Toys that are extinct

[mykpart]

One toy I remember from my childhood was Colorforms. Little plastic cutouts of cartoon characters that were applied to a plastic screen to create little dioramas. I had Popeye, but there were also lots of Disney character Colorforms available. I don't think they are made anymore, hence the "extinct." Any toys from your childhood that are no longer made?

[democracyindanger]

1. lawn darts

[mykpart]

4. Yeah, they're not even legal anymore, are they?

Did somebody get their eye put out or something?

[democracyindanger]

5. Made illegal to sell in the US back in the 80s

I think there were actually some kids that were killed.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Clackers. I still have mine. I'm a pro with them.

My mom took them away from me when I was about 10, because my brother and I fought with them. She gave them back to me recently, and now I'm teaching MMjr to clacker.

[mykpart]

3. I remember clackers!

I was good at them! There also later was a thing that was a ball on a stick that hooked around your ankle and you jumped over it as it went around and around. Don't remember what it was called.

[Maddy McCall]

6. The Lemon Twist.

YES. I WAS GREAT AT THAT, TOO!

Thanks for that memory. Did you have any Romper Stompers? They were basically quart-sized plastic yellow cups, turned upside down, with green plastic strings that came up to your thighs--and you would hold them and walk around on them.





This is an excellent thread. :thumbsup:

[mykpart]

7. I didn't have any Romper Stompers, but

I knew someone who did. I think you can still get those, though the name is probably different. Also, what about Socker-Boppers?

[Maddy McCall]

9. Yes! What about the ball you sat on and bounced around...

or Moon Shoes. LOLOL! This is too fun.

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Clackers were also known as

Knockers.

But I guess that was a bit too... well, something.

:silly:

[northofdenali]

8. Chatty Cathy.

Pull her string, she talks (in a voice that sounds like Laura Bush raised her.....)

[mykpart]

10. Oh NO! They don't make Chatty Cathy anymore?

I always like them after the record inside got screwed up, and you would pull the string and hear rasping or maybe slowed down phrases like a record played on the wrong speed. What about Chrissy, the doll whose hair you could cut and them pull more out from her scalp?

[Maddy McCall]

11. I still have my Crissy!

In a pink checkered suit. Still in excellent condition. :D

[Maddy McCall]

12. Did you have a Baby Tender Love?

[mykpart]

13. Is that the one who ate baby food and pooped?

I was a little too old when she came out.

[Maddy McCall]

14. No, she just took a bottle and peed.

I got mine in 1970. I loved that doll. I still have it, too.

I kept many of my dolls, just in case I had a daughter...well, I had a son, so I guess I'll hang onto them just in case I have a grandaughter.

[EFerrari]

15. I'm a Fisher-Price collector.

I can't HELP myself.

Barbie, Chattie Cathy and Mary Poppins dolls were great but Fisher-Price are the best.

They're just this close to the world of handmade toys.