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TheOldMole Dec 25 2006 06:23 PM

[url=http://www.radaronline.com/features/2006/12/toys.php]The most dangerous toys of all time.[/url]

cooby Dec 26 2006 10:42 PM

Jarts were great! My cousin Junie was Jart champion of the family, but I wasn't too bad either, for a kid. I'll bet my mom and dad still have a set. Also of course we all had Creepy Crawler sets. I think my daughter had that little "Barbie Doll meets bottle rocket" character.

cooby Dec 26 2006 11:00 PM

These write ups are really pretty funny, considering. Check out the Johnny Reb ad

OlerudOwned Dec 26 2006 11:05 PM

And we'll all be gay when Johnny comes marching home

Frayed Knot Dec 26 2006 11:24 PM

I'm in favor of dangerous toys. The herd needs a bit of thinning out every so often.

ScarletKnight41 Dec 27 2006 07:13 AM

I have been trying unsuccessfully to find a clip of Dan Ackroyd on SNL hawking Mainway Toys. Bag-o-Glass was probably my favorite part of that skit.

MFS62 Dec 27 2006 09:26 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm in favor of dangerous toys. The herd needs a bit of thinning out every so often. Yeah, and while we're at it, wassup with those childproof locks on cigarette lighters? If kids want to smoke, let them. Later

Johnny Dickshot Dec 27 2006 10:18 AM

My grandparents had both Jarts and Creepy Crawlers. Nobody was maimed.

Frayed Knot Dec 27 2006 10:30 AM

I had a 'Creepy Crawlers' set. Cooked up all kinds of shit on it. ]Yeah, and while we're at it, wassup with those childproof locks on cigarette lighters? If kids want to smoke, let them. Let 'em at the liquor cabinet too. Kids won't nap? ... there's your solution.

Edgy DC Dec 27 2006 10:52 AM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: My grandparents had both Jarts and Creepy Crawlers. Nobody was maimed. Yeah, unfortunately for the subsequent generation, the feds have to work with broad stats and ignore the anecdotal information. I remember those darts coming out when I was a pre-teen or so and me thinking even then, "How long is Consumer Protection going to allow those?"

Frayed Knot Dec 27 2006 11:11 AM

Actually, I think the feds are very good at acting specifically on anecdotal information. All it takes sometimes is one crying mother claiming her kid was injured by a product and they'll snap right into action.

Edgy DC Dec 27 2006 11:21 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Dec 27 2006 11:06 PM

I don't think so. The one mewling mother usually gets quicker action from the courts. And I'm guessing often it's the market corrections of our capitalist system that knocks a product off the market faster than the nanny-state action of the Consumer Protection Agency. Once the lawsuits (or threats of them) cut deep enough into profits, the product gets a voluntary recall, or discontinuance. It's the FDA that has to work alone, without the civil courts being as damning to dangerous food as dangerous toys. People are a lot less aggressive about suing over trans-fat, and are more happy to kill themselves with the stuff than they are to watch kids brain themselves with Kerbangers, and defend their right to do so, even though (according to this week's Straight Dope) the deadly shit adds nothing to the taste of our food. OE: I think I'm disguising opinion as fact here.

cooby Dec 27 2006 10:40 PM

Ooh! Had them too!