The 10 Most Dangerous/Banned Toys
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Let's go back over 100 years to look at the most dangerous toys in all of history.
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Whenever i think of Sky Dancers, all i can think about is that one vine of the little girl's Sky Dancer flying into a fireplace
It was originally a you've been framed submission..I remember seeing it years ago..2004/5
I saw that!
Sad these were dangerous cause I like the dolls' hair....
Omg I remember that 😂
Omg I remember that
I feel bad for laughing at that
“Why did you go to the emergency room?”
“My doll tried to eat me”
*fanf intensifying*
@@chuckecoop4082 Five at Nights Freddy
*Doctor* "So why are you here sweetie?"
*Little Suzy crying with missing hair and fingers* "My dolly wanted finger and hair food!"
@@jemlolirocktoyz2516 Doctor: Now sweetie, Chucky isn't real. He's just a character on a movie.
Anabelle+Terminator
My daughter had The CSI kit. She did fingerprinting all over our house for about a year until she ran out of the material. That's really scary to know that it had fatal asbestos in it. We never knew it was recalled.. I think we still may have it packed away. I better get rid of it
I'm glad you and your daughter are okay, Dawn
@@phantomstrider Well, we hope they are. Asbestosis can take 50 years to develop so they ain't out of the woods yet.
@@marvindebot3264 true, but lets not forget how many of us (and our parents) played with asbestos, on roofs etc. I mean in France there's still asbestos every where. It's shit for your health but most of us have unfortunately been in contact with it.
Don't get rid of the evidence until your lawsuit against the company is concluded.
@@samanthaj9286 Seriously?!? Where?!? You’re scaring me I may be laying on an Asbestosis mine right now I didn’t even knew it was a thing!
When you mentioned Gilbert, I was like "Aren't they the ones who made an atomic energy kit that had uranium in it?" Glad that was #1.
“We have dolls that cry, talk, walk, blink and run a temperature. We don’t need any chewing dolls!”
😂😂
That is so true with the chewing cabbage patch dolls....
XD
@@DrawciaGleam02 amen XD
Mmm
He knew
Note to all children eating toys that are edible: Eat food and ONLY food.
I eat poo
Eat eating toys that eat toys for eating toys that eat the eating toys that eat the toys for eating toys that eat
And water
@@mrperson9838 you can’t eat water lol
@Burger King NO BURGER KING, NO!!
"The world is not made of nerf, it has sharp edges and you will get cut but not to deep if your careful" that part made me think
I absolutely love how respectful you can be, even when you're passive aggressive. Keep up the amazing work. I'll look forward with the new content.
“Could that be mom on wet Banana”
R.I.P Childhood.
Mom
Oof😬
😳😳😳
Wet banana has also a possibly prurient (smutty) implication... 😲 😳
*Mom what are you doing- ;-;*
"What did the doll do to your hair?"
"Ate it!!" 😄
1:19 that was hell a funny
Bruh
How’s your day, Strider?
Next video top 5 best and worst Mr.Krabs episodes
MY MOM?! LOL XD
The fact my own older sister had the csi fingerprint kit was astonishing! Hell, the blacklight from the kit was kept around my household for years because that was basically the safest thing in the kit and could be given to other kiddos
I love that Strider never blames the parents nor the kids on any of these.
I always get iffy when people blame the parents for kids being injured by toys. Accidents can happen out of nowhere, even with a watchful eye. Even if it is technically their fault, nobody should be blamed, that only adds more pain to the grief stricken parents.
*comes out wearing moon shoes, clackerballs, and a swing wing*
“Welcome to hell”
Scenario: You are in your car at 2am, ad you are very tired. out of nowhere you get in a crash and pass out. you wake up in a very hot cave with a orange-ish light directly in front of you. you walk forward, all of a sudden, some fucking chad bouncing up and down, wigglling his hands at mach 2 and jerking his head around like a mental patient says "welcome to hell".
Well,school is worse
*carries Gilbert products in briefcase*
I'm worse.
*Grabs CSI kits*
Need some asbestos
The ToysRus demon
“MOM! GET OFF MY WET BANANA!”
Still the greatest line in human history
"What would Dad say?!"
@@mercedesj.webervega1735 "Dad wont like that!!"
Heh heh I get it 🤪
She's putting her spine at risk!
XD OK I promise myself I would stop laughing but dude your comment oh my gosh I can’t stop laughing 😂
There was a Hannah Montanna board or card game that had severely toxic levels of lead in it, for whatever reason. I think it was about 70x the safe amount.
