We had an enormous army tank about 2 feet long that shot plastic missiles, around 1966. It also shot 2 1/2” board nails. When mom found one embedded in the wall, an immediate disarming was declared.
i had that too GI Joe Tank it was huge and walkie talkie to talk with GI Joe took a lot of D size batteries although i don't recall the 2 1/2" board nails
@@user-wi7iy2me7y it belongs to the north korean army just like those micro jet fighters that pilots step into and hold up around their waist to get their flying hours in
My sister had the girl version of Creepy Crawlers. It made dolls. The metal molds got insanely hot. My mom called the company to complain that the toy was dangerous. Sometimes the goopy material burned even if you followed the instructions.
My dad purchased a used Erector set from a family down the road when I was just five years old. I spent so many hours playing with that set making cars, bridges, lunar rovers, simple elevator lifts. Really the best gift I ever got.
Actually we really never used it. It was very expensive to ship and shouldn’t be out in extreme heat. We had a retractable string for construction that works a lot better than spraying silly string. It was on the news that it was a neat idea . But no one used it practically.
Wow. I remember having Lawn Darts when I was a kid in the 60s. They were really fun... until my parents took them away because I threw one at my sister. Ah, the good old days. It's a wonder the human race has survived this long... lol! :)
I remember when I was a kid I got a modern lawn darts set that was made entirely out of plastic. They still hurt if you get hit by one since the dart heads are solid, but better than the alternative
Fun Fact : I actually remember trying to make weapons with magnetix back in 2nd grade (that's in 2011 if you're curious) and knew that people would've been stupid enough to S W A L L O W the magnets for whatever reason, so I'm not all that surprised that they're considered dangerous XD
It still shocks me that kids these days lack the intelligence to not eat random things. 4 or younger I can understand but 5 or older? Kids are idiots tbh. I was born in 1999 (year/age reference for following information) and I had Legos and those magnets and never even thought to chew on them or swallow them. Even at 4 years old I understood it was dangerous. I remember telling my sister to stop chewing on a Lego because she could choke and die. 4 years old and I knew it was fatal. Kids these days don’t even understand death or consequences and are such snowflakes they cry if they scrape their knees. What ever happened to going outside and getting hurt? Yeah your arm is broken but you learned from it. Don’t even get me started on sheltering… like who ever thought it was a good idea to shelter kids from death, s*x ed and reality?!
Two favorites; a Mr. Ed talking hand puppet, and a toy gun my dad made for me. He got an old shotgun body, sanded and refinished it, bent some appropriately sized pipe, and finished it. We had the best toy guns around. So good passers-by frequently asked to look at them more closely. Now, even at that age, we could discriminate between real and toy guns. Now, these days, that vision scares that hell out of me. But we were SO proud of our toy guns! I don't own a real gun, but an impressive selection of ancient and medieval bladed items. No one accidentally kills someone with a 9' boar spear. Updates will be provided LOL.
now a days, you need to make it obvious it is a toy gun due to people mixing them up with real guns. (That's why the NES light gun is orange and not grey to match the system).
I has a Thing Maker! Loved that thing, used it constantly to the point where my mom would just leave me with it. Never burned myself, ate any plastic or tripped on a chord so I’m starting to think these products are just good for natural selection.
I remember resenting toys that looked dangerous to me, remote-controlled toys, toys that let you hit something from afar(toy guns, toy bow and arrows), fireworks, my parents were relieved that they had one less child to worry about but now they have to worry about me being scared to cook or go to the dentist lol
I personally did all of it and never had a issue. If I wanted to go hunting, my father would bring me and show me the right way. Fireworks my mom would hand me her cig to use and when it start to go out i hand it back to her and she took a few drags then hand it back (20 years ago and i still laugh at her for that one). Never a issue though cause they made sure to I did it correctly and safely. One of my most favorite lessons from my father when I got into dirt bikes was if I was about to wreck, fuck the bike. don't even think of the bike, think of yourself. Told me he could replace anything on that bike or even the bike itself. He can't replace me is what he followed it up with. Drilled safety into my mind so hard. That the way to do it. If you wanna try something, make sure you got the right support to teach you how to do it. Doesn't have to be your parents either. I learned how to drive from my boss back when I was a pool boy and couldn't of asked for a better teacher.
I had that toy on the thumbnail/cover: It was a dental game where you push a tooth down and it gently nipped you. Someone added those cardboard fangs, it wasn't dangerous at all.
I had a toy that let me melt and cast aluminum figures from a small toy oven. It was completely contained but thinking back on it now at the age I was it sounds potentially dangerous.
