29 Real Toys That Were Banned for Being So Dangerous

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 22. 02. 2022
  • Kids love playing with toys, and there have been millions of toys invested to make kids smile, but the toys listed in today's crazy new video only made kids cry! Check out the most dangerous toys that actually existed that had to be BANNED from ever being sold again!
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  • @phillips2683
    @phillips2683 Pƙed 2 lety +959

    I had the “Creepy Crawler -Thing Maker” as a kid and never had a problem playing with it. No burns or eating the plastic bugs it made. And mine was the original since I was about 8 in the ‘60’s.

    • @scarletmacaw
      @scarletmacaw Pƙed 2 lety +31

      Me too. One of my favorites.

    • @ProAlchemist
      @ProAlchemist Pƙed 2 lety +67

      I had those. Ate the creepy crawlers. Vomited profusely all night long, but didn't make the association. The second time I figured it out.

    • @Klipschrf35
      @Klipschrf35 Pƙed 2 lety +20

      Me too but ghe safer 90s one

    • @natronfatumallafalla1922
      @natronfatumallafalla1922 Pƙed 2 lety +18

      @@ProAlchemist lol probably would of taking me 10 times...I wasn't the smartest

    • @ProAlchemist
      @ProAlchemist Pƙed 2 lety +28

      @@natronfatumallafalla1922 That's how I learned nontoxic does NOT mean edible

  • @DavidGS66
    @DavidGS66 Pƙed 2 lety +190

    I'm surprised lawn darts weren't mentioned. We had them in Cub Scouts, but some kids got lawn darts in their heads, so they're banned.

    • @ThatSoddingGamer
      @ThatSoddingGamer Pƙed 2 lety +18

      Was expecting this to show up on the list. I've heard of a fair few of the others on the list too, so it was a bit surprising that lawn darts weren't mentioned.

    • @aSandwich.13
      @aSandwich.13 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Yeah, one of the lunch ladies at my high school took one to the head as child. She suffered permanent brain damage and remained mentally disabled ever since. I always thought she was just born like that, when I found out I felt so bad.

    • @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780
      @andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      the lawn darts aka jarts are what happen if you turn a romen weapon into a childs plaything

    • @Nathan_McCracken
      @Nathan_McCracken Pƙed 2 lety +7

      In 2020 they did re-release lawn darts with blunt ends

    • @jaex9617
      @jaex9617 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      That's cruel. Bad enough these kids have darts in their heads, and now you're going to shun them, too? 😿

  • @russwatson8713
    @russwatson8713 Pƙed 2 lety +17

    As a kid I learned you can also start a fire with a magnifying glass. "Safe for kids" is basically a meaningless phrase to a youngster determined to cause mischief.

  • @charlayned
    @charlayned Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +6

    Gilbert also made a chemistry set with real chemicals that you could make stink bombs, light things on fire, and make ink (I stained my mom's antique rug with mine). They made a microscope too. I had a Water Wiggle, Slip and Slide, Clackers, and the Easy-Bake Oven. There was also a real iron that plugged into the wall and got hot that you could iron clothes with (just made small for kids). I had that too, weird.
    We didn't get really coddled in the 1960s growing up, you were expected to fall out of trees, wreck your bikes wearing shorts (and no helmets back then). Scrape your elbows and knees and your om would put Mercurochrome on it, which was also called Monkey Blood. Mercurochrome and another popular antiseptic of a generation or two ago, Merthiolate, contained mercury, and turned your skin red, which made it hard to see if you got infected. I had so many skinned knees and elbows, it was just normal.
    Oh, and Flubber was a movie in 1961 called "The Absent Minded Professor" with Fred McMurry. The professor invented Flubber in the movie. There was a sequel in 1963 called Son of Flubber, McMurry also starred in. I remember those.

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      Merthiolate and mercurochrome looked similar, but the former was an alcohol-based product which burned like crazy. Mercurochrome was water-based, and didn't hurt.

    • @samuelrodriguez9801
      @samuelrodriguez9801 Pƙed 24 dny

      Wow, you treated children a lot more maturely back then.