That glass-blowing kit probably did inspire some kids to get jobs in the ever-increasing number of glass factories on the east coast, and mid-west during the early 1900's to 1940's. But yes, the chemicals used to make those pretty colors were very toxic (uranium, plus others), and it was not uncommon for the average glass-blower to live very short lives.
Tip for life: While you’re on your date with a Cabbage Patch Snacktime Doll, make sure you don’t end up with aqua dots in your drink….and keep your Jarts handy incase you end up getting attacked by someone holding clackers in a dark ally
and wear your moon shoes for a quick getaway
@@Horrorbotyt just don’t leave any finger prints with easy to detect arsenic or the CSI police will send the face slashing sky dancers after you
You watched Dolan's list of banned cartoons, have you? I'll be honest; I kinda like this topic. It's pretty tense, but II do enjoy watching different people give their take on these toys.
@@WillieManga Im so glad you got the reference! Good on ya pal!
@@Horrorbotyt Watch out! The suspicious person is catching on you with his Wet Banana!
People back then making toys had the iq of a goldfish.
That's an insult to goldfish.
@@parker-boy98 i agree
goldfishes usually have 30 to 40 iq so i dont agree cause that's a lot
Also kids who eat everything
@@tidepodpadthai2633 Considering kids don't have a fully developed brain (not to mention any of the kids with learning disabilities) vs literal adults...in charge of making toys aimed at children. Yeah.
That being said people please watch your kids and make sure the the people watching your kids (babysitter/nanny/caretake/whoever) are attentive.
4:25
Thank you. My brother got it at a garage sale and was gonna use it at the weekend, thank you so much. I threw it in the bin
I watched every episode of CSI with my parents when I was a kid, I loved it.
But that may say more about the writing of that show than of myself.
I had that kit I think I won it at school
I love how Strider is so respectful when talking about stuff like this. He always respects people who got emotionally or physically hurt by these toys, or even by how people are influenced by cartoons and stuff. Honestly, we need more sweet, considerate people like Strider in our society.
Yeah, he’s so professional
My thoughts exactly. He's so genuine, and that's not very common in today's climate.
And yet he still uses clips of a terrible person such as Doug Walker
@@otaking3582 he may not know
@@X3N0_M0RPH How could he NOT know? It was pretty much all over the internet back in 2018, especially among content creators who have been influenced by and/or worked with Channel Awesome members.
Man, Phantom is such a nice person, to the point of giving condolences to those who might have been harmed by these products. That's so considerate.
Now that I think about it I made a little aqua dot frog when I was much much younger.
It smelled funny. Im glad I didn’t lick it
He looks like the Australian version of Steve from Blues Clues; kind, bright shirted, well shaven. Boo is his version of Blue. Heh.
If you've heard of Battlestar Galactica, you may have heard of yet another toy that was deemed dangerous, and that was the Viper Mk2 that shot plastic darts. Darts that would (if I remember correctly) get in children's mouths and choke them, and could trip people if they were on the floor.
And I thought jarts were bad.
0:30 I like how your voice actually chages to a calmer tone when you're expressing condolences to affected people.
this seems like such a non strider topic but he can really back up his opinion
Poopoo
@@shrekisthebestanime3644 I agree
he's one of those dudes who i could watch talk about anything tbh
That is definitely true
I love seeing different versions of this list because of how interesting these peoples' opinions are.
It was adorably quaint how little understanding of dangerous substances we knew to give kids in the past "Here you go Jimmy, an Atomic Power set to go with your Molten glass blowing set".
I was literally just thinking that in the world of toons, only kids like Jimmy Neutron would be able to survive using these
@@IShy2 we all make assumptions in the heat of passion jimbo
yeah, I am going to stick to gaming
But then the parents were all like “ehhh this is too expensive” and saved their own lives.
I personally love Doug's reaction to the "Wet Banana" ad. Just his delivery on that line was amazing.
"MOM!! GET OFF MY WET BANANA!! ... what would dad say!?"
My brother (9 yrs older than me) had the orig creepy crawler maker. I loved that thing and would get so excited when he'd let me play with it. Come to think of it, maybe the thing's presence in our home explains the actions, behaviors, and problems of me and my siblings :-/ Enjoyed seeing how dangerous half of our toys were! :-D
You know a certain toy is dangerous when you can literally compare them to an actual weapon from history!
