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LisaM

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51. Spirograph.

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Fri Dec 8, 2017, 04:14 PM

Dec 2017

They still have it but now it doesn't come with long pins.

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What toys did you have as a kid that are banned nowadays? [View all] Archae Dec 2017 OP

The SSPs were banned? jberryhill Dec 2017 #1

Some of the spinners have been recalled... Archae Dec 2017 #2

Behold jberryhill Dec 2017 #3

Yeah! I had a purple one! Archae Dec 2017 #4

Creepy Crawlers (I think it's your thingmaker) LeftInTX Dec 2017 #5

You never got burned from the creepy crawlers? MiniMe Dec 2017 #7

Yes it was! Archae Dec 2017 #9

There are companies that still make Plastigoop... Dave Starsky Dec 2017 #18

Fun Flowers RobinA Dec 2017 #65

I loved all The Thingmaker toys. Dave Starsky Dec 2017 #17

You can still get them, but with all the safety features, woodsprite Dec 2017 #37

Chemistry set! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #6

The still sell EZ-Bake Ovens!!! LeftInTX Dec 2017 #8

I had a metal one MFM008 Dec 2017 #11

My sisters had clackers, too. Archae Dec 2017 #10

golliwog Skittles Dec 2017 #12

Cap pistols unc70 Dec 2017 #13

+1000 Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #50

I got this toy in 1965... rogerballard Dec 2017 #14

Whirly Bird TuxedoKat Dec 2017 #15

Wow!! Didn't know they had a home model LeftInTX Dec 2017 #16

Chemistry sets are banned? left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #19

Yes, but those are all lame versions of the items we grew up with. n/t Ron Obvious Dec 2017 #21

some chemistry sets in the 50s had a little uranium in them rurallib Dec 2017 #24

Amazon left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 #39

OMG! rurallib Dec 2017 #45

Thanks Hillary jpak Dec 2017 #57

You should check out United Nuclear DBoon Dec 2017 #58

There are still deracinated chemistry sets, pretty much useless. NNadir Dec 2017 #32

Our local toy store had a huge rack of replacement chemicals... hunter Dec 2017 #49

My Father RobinA Dec 2017 #66

Verti-Bird... Callmecrazy Dec 2017 #20

Toy soldiers lead casts gratuitous Dec 2017 #22

M80 firecrackers Kaleva Dec 2017 #23

Cherry Bombs RobinA Dec 2017 #67

I still have my Vac-U-Form. OilemFirchen Dec 2017 #25

I still have mine jpak Dec 2017 #56

Can't remember the name of it gay texan Dec 2017 #26

Gilbert Chemistry Sets no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 #27

The first one on your list. Snackshack Dec 2017 #28

I actually had a science kit with radioactive polonium embedded in a screen. NNadir Dec 2017 #29

Lawn darts for sure. Jarts Brand? Fun is what they were JDC Dec 2017 #30

Clackers! That were recalled and used to make Phoenix61 Dec 2017 #31

A toy iron that got hot enough to iron my doll clothes. lkinwi Dec 2017 #33

Not only chemistry sets, I even had a chemistry book that is now banned Poiuyt Dec 2017 #34

You can download it for free here Kaleva Dec 2017 #63

Want! OilemFirchen Dec 2017 #35

fireworks and dynamite gopiscrap Dec 2017 #36

! Kali Dec 2017 #64

Toy guns that looked like real weapons, no orange-tippy thing on them. VOX Dec 2017 #38

Every boy in My neighborhood had one. Wolf Frankula Dec 2017 #62

When I was 10 my father taught me how to work in a fierywoman Dec 2017 #40

Fisher- Price "Little People" playsets teenagebambam Dec 2017 #41

I still have those...a kid could swallow the people. all american girl Dec 2017 #47

Toy machine guns BannonsLiver Dec 2017 #42

We shot at each other with BB guns (1 pump only) NightWatcher Dec 2017 #43

Same here! Archae Dec 2017 #44

I didn't have a gun, but my brothers did rurallib Dec 2017 #46

We played army with BB guns and M80 firecrackers. Kaleva Dec 2017 #48

Spirograph. LisaM Dec 2017 #51

Wham-O slingshot. Worked great with ball bearings or steely marbles. rzemanfl Dec 2017 #52

A microscope with a dissection kit containing a scalpel Runningdawg Dec 2017 #53

I recently found a lawn dart set in my grandpa's garage OriginalGeek Dec 2017 #54

Mattel lever-action rifle with spring-loaded cartridges and greenie stick-em caps jpak Dec 2017 #55

Wham-O Water Wiggle. Loved it! emulatorloo Dec 2017 #59

Creepy crawler/Fighting Men set flotsam Dec 2017 #60

I loved my woodburner. Codeine Dec 2017 #61

Not me but a friend had at least two Sky Dancers sakabatou Dec 2017 #68

Chinese jump rope: big rubber band. Hours and hours jumping. lindysalsagal Dec 2017 #69