Comments on The Phoenix: Santa Baby, Put That Thing Away!

phoenix, I officially live in a danger zone now. ...

2006-12-27T16:11:00.000-06:00

phoenix, I officially live in a danger zone now. I bought both boys a super ball for Christmas! LOL!!

OMG!! Clackers were evil, I tell you...they were ...

2006-12-26T12:00:00.000-06:00

OMG!! Clackers were evil, I tell you...they were possessed!
lol

Merry Christmas Phoenix!!!

Merry Christmas, Phoenix. Best wishes for a health...

2006-12-25T18:23:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas, Phoenix. Best wishes for a healthy, happy New Year.

Merry Christmas everybody.

2006-12-25T14:05:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas everybody.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane...all toys of...

2006-12-25T11:34:00.000-06:00

Thanks for the trip down memory lane...all toys of my youth...and you're right, how did we survive such death traps as those?

Happy Holidays

Joel

Merry Christmas - and may all your toys be unsafe ...

2006-12-25T06:36:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas - and may all your toys be unsafe for children!

Slip N Slides are FUN!!!have a merry christmas Pho...

2006-12-24T00:52:00.000-06:00

Slip N Slides are FUN!!!

have a merry christmas Phoenix!

I remember those! I loved clackers, and for the g...

2006-12-23T18:15:00.000-06:00

I remember those! I loved clackers, and for the girls (or boys) remember Chrissie Dolls?!!
Hey how about gumby!

Merry Chrsitmas Phoenix, stay safe :o)

oh, the good ole days..when it didn't matter if yo...

2006-12-22T21:38:00.000-06:00

oh, the good ole days..when it didn't matter if you drank tap water, rode a bike without a helmet and toys and music didn't come with warning labels!

Now Slinky has a plastic model. They are a pos. Th...

2006-12-22T17:46:00.000-06:00

Now Slinky has a plastic model. They are a pos. They tangle up even worse than the metal ones.

When I think of dangerous toys, I think of the SNL skit with Dan Akyroyd and the bag 'o glass.

The wonderful thing about those Jarts and being ab...

2006-12-22T08:53:00.000-06:00

The wonderful thing about those Jarts and being able to impale one another was that flesh wounds were the gifts you could keep giving all year round!

erika, they even came out with a bad guy...some so...

2006-12-22T07:55:00.000-06:00

erika, they even came out with a bad guy...some sort of creature that could be stretched out too.

zen wizard, I'm guessing it wasn't somebody on Heelys. You can't go very fast on one wheel.

mojotek, Yeah, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

ajooja, Adult big wheels? You mean a wheelchair???

delmer, My set had two kinds of acid. It was the alcohol burner that was so much fun.

carmel, I'm glad you didn't break your neck. Merry Christms.

starbender, We survived without any litigation. Have a great Christmas too.

fated, You know, I would LOVE to work for Wham-O. You'd be the most popular person in the neighborhood.

Wham-O sounds like a fun company!Slip 'n Slide was...

2006-12-22T07:31:00.000-06:00

Wham-O sounds like a fun company!

Slip 'n Slide was a big part of my childhood. It was also responsible for countless cuts and bruises. Oh the memories.

Oh, I luv'd all of those gifts! They were soooo mu...

2006-12-22T02:36:00.000-06:00

Oh, I luv'd all of those gifts! They were soooo much fun!
hey--WE SURVIVED--

Phoenix~ I just want'd to wish U a Fantastic Christmas and an even better New Year!

: )

Some of those are deadly I agree! I had a slip n' ...

2006-12-21T16:58:00.000-06:00

Some of those are deadly I agree! I had a slip n' slide when I was a kid too but thankfully I didn't have happen to me what happened to you!!
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and new year.

I see Perplexo beat me to the Jarts comment. My ne...

2006-12-21T12:27:00.000-06:00

I see Perplexo beat me to the Jarts comment. My neighbor had some. What a bad idea ... I beleive someone was killed with these 15 or 20 years ago.

I had Verti-Bird, but I'd forgotten the name of the toy.

Richard S. had Klackers in elementary school. These things, I remember hearing, would eventually shatter.