Ok that CSI one is crazy. Cuz at first I was like "oh this was when people sadly didn't know the dangers and risks of it like with Mercury. But no. This was 2007
My advice: stick with the CSi ps3 game
I had this as a kid, or well my sister got it one year. She never actually used it and I being the smaller sibling wished to just do all of this fun stuff in it. Then it got recalled and trashbin it goes! I had the little UV flashlight it had for a LONG time but it got lost over the years.
"when people sadly didnt know the dangers of mercury"
im pretty sure boxed kids toys with brands and box art werent even a thing when that was figured out
Lol. People have known the dangers of mercury since the 1800s
Surprisingly, the clackers started to be viral in my place recently. Although most modern clackers nowadays wouldn't explode anymore, it can still hurt and might cause a fatal injuries if you ever got hit by it (which it already did).
Everytime I hear of the aqua dots I always end up thinking of the fun beads I had as a child.
No water required, you put the beads carefully onto a pre made plastic board, (or the simple square one if you were feeling inventive), then when your picture was complete, you had to iron them until they were flattened and remove in order to preserve your creation for life (or until someone accidentally or on purpose tore it or squashed it and basically destroyed it).
I think they're still around now, but I don't think they're marketed as kids toys anymore, partly because of the tiny beads required and probably mostly because of the fact you had to use an iron to get it to work, and regardless of instructions stating you should ask an adult, I wonder how many children weren't quite that responsible.
They do I think
I'm still deeply confused about why they'd make a children's toy set with literal uranium. Not enough research I guess :P
Given the time period it was released in, it was most likely a lack of understanding of how dangerous it really was.
@@Cookiofshadows2 Yes true
In the early XX century, people used radioactive material in everything (watches, toys, dishes and glassware, etc.) because it glows in the dark, there is a famous story about a group of women who worked at a clock factory painting glow in the dark dots on the dials of wrist watches and how they all died of cancer. Look it up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls
Time period it was released it, they probably wanted kids to grow up to work in nuclear physics to Own the Reds.
I mean the set isn't that dangerous the amounts of radioactive material would only be notably dangerous if ingested(the sources or the uranium ore) and the actual exposure to radiation would probably be less then an air plane ride. I mean as long as the kid was like older the 12(im assuming most 12 years olds know not to put stuff in there mouths) the effects would be extremely small if any like less than .001% increase in chance to get cancer or something like that
I love how Strider explains the slip and slide while Boo is sliding down a water slide.
saw that
2:17 i never knew PhantomStrider had a dirty mind
I actually had aqua dots and I LOVED them, I was heartbroken when mine ran out and I couldn’t find anymore anywhere. Now I know why. Lucky for me, I was a smart and mysophobic kid, so I never swallowed anything I wasn’t 100% was safe to eat.
I had “Aqua Dots”, but they were called “Pix-os”, and I kid you not, whenever I made anything with them, they smelled like alcohol mixed with straight glue. It used to stink up the entire house when we used them.
I had beedos as a kid and my dad told me constantly not to eat them, but luckily I hated sugary things (they make my mouth hurt) and never ate them.
I used to sniff them 😳
I had the whole machine! I remember they tased awful though and yes they definitely stink
I had Pixeos as a kid. I think I got my first set when I was 8 or 9?
I remember that they took like three days to dry and it made me mad because I ruined so many of my carefully placed designs trying to move them after a day.
And then I learned they could be used in a drink drugging and I just stared at the box for a bit before never touching them again.
Although nostalgia got the better of me and I have a modern Aquabeads set. That I got a target. Three weeks ago.
I had those (Pix-os, not Aquadots) when I was really little (like 4 or 5).
i actually had clackers as a kid, my grandpa had some glass ones as a collectable. he told me not to play with them and, my dumb child brain said: "nope, imma play with it." it didn't explode but i did end up smacking myself in the face with it.
Your so brave
I had one of those but they were plastic, smacked myself in the face with them a few times and even tried to eat them at one point, never went to the hospital coz I immediately spat them out. Yea i was a extremely stupid 7yr old
Moe Howard: "You knuckle head!" (bonks Curly on the head with tool)
@@ericanelson1973 three stooges I get it is a Three Stooges reference XD good one
1:19 the spittake gif made me laugh, I love how respectful you are but you add funny moments too
"CSI has had a massive cultural impact for both kids and adults"
And furries, but I wouldn't say _that_ particular impact was good ._.