    • @fairy_therian748
      @fairy_therian748 Pƙed 15 dny

      I have a plastic clacker

    • @fairy_therian748
      @fairy_therian748 Pƙed 15 dny

      So clackers came back in the pilipines

    • @user-no5pg6cg4x
      @user-no5pg6cg4x Pƙed 11 dny +1

      @samuelrodriguez9801
      The reason there was less concern about safety is actually pretty macabre.
      Before antibiotics and vaccines child mortality was high.
      If you have 12 babies and end up with 4 teenagers you were doing well.
      once modern medicine made it an expectation that all your children would survive it became a much bigger deal to loose a child to an accident.

  • @jaex9617
    @jaex9617 Pƙed 2 lety +375

    I was born in the 1960s in a family with six kids and very generous grandparents. We had pretty much every death toy released prior to 1980. And then, there were all the creative things we found ways to make, misuse, and destroy on our own.
    Most of us made it to adulthood, but we sure sustained a lot of injuries and mishaps that would not be tolerated today.

    • @vectorthehop3945
      @vectorthehop3945 Pƙed 2 lety +22

      > *most of us made it to adulthood*
      who died and how
      edit: clarity

    • @jaex9617
      @jaex9617 Pƙed 2 lety +22

      @@vectorthehop3945 In my family, we all survived to adulthood. Amongst my small circle of friends, 3 motor vehicle accident fatalities and one case of asphyxiation (not the creepy kind). Oh, and somebody burned the house down, but we're not sure exactly how that happened. I shot myself through the hand with a homemade dart gun, partially severed a couple of fingers but was able to recover, had more burns, scrapes, electric shocks, falls, and bruises than I can remember, had a couple of severe injuries from bicycle accidents, fell out of a few trees, etc, etc, etc. My sister nearly bled out after running into, and shattering, one of those sliding glass patio doors. She wound up with a few hundred stitches. I don't think we were very well supervised, but there was also just a lot more tolerance for this back then. When I look back on it, it's actually pretty horrific, but at the time, that's just the way it was. Anyway, we didn't need tattoos or piercings because we were covered head to toe in stitches, bruises, burns, and scars.

    • @kloverleavezisdeadlol
      @kloverleavezisdeadlol Pƙed 2 lety +9

      *most of us*

    • @jaex9617
      @jaex9617 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      @@kloverleavezisdeadlol The mortality rate was non-zero. But there were exceptions. đŸ€·đŸŒâ€â™‚ïž

    • @kimikonyan
      @kimikonyan Pƙed 2 lety +9

      @@jaex9617 I think it’s really interesting too to compare it to things as well like corporal punishment in schools. Adults just eventually figured out that they couldn’t just let kids do anything they wanted unsupervised. My story is a bit different since mine is trauma related, but even in the 90s in my neighborhood it was common to just run out around the block and hang out with other kids. But nowadays we get helicopter parents and that’s damaging as well. Thankfully most of the safety changes from these toys has helped companies to make safer toys from the start.

  • @jonboybluegaming
    @jonboybluegaming Pƙed 2 lety +46

    Slip and Slide: Not for use by adults
    Adults: I see
immediately puts oil on it instead of water to slide faster

    • @Vryheid
      @Vryheid Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      why would you cover yourself in oil 💀

  • @theaspreysisters3587
    @theaspreysisters3587 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    Polly Pockets have actually been revived in a different sense now.

  • @Funrollercoaster606
    @Funrollercoaster606 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    11:50 *there’s a reason oven gloves exist.*

  • @lunaticgaming7967
    @lunaticgaming7967 Pƙed 2 lety +76

    Honestly, my sister and I had quite a few of these also. But it goes to show the big difference a little bit of common sense and parental supervision can make. But regardless, I'm happy that no more kids got hurt than they did.

    • @okamijubei
      @okamijubei Pƙed rokem +3

      except from school shootings and political exposure.

  • @SheosMan117
    @SheosMan117 Pƙed 2 lety +554

    I've read a story about a toy that got recalled, not because it was dangerous, but because it was angering parents. It was a toy Harry Potter broomstick, that vibrated. The recall reason? Well....girls of all ages were enjoying this broom too much.

  • @pinkbutterfly8710
    @pinkbutterfly8710 Pƙed 2 lety +12

    I remember having one of the Sky Dancer dolls. I only used the flying feature a few times (outside lol) because I had one too many close calls with it almost landing on the roof. After that, she became Barbie’s fairy cousin visiting from out of town.