@@thedeaderer8791 i never had any issues either because i dont try to figure out ways to hurt myself in turn for lawsuits. But just imagin the accident pron karens who could have taken advantage of that toy
The original "Creepy Crawler" toy was basically a small hot plate that did get easily 300+ deg F. What was most dangerous was that when you ran out of the liquid goo, whatever that was, and your folks wouldn't pay to replace it, you started looking all over the house for things to put in the molds, I experimented with all manner of stuff: crayons, army men, chemicals like aluminum powder from etch-a-sketches and mercury from thermometers.. OH WHAT JOY I recall!
I remember mega blocks and Legos in kindergarten even though there was other knick knacks and toys to play with i always built the same spaceship with Legos
Totally Awesome & Far Out video Narry... took me back to my childhood.. fortunately for me (although others say otherwise) I survived the toys given me by my Mother, relatives & friends during those "formative years".. as for the "Jart" game, my family had it.. my "brainiest" moment was to place each of the two circles on opposite sides of the single story house, 1 in the front yard, the other in the back yard.. then kids would split up and stand on either side "close" to the circle (of course!) then flip the Jart over the roof top in an attempt to score a "direct hit" inside the circle... well of course we had lots of "close calls".. bet Steve can't beat that...
This is the most in channel ever!!! Came here coz of a bad mood and immediately saw a WATOP video and prayed it won’t disappoint. It didn’t. Had a good laugh and only remembered my bad mood coz I didn’t leave b4 playing. Still feel much better… Thanks Steve
Me too, and I got mine (new) in 2006. My immediate family friend circle of six kids (me included) were OBSESSED with them in around 2006, and I never heard ANY other kid talk about them. The oldest boy delighted in making new rules for the "Furby Club" that meant I couldn't be in it. Oh, the flashbacks.
Roughly 20 years ago, I knew of an engineer that looked up the IR signals used to make them do things. You could basically make it remote-controlled. I still love the idea of having a bunch of them and setting them to snarl/feral mode.
The worst damage I was ever caused by a toy came from green slime goop. Lol I was about 5 and a friend and I decided to play beauty shop and wash my hair using it as shampoo. It would not come out when my mom caught us and tried to wash it, and my hair ended up having to be shorn off to remove the sticky mess. Not sure if you'd call it a toy or not but my favorite possession as a kid was my bike.
I don't remember too many toys from my child hood. I had one ninja turtle you'd bend him over and after a few seconds the spring would release and he'd do a Backflip. I remember setting him up on edges of counters and tables just to see how many flips he could get in before reaching the floor. Other than that my favorite toys as a kid (outside of my gaming consoles) was RC cars. I was practically asking for a new one every christmas as I broke the last one I got lol
My favorite toy was a batman figure from the first batman movie. It had a belt that could be used as a rope to hang on toy buildings or blocks. It was my only toy. At the time. And i also had a joker toy. Not sure if they came together.
Lawn darts are literally plumbata. They were used on ancient battlefields in the exact way they're used to play with lol. They were a very effective weapon.
My favorite was "Billy Blastoff" during the later 1960's ! Rock'em Sock'em Robots was fun for a while too. One of the most deadly toys in the 1970's was "Clackers" (2 glass balls on a rope with a ring to hold in the center of the string). DEADLY when you get hit in the head with them .. which was inevitable.
Siblings and I were intensely involved with Thingmaker. No injuries, and rubbery critters as a reward. We loved it. Never got Incredible Edibles (imagine how disgusting and toxic they must have been)! I still say we were better off playing chemistry than hypnotically vegging in front of TV.
I remember playing with the lawn darts I found at my grandparents house that my dad and his sister used to play with as kids. They were fun. I still have the magnetic set thing u mentioned that my dad got me as a kid. It’s sitting on the floor at the foot of my bed rn of which I’m laying in. The set isn’t complete anymore as some of the pieces have gone missing but most of it is still there collecting dust. Those were the good ol’ days for me. When toys were fun and weren’t shit. The toys nowadays have nothing interesting about them anymore as they don’t want to, or can’t, reuse or reinvent the good older toy ideas. There isn’t many toys that I’ve seen that r food aside from the few that r still around today and have been for generations. That being LEGO and toy cars. Not much else from wat I’ve seen.
I grew up in the 1970's and there was a kids tool kit that literally had real tools that were just smaller. I accidentally hit my friend in the head with a claw hammer. He had to go to the hospital. He lived. Aah, the good old days with sharp metal edges, rusted toys, and shrinky dinks.
@@humblehummingbird2011 I was about 3 or 4 when it happened. My mom has always said I didn't do it on purpose. However, we must remember what Lou Reed said, "but you can't always trust your mother."
I was always impressed with the hand made toys villagers in Mali would create out of wire and tin cans. In Tanzania I saw a boy with a really impressive wooden bike made from tree limbs.