Huh? I've never seen CSI
@@stephanniemorin there was an episode of CSI (Miami i think) from a few years ago that depicted furries as basically a group of sex-craving lunatics and I think they even threw in a bit of implied zoophilia
@@ricochet0928 Ohhh, yeah, that was a big controversy...with Kero and ZTT coming into prominence now...they were kinda right, but furries are actually quite nice!
Everytime I hear of a banned product, i start wondering how all of them got approved in the first place.
Yes
They underestimate how curious or dumb people are lol
Probably money.
Probably money.
Probably money.
"The Wet Banana"
Oh my poor childhood innocence
Same here-
"Is that Mom on the wet banana!?"
@@internetual7350 "MOM!"
@@MattSayYay Did you even have a wet banana?
@@jameslisterthemarthplayer8322 no. This is actually the first time I've heard of it. My comment was more referencing the childhood innocence I still have being lost after hearing that name on a kid's toy. Sorry for the confusion.
Lol I loved my Sky Dancer toy! I mainly played with it outside to avoid any ceiling incidents - tho maybe I was just 1 of the lucky ones 😆
Hell, I even had a Sky Dancer cup!
When I hear moon shoes, I always think of that one episode of Arthur.
I love how Boo is having fun with the slide in the background
Nostalgia Critic reacting to "Mom on Wet Banana" is the funniest thing ever XD
Man I loved lawn darts. We played almost every summer night growing up lol.
6:45 as an eastern european, we still eat that for breakfast, except we cut out the most unhealthy part of it. That's right, we don't consume donuts for breakfast anymore. Just coffee and cigarettes
Me: Dad can you take the cabbage patch doll, she's going to eat my hair.
Dad: its only your imagination, these dolls only eat plastic foods, you'll be fine.
The doll one second after dad leaves the room: *i feel like eating some hair tonight*
About the Cabbage Patch Kids - when these were recalled, my little sister had already gotten one. I tried my absolute hardest to get this doll to eat my hair or get my fingers stuck (mind you I was a teenager and I wanted to test how true it was) and I could not get it to happen. It was laughable how hard I tried to see if this toy was dangerous and couldn't get it to do anything harmful at all. I bought one for myself (hidden high up on a shelf at Kmart) and never opened it afterwards. In fact, I now collect them when I find them and have yet to have a single issue. My sister never had any problems with hers either. I really have to wonder what on Earth these kids were doing to get them to eat their body parts.
@Nostalgic Unicorn
I like your user name and icon. Did you draw it yourself? If so you did a good job. If not who did?
It’s a weird case. Maybe Mattel produced a few that weren’t so strong in the jaws to bite anything they come across. Or the kids that got the injury’s were jamming their fingers into the dolls mouth to see what would happen.
The risk taker, your a brave one, Unicorn
XD wow.
I think the hair was stuck on the "food" as it will as put in the mouth.
I loved Jarts. They went perfectly with mine and my brothers war games
I owned the CSI examination kit when I was little. I never opened it, and a few months later, I gave it to my 3-year old cousin, who never opened it either, and it's now in a landfill somewhere.
I love how boo is riding the slide in the background
That's so cute!
Ah, Creepy Crawlers. The smell. The burns. It was actually the 1992 version that got me. You didn't have the exposed hot plate anymore but the molds were still metal, so if the spatula thing was broken you were probably end up with scars trying to lift it out of the oven.
I had a crayon maker that was like the new version of those
I miss creeper crawlies so much
I survived the original creepy crawlers from the sixties, with the open metal hot plate. I don’t remember burning myself, but I melted stuff on it for sure. Still remember the smell. I won’t even start on what you could do with a sixties easy-bake oven. I must have been the worst kid; luckily no one ever gave me lawn darts.
The original Easy-Bake Oven was a real dumpster fire waiting to happen. Nothing like getting burnt by 100 watt light bulb. That crap hurt a lot. Not to mention the scalding batter when you didn't let the cake cook through and through
18:26 I remembered seeing a episode on Cartoon Network, when a child launched a similar Sky Dancer. (No cuncusion, only damaging some cars and frightened some dogs)
Omg Skydancers! I loved these! I had no idea they were so dangerous lol. I guess not all of them got recalled, because I wouldn't have played with them until the late 90's/early 2000's.
I remember Aqua Dots
I created a Spongebob “Artwork” (Spongebob is my childhood)
And I was smart enough not to eat them
Wow!
I also remember aqua dots, mostly via ads on the tv, though i never really had those
I had Aqua Dots, didn't find out until years later why I had to get rid of them.
i remember them as well, i think we made some at our church, those things were dangerous, even then my mom warned me not to touch them while they were heating up
"Not for children under 3 years of age. Small parts can cause choking blah, blah, blah."
