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rev_thumper

Attention Generation X

May 01, 2008 20:05

Why didn't they have toys this cool when we were kids?

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rev_thumper May 2 2008, 01:19:50 UTC

We were fucking ripped off.

rev_thumper May 2 2008, 21:10:51 UTC

Well, points for creativity!

jspencer91 May 2 2008, 02:15:18 UTC

We also had this:

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rev_thumper May 2 2008, 21:11:22 UTC

That was a brilliant toy, every kid who got one put maximum effort into breaking it as soon as possible.

gutterboylive May 2 2008, 04:27:20 UTC

We had Creepy Crawlers and Plastigoop, designed to be baked on open-faced metal molds shaped like spiders and heated up to an ungodly temperature.

One slip and you'd have second-degree burns in the second grade.

Today's whippersnatches wouldn't last 5 minutes with such a cool toy.

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rev_thumper May 2 2008, 13:47:43 UTC

True, we did have lots of Darwin special edition toys. I miss lawn darts.