numbskull 7 ай бұрын

The A.E. set might look cool, but the "uranium" materials & chemicals that came with set wasn't too cool, it was actually pretty hot! 🤣🤔😂 Just keeping it a buck, ya dig? +Peace & Rock n' Roll 4 Your Soul My Friends+ 🤘😉🤘

@Musiker_mit_Gitarre 8 ай бұрын

😂 'Swing wing'. The best toy for hardrockers and metalheads to strengthen neck muscles for headbanging. 👍

@timmorris566 2 жыл бұрын

Man they"ve taken all the fun out of being a kid

@jamesries5534 Жыл бұрын

The kid in me had fun though, how about you?

@AndreasKempe Жыл бұрын

@@jamesries5534 es ist halt alles eine frage des anspruchs. wenn man nicht viel anspruch hat, macht einen schon der warme furz im gesicht spaß. es ging hier zu dem nicht darum, ob du aktuell spaß hast. aber du machst nicht den eindruck intelligent genug zu sein dass überhaupt zu verstehen. whataboutism ist ein argument von extrem unterbelichteten.

@juliemccauslin5807 6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@bsanchez3563 5 ай бұрын

Lmfao yeah bc we need to have kids play with a toy train that pisses fuel through the house or mind you is a cimbustion engine in a albeit clean burning form fwiw but.. still and for kids mind ya lmmfao

@mrmyorky5634 5 ай бұрын

Yep, as kids we were told never to play with the wood chopping axe and later getting a telling off from dad for slicing my thumb open. Years later I watched in horror as my dad cut off his fore finger on his home made circular saw bench. His words to me were 'Don't tell your mother' He tied what was left of it back in place with a dirty rag and walked of to the local A&E. I don't think we were any tougher in those day's but we accepted responsibility for our own injuries.

@ericteneyck8691 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I had several of these things. Played with the lawn darts a lot! It was survival of the fittest back then!! LOL!

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Those lawn darts were fun as long as you didn't have anyone fooling around with them. Thank you for watching!

@arinerm1331 2 жыл бұрын

And we rode our bicycles at speeds up to 50 MPH with no helmets or any other protective gear. I lived in a particularly hilly area, so we could really get up to speed even on a standard one-speed 20-inch bicycle.

@johngalush8790 2 жыл бұрын

@@arinerm1331 And I might add that defunct grain elevators were easy to climb on top of until you fell throught the roof and went crashing 50 feet down to your death. The good old days.

@johngalush8790 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid we didn't have fancy toys. If you wanted to play you just found a long stick and bang on a garbage can.

@eshep71 2 жыл бұрын

We went from kids playing lawn Darts to adults playing with bean bags.

@dmann1209 Жыл бұрын

I had the lawn darts when I was a child, I realized it was dangerous and never tossed them at people or pets. I guess only rich kids got the really dangerous cool toys. Awesome episode!

@tadpetrie3464 9 ай бұрын

I played with Jarts for years. I never once saw anyone injured by them!

@dmann1209 9 ай бұрын

@@tadpetrie3464 I am not experienced in Jarts, but Lawn Darts is another thing. They had sharp heavy metal points and were fairly accurate if you threw them overhand. They were intended to be launched by the fins towards a target. Did you play horse shoes? Awesomely dangerous but fun!

@216Numbskull 7 ай бұрын

@@dmann1209 You can't be too familiar with the game if you don't even realize & know that "lawn darts/yard darts" is the same game AKA "Jarts." Various companies made & sold knockoffs of the game. However, the brand name & inventor of the game was created by the "R.B. Jarts" company. Just saying & keeping it a buck! 🤘😉🤘

@samsum3738 6 ай бұрын

That atomic energy kit reminds me of a joke advert in Mad Magazine . It read ........Build Your Own Atomic Bomb And Be The First Kid On Your Street To Rule The World .

@life_behind_bars 2 жыл бұрын

The erector set was the greatest toy kit ever! The things you could build were limitless. You could build a bridge, an actual working crane with a real motor. I remember making whirling blades of death and chasing my friends around with it.........oh OK I can see why it was on the list.😁

@AndyMangele Жыл бұрын

Sounds fun though! 😇

@kendallevans4079 6 ай бұрын

Who knows how many of those kids turned out to be civil or mechanical engineers? I became a bio-medical laser engineer because of Lost In Space and Johnny Quest. Both had laser guns! Just retired after 44 years working with lasers.