Nerf released their own iteration of Jarts in the 90s. They made theirs out of foam, which had a very heavy weight in the front, so it went from potentially piercing you to blunt trauma.
Yeesh.
Someone can easily throw them at ur head
The best part of the lawn darts when we were kids was to throw them straight up in the air and we would all scatter when they started coming down. 🤣 Those where the best of times!
@@davidm.3882 Haha that actually sounds like a lot of fun!
@@i_am_tomatosoup - it was! 😀 However, we weren't just running because we were afraid of the darts; we also knew if we got hit with one and survived, our parents would kill us anyway! 🤣🤣🤣 natural selection 🤪🤣🤣 but we had a lot of fun!!
Damn, I used to feel so unlucky when those commercials came on and we couldn't afford that. But I guess it's a blessing in disguise.
13:08
Ah yes, the fun of playing with balls!
Drake and Josh made clackers so much more fun and less dangerous than how they actually are
Until their dad, Walter hurted himself with them
@@hannahmartin9705
"That shit hurted." - a child wise beyond their years who did in fact go through some shit that hurted.
Hmm, I gotta see that episode, maybe if it happens to be on when I'm at my grandma's house
I actually remember seeing aqua dots in a commercial.
Me too, although i never had those, the one material i did use to craft stuff as a kid (And i still do), is clay
Me too and I'm still a kid
Me too
Me three! I even thought they looked kinda cool (not cool enough for me to beg my parents for a kit though...)
I think so too.
You’re such a wholesome creator, it feeds my soul 🥹🥹🥹
*When the official Sonic 3 Happy Meal toys were made to promote Sonic 3 & Knuckles, being one of two reasons that the game was split into two games, there was a Tails toy that had a pull-string that you’d pull to make Tails fly, but was recalled and temporarily replaced with a ball with Tails on it before replacing it with a similar toy that let you pull something that made Tails spin instead of making him fly. But the Tails toy was entirely removed, matching Sonic and Knuckles, (the standalone game, not Sonic 3&K) which doesn’t have Tails in it.*
Imagine what happens if the Toy Story characters start meeting the banned Cabbage Patch Doll...
It tries to eat Slinky, so the others have to hide from it and escape his lair before they're eaten
@@ishy7207yes true lol
Boo on the slide was one of the most wholesome things I have ever seen.
on the creepy crawlers/thing maker, they had an even more intense version that melted down metal pellets into steel molds. turns out, on top of being a childrens toy that reached metal melting temperatures, the metal alloy pellets also contained lead!
I literally laughed at "Is that mom on Wet Banana?". God I'm so immature
I remember the day my parents learned about the danger of Aqua Dots. My brother and I cried as we threw away our Aqua Dot creations, including a little blue, square dog I had made. RIP Cubey.
"MOM! GET OFF MY WET BANANA! What will dad say?"
2:51 why is it that nostalgia critic delivers the beat comedy of the video-
great now the swing wing song is stuck in my head because I looked it up. THANKS A LOT.
We had a few of these but let me talk about the CSI kit - I’ve sworn for YEARS that on various places around our house, more specifically on some door handles and sink faucets, the dust/powder left a permanent finger print. My parents are just about to sell our family home, and it’s 2021, the kit was released in 2007, and those finger prints have been a permanent part of the house for as long as I can remember. This is the part where I wish UA-cam could let me post images, but I definitely feel less crazy now that I know that kit was dangerous lol.
uh oh... do u still live in that house? if not u better warn the new owners O_O
This makes those mesothelioma commercials way too relevant than the industrial factory age of, around, and after the last W.W.
I love how much @PhantomStrider cares for families who have been injured or killed by dangerous stuff. He is a wonderful guy.
Awesome channel thanks so much I had the clackers growing up and they were a horror I had lots of headshots
8:37 WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87?!
I remember being weirdly obsessed with banned toy lists. Happy to see one from one of my favorite channels!
I have a mate who still has his csi kit up in his room, he chucked out the cancer stuff tho
7:53 most iconic last words
“ Until a tragic death in 1987. “
Literally every fnaf fan: “ what was that now? “
Like he mentioned, Lawn Darts do still exist, but use weights instead of needles.
But slip 'n slides aren't even that dangerous as long as you clear the yard of sticks and rocks and keep fat people, adults, and teenagers from using it. But yes, the abrupt stop is very dangerous. My mom always put my slip 'n slide on a ramp with a pool at the end, so it was just like a cheap waterslide.