It wasn't that long ago that I had a what-the-hell-were-people-thinking moment as I recalled the fun my neighbor and I had with his chemistry set. (This was back in the 60's and he had the Deluxe Set. It actually came with enriched Uranium and a pair of lead gloves. No, wait, it came with Salt Peter and we made smoke bombs.)

My son is so good on his Heely's it's not even fun...

2006-12-21T10:59:00.000-06:00

My son is so good on his Heely's it's not even funny.

If I knew people wouldn't make fun of me, I'd get a pair. However, I know I be a big, rolling joke.

I have seriously thought about getting one of those adult Big Wheels. That would be fun, no matter what people said of me. :)

Holy crap! I had about half of these toys myself....

2006-12-21T10:18:00.000-06:00

Holy crap! I had about half of these toys myself... and I would have had them all if my parents were "upper crust-ish". It's good to know that my brothers and I weren't the only idiots to try and drive a big wheel off of ramps. And damn if the slip-N-slide never set up for us like it did in the commercials. We'd come away with bruises from all the rocks and sticks we were sliding over.

Man... this post makes me want to be a kid again!

Great post!I remember 80% of these toys.I guess in...

2006-12-21T08:44:00.000-06:00

Great post!

I remember 80% of these toys.

I guess in the Sixties there was such a surplus of kids because of the Baby Boom, if one little rug rat didn't make it we just kind of blew it off.

With the Heely's, there would seem to be the kid himself in danger, and the person--e.g., an old lady--that he hits. I seem to recall an old lady getting killed on Venice Boardwalk by somebody that was mobile in some fashion, I can't even remember if it was a skateboard or roller skates or what...

I loved the Stretch Armstrong!

2006-12-21T08:35:00.000-06:00

I loved the Stretch Armstrong!

sherri, You're one superball away from living in a...

2006-12-20T13:23:00.000-06:00

sherri, You're one superball away from living in a danger zone.

angel, I was in a fraternity too. Did it involve whipped cream???

tai (cubed), It looks like your comments all finally went through! I knew you'd be a slip n' slide fan.

jay, Yeah. I remember those. Lemon Twists...from the 70s. I bet many kids slammed their faces on the ground with that thing.

pixie, I've burned my hands with those things too.

jillian, few scratches was a minor injury for sure from Slinky.

yawn, Either they made internet porn, or they became flashers.

perplexio, Jarts - what a great way to impale each other!

cube, I'm on the fence with those Bratz dolls. I ...

2006-12-20T13:16:00.000-06:00

cube, I'm on the fence with those Bratz dolls. I think maybe they have gone overboard with the slut factor.

stephanie, I've watched four neighbor siblings literally destroy their own lawn after playing on the slip and slide. When Dad got home...ouch.

anonymous, I would kill myself on them.

curare, you're too legit to quit.

WG, I wish I still had my Viper ship right now. I'm sure I'd shoot my eye out.

sar, I bet the President of Wham-O has at least one comatose child.

What about the Pogo-Ball and the Pogo-Ball Blaster...

2006-12-20T13:02:00.000-06:00

What about the Pogo-Ball and the Pogo-Ball Blaster? Those weren't exactly safe either.

But my personal favorite was probably Jarts or Lawn Darts. They pre-dated my childhood, but I did have a set that were hand-me-downs from my older brothers... One of which accidentally put one of these lovely toys through a neighbor's foot.

The Daisy air rifle was partialy responsible for p...

2006-12-20T12:29:00.000-06:00

The Daisy air rifle was partialy responsible for producing a generation of young boys who wanted to be cowboys. Flash forward up to 30 years:

Though not really a toy, I remember Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards being a wildly popular game with junior high and high school students. Let us remember that this is the same group of people behind the technology that produced the Internet porn revolution in the late nineties. The abundance of anal midgets and Asian she-males can be traced back directly to the geeks hanging out in the computer lab playing Leisure Suit Larry during lunch in 1989.

LOL Phoenix - I was looking at the Slinky thing th...

2006-12-20T10:05:00.000-06:00

LOL Phoenix - I was looking at the Slinky thing thinking "SLINKY?!" - But yeah, I remember fondly stretching those things out as well and then flinging it to the other person before they could do it to me - with the metal ones a person could always manage to give the other person a few dozen scratches. ;-)