Long darts are now illegal in all 50 states . I remember playing with these awesome you and I still have my lawn dart dart set . I've been offered good cash for them. Though I just can't seem to let them go.
I literally made my own. Back in 2010 ( I was 9 then) my friends and I found out a way to make NERF guns almost as powerful as a modern CO2 powered airsoft gun. We then cut the tips off with a knife and stuck THUMBTACKS in the hole and fired them at eachother. We knew it was very dangerous and that's why we did it.
@@Cursedwolf22230 im about 12 years.older then you but when I was like 12 in the year 2000, we would put dog kibble in bb guns and shoot eachother, it would leave welts but not break the skin most the time.
I remember my brother making creepy crawlers and I *think* there was an edible version? Those mold trays were heavy. Wonder if its still in the basement? 🤔 Thanks for the video! 😎 🖖🐾
I remember making creepy crawlers in my basement. Those trays were heavy iron or something. Man & that smell when they were cookin. Nostalgia.. Good times!
I had the edible version in the mid 2000s I wanna say, basically could make different shapes of gummy worms lol. And I think some nasty cake things too lol was called a "queasy bake cookerator" lol loved it actually
I miss those metal-tipped lawn darts. My mom even told me how the neighborhood kids would play a game. They would toss one of these spears up into the air as high as they can, then scatter away trying not to get hit. Man, those were the days. We need more of that.
The computer was my favorite toy to play with when I was a kid. And here I am now! Working great with a couple of operating systems, worked with a few programming languages and feeling at home when I sit on a computer, cuz I've gone thru so many reinstalls and setups that everything is familiar. Never made a buck tho. It's just a hobby.
I also remember lawn darts, AND I remember being told to be VERY CAREFUL while playing. I also remember being told in no uncertain terms, "STAY AWAY FROM THE ROAD ! If you have to cross a road, look both ways, make sure nothing's coming, then get back in your yard ASAP. A car can very possibly kill you !" Now a days, I believe, parents tell their children,"Go play in the street, and if a car comes...flip them off." Or else, parents just don't care !
I loved magnetix so much! Lmao I’m glad I wasn’t dumb enough to eat them though 😂 if my mom would have had to take me to the hospital for that though, the magnet is not what would have killed me 😩
I can't understand the thought process of "hey, let's swallow this metal ball" or "this looks perfect for shoving up my nose". I loved magnitex too! Was my cousin's set though
I'm pretty sure we still use them in school and stuff. I never swallowed anything, but I definitely put absolutely everything in my mouth, even now. What can I say? Things just fell different in the mouth than in the hands and my brain liked exploring. I did the same thing with hex bugs.
I remember playing what were called "Jarts" back then, those 15" long darts they showed in the video. Found a set of them at a local flea market about 6yrs ago ($5!!!!!)...I did _not_ pass them up. :) Also still have the original metal Thing Maker and a couple dozen molds...and Goop that still works.
Dude, don't dog the slinky. Not only is it still a cool toy, but it's the best way to teach about the difference between an electromagnetic wave and a compressional wave (slinky when pushed).
my air rifle was my favorite, i still have the same model to this day cause its still made. i had lawn darts but didnt use them really. i had a dukes of hazard hot wheel i totally wore that out. oh slot cars and matchbox cars.
It most likely did. Your gut is one long, elastic, muscular tube and there's usually no where for something to "get stuck", unless it goes into the appendix or you have diverticulitis, which most kids don't.
@@2degucitas it probably and I just didn’t notice but I’ve been checking for years after that incident and I’ve never seen it I also swallowed a decently sized rubber lizard and I’ve never seen it either
I had the thing maker as a kid. Never had an issue with it other than it smelled funny when it was cooking.Though some of these things(not all) were based on assumption your kid wasn't an absolute dumbass
we had small gas powered airplanes that were attached to strings and would fly in circles around you. It was dangerous to anybody getting within 30 feet of you that's for sure
My father bought me one of those like a blue world war 2airplane took me forever to find the fuel for it by the time you put it together he started it up it was so loud restart propeller and it would smack his finger never got to fly it.
I legit swallowed a metal magnetic ball when I was a kid. I was in the bath, threw it at the front of the tub (for some reason) and it bounced back, went right in my mouth, and I swallowed it. My parents couldn't the story
I grew up with 6 sets of 3 lawn darts . We all over this game. Rule # 1 Always stand behind the person throwing the dart. Rule #2 Never throw a dart when someone was in front of you. Rule # 1and 2 sometimes got ignored. But hay that just made the game so much funner. And it honed your avasive move fast skills.
one of those lawn darts went in between my toes because i was throwing them up in the air and watching them come back down. one of my earliest memories.