Childhood obesity and drunken frat guys were things the makers probably forgot to account for when coming up with the toy. lol
Well those are what old billboard signs are for with hay bakes on the bottom of the hill
I somehow managed to get friction burn on my elbows on one of these, though I've always been highly injury-prone.
@@robertcorbell1006 True
I think it's best for it to stay as a cheap waterslide and not the Slip 'n Whack
I had Jarts when I was a kid but thankfully nobody in my family actually wanted to play with them too much and we were careful when we tossed them lightly underhanded.
‘What’d the dolly do to your hair?’
‘Ate it.’
That creepy crawlies thing gave me quite a scare. I used to play with the new one in 2011 I think, good to know that it was the safe one I was using
Weren't there similar ones that used candy?
They kind of looked like candy
I had the original 60's one. I wonder if I just don't remember any burns but I grew up to have an incredible fear of real creepy crawlers.
I used to want those as a kid but now I’m grateful I didn’t.
"Personally I don't give my niece any craft supplies I haven't eaten myself" that got me good lol
There should be a horror movie about the Swing Wing. The jerky movements of any wearer would not look out of place with a horror movie monster.
I had the newer version of creepy crawlers it was one of my favorite toys and I had nothing but fond memories of it.
I like how monstrous the cabbage patch doll was, literally scalping and eating people like savage animals.
Deceptively cute, too...
@@hakanstorsater5090 I always thought those dolls were so ugly and didn't understand why people liked them. xD
They definitely tried to eat people!
@@SukiNoKoe Apparently some people always thought they were creepy, as they inspired both the Garbage Pail Kids and Chucky the Killer Doll!
Reminds me of a Jane Fonda movie!
11:52
“6000 americans died”
*shows picture of big bird going to hospital*
17:19 *very nice selection of the background music*
This ‘kids running with scissors’ club depicts the kids running with the scissors pointing in the wrong direction.
Okay I gotta point something out about the Aqua Dots case since that incident really fascinates me. In Australia, where I live, they were called Bindeez, and they actually won the Toy of the Year award before their recall because of how incredibly popular they were. The thing is, the glue in the beads being harmful was NOT meant to happen. The manufacturers were given the instructions and ingredients for making the beads, but someone thought it would be a good idea to swap the original (Non-toxic) glue ingredient for a cheaper alternative, without notifying the brand/distributor. This cheaper ingredient, however, was the one which metabolises into GHB when ingested.
Yes, it can be argued that small colourful beads are inevitably a hazard for ingestion by small children, but they would not have caused nearly as much damage if not for the cost-cutting done at the factory.
I recommend reading up on the incident; there's a really good article that tells the story of how Australian doctors discovered the link between these sick children and the beads.
Oh my god that's terrible! What sites can you still buy these online so I can stay away from them?
Man, I remember Moon Shoes. Loved those things, but I haven’t the faintest clue how I didn’t fall or break my ankles. Even more so considering me and my brother used them with Hulk fists, so we essentially were fighting on bouncing stilts.
"Could that be mom on Wet Banana?"
For some reason, this made me laugh my ass off
6:05 The funny thing is that I first learned about the Swing Wing from the game _Jazzpunk._ The game is funny and weird, but this specific commercial actually popping up is the real surreal experience, lol
My sister had Skydancers, even as a kid I thought those things looked pretty dangerous.
My cousin had one 😭 terrifying
I had friends with these. I could never get them to fly properly.
Am I the only one who likes their hair?
My sister and I both got skydancers one year for christmas. We shot those dolls at each other as fast as we could. It's amazing we never got hurt. Though her launcher's pull string did snap at one point so we had to share mine which wasn't as fun in our "war".
I always thought 'Creepy Crawlers' looked so cool when I was a kid, but never got one (because girl). I had two 'Sky Dancers', but their wings were pretty soft foam (not sure if the ones I had were a later model made safer?) and I never had any problems with those! It was cool to have a 'girl' toy that actually did something- besides eating your scalp.
"(because girl)" Hated that kind of dumb marketing of it only being for boys & I'm male.
I remember playing with Aqua Dots as part of an arts and crafts project in Kindergarten. I made a flower, but then my older sister broke it :(
13:38 as an Uruguayan, i feel the need to clarify that Gauchos are not only Argentinian, but also countryside people from north Uruguay, south Brazilians and Paraguayans =)