@timdebaney7167 2 жыл бұрын

The '50s and '60s were great fun! When the mosquito truck drove down the street spraying DDT, the kids would ride their bikes as close as possible behind in the cloud of toxic spray. In winter, hanging onto a car bumper driving down snow covered streets was exhilarating! ...especially when the driver tried to shake the kids off by flooring the gas pedal!

@brazosbear4593 Жыл бұрын

That bumper skating was great fun...until the ice ended LOL

@PatrickFDolan Жыл бұрын

Did it every summer on my Evil Knievel bike.

@hoggravyandchitlins 6 ай бұрын

I loved the smell when your new creepy crawler was cooking, the glow in the dark plastigoop smelled the best.

@johnmitchelljr Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a whole box of eyes that were put out by blowguns and darts. God bless Wham-O for making life interesting. Good video. Thank you for sharing. No fun getting hurt by toys.

@speedfreakjive88 2 жыл бұрын

I love how quickly this video got going. No drawn out intro and and endless lead-in. Thanks for the great content!

@kendallevans4079 6 ай бұрын

Don't you wish every YT video was this way? Just get to it, we're here for the content.

@iwantthisfuckingname Жыл бұрын

Ahhh....the good ol days. A time when kids were smarter and adults supervised.

@americand0lphin Жыл бұрын

Not true

@Washougalite1 6 ай бұрын

We were smarter. But it was because we were unsupervised and had to solve our own problems 😊

@dannysanders9338 6 ай бұрын

Key words "Adult supervised ". 😊

@60sbaby608 5 ай бұрын

I was born in 68 , honestly, never supervised. My days in summer, grab breakfast head outside, back in to watch Love Boat, grab towel and bathing suit, walk half mile to the pool, come home eat sandwich or whatever, grab bicycle head out till dark, wind up across town hanging out with friends, trying to hurry and get back by dark...and that was when I was a 12 year old girl 😊

@skiresort133 Жыл бұрын

None of these toys are as dangerous or damaging as smart phones, video games or the internet

@jeffyoung60 Жыл бұрын

My parents purchased the Creepy Crawler heat molding toy as a Christmas present for me. I remember having a ball using the thermal molds to create my own rubber insect monster toys. I never burned myself as I had the common sense not to misuse the toy at nine years old.

@leslieoneal4464 2 жыл бұрын

I'll never forget the smell of the Creepy Crawlers!!! Lol My brother got in trouble and we lost the Creepy Crawler toy for good after my brother tried to use it to cook bacon in our bedroom! 😳🤣 We had a candle making kit, Jarts, and a lot of other "dangerous toys". My personal favorite was my woodburning kit!!

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

That is funny trying to use it to make bacon! Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

@barryhessel6078 2 жыл бұрын

Your brother sounds like me. LoL

@Nan-59 2 жыл бұрын

I loved Creepy Crawlers, too! Your brother just needed an EASY BAKE OVEN! Can you imagine placing your baby outside the window!! 🤦🏼‍♀️ just the thought of it scares me!! 😁😁

@leslieoneal4464 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nan-59 Those baby pens scare the heck out of me!! I wonder how many people actually bought them?!?

@mariekatherine5238 2 жыл бұрын

Cook bacon in the bedroom on a Creepy Crawlers plate? Sounds like something I’d have tried! Did you eat the bacon?

@marybeth1526 2 жыл бұрын

Grew up in a large family , we had the marts, pogo sticks, and most of the dangerous items listed, no injuries, love the trip down memory lane

@marknesselhaus4376 Жыл бұрын

Oh how I fondly remember those Gilbert Chem sets. I had a few in the 60's and those could still do a bit of damage. We kids had a lot fun while learning back then but it is a wonder how we ever survived. I had just about all of the 60's toys mentioned in this video then progressed into electronics and computer logic later as the years rolled on 🙂

@Lakeman3211 Жыл бұрын

Used the jarts, chemistry sets, hot melts, clackers, water powered rockets, all types of guns, pull type firecrackers, ah the stories….we made our own too…smoke bombs, Molotovs, high speed launchers…caught to many things on fire…but always managed to put them out!….the good old days!

@vladtepes481 2 жыл бұрын

I had several of these toys. In the old day we were more itellegent and were aware that there were some dangers in things. For example, I knew hot things were hot.