My favorite you was my Laser Challenge Team Force Set. I was so good that my friends were convinced that I was pre-firing shots into their vests before we started 😂
In the 90s in Finland, we had this "firework" marketed for children called Komet Bomb 3, but instead of a firework these kids got themselves an incendiary GRENADE. 250 victims before they got it off the shelves.
Yes those bad old days when people were allowed to use their own judgment and be responsible for their personal decisions. Glad we don’t have the burden of free choice anymore.
My favorite was a dukes of Hazzard hot wheels set my uncle got me. Man I loved that set, and my uncle for getting it for me!!! R.I.P. John, I love and miss you!
I had a transformer when I was like 5 that was a pterodactyl / robot. I had it on the floor one day and ran into my room barefoot and one of the wings went like 1/2 inches into the sole of my foot when I stepped on it. Will never forget that.
We had an enormous army tank about 2 feet long that shot plastic missiles, around 1966. It also shot 2 1/2” board nails. When mom found one embedded in the wall, an immediate disarming was declared.
i had that too GI Joe Tank it was huge and walkie talkie to talk with GI Joe took a lot of D size batteries although i don't recall the 2 1/2" board nails
'An immediate disarming was declared ' 💀
are you sure it wasnt a actual tank
@@user-wi7iy2me7y it belongs to the north korean army just like those micro jet fighters that pilots step into and hold up around their waist to get their flying hours in
D****
My sister had the girl version of Creepy Crawlers. It made dolls. The metal molds got insanely hot. My mom called the company to complain that the toy was dangerous. Sometimes the goopy material burned even if you followed the instructions.
My dad purchased a used Erector set from a family down the road when I was just five years old. I spent so many hours playing with that set making cars, bridges, lunar rovers, simple elevator lifts. Really the best gift I ever got.
I used to play with my brother's erector set when he wasn't around.
I didn't know the military used silly string for trip wire detection. That's genius.
Actually we really never used it. It was very expensive to ship and shouldn’t be out in extreme heat. We had a retractable string for construction that works a lot better than spraying silly string. It was on the news that it was a neat idea . But no one used it practically.
It's innovation 101 though
Wow. I remember having Lawn Darts when I was a kid in the 60s. They were really fun... until my parents took them away because I threw one at my sister. Ah, the good old days. It's a wonder the human race has survived this long... lol! :)
Is... Is your sister okay?
@@arcionek Yes. Luckily, I missed her. ;)
I remember when I was a kid I got a modern lawn darts set that was made entirely out of plastic. They still hurt if you get hit by one since the dart heads are solid, but better than the alternative
We had them too. They were called Jarts.
Probably because throwing darts at someone doesn't cause extinction?
Fun Fact : I actually remember trying to make weapons with magnetix back in 2nd grade (that's in 2011 if you're curious) and knew that people would've been stupid enough to S W A L L O W the magnets for whatever reason, so I'm not all that surprised that they're considered dangerous XD
Why tho
@@sixbronks4972 call it a sixth sense ; I was a really smort kid 😅
Should have fed them to kids you didn't like. The ultimate weapon!
Muricans ban kinders. :D
It still shocks me that kids these days lack the intelligence to not eat random things. 4 or younger I can understand but 5 or older? Kids are idiots tbh. I was born in 1999 (year/age reference for following information) and I had Legos and those magnets and never even thought to chew on them or swallow them. Even at 4 years old I understood it was dangerous. I remember telling my sister to stop chewing on a Lego because she could choke and die. 4 years old and I knew it was fatal. Kids these days don’t even understand death or consequences and are such snowflakes they cry if they scrape their knees. What ever happened to going outside and getting hurt? Yeah your arm is broken but you learned from it. Don’t even get me started on sheltering… like who ever thought it was a good idea to shelter kids from death, s*x ed and reality?!
Two favorites; a Mr. Ed talking hand puppet, and a toy gun my dad made for me. He got an old shotgun body, sanded and refinished it, bent some appropriately sized pipe, and finished it. We had the best toy guns around. So good passers-by frequently asked to look at them more closely. Now, even at that age, we could discriminate between real and toy guns. Now, these days, that vision scares that hell out of me. But we were SO proud of our toy guns! I don't own a real gun, but an impressive selection of ancient and medieval bladed items. No one accidentally kills someone with a 9' boar spear. Updates will be provided LOL.
Ha ha!
now a days, you need to make it obvious it is a toy gun due to people mixing them up with real guns. (That's why the NES light gun is orange and not grey to match the system).
No one accidentally kills with a gun if they're educated in firearm safety
I has a Thing Maker! Loved that thing, used it constantly to the point where my mom would just leave me with it. Never burned myself, ate any plastic or tripped on a chord so I’m starting to think these products are just good for natural selection.
