Childhood toys that were unsafe but you still played with them

[Djgb13 2,338]

At my grandmas had the wood burning set and lawn darts.

[dain11279 927]

Your mom

[Bier Meister 1,513]

bag of glass

[BunnysBastatrds 1,914]

D!ldo Darts

[Alias Detective 1,179]

BB guns - max 3 pumps.... Bwahaha. Pumped them things up and fired at each other.

[Alias Detective 1,179]

Bike tag. Fock the stop signs man. Kids on bikes, we thought we were invincible. Threw a tennis ball and if you or you bike got hit you were "it". Dumb.

[mobb_deep 917]

There was a house down the street that had a big bamboo plant (tree?). We used to make staffs, spears and nunchucks and have huge battles with all the neighborhood kids. Some kids would be on bikes or skateboards or whatever. Got my front tooth knocked out in one battle. Good times.

[dain11279 927]

There was a house down the street that had a big bamboo plant (tree?). We used to make staffs, spears and nunchucks and have huge battles with all the neighborhood kids. Some kids would be on bikes or skateboards or whatever. Got my front tooth knocked out in one battle. Good times.

 

I never knew you were black

[mmmmm...beer 691]

Blackcats, Ladyfingers for sure.

[fandandy 3,311]

Not a toy, but sparklers. They were bigger when I was a kid and seemed to burn forever and we would just run with one in each hand. I never let my daughter play with those. So dangerous.

[mobb_deep 917]

 

I never knew you were black

 

You've never listened to my music I guess.

[Djgb13 2,338]

Speaking of fireworks, we used to play with those all the time. They are legal in SC year round so we would go get the rockets, cherry bombs, Roman candles, smoke grenades, and mortars. Then once we got back we would form teams and have firework wars. Each team got a side and threw/shot the fireworks at the other. Used the mortars as grenades by throwing them and having them explode or put them in th tube and shoot them at the other side like a cannon. Same with the rockets. Set the field behind my house on fire twice, the small patch of trees in front of my house once, and the woods that had a clay pit where we road our bikes, dirt bikes, and 4 wheelers at on fire to where the fire department would have to come to put it out. SO surprised we never got hurt. Most that has happened were small superficial burns. Good times

[fandandy 3,311]

Speaking of fireworks, we used to play with those all the time. They are legal in SC year round so we would go get the rockets, cherry bombs, Roman candles, smoke grenades, and mortars. Then once we got back we would form teams and have firework wars. Each team got a side and threw/shot the fireworks at the other. Used the mortars as grenades by throwing them and having them explode or put them in th tube and shoot them at the other side like a cannon. Same with the rockets. Set the field behind my house on fire twice, the small patch of trees in front of my house once, and the woods that had a clay pit where we road our bikes, dirt bikes, and 4 wheelers at on fire to where the fire department would have to come to put it out. SO surprised we never got hurt. Most that has happened were small superficial burns. Good times

That's awesome.

[Djgb13 2,338]

That's awesome.

Looking back there's no way in hell my parents would buy me those again. I sure as hell won't buy my kids those. I mean I was literally 8-13 getting these having those wars with my friends.

[SUXBNME 1,328]

There was a house down the street that had a big bamboo plant (tree?). We used to make staffs, spears and nunchucks and have huge battles with all the neighborhood kids. Some kids would be on bikes or skateboards or whatever. Got my front tooth knocked out in one battle. Good times.

Did you wear helmets and proper eye protection?

[mobb_deep 917]

Did you wear helmets and proper eye protection?

 

I always wear a helmet. My caretakers won't let me out of the house without one. Safety first.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

Potato gun.

[DonS 3,067]

Not as violent as what has been mentioned already, but when I was little I had this awesome big yellow Tonka dump trunk. Made of metal and chock full of sharp edges.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

M80's, Jarts

[SUXBNME 1,328]

 

I always wear a helmet. My caretakers won't let me out of the house without one. Safety first.

:drool:

[SUXBNME 1,328]

, Jorts

[Fireballer 2,381]

bag of glass

Cant find Akroyd bag o glass SNL skit on youtube!

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,579]

every damn toy we grew up with would be banned

 

hell I just got my 5 year old son into Transformers, holy jeez those are made like from when we were kids, I dont think there is a single bit of metal on the thing. First day, doors popping off

[fandandy 3,311]

Cant find Akroyd bag o glass SNL skit on youtube!

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/irwin-mainway/n8641?snl=1

[cyclone24 1,814]

Greatest toy i ever had. Football launcher. But the old ones were good sized and were essentially a water balloon launcher, plastic rod down the middle, hard plastic football with holes on each end for the ball to slide down rod.

 

Problem was it launched footballs 30 yards starting at face level.

 

Pretty good idea why they stopped selling them.

[Alias Detective 1,179]

M80's, Jarts

Jams

[supermike80 1,285]

We always did our best to destroy stretch Armstrong and see the green goo inside

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Fireworks wars

Potato guns

Slingshots with surgical tubing and steel ball bearing ammo

Dad gave us an exacto knife wood carving set

Some idiot let us have a dart board in our room till I had one stuck in my leg

 

We had the old 1950's erector set, made of semi sharp steel. We caused bleeding with that more than once.

 

And lots of fire. Hair spray flame throwers. Tennis ball black powder bombs. God knows what else.

 

It's amazing my brother and I both have ten fingers and two eyes.

[kutulu 1,545]

Burning army men

[DankNuggs 305]

Wrist rocket, dart board

[DankNuggs 305]

Was melting crayons on a lightbulb dangerous or toxic?

[fandandy 3,311]

Was melting crayons on a lightbulb dangerous or toxic?

My buddy had a Matchbox car maker. It came with the wheels and molds and this plug in metal smelter that you melted the wax in. So much fun but not something I would want my kids playing with alone on the shag carpet in their room.

[IGotWorms 3,311]

Can't really remember any particularly dangerous toys, although there must've been some.

 

Mostly it's that me and my friends would disappear into the woods or around the neighborhood for the entire day. And this was in Alaska where it's light til like 1 am. We probably weren't out quite that late but it must've been at least 9 or 10 sometimes

[DankNuggs 305]

Can't really remember any particularly dangerous toys, although there must've been some.

 

Mostly it's that me and my friends would disappear into the woods or around the neighborhood for the entire day. And this was in Alaska where it's light til like 1 am. We probably weren't out quite that late but it must've been at least 9 or 10 sometimes

Yep, summers we'd be out of the house after breakfast, and not home until dinner

[frank 2,144]

Chemistry set.

 

Light this on fire and watch the orange smoke.

 

Mix these two together and it blows up.

 

Science!

[fandandy 3,311]

Can't really remember any particularly dangerous toys, although there must've been some.

 

Mostly it's that me and my friends would disappear into the woods or around the neighborhood for the entire day. And this was in Alaska where it's light til like 1 am. We probably weren't out quite that late but it must've been at least 9 or 10 sometimes

You grew up in Alaska? Do you still live there?

[ROCKFORD 134]

bottle rocket wars, i had a friends who spent the night in jail, but i got away.

 

most of my friends dads had unlocked 'gun rooms' and loaded their own cartrages.

 

so, we had access to raw gun powder to make bombs with.

 

i remember pulling the head off a gi joe and packing it full.

 

we got a nice explosion but the head remained in tact.

 

i looked like he had been in a war or something.

[MDC 5,890]

Happy Fun Ball

[frank 2,144]

Log

[ROCKFORD 134]

oh, and i dressed up in my moms clothing a couple times.