@1calvinfunny1 2 жыл бұрын

@@susannagaffney2208 Learn how to be a decent human being...

@ZeRTO_13 2 жыл бұрын

You knew about gamma radiation?

@Skin-ve2tt 2 жыл бұрын

@@susannagaffney2208 If you really wanna be a grammar critic, the word in this instance would be "intelligent", not "intelligence" - Now go back to school & try not to bully the other kids 😂😂

@charlesanderson32 2 жыл бұрын

I never ate any radioactive materials.

@captainamericaamerica8090 2 жыл бұрын

@@Skin-ve2tt Wanna?? Isn't a word! Mr. Know all.😁😁

@Awol991 2 жыл бұрын

Lawn darts were a very good educational toy. They taught you about evaluating risks. And to keep drunks away from the dangerous toys.

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Very true! Thanks for the laugh and I appreciate you watching.

@bigdeal6852 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think my sister still has my set to this day ! It definitely was a game that taught you "alert" skills ! 🤣🤣

@aretnap3653 Жыл бұрын

Yeah... Playing "DiveBomb" Wasn't Enough for Me to Find Out "TheHardWay", it Was When I *ALMOST* Sent a Sky-High-Thrown Lawn-Dart *Into* TheRoof of My Aunt's *Brand New Mini-Van* in TheLate 80's, That Finally Shown Me "Evaluating Risks"!

@aretnap3653 Жыл бұрын

TheLawnDart Landed in TheDriveWay *BETWEEN* Two Parked Vehicles! That Was My First Taste of "Luck"!

@aretnap3653 Жыл бұрын

& It's Been Nothing But *IRONIC* Luck, Ever Since That Day. Wh0reAble

@williamjosephbc17Q Жыл бұрын

I remember having spring loaded dart guns ....the darts had rubber suction cups on the end....but we would remove the suction cups to make them more fun....ahhhh, the good ol days... reminds me of " the Christmas story"...." You're going to put your eye out kid"

@micheleconner5083 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like some toy manufacturers didn't like kids! I remember the jarts. We had a set,but never any injuries. Guess we had enough sense to know they'd hurt if they hit you.

@kimmergonzales9792 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the water wiggle. That toy was insane, but alot of fun 😄!!!

@kendallevans4079 6 ай бұрын

Me too...seems like it would always whack you in a "sensitive area" 😱

@MrRrainbeau 2 жыл бұрын

After seeking a set of “Jarts” for years, finally found two in one flea market. The older advised “Fun for the whole family”, the newer set had “NOT FOR CHILDREN” in big, friendly red letters.

@Thelake9667 9 ай бұрын

I have a set of Jarts still in the box😬

@anthonytucker8913 7 ай бұрын

I don't understand why they didn't ban dart boards. They have darts

@zachdelong1039 Жыл бұрын

Blow dart guns are still available to buy in Michigan. I bought one in a shop a few years ago. It pulls out of a dagger handle. It’s called the ninja stunner. It’s pretty bad ass 😂

@BOLLOCKS1968 8 ай бұрын

Whats childhood without a few burns from your sisters easy bake oven? Or scars from the woodburning kit you got for Christmas at age 8. I remember one of my sisters having to go to the emergency room because she shoved Lite -Brite pegs up her nose and in her ear! Nobody was ever seriously injured though. We played with actual metal lawn darts and horseshoes with real horseshoes and not one injury. Nowadays kids are seeing the Doctor for carpel tunnel and muscular injuries ... from playing too many hours on video games! I'll take my chances with the banned toys.

@tomjeffries58 2 жыл бұрын

I got an Erector Set for Christmas in the 60's. I loved it and really learned a lot building with it. I did every project in the booklet that came with it. It also had rope and pulleys and an very strong electric motor to make different projects work. It had a gearing system on it for different speeds and directions and all the gears were exposed. I was very inquisitive as a kid and while playing with the motor I got my finger stuck in the gears and they torn a good chunk off the end of my finger. When my Dad saw it he called me an idiot and I never stuck my fingers in those gears again. I loved that motor the gears made it incredibly strong and I made it lift big heavy things that weren't in the book.😄

@kendallevans4079 6 ай бұрын

The fun of these toys, and most toys is using them for they were NOT intended for but getting creative! You can turn almost any toy into some kind of 3rd world weapon.