    • @williamthompson1455
      @williamthompson1455 Pƙed rokem +4

      So many ceiling fans so broken behind parents back by that one cousin or that brother got ahold of it. Lol sometimes they just didn't know how to hold back. They always had to pull that Cords hard as they could. No joke though it always surprised me how fast they could fly up and how fast they would smack that wall once it met the ceiling fan.

    • @pinkbutterfly8710
      @pinkbutterfly8710 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@williamthompson1455 Oh my mom made it very clear that it was over for us if we used any projectile toys inside. If it wasn’t clear who was responsible, everyone was in trouble so we kept each other and any visiting kids in line lol

  • @CharliReef
    @CharliReef Pƙed 2 lety +15

    9:53
    Narrator: "When a four year old boy shot a missile into his mouth and choked to death."
    Background music: "It's time to get *funky!"*

  • @jenna2720
    @jenna2720 Pƙed 2 lety +37

    I remember using a slip n slide when I was 9. My parents and I didn't realize that there were little plastic bits that were meant to be hammered into the ground and keep it in place. When I used it, one of the plastic bits lodged itself firmly in my knee. I'm 31 now and I still have that scar.

    • @jakeg3126
      @jakeg3126 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I have never been able to slide head first,

    • @LilSisSassy
      @LilSisSassy Pƙed rokem +2

      Me too. My knee hasn't been right since it happened either 😕.

  • @lovenothate
    @lovenothate Pƙed 2 lety +34

    I had the roller blades for Barbie as a kid
I would hold them upside down and spark them on purpose. I once lit a candle with one on purpose. Thankfully, they were so rarely used on Barbie’s feet, they never started an accidental fire.

    • @DDlambchop43
      @DDlambchop43 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

      I rarely got them sparking (didn't use enough force I guess) I also used to use them on my bed...yikes, right?

  • @ranneecollins7835
    @ranneecollins7835 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +3

    Grew up in the 90's. Surprised how many of the toys we grew were actually hazards to us. My grandmother was oblivious to reality and lived in her own reality. She would often say "It's part of your upbrining."

  • @RedVRCC
    @RedVRCC Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +4

    I had the CSI kit, my grandparents gave it to me for christmas. The recall was announced before I ever used it. I still have it sealed in box to this day. My parents never told me what was wrong with it and I only learned today that I now have a bag of asbestos powder sitting around in my closet somewhere. Thank god I never opened it.

  • @brianrunyon266
    @brianrunyon266 Pƙed 2 lety +45

    Wow. The 1998 Power Wheels recall was one of the first news reports I remember hearing about. Also, I remember seeing commercials for a lot of these old toys.

  • @InezAnn
    @InezAnn Pƙed 2 lety +19

    I was gifted the cabbage patch doll for my 6th birthday, but my parents took it away because of the recall. I was so upset even though they explained to me that the dolls were harmful. I remember telling my grandma I wasn’t a dumb kid sticking my hair or fingers in the doll’s mouth.

  • @stephenburkhart4786
    @stephenburkhart4786 Pƙed rokem +7

    I gotta say, I am incredibly surprised that Lawn Darts didn't make this list. I too had the "Creepy Crawler - Thing Maker" and never had any problems with it.

    • @InactiveNitro
      @InactiveNitro Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

      I love blades [just cuz they have a triangle at the end. i love triangles]

  • @starguard4122
    @starguard4122 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    One toy that missed this list was a plastic gun named "Suicide". we played with back in the early 70's. I remember it very well. This 5 or 6 barrel gun had to be loaded with a single "AA" Battery that was supposed to serve as a bullet. Once loaded you were supposed to spin the barrel , put the gun to your head and pull the trigger. If nothing happened you were supposed to pass it to the next person. Each person would do this until the battery lined up with the muzzle and once the trigger was pulled it would light up and make a loud Buzz sound. That meant the you were "dead" and out of the game. Each person would pass this gun around until there was only one person left. That person would be the winner.

    • @stephaneperron727
      @stephaneperron727 Pƙed 26 dny

      I remember a pez dispenser gun .
      Yeah, not the most thought out toy!