Especially for the ones who swallow them, like magnets.
@@TeaBurn I had one, they were awesome.
I remember resenting toys that looked dangerous to me, remote-controlled toys, toys that let you hit something from afar(toy guns, toy bow and arrows), fireworks, my parents were relieved that they had one less child to worry about but now they have to worry about me being scared to cook or go to the dentist lol
I personally did all of it and never had a issue. If I wanted to go hunting, my father would bring me and show me the right way. Fireworks my mom would hand me her cig to use and when it start to go out i hand it back to her and she took a few drags then hand it back (20 years ago and i still laugh at her for that one). Never a issue though cause they made sure to I did it correctly and safely. One of my most favorite lessons from my father when I got into dirt bikes was if I was about to wreck, fuck the bike. don't even think of the bike, think of yourself. Told me he could replace anything on that bike or even the bike itself. He can't replace me is what he followed it up with. Drilled safety into my mind so hard. That the way to do it. If you wanna try something, make sure you got the right support to teach you how to do it. Doesn't have to be your parents either. I learned how to drive from my boss back when I was a pool boy and couldn't of asked for a better teacher.
Wow you're cool LOL.
@@Getorix I wish I was as cool as him
In all seriousness you should try living a little especially if you an adult now that doesn't even sound healthy
@@Pactastic042 i'm still a teenager, but i agree. I really should and i've been trying to, so the worries have lessened
I had that toy on the thumbnail/cover: It was a dental game where you push a tooth down and it gently nipped you.
Someone added those cardboard fangs, it wasn't dangerous at all.
It was the backyard scientist and they were not cardboard they were actual razors it was a video making kids toys sper dangerous
Oh, I see. That broken finger is still pretty ridiculous then, since it should be detached.
@@Delightfully_Bitchy yeah they put a hot dog in it and it got shredded and got cut in half
@@thehornypolice5777 no it's not you can legit see the cardboard on the sides of the "RaZoRs"
Those looked like metal arrow heads to me. Painful af.
I had a toy that let me melt and cast aluminum figures from a small toy oven. It was completely contained but thinking back on it now at the age I was it sounds potentially dangerous.
I had that lol we never got hurt
@@thedeaderer8791 i never had any issues either because i dont try to figure out ways to hurt myself in turn for lawsuits. But just imagin the accident pron karens who could have taken advantage of that toy
Too bad you don't have it now right now that we're old enough to play with it safely
The original "Creepy Crawler" toy was basically a small hot plate that did get easily 300+ deg F. What was most dangerous was that when you ran out of the liquid goo, whatever that was, and your folks wouldn't pay to replace it, you started looking all over the house for things to put in the molds, I experimented with all manner of stuff: crayons, army men, chemicals like aluminum powder from etch-a-sketches and mercury from thermometers.. OH WHAT JOY I recall!
my favorite toy as a kid had to have been legos, i used to build so many things with them and collect them like crazy as a kid lol good times
ohhhh shit, it all makes sense now!! can i sue lego??
916 ✌🏼
I remember mega blocks and Legos in kindergarten even though there was other knick knacks and toys to play with i always built the same spaceship with Legos
Matchbox cars were a common Christmas and birthday gifts in the 70s. We didn't collect, we played with our toys till they wore out or were lost.
Totally Awesome & Far Out video Narry... took me back to my childhood.. fortunately for me (although others say otherwise) I survived the toys given me by my Mother, relatives & friends during those "formative years".. as for the "Jart" game, my family had it.. my "brainiest" moment was to place each of the two circles on opposite sides of the single story house, 1 in the front yard, the other in the back yard.. then kids would split up and stand on either side "close" to the circle (of course!) then flip the Jart over the roof top in an attempt to score a "direct hit" inside the circle... well of course we had lots of "close calls".. bet Steve can't beat that...
This is the most in channel ever!!!
Came here coz of a bad mood and immediately saw a WATOP video and prayed it won’t disappoint. It didn’t. Had a good laugh and only remembered my bad mood coz I didn’t leave b4 playing. Still feel much better…
Thanks Steve
I know people find them creepy, but a Furby was my favorite toy >_>
Me too, and I got mine (new) in 2006.
My immediate family friend circle of six kids (me included) were OBSESSED with them in around 2006, and I never heard ANY other kid talk about them.
The oldest boy delighted in making new rules for the "Furby Club" that meant I couldn't be in it. Oh, the flashbacks.
Roughly 20 years ago, I knew of an engineer that looked up the IR signals used to make them do things. You could basically make it remote-controlled. I still love the idea of having a bunch of them and setting them to snarl/feral mode.