@curiotimetv 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, the Gilbert company really was one giant liability. Fun for the whole family!

@mbd501 2 жыл бұрын

And Mattel wasn't much better in the 60s and 70s.

@bartschwartz9233 2 жыл бұрын

New haven Conn they let us kids buy whatever we wanted. I am still alieve.

@totenkopf30 2 жыл бұрын

@@bartschwartz9233 wow, weird logic. Its like hearing a Hiroshima survivor saying "meh, atomic bombs/radiation aren't that bad: Im still alive"

@winstonelston5743 2 жыл бұрын

I really loved my erector set.

@jamest39 2 жыл бұрын

@@totenkopf30 Yet these were toys not weapons of war. People today are sue happy and get butt hurt t the drop of a hat.

@sparkingdogg 10 ай бұрын

I had many of these toys as a kid. It was a lot more fun before the world was idiot proofed. I never lost any fingers or blew myself up. This stuff taught kids to be responsible, something lacking in today's world. I had pellet guns, cherry bombs, and an electric powered live steam engine. Not to mention all the gasoline powered goodies. It was a fun time for sure. We didn't need video games or smart phones.

@stevenf1953 2 жыл бұрын

The problem with most toys now and back then were parents not watching their children closely enough. We had lawn darts and my parents' made rules. All children stand 15 feet to the side while 1 person threw the darts. If not, they were taken away for weeks. My mom or dad would watch or at least check on us often, No one ever got hurt. My parents did this with every toy we had if they thought one of us would get hurt. People need to watch their kids closer when they play.

@normg2242 Жыл бұрын

That's EXACTLY the problem. Many parents were not nearly that smart...

@NyanyiC 9 ай бұрын

It also helps with bonding

@AshGreen359 2 жыл бұрын

The good ole days when toys weren't boring

@americand0lphin Жыл бұрын

You should stop playing with toys then

@jamesries5534 Жыл бұрын

@@americand0lphin IMO, playing with these toys were better than kids today laying around playing with video games on their phone or XBOX or Nintendo.

@petersmith1591 11 ай бұрын

Yeah right, lol

@LisaHerman1963 7 ай бұрын

Exactly. I loved my 1970s toys. I'd die of boredom with the toys nowadays.

@Geo-Global-oz5kl 6 ай бұрын

Because video games are more fun at least for an GenZ like me.

@katkat521 Жыл бұрын

We had the Creepy Crawlers. It was a lot of fun, and neighbors, friends, and cousins would come over to create some colorful bugs. We were supervised by a parent or much older teenager when using. No one ever got hurt.

@ascendingprayer8383 3 ай бұрын

I was born in ‘81 and unfortunately I think I missed a lot of these . Would love to get my hands on these toys today. My kids and I would certainly have a blast!

@royagilmore Жыл бұрын

I had a lot of these so-called "dangerous" toys, and so did many of my friends (maybe our parents were trying to kill us 🤔). We had a lot of fun, and none of us died or were seriously injured.

@ntvypr4820 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, same here. It only takes a few idiots to ruin good toys for the rest of us! I need to get another skin graft from my Thing Maker. But still, it was FUN!

@lois2997 Жыл бұрын

@@ntvypr4820 exactly. I love the thing maker

@smujer1 Жыл бұрын

Seriously being the key word

@royagilmore Жыл бұрын

@@ntvypr4820 What kid wouldn't want a Gilbert Nuclear Physics No. U--238 Atomic Energy Lab? Yes, they did make it, and it did contain U-238 (it also contained Po-210, Pb-210, Ru-106, and Zn-65). Unfortunately, it wasn't popular; they sold less than 5,000 units, it was quickly dropped, and they only sold it in 1950-51. A big plus is it's ranked as the second most dangerous toy in history. What could be #1? Lawn Darts. Lawn Darts? Are they kidding? Somebody thinks Lawn Darts are more hazardous than U-238? That must be why there was Lawn Dart Non-Proliferation Treaty with the USSR. 😃 I had Lawn Darts. How stupid do you have to be to get hurt with Lawn Darts?