  • @Catie158
    @Catie158 Pƙed 2 lety +229

    Maybe I’m strange but I really love learning about banned toys 😆

    • @thedevourerofglue9162
      @thedevourerofglue9162 Pƙed 2 lety +19

      Thousands of other people do like me bud your not strange

    • @Catie158
      @Catie158 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      @@thedevourerofglue9162 thanks

    • @azman6568
      @azman6568 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      Your no stranger than the 10,000 people who have already watched this including myself!

    • @coneburger9081
      @coneburger9081 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      hehehe ha

    • @thedevourerofglue9162
      @thedevourerofglue9162 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@azman6568 yeah we're no strangers to love

  • @sassykaren7587
    @sassykaren7587 Pƙed 2 lety +198

    I knew that the Easy Bake Oven would be on here. I actually owned slap bracelets. My daughters owned the Sky Fliers and never had any problems. All 3 of my kids had Power Wheels also. A lot of these toys I have never heard of so this was really informative. Thank you for another great video and I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

    • @FishDino1310
      @FishDino1310 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I actually have and own about more than 3 slap bracelets

    • @FishDino1310
      @FishDino1310 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @Pandorra Randall Ye I know but they’re fun to use

    • @Mypenisissmallbut
      @Mypenisissmallbut Pƙed rokem +2

      I love seeing parents on CZcams on they always treat it like a church dinner.

    • @Zeldafan48
      @Zeldafan48 Pƙed rokem +2

      I took the decoration on one off and it was made of
      A cuted tape measure

    • @okamijubei
      @okamijubei Pƙed rokem +1

      what is your opinions about that they banned them just like that?

  • @tracygresham4869
    @tracygresham4869 Pƙed rokem +3

    I also had, and still have the Lionel electric train with metal tracks. if you happen to step on or touch the two metal tracks at the same time, it would shock the heck out of you.

  • @orinjnanu2924
    @orinjnanu2924 Pƙed rokem +17

    I loved playing with the Magnetix as a kid. Never thought they looked like candy though. I had Moon Shoes that I actually played with regularly, though I wound up using all but 3 elastic bands on them so I wouldn't bottom out on my jumps. There was a gas powered pogo stick that I'm surprised wasn't on here.

    • @syzygy4365
      @syzygy4365 Pƙed rokem +4

      I had the 1990's moon shoes and loved them. Only problems I had with them was when I decided to use my teeth to switch out the rubber bands. I remember one of them snapping me on the lip and I had a fat lip for like a week straight. 😂
      I was heart broken when my mom threw them away. She got tired of me wearing them in the house, such a bummer.

    • @user-nj4qq1jr2s
      @user-nj4qq1jr2s Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      🍋👁

  • @conquerthafuture7209
    @conquerthafuture7209 Pƙed 2 lety +38

    Yeah I remember me and my sister having a few of these. But I grew up with my friends using BB guns instead of airsoft. There's just something about seeing your friend in extreme pain because you're doing instead of laughing LOL

  • @miriamdonahue6188
    @miriamdonahue6188 Pƙed 2 lety +16

    13:39
    People: Yeah this is a *good idea!*
    Let’s make *toys* out of the stuff they use for *nuclear weapons!*

  • @soundwave-superior7372
    @soundwave-superior7372 Pƙed 2 lety +18

    Another dangerous toy was the 1984 Transformers Megatron toy, it’s alt-form was a realistic Walter P-38 with scope, stock and suppressor. It was dangerous because of how easily people would mistake it for a real gun.

  • @sunshine19701989
    @sunshine19701989 Pƙed rokem +15

    I think this is why the older generations are more careful, we learned of death at such a young age!

  • @newyorkerjoe123
    @newyorkerjoe123 Pƙed 2 lety +35

    The fact that we get free documentaries on CZcams by The Infographics Show is truly a gift 👍 👍 👍

  • @NipkowDisk
    @NipkowDisk Pƙed 2 lety +31

    I had a MattelÂź Creepy Crawlers set and it was one of the most educational toys I ever had- I learned to LET THE MOLD COOL DOWN prior to removing it from the hot plate. Got some nasty burns from it but it did teach me well.

