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Fred Fred.
(OP) User ID: 77851486 Vietnam 04/07/2021 02:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As I recall, they only manufactured it for a few years, like circa 1969 - 1975. I wonder if they got parental complaints about kids getting whacked out on breathing the stuff. But kids always historically would find out ways to get whacked out no matter what. Anyone remember over the counter CODEINE cough medicine? Circa the same exact time? I do |
Fred Fred.
(OP) User ID: 77851486 Vietnam 04/07/2021 02:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | err umm, apparently, it is either still being manufactured or some entrepreneurial wise guy picked up on some sort of nostalgia for it. It also appears that you can only buy one color at at time of it, not the PSYCHEDELIC 60's/get high off the fumes version we had as kids.. And the former version had big tubes of the stuff, it would last a while. Now it looks as if the tubes are good for one big balloon and that's it: and with this version, ya don't even get colors :( |
Fred Fred.
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Fred Fred.
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80164895 United States 04/07/2021 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As I recall, they only manufactured it for a few years, like circa 1969 - 1975. Quoting: Fred Fred. I wonder if they got parental complaints about kids getting whacked out on breathing the stuff. But kids always historically would find out ways to get whacked out no matter what. Anyone remember over the counter CODEINE cough medicine? Circa the same exact time? I do yep I was too old then.. and then at that time. my kids too young still. just toddlers. |
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Fred Fred.
(OP) User ID: 78212539 United States 04/08/2021 12:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That was also produced by the same co., "Wham-O!" That video of the best of Wham-O has that ad for clackers within it. Bizarro. Dan Aykroyd & Laraine Newman did a famous sketch the first season of SNL, in 1975-76, in which Jane Curtin interviews the unscrupulous toy manufacturer (Aykroyd) who makes dangerous toys for children. He defends his toy co. in a hysterically funny fashion (Dr. Memory #6) |
Fred Fred.
(OP) User ID: 78212539 United States 04/08/2021 12:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you buy some, tell me if it's still as much fun as I remember it. I think the last time I remember it being sold was circa the U.S. Bicentennial year, 1976 at like a cheapo toy dept. inside of a Woolworth's shop. Remember Woolworth's? They started out all over America in the 1880's/90's as "The Five & Dime" stores. That was the five cents and the ten cents stores. They were the 99cents stores of their time. Woolworth's evolved out of them and became one of the biggest cheap trinket retail shops in the country (and with LOTS of imitators/competitors such as Grant's, McCrory's, Woolco & [was it] "Kreske's" mart, which evolved into K-Mart, I believe). |
Justme C'est Moi
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Fred Fred.
(OP) User ID: 78212539 United States 04/08/2021 01:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Did you watch any of that Wham-O compilation video? Omg, it's addictive. I didn't see the whole thing yet. Your Hi-Yo is probably in there! I watched their Hoola-Hoop ad, one of them and prob. the fist ad for their FRISBEE! Only it was called the "Frisbee Flying Saucer!" I did NOT know that. Holy sheet! So that's how it started. |
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Justme C'est Moi
User ID: 80193276 United States 04/08/2021 05:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I like their nuclear bomb shelter cover. :) Only $179. Might need one of those. [link to www.mentalfloss.com (secure)] [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] No mention anywhere of the Hi-Yo. Finally found a pic of it with another toy whose name gets blocked for some reason. Man this is a weird place. [link to thumbs.worthpoint.com (secure)] Last Edited by JustmeTX on 04/08/2021 05:22 AM Justme |
Super deplorable ChugALug
User ID: 80225101 United States 04/08/2021 05:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | err umm, apparently, it is either still being manufactured or some entrepreneurial wise guy picked up on some sort of nostalgia for it. It also appears that you can only buy one color at at time of it, not the PSYCHEDELIC 60's/get high off the fumes version we had as kids.. And the former version had big tubes of the stuff, it would last a while. Now it looks as if the tubes are good for one big balloon and that's it: Quoting: Fred Fred. and with this version, ya don't even get colors :( Thats going to be our new masks ....Im sure of it... Romans 14:11 It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God. Revelation 20:15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79014301 United States 04/08/2021 07:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Popeil's had lots of great stuff. F'rinstance: "Are You TIRED of IRONING DRUDGERY?" -Which opened the ad for their at-home clothing dryer/press. And the Popeil "Buttoniere" and the way THAT ad would start: "The Problem With BUTTONS is, THEY ALWAYS FALL OFF!" |
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A Jackson
User ID: 78889174 United States 04/08/2021 08:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What about the Water Wiennie? And the Air Blaster? Hours and hours of fun in a half hour, then it broke. Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast. If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools. — Plato “AI is kind of a fancy thing, first of all it’s two letters. It means artificial intelligence.” Kamala Harris VPOTUS |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77938295 United States 04/08/2021 08:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Popeil's had lots of great stuff. F'rinstance: "Are You TIRED of IRONING DRUDGERY?" -Which opened the ad for their at-home clothing dryer/press. And the Popeil "Buttoniere" and the way THAT ad would start: "The Problem With BUTTONS is, THEY ALWAYS FALL OFF!" Folks, this is the Ronco Veg-O-Matic! It slices, it dices. It makes julienne fries in just seconds. |
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User ID: 78547034 United States 04/08/2021 09:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | As soon as I read your thread title, before I even clicked on it, I recalled that strong smell! Thanks for the pungent trip down memory lane! "If you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9 "It will be good for those servants whose master finds them WATCHING when he comes..."Luke 12:37 <"}}}>< (me) ><{{{"> <"}}}>< |
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