@tanyastacy-haws993 Жыл бұрын

Yes, we only hear from the survivors 😂 Glad you survived broski

@marshallodom1388 2 жыл бұрын

We played with nearly every one of those, except the atomic kit lol. I think Hot Wheels tracks are still used in corporal punishment. We bought and made even bigger blow guns, using nails and cones of paper that went through denim jeans and impaled lizards on the back fence. My favorite was either the Slip And Slide and break your neck (with liquid soap) or the Wacky Wiggle death on a water hose toy. Plus we drank water from a garden hose. Ah such fond memories and GREAT time! 😍

@peatmoss4415 6 ай бұрын

What doesn't extinguishes you, only makes you stronger.... My model paints from Revell and Testor had Radium paint !

@kendallevans4079 6 ай бұрын

Loved Revell car models! Mostly dragsters.

@dhh1979 3 ай бұрын

I am 67 and had yard jarts as a kid. Great family fun. Mom coould hardly throw them right. Most of the time they went straight up. When it was her turn to throw we all spread apart and watched which way it came down. Never got hurt and had great fun!!

@RedfishInc 2 жыл бұрын

I had a few of these myself, somehow I managed to survive into my sixties. One of our family's favorites was lawn darts. The entire family enjoyed weekend lawn dart tournaments which often included alcoholic beverages for the adults. Still No one ever was ever injured by an errant spike . To this day when I go to a garage sale or an estate sale I am on the look out for an old set of lawn darts.

@kassiusw7133 7 ай бұрын

I have some. They are illegal to sell. Most people sell the box with "free" darts

@craigcampbell1843 2 жыл бұрын

I remember in the 80s when those kids died and everyone was saying lawn darts don’t kill kids! The people throwing them do. Oh wait. No. No one said that. That would be crazy.

@johnshields6852 Жыл бұрын

I was a hyper crazy kid in the 70's, Jarts was definitely dangerous, especially when we started hurling then at each other.

@lauriepierce4068 Жыл бұрын

Loved Creepy Crawlers and Clackers!!

@paulstan9828 2 жыл бұрын

As kids we had the lawn darts and the clackers. You could always tell when somebody in the house was playing with the clackers you were here in the distance, clack clack clack ouch! clack clack clack ouch!

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think those would be a parents nightmare! I had those and drums and I'm not sure how my parents ever put up with it. I did both a lot and even at the same time. I really enjoyed lawn darts but I definitely didn't want to stand on the receiving end of those. Thank you for watching and sharing what you had.

@paulstan9828 2 жыл бұрын

@@RhettyforHistory 😁👍

@CarsandCats 2 жыл бұрын

We played lawn darts, but throwing pocket knives was just as much fun.

@apfelbasket Жыл бұрын

Lawn darts is the same as darts with a board seen in bars & even though drunks walk in front of those & get hit all the time, it's still around! A sad loss.

@CarsandCats Жыл бұрын

@@apfelbasket Lawn Darts are MUCH safer, they aren't even sharp! Yet you made a great point.

@DrLumpy Жыл бұрын

@@CarsandCats "You made a great point" ... I see what you did there..🙂

@royfearn4345 Жыл бұрын

Or indeed ordinary darts!

@j6262m Жыл бұрын

Omg . Thanks for the memories, especially the creeper crawler maker. I loved creating the bugs with different colors and was sad when all the goo was gone.

@Dallin456 7 ай бұрын

Our family had five of the products mentioned here. Fortunately, our parents spent time with us to talk about responsible usage of our toys. I remember many great times with my pogo stick without handles, clackers, jarts, making creepy crawlers, etc. It’s ironic that after trying to make people aghast at these toys, the advertising accompanying this video is about incredibly sharp knives. Folks, toys and knives don’t hurt people, irresponsible usage hurts people, please teach your children well, and use the items you buy responsibly.

@russelllivingood2724 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to see my favorite Christmas present on the list, the Mattel belt buckle derringer. It came in a set with a 6 shooter and a buffalo gun rifle. We were all cowboys in the 50's.

@foxtrot312 Жыл бұрын

Oh He'll yeah! That sounds bad ass!

@joewoodchuck3824 5 ай бұрын

I had one. The toy was just a cap gun, so I don't see anything dangerous about it. Now I have the real thing. Lol..

@DillyDahlia 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I’m 61 and thought we had dangerous toys in the 60s, but they were nothing compared to those early chemistry sets and the nuclear lab! I clearly remember the Thingmaker, Jarts, and Clickclacks. Great video.