  • @frankgunold268
    @frankgunold268 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    0:36 ~ 375 °f - 191°C
    Fifty-two years, 11 models, and more than 40 million units later, the Easy-Bake Oven continues to inspire young chefs. First released with 25 different mixes that included cakes, pizzas, and pretzels, it used what were essentially really hot light bulbs (temperatures could reach up to 375 degrees) to bake.

  • @jonathanX01
    @jonathanX01 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    14:34 - Actually, I got that for Christmas years ago.

  •  Pƙed 2 lety +75

    Major props to whoever does the research for Infographics videos

  • @prestonestes1388
    @prestonestes1388 Pƙed 2 lety +79

    So much nostalgia. I had or played with many of these. As for slap bracelets, I think most kids got hurt as a result of hitting each other as hard as we could with them.

    • @lavinialadlass9432
      @lavinialadlass9432 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      I think those slap bracelets are still around today. Or at least where I live. they’re still allowed at my school.

    • @Anthony-ye8jr
      @Anthony-ye8jr Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Yea those injuries were definitely our faults 😂

    • @suesmith6150
      @suesmith6150 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@lavinialadlass9432 yeah

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      My brother accidentally slapped the bracelet on my wrist too hard once. Mom was upset but only told him to be more careful

    • @hakimdiwan5101
      @hakimdiwan5101 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@lavinialadlass9432 Atleast in my country, India you can buy them.

  • @puppetpuppet5972
    @puppetpuppet5972 Pƙed rokem +6

    Used to use one of those kite tubes as a kid while out with my dad in his boat, even in very choppy water. Here they're called a 'biscuit' due to their shape. Myself and my siblings never personally had any problems, but we were also strong swimmers due to being raised close to the ocean. Looking back on it, I can easily see how someone without that asset could end up in a lot of trouble if they come off at a good speed and end up dazed and hurting under the water.

  • @iamshinkaisatonaka4678
    @iamshinkaisatonaka4678 Pƙed rokem +4

    0:49:latto latto

  • @thepopemichael
    @thepopemichael Pƙed 2 lety +39

    Wow, I had 5 of those toys. Gotta love being a kid in both the 80s AND the 90s!

    • @One-Crazy-Cat
      @One-Crazy-Cat Pƙed 2 lety

      Your parents tried hard to get rid of you obviously.

    • @berlyngrey9242
      @berlyngrey9242 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Right?!? I didn't get injured by any of toys I had that were mentioned here.

    • @PsychologicalApparition
      @PsychologicalApparition Pƙed rokem +2

      THE BEST TIMES! Creeee eeee eeepy CRAWLERS!

  • @awesometastic-1017
    @awesometastic-1017 Pƙed 2 lety +12

    Ok, who went into my parents’ basement to dig out my childhood?
    Seriously - all of the toys from the 90s/2000s I either had or wanted so badly as a kid.

  • @TheWolfspirit22
    @TheWolfspirit22 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I think a lot of theses toys(Except the guns and the lead/uranium toys) are only dangerous because no one supervises their kids. I played with darts as a kid, they had blunt ends and could still stick to the board but only played with them while my dad made sure I was safe.

  • @ariesearthdragon
    @ariesearthdragon Pƙed rokem +3

    I didn't get injured from my Cabbage Patch doll, but I got the doll's hair stuck in its mouth. When playing with Barbie's skate, you could easily tell it was a lighter, minus the fluid used to keep a fire lit.
    I am surprised some of the toys were brought back. The "safer" versions don't seem much safer. I also expected lawn darts to be on the list.

  • @Reindeer911
    @Reindeer911 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    Error Alert! Flubber goes back to a 1961 film produced by Walt Disney titled "The Absent Minded Professor" starring Fred MacMurray and written by Bill Walsh. I'm pretty certain that's where the substance's fame came from along with the inspiration for the 1997 reboot.