The worst damage I was ever caused by a toy came from green slime goop. Lol I was about 5 and a friend and I decided to play beauty shop and wash my hair using it as shampoo. It would not come out when my mom caught us and tried to wash it, and my hair ended up having to be shorn off to remove the sticky mess. Not sure if you'd call it a toy or not but my favorite possession as a kid was my bike.
My favorite toy when I was a kid was my Transformers (Optimus and Bumblebee) toy.
I loved the erector set and lawn darts.
I currently have some uranium ore however I don't usually carry it around.
Our dad still has the little pot of Radium he got in his childhood chemistry set!
I heard he has a glowing personality!
I don't remember too many toys from my child hood. I had one ninja turtle you'd bend him over and after a few seconds the spring would release and he'd do a Backflip. I remember setting him up on edges of counters and tables just to see how many flips he could get in before reaching the floor. Other than that my favorite toys as a kid (outside of my gaming consoles) was RC cars. I was practically asking for a new one every christmas as I broke the last one I got lol
My favorite toy was a batman figure from the first batman movie. It had a belt that could be used as a rope to hang on toy buildings or blocks. It was my only toy. At the time. And i also had a joker toy. Not sure if they came together.
Batman might have been lonely so Joker came to play.
Lmao
I had that it was my favorite batman toy I used to fight him against my terminator toy.loved that belt and the joker toy from that movie amazing
Loved the creepy crawlers toy was definitely one of my favorites
Lawn darts are literally plumbata. They were used on ancient battlefields in the exact way they're used to play with lol. They were a very effective weapon.
my favorite toys were action figuress of dragon ball and narutoo!! also i liked godzilla, marvel and DC action figures 🖤
My were beyblades back when I was young
@@protimchowdhury1430 same.with legos but action figures were better cause legos ya know is expensive as fuck
well yea
i also had beyblades
Hot wheels cars, wrestling action figures, beyblades and mostly toy cars A LOT!
My favorite was "Billy Blastoff" during the later 1960's !
Rock'em Sock'em Robots was fun for a while too.
One of the most deadly toys in the 1970's was "Clackers" (2 glass balls on a rope with a ring to hold in the center of the string). DEADLY when you get hit in the head with them .. which was inevitable.
I remember playing with (and collecting) a bunch of Bionicles when I was a kid. Really cool stuff.
Siblings and I were intensely involved with Thingmaker. No injuries, and rubbery critters as a reward. We loved it. Never got Incredible Edibles (imagine how disgusting and toxic they must have been)! I still say we were better off playing chemistry than hypnotically vegging in front of TV.
My favourite was a mini shovel with which I used to play digging in my backyard
Wait hold up....
I had a beach set for building sandcastles that we kids used in our backyard sandbox.
its really great for hiding evidence
I remember playing with the lawn darts I found at my grandparents house that my dad and his sister used to play with as kids. They were fun. I still have the magnetic set thing u mentioned that my dad got me as a kid. It’s sitting on the floor at the foot of my bed rn of which I’m laying in. The set isn’t complete anymore as some of the pieces have gone missing but most of it is still there collecting dust.
Those were the good ol’ days for me. When toys were fun and weren’t shit. The toys nowadays have nothing interesting about them anymore as they don’t want to, or can’t, reuse or reinvent the good older toy ideas. There isn’t many toys that I’ve seen that r food aside from the few that r still around today and have been for generations. That being LEGO and toy cars. Not much else from wat I’ve seen.
I grew up in the 1970's and there was a kids tool kit that literally had real tools that were just smaller. I accidentally hit my friend in the head with a claw hammer. He had to go to the hospital. He lived. Aah, the good old days with sharp metal edges, rusted toys, and shrinky dinks.
Just curious - how does one 'accidentally' hit their friend in the head with a claw hammer 🤔
@@humblehummingbird2011 I was about 3 or 4 when it happened. My mom has always said I didn't do it on purpose. However, we must remember what Lou Reed said, "but you can't always trust your mother."
@@danielreuben1058 🤣
The "Swing Wing" is like the head version of the "Skip It", only with the latter you only got bruised ankles.
4 years old me's favorite activity was putting plastic beads in my nose
I have no idea how I survived past childhood
in Africa, Uganda in particular, we used to make our own toys🤣
I was always impressed with the hand made toys villagers in Mali would create out of wire and tin cans. In Tanzania I saw a boy with a really impressive wooden bike made from tree limbs.
Long darts are now illegal in all 50 states . I remember playing with these awesome you and I still have my lawn dart dart set . I've been offered good cash for them. Though I just can't seem to let them go.