@artoftheskies Жыл бұрын

I love this video and its contents. The narration is brilliant...got me laughing!

@603storm Жыл бұрын

HaHa this was great. The toys from this list I had: Gilbert chemistry set, pogo stick, lawn darts, thing maker and loved playing with every one of them.

@DIYDaveOK 2 жыл бұрын

I really wanted a Powermite set, but never got one. While I certainly realize some of these toys were legitimately dangerous, I fear we've become a society where we are now *too* cautious, and we're effectively teaching kids never to take *any* risks.

@medes5597 Жыл бұрын

There's a sociology book called "for the children?" that has a chapter covering this. Basically they point out that a child would be fine if their father, for example, has a wood working shop and they did some woodworking with their father in there. No one would think that's weird and no one would be unsafe. And that's the environment that was assumed by toy manufacturers in the 1900s to 1960s. That these toys - the power tools, the chemistry sets, etc - would be used in an environment where the parent was taking part in the experience or very close by. So there was no need to police other people's children for safety as it was understood that there would always been a parent present. Then in the 70s, you have a recession that sends both parents into the workplace full time to make ends meet, you have social upheaval where more women are in the workplace, more day cares are in use, more single parent households are cropping up through either social changes towards marriage and children or divorce. And then in the 80s, there's a big movement towards the idea of work as a dignifying, essential thing. That hard work is the only thing that matters, so you find the benefits are made harder to attain, poor or unfit people are forced into long hours at minimum wage jobs and so on. So now you have parents who simply aren't around to see their kids because they're earning less money despite working more, so they have to make sacrifices to make the household work - and that's when "dangerous toys" become an issue for the state. Parents aren't around to look after their own kids like they used to, so the state has to fill in the gaps and pick up some to their slack. They have to make it so a parent can buy a you for their child and know it will be safe even if they're at work while they're playing. It's one of those things that no one expects but makes a ton of sense once you see the data.

@djquinn11 2 жыл бұрын

We had a lot of fun with bb and pellet guns.

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Those have been popular since they first came out in the 1800s. Thank you for watching!

@ChrisLichowicz 2 жыл бұрын

Yep! BB gun wars in the field behind our house!

@riverraisin1 2 жыл бұрын

It was all fun and games playing army with my bro using our bb guns until I got shot in the face. After that I didn't want to play anymore. 😂

@foxtrot312 Жыл бұрын

"You'll shoot your eye out"

@Funco1979 Жыл бұрын

@@foxtrot312 The Crossman 788 BB Scout with 10 pumps at close range in the leg. It'll be screaming, hospital, a scalpel and stitches.

@candydale8380 3 ай бұрын

This is great!! I was a very young kid in the 60's & am enjoying this very much, thank you!!!

@JamesOKeefe-US Жыл бұрын

I want all of these.... 🤣🤣🤣 Well done retrospective, really enjoyed this!

@jeannineroche5669 2 жыл бұрын

We had Jarts, the Click Clacks, and the Creepy Crawlers in the sixties when I was a kid. My two daughters had the Sky Dancers. Loved them all and never had a problem, I guess we were blessed not to have had so.Thanks again for the video, Rhetty.

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

I would imagine the sky dancers would be bad if they didn't have a firm grip on the base. That is how I could see them flying all over but I never played with them. I did play with the others you mentioned. Just have to be careful with them. THank you for watching Jeannine!

@kaylakain6039 2 жыл бұрын

Wow your like way older in my parents and your kids are older then me and my sister

@F_U23 2 жыл бұрын

I recall the collateral damages from clackers. I was determined to master them. Bruised wrists and forearms for weeks. I ended up being quite good at it. 😎🤣

@lestersabados1306 2 жыл бұрын

I used the hotplate for years from creepy crawlies

@ctcanine 2 жыл бұрын

@Mike Oxlong being with your friends and throwing a jart as high as you can and yelling “run”

@69A12SuperBee 2 жыл бұрын

The moral of the story is, creative toys and stupid kids don’t mix. I had probably eight or 10 that were listed in this wonderful video and I’m still here. I sure miss the old days when kids had creativity and didn’t need an electronic device stuck in their faces for hours on end. Hell, I still even have my lawn darts !

@kassiusw7133 7 ай бұрын

I have click clacks and Jarts!