  • @Christall5
    @Christall5 Pƙed 2 lety +13

    9:10 one of those things almost strangled me as a child. My sister had to run in, grab a siscor and come Back out to cut it. By that time I almost passed out. Never touched that thing again
    I wonder how they even got released. Its obvious that this can wrap around your neck very easily

  • @kylestephens669
    @kylestephens669 Pƙed rokem +2

    I see three main problems with many of these.
    1. Toxic ingredient(s)
    2. Small parts
    3. Unsafe temperatures

  • @taylorswiftttlvr
    @taylorswiftttlvr Pƙed rokem +4

    10:01 bro committed suicide


  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman Pƙed 2 lety +10

    7:24 that's absolutely horrifying. That no doubt left some kids with serious trauma lol

  • @treyward6460
    @treyward6460 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    It's crazy how these companies take the heat for negligent parents. Obviously some are just not OK like the GHB beads lol

  • @bunnilove3000
    @bunnilove3000 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I was home schooled, I had creepy crawlers...we used it to make the bugs, and identify the different parts of an insect, or a spider. We were helped by parents, and were never burned, we used oven mits.

  • @UnownPeepOffical
    @UnownPeepOffical Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I remember having one of those flying fairy toys when I was younger I lost it tho thankfully without getting hurt anytime while using it

    • @okamijubei
      @okamijubei Pƙed rokem

      Ah... I used to have one myself... well, the brother version of it, Dragon Flies. But we didn't use them mainly too afraid to use them inside and we can't fly them outside because the yard was too small and didn't want them to stuck on a house roof.

  • @deussalt4479
    @deussalt4479 Pƙed 2 lety +58

    I remember having a good number of these as a kid lol. Didn't have a kite tube but I remember seeing them on the lake. Some of them got up to like 30 feet of air. We also saw someone fall from that height in some pretty shallow water and ended up getting sent to the emergency room.

  • @studogable
    @studogable Pƙed 2 lety +14

    The worst injury I had as a child was when I pulled a clock down on my head by the power cord. (I was a toddler.) Interesting that there has been no safety feature introduced addressing this.

  • @laurakiner3942
    @laurakiner3942 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I had the creepy crawler, easy bake oven, snap bracelet, Polly pocket (both tiny and normal size), sky dancers, the rollblading barbie, the pokemon kids meal toys (mom's favorite was the screaming toy), and the feed me cabbage patch kid. Both my sister and I turned out fine when we played with our toys. Heck, my sister had a maker that was similar to the creepy crawler, but it created dolls.

  • @kuhluhh
    @kuhluhh Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Dude, sky dancers were my favorite projectiles ever 😂😂

  • @XenoBeastNick
    @XenoBeastNick Pƙed 2 lety +11

    I think a lot of those deaths and injuries are the results of a lack of adult supervision. I'm a 90s kid and I had lots of "dangerous" toys. I only ever got hurt when I misused those toys. It's called "Watching your kids and following directions." Kids today are not dumb but are less taught by their parents and parents these days rarely pay attention to their kids. As a parent myself I always nurture a healthy paranoia.

    • @PsychologicalApparition
      @PsychologicalApparition Pƙed rokem +4

      It’s why we can’t have nice things.

    • @stevedenis8292
      @stevedenis8292 Pƙed rokem

      @@PsychologicalApparition Or fun things.

    • @bunnylacy2097
      @bunnylacy2097 Pƙed rokem +1

      Yeah, unfortunately you can’t trust parents to watch their children like they should when using things like easy bake ovens and science kits and parents prefer to blame to the toy makers instead of themselves for not supervising.

  • @ajjamsen694
    @ajjamsen694 Pƙed 2 lety +11

    I remember weaponizing Sky Dancers 😂 god, that toy was awesome 😂

  • @ETMello
    @ETMello Pƙed 2 lety +5

    13:15 just W H Y

  • @Indrid__Cold
    @Indrid__Cold Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I LOVED my "Thingmaker" creepy crawler set with the plugin hotplate. I even had the Creeple-People spinoff accessory. Oh, and I had the mini dragon version. Our whole house STANK when I fired this thing up. And every now and then, I would get some of the goop right on the plate, and it would smoke like the devil. Still, even today I've heard of kids playing with dangerous "toys". One that comes to mind are high power laser pointers. Some of these cost as little as 10 bucks, but are powerful enough to blind little eyes.

  • @methane5211
    @methane5211 Pƙed 2 lety +42

    Quite interesting how a radioactive toy set was available to buy, and give to children. I am certain I would've bought that for myself, once I would see it

  • @TheTritan408
    @TheTritan408 Pƙed 2 lety +68

    Congrats to all that survived after playing with these toys. That included me.

