My Christmas Shopping List

Thanks to a link from Tim, I can finally complete my shopping: The most dangerous toys of all time.

10 Responses to “My Christmas Shopping List”

1. John says:

   December 13, 2006 at 8:12 am

   “In 2000, the CPSC announced that over 150 children fell prey to Sky Dancer’s helicopter-blade arms and erratic “Oh-Jesus-it’s-chasing-me!” flying patterns.”
   I’ve made model rockets like that. The wings on a styrofoam glider are not intended to withstand the G forces generated by a “B” rocket.

2. tree hugging sister says:

   December 13, 2006 at 8:15 am

   Well hey, little man! Maybe you got hit with one too many Johnny Reb cannon balls to the head to remember, but Mountain Man and I had numbers 1, 7 & 8. We’d shoot the sh*t out of and fling with fury those things. Which made for an interesting time in post-Christmas confined indoor spaces. God, I loved those Creepy Crawlers, too. AND when they came up with an edible version you made in the same mold you’d just poured the toxic rubbery one, helLO! Heaven on earth.

3. John says:

   December 13, 2006 at 8:19 am

   I didn’t have the Johnny Reb cannon, but my dad had something infinitely better he let me shoot sometimes – a real brass cannon(about 6 inches long) that fired .22 slugs using black powder. It had a real touch hole, a little ramrod and cleaner, and a team of wooden horses to pull it.

4. Mr. Bingley says:

   December 13, 2006 at 8:45 am

   Crusader had 9, and I think daughter had that winged tinker-bell thingy. And it would chase you around the house, too.
   I used to love playing with the Jarts.
   Especially catching them.

5. Mr. Bingley says:

   December 13, 2006 at 8:49 am

   Crusader had 9, and I think daughter had that winged tinker-bell thingy. And it would chase you around the house, too.
   I used to love playing with the Jarts.
   Especially catching them.

6. Mr. Bingley says:

   December 13, 2006 at 9:10 am

   It caused a studder I have to this day.

7. tree hugging sister says:

   December 13, 2006 at 9:11 am

   If it wasn’t for Lawn Darts, what would we have nicknamed the F-18’s when they showed up at El Toro?

8. The_Real_JeffS says:

   December 13, 2006 at 9:53 am

   I had a remote controlled tank which shot rubber tipped shells…..and they weren’t small either! Plus the toy included a bag of powder that you put a pinch of in the barrell, to simulate propellant smoke. I used to shoot at my brothers with it.
   KEWL!!!!!!

9. Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life says:

   December 13, 2006 at 10:31 am

   I was so pissed when Lawn Darts were banned. They were a wonderful Tool of Darwinism.
   What I can’t figure out is why horseshoes haven’t yet been banned, being only marginally less dangerous to the stupid as Jarts.

10. tree hugging sister says:

    December 13, 2006 at 11:30 pm

    I can’t say I’ve heard any complaints of puncture wounds with horseshoes, Mr. Summers. You have to really WORK to draw blood with those.