I literally made my own. Back in 2010 ( I was 9 then) my friends and I found out a way to make NERF guns almost as powerful as a modern CO2 powered airsoft gun. We then cut the tips off with a knife and stuck THUMBTACKS in the hole and fired them at eachother. We knew it was very dangerous and that's why we did it.
@@Cursedwolf22230 im about 12 years.older then you but when I was like 12 in the year 2000, we would put dog kibble in bb guns and shoot eachother, it would leave welts but not break the skin most the time.
I think my favorite toy back then must have been a tamagotchi.
I quite enjoyed pretending sticks were staves or swords and I was battling demons or something haha
my favorite toy was talking tom in 2003
Ben 10 figurines and bionicles were absolutely top tier and something I miss every day
def had a ben 10 watch before
That's actually dope how the military uses silly string lmao
I remember my brother making creepy crawlers and I *think* there was an edible version? Those mold trays were heavy. Wonder if its still in the basement? 🤔
Thanks for the video! 😎
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I remember making creepy crawlers in my basement. Those trays were heavy iron or something. Man & that smell when they were cookin. Nostalgia.. Good times!
@@evanfoster7808 Yeah. Decades later and the mind still remembers cooked creepy crawlers. 🥳
My neighbor had this. I don't remember them being edible, but it disappeared when the goop ran out and her mom didn't want to get more.
I had one of them back in like late 90s
I had the edible version in the mid 2000s I wanna say, basically could make different shapes of gummy worms lol. And I think some nasty cake things too lol was called a "queasy bake cookerator" lol loved it actually
Enjoy the video Friends!
4:35 brown duolingo bird still haunts you for that one Spanish lesson.
3:28 "Buy them In Europe"
Me: *lives in Europe*
Me: FINALLY! SOME ADVANTAGE! HAHAHHAA
I miss those metal-tipped lawn darts. My mom even told me how the neighborhood kids would play a game. They would toss one of these spears up into the air as high as they can, then scatter away trying not to get hit. Man, those were the days. We need more of that.
Lol
Tf
Darwin prizes in the making....
We got toy guns that use CO2 to fire plastic/metal orbs (they have ones that legit explode on contact) that look so real they get people killed.
Yes, good thing those are banned, while assault rifles remain legal!
The computer was my favorite toy to play with when I was a kid. And here I am now! Working great with a couple of operating systems, worked with a few programming languages and feeling at home when I sit on a computer, cuz I've gone thru so many reinstalls and setups that everything is familiar. Never made a buck tho. It's just a hobby.
Cool story bro
I’m going to use lawn darts in Europe as a counter argument to guns in America.
3:12 What a typical 1000 ways to die episode looked like
Lawn darts🎯
I was an 80's kid and owned a few of these. I purchased them at some toy store in Los Angeles.
Thanks Steve for collecting the material. Another fun video 📸
bruh he stole it from the backyard scientist
I had lawn darts when I was younger. It was one of my favorite toys you just need to either get better at throwing or dodging or both!
I also remember lawn darts, AND I remember being told to be VERY CAREFUL while playing. I also remember being told in no uncertain terms, "STAY AWAY FROM THE ROAD ! If you have to cross a road, look both ways, make sure nothing's coming, then get back in your yard ASAP. A car can very possibly kill you !" Now a days, I believe, parents tell their children,"Go play in the street, and if a car comes...flip them off." Or else, parents just don't care !
Grandpa: Back in my day toys were literally to die for 🧐
Me: “sees the swingwing and BB gun in box” 👀
who would've guessed that shaking your brain around would cause brain damage and death
the crocodile dentist one is legitimately a "backyard sientist" video called "making kids toys more dangerous"
Years of being dormant, someone is going to dig up that parking lot and release a flubber monster
I loved magnetix so much! Lmao I’m glad I wasn’t dumb enough to eat them though 😂 if my mom would have had to take me to the hospital for that though, the magnet is not what would have killed me 😩
I can't understand the thought process of "hey, let's swallow this metal ball" or "this looks perfect for shoving up my nose".
I loved magnitex too! Was my cousin's set though
I'm pretty sure we still use them in school and stuff. I never swallowed anything, but I definitely put absolutely everything in my mouth, even now. What can I say? Things just fell different in the mouth than in the hands and my brain liked exploring. I did the same thing with hex bugs.
I remember playing what were called "Jarts" back then, those 15" long darts they showed in the video.
Found a set of them at a local flea market about 6yrs ago ($5!!!!!)...I did _not_ pass them up. :)
Also still have the original metal Thing Maker and a couple dozen molds...and Goop that still works.
All the time we were playing Jarts, you could hear the adults yelling at the kids who weren't tossing to get out of the way!
Dude, don't dog the slinky. Not only is it still a cool toy, but it's the best way to teach about the difference between an electromagnetic wave and a compressional wave (slinky when pushed).