    • @aharonmanes5675
      @aharonmanes5675 Pƙed 2 lety

      Which one was it.

    • @Gaia_Gaistar
      @Gaia_Gaistar Pƙed 2 lety

      I've been nearly killed by moon shoes, trampolines and lawn darts.

    • @aharonmanes5675
      @aharonmanes5675 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@Gaia_Gaistar mine was a defective swingset it was taken off the shelves after multiple cases of the structure collapsing in on itself.

    • @iminyourroom922
      @iminyourroom922 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@aharonmanes5675 which one was it (2)

    • @aharonmanes5675
      @aharonmanes5675 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@iminyourroom922 forgot the brand,it was around 15 years ago,and I’m pretty sure my parents did not read the instructions right. But I do have a scar on my arm from where a jagged piece of metal pierced it.

  • @tomrob3654
    @tomrob3654 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Somehow you missed Lawn Darts. I can't tell you how many close calls we had with them. All the fun of horse shoes with another order of magnitude of danger.

  • @Sol-Cutta
    @Sol-Cutta Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

    Bombshell was my fave as kid, it was like dad's army but was banned for causing eye damage...always planned on buying it as adult for nostalgia.

  • @ganara6237
    @ganara6237 Pƙed 2 lety +12

    Actually I felt sorry for many company. It wasnt seems harmless but still getting banned. especially pokemon have experienced this a lot lol.

  • @ChubbySenpaii
    @ChubbySenpaii Pƙed 2 lety +17

    One thing I love about the infographics show is that I can listen to it without having to watch the video and still understand what's going on

  • @christophervaca7116
    @christophervaca7116 Pƙed rokem +1

    This reminds me of the classic SNL skit with Dan Aykroyd: "Big bag of broken glass"

  • @pessie83
    @pessie83 Pƙed rokem +1

    Barbie wasn't the only toy line to use the spark technique. Previously, the Transformers Generation 1 toy line had figures that also used it, namely the Sparkabots and Firecons and the Monsterbots.

  • @sheillasyahputri472
    @sheillasyahputri472 Pƙed 2 lety +21

    Imagine a world where every toys is as dangerous as the ones here

    • @matthewgp1146
      @matthewgp1146 Pƙed 2 lety +10

      Whatever kids survived would grow up smarter and stronger.

    • @Rebel_riot151
      @Rebel_riot151 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Gotta weed out the weak and gullible to get the strong and smart that's what I'd say

  • @mechsupernova
    @mechsupernova Pƙed 2 lety +7

    I had the creepy crawlers, loved those things, got burned a time or two but that never stopped me from playing with it.

  • @D3cay1ngClowN999
    @D3cay1ngClowN999 Pƙed rokem +3

    I used to have an easy bake oven, a knock off sky dancer doll, a mini car, slap bracelets, and mini hammocks (I was born in 2009). It's funny cuz I didn't even know some of these were banned! I actually have aqua beeds sitting in my closet, thank god my mom never got me the aqua dots because I remember asking for them when I was little but after they stopped showing up on commercials I started asking for the aqua beeds.

  • @kadenoldaker7034
    @kadenoldaker7034 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I remember having a water yo-yo!! I loved those things! Also my brother and I would drench them in hand sanitizer and light them on fire while playing with them..

  • @user-ps2sg8qr2k
    @user-ps2sg8qr2k Pƙed 2 lety +6

    Wham-O : Make supposedly harmless toy and even write warning on box
    Human Child : Somehow find how to harm adult with Wham-O's most harmless toy
    Wham-O : *WHY ?!* *WHY ?!*

  • @TheEpicNoob
    @TheEpicNoob Pƙed 2 lety +5

    13:50 “With less than 5000 kids being sold”
    Is this a mistake?

  • @catwhocannot652
    @catwhocannot652 Pƙed rokem +2

    My neighbor owns the cabbage patch kid that could eat food. I’ve heard about it before and I was amazed when he showed it to me.

    • @InactiveNitro
      @InactiveNitro Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

      Fact that makes you unlock a new fear: *They eat human hair and pinky fingers*

  • @beautifulsaokiritogf7727
    @beautifulsaokiritogf7727 Pƙed rokem +4