@craigsaltmarsh244 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Played with and had lots of those toys as hand-me-downs...I learned common sense, how to think on my own, and to seriously think before I did burn the house down or blow stuff up! All of those toys would not make it today because kids have almost no common sense, they dont know much...phone or computer gives them the answers, and they don't seriously think...they say "whatever" and we see the outcome on the news. Bring back real stuff like those toys and make real, hard working, people with common sense again!!

@txguy1973 9 ай бұрын

In the late 1980s I took a battery powered flash from a camera and created a basic taser. Originally it would only provide a short painful shock but I kept improving it. My buddies thought it was a fun toy and stole it, dropped it in a puddle and were scared to pick it up. I was a weird kid.

@rmiller334 2 жыл бұрын

We had so many of these things as kids, loved em all!

@RalphReagan 2 жыл бұрын

Oooo atomic energy lab!

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

That was sure quite a toy!

@jmjones7897 3 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. Easy Bake no more! Now we're cooking with Gamma I'm still a Hulk

@user-us5pv8zw3z 2 ай бұрын

I loved Super Elastic Bubble Plastic. The fumes from this are still making their way through the mesosphere.

@lindabrewer2043 6 ай бұрын

So enjoyed some good memories watching this video. My click clacks were so much fun! My girls had the sky dancers and we all had fun with those!😊

@maryclark1049 2 жыл бұрын

Tim Hawkins does a funny bit on lawn darts and glow in the dark frisbees 😆

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and telling me about that.

@maryclark1049 2 жыл бұрын

It's quite funny if you haven't seen it👍

@robertshawiv1513 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up playing with a lot of these toys. I guess I’m lucky to still be around :) Thanks for posting. 👍🏻

@hughm2615 Жыл бұрын

Recall back in the day as kids we could play all day in the woods unsupervised

@chadsharpe7213 Жыл бұрын

I use to love playing yard darts as a kid growing up in the 80's. Wish I a set of them today.

@Thelake9667 9 ай бұрын

I have some still in the box !

@gofast3209 2 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine what these toys are worth today!

@bigtechisbigbrother8690 Жыл бұрын

I saw that atomic energy lab on Ebay for $5,000.

@guy-tn2ud 2 жыл бұрын

I remember click clacks (mine had a chunk missing, not sure how that happened), creepy crawlers (yes it was hot), power mite (I would cut balsa wood into shapes). No injuries to report. I think click clacks were a bad idea, the other two really needed adult supervision under 10ish. There was no such supervision in my house.

@indigobunting5041 Жыл бұрын

We had lawn darts growing up in the 80s. Turns out they were dangerous even in storage. When I was around 6/7 years old I was rummaging in a closet and fell on one of the darts. I still have a dimple shaped scar on my thigh from it. I don't think I bothered to tell my parents about it.

@OscarReyes-ud4vz Жыл бұрын

Boy, danger lurked in the most harmless (apparently) toys. I knew of many you mentioned but never thought how dangerous could some be.

@ddivincenzo1194 2 жыл бұрын

My family had frequent outdoor barbeques in our large back yard. Two games we had were the Jarts and badmitton sets.

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Those were both fun! I really enjoyed the badmitton. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories!

@nels7347 2 жыл бұрын

The lawn darts crack me up because as a kid everybody had them and I can remember one going through my foot they were extremely dangerous

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Ouch! That sounds really painful! We never stood on the receiving end of those or horseshoes. Thank you for watching!

@robertrodriguez787 2 жыл бұрын

Got Hit in the Chest from one . Still have the Scar

@johnpadams8079 5 ай бұрын

Power Mite tools were an amazing toy that helped me develop as an inventor. I used them to create all kinds of things when I was young. I used them so much I wore them out. Now that I’m heading towards 60 I have discovered micro mark tools that are very similar for use in modelling trains and planes. These images brought back warm fond memories of my childhood. The other dangerous toys shown were obvious hazards to me when growing up and I avoided their use !

@llunaeldas8055 7 ай бұрын

Holy crap! Rollar Barbie. You're bringing back memories!

@coffeeNTrees 2 жыл бұрын

i put a lawn jart through the foot of someone nice enough to let a kid playing alone at the park join in. I always wondered what happened to those people.

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man! I'm sure that was a bad day! Thank you for watching!

@stephaniecoggins733 Жыл бұрын

LoL 😂