My Top Ten Favorite Dangerous Toys

     Most of us can remember our childhood, but in the PC (protect children) world of today... where playgrounds are rubber matted, rounded cornered and quality tested... it would take a whole lot to sustain the same stupid injuries we had back in the hey day of toys! The hey day for toys? 1957 - 1971. When anything could and would be possible. All hail Frisbees, hula hoops and balsa wood gliders, but... how about using a hot plate to mold creepy bugs? Or a light bulb to bake a cake? Or tossing a feather tailed dagger across the yard as a horseshoe? Most of my favorite toys of that era are no longer for sale... or they now come in a quality tested shape or form. Alas, take the fear out of the toy... get bored easier!

1. JARTS or Lawn Darts (See picture above)
Danger Factor: Player being careless, drunk, immature and firing a Jart at an opposing player.
Hurt Factor: Blood. Contusion. Possible bandaging. Hospital visit. Loss of eye or worse. Death.

2. CLACKERS (in actuality, a South American Bolo Weapon)
Danger Factor: Player can catch another person in face or mouth. Hit own self. Catch a small animal or deer.
Hurt Factor: Broken bones. Missing teeth. Contusion. Strangulation. Concussion.

3. CREEPY CRAWLERS (the hot plate, plastic bug maker)
Danger Factor: A hot plate electric burner melts plastic into forms. Melted plastic. Hot burner.
Hurt Factor: Skin burns. 2nd - 3rd degree burns. Run to the doctor or emergency room!

4. The WHAM-O Super Ball (Hard rubber, high bouncing ball)
Danger Factor: No clear bounce path. Bounces into traffic. Breaks furniture and windows.
Hurt Factor: Welts. Scraped knees crawling to retrieve it under a car. Death after chasing it into traffic.

5. EASY BAKE OVEN (Hot light bulb oven)
Danger Factor: Hot light bulb
Hurt Factor: Burned fingers. Stomach ache.

6. TRAMPOLINE
Danger Factor: Sold as exercise equipment, the more comfortable you are with it the more dangerous it becomes.
Hurt Factor: Broken bones. Sprains. Tears. Hospital.

7. SLIP 'N SLIDE
Danger Factor: A wet strip of plastic. Hard ground.
Hurt Factor: Sprains. Tears. Broken bones. Concussion. Skin burn.

8. POGO STICK
Danger Factor: (Notice how the Pogo stick looks like a crutch? Nuff said!)
Hurt Factor: Falling. Fracture. Tear. Sprains. Broken bones.

9. COX GAS POWERED AIRPLANE
Danger Factor: Spinning around with gas powered toy on a tether.
Hurt Factor: Finger burns. Skin abrasion. Vertigo.

10. MODEL ROCKET KIT
Danger Factor: Bored with bottle rockets? Create this easy made science project and parachute your space vehicle into a tree or neighbor's roof!
Hurt Factor: Burns. Scrapes. Wallet.

     Now there are Honorable Mentions like skateboards, roller skates, BB Guns and the like, but they all seem readily available in this day and age. Our list may consist of items no longer sold in toy stores, they were dangerous... but they were fun! Note: Most of these toys are now sold in child safe versions. Alas!

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