dangerous toys of the past

I loved my bean shooter

Lawn darts.

Many a kid took one in the head 😔

Balls on a string called Clackers I think. You bashed them together until they shattered into your eyes. Got taken off the market. It was a big craze at the time.

@phil-a-dork said
Lawn darts.

Many a kid took one in the head 😔

Sounds like you were obviously not well supervised! 😉

-VR

Easy Bake Oven.

I got burned a few times 😔

@phil-a-dork said
Easy Bake Oven.

I got burned a few times 😔

LOL....I am sure the burn was severe on a toy bake oven! 😉

-VR

It was!
They got hot! 😠

@phil-a-dork said
It was!
They got hot! 😠

Then it wasn't a toy!....LOL...!

-VR

spud guns

@lemondrop said
spud guns

beebee gun! I don't know if it would even be considered a toy?

-VR

sling shot

@lemondrop said
sling shot

If you use rocks as ammunition it becomes a weapon for sure!

-VR

@very-rusty said
If you use rocks as ammunition it becomes a weapon for sure!

-VR

that's what all the kids used

@lemondrop

Marbles were better in the slingshot if you couldn't afford ball bearings.

I would cook a marble and then drop it in cold water which would cause it to fracture but stay together. Then when you used it in a slingshot it would shatter when you hit something. 😉

@lemondrop said
that's what all the kids used

Yup, it was dangerous. I almost put my cousin's eye out, hit him just above the eye.

That put an end to the sling shots.

-VR