He literally pulled a hidden memory out when he showed the oven
I used to love building stuff with legos but my absolute favorite was to make wooden sword with grandpa and play medieval knigth
my air rifle was my favorite, i still have the same model to this day cause its still made. i had lawn darts but didnt use them really. i had a dukes of hazard hot wheel i totally wore that out. oh slot cars and matchbox cars.
0:14 imagine that helikopter hat would ascend him to the sky LOL
LEGO!!!!! Love you Steve! You're great, keep going!!!!
My fav toy was my toy😄
As one of the kids who swallowed a metal ball from the magnet building kit I can say I don’t even know if the ball passed or not
It most likely did. Your gut is one long, elastic, muscular tube and there's usually no where for something to "get stuck", unless it goes into the appendix or you have diverticulitis, which most kids don't.
@@2degucitas it probably and I just didn’t notice but I’ve been checking for years after that incident and I’ve never seen it I also swallowed a decently sized rubber lizard and I’ve never seen it either
@@jumarshmellow How? I would have gagged!
Backyard scientist watching this: heavy intense breathing
I still have Legos in my country and no one even considers them as dangerous
I had the thing maker as a kid. Never had an issue with it other than it smelled funny when it was cooking.Though some of these things(not all) were based on assumption your kid wasn't an absolute dumbass
Simple, shiny object makes goblin brain say "Eat!"
@@WorriedTheif yeah that about sums it up lol
@@WorriedTheif yeah, that’ll do it.
My fav toy is beyblade 😇😇😇
For me, its either all my lego, them little plastic army men, or these huge metal Tonka Trucks i had
Nobody had any idea how much of an impact making useless indestructible slime for children would have on the environment
we had small gas powered airplanes that were attached to strings and would fly in circles around you. It was dangerous to anybody getting within 30 feet of you that's for sure
My father bought me one of those like a blue world war 2airplane took me forever to find the fuel for it by the time you put it together he started it up it was so loud restart propeller and it would smack his finger never got to fly it.
i am a huge fan
My favorite toy when growing up was this dinosaur stuffed with cotton wool, loved it to death and played with it like a mad man.
When I was a kid, my favourite toy was a tree branch that has the shape of a machine gun.
I legit swallowed a metal magnetic ball when I was a kid. I was in the bath, threw it at the front of the tub (for some reason) and it bounced back, went right in my mouth, and I swallowed it. My parents couldn't the story
Can we take a moment to appreciate how much effort he puts into these videos for us 😇
I grew up with 6 sets of 3 lawn darts . We all over this game.
Rule # 1
Always stand behind the person throwing the dart.
Rule #2
Never throw a dart when someone was in front of you.
Rule # 1and 2 sometimes got ignored.
But hay that just made the game so much funner.
And it honed your avasive move fast skills.
lawn darts are basically modern plumbata, a ancient roman war dart
I loved My Little Ponies as a kid. I still do, but not as fond of the newer ones. They are cute, just not the same. 💖
Swing wing started head banging.
these kids went from being scientists to science tests 🤦🏽♂️
Ugh, the swing wing. That neck damage is hard to imagine
one of those lawn darts went in between my toes because i was throwing them up in the air and watching them come back down. one of my earliest memories.
My favorite you was my Laser Challenge Team Force Set. I was so good that my friends were convinced that I was pre-firing shots into their vests before we started 😂
Fun fact: the thumbnail “metal” is literally colored cardboard
Flubber is kinda like the modern day slime the kids started to make.
In the 90s in Finland, we had this "firework" marketed for children called Komet Bomb 3, but instead of a firework these kids got themselves an incendiary GRENADE. 250 victims before they got it off the shelves.
Yes those bad old days when people were allowed to use their own judgment and be responsible for their personal decisions. Glad we don’t have the burden of free choice anymore.
saw the thumbnail and thought: sure, I'll bite!
My favorite was a dukes of Hazzard hot wheels set my uncle got me. Man I loved that set, and my uncle for getting it for me!!! R.I.P. John, I love and miss you!
I love how almost all of these involved children eating something
My favorite toys as a kid (besides LEGOs) were the Power Ranger megazords.
My favorite toy was "waterful ring toss!" No! it wasn't a gameboy.
Finally I couldn't be bothered to search to see what these toys looked like when I heard it in Distractible
My favorite toy as a kid was the Internet.
The silly string shit was genius.
I had a transformer when I was like 5 that was a pterodactyl / robot. I had it on the floor one day and ran into my room barefoot and one of the wings went like 1/2 inches into the sole of my foot when I stepped on it. Will never forget that.
Dang. I still own a set of the bug-makers and the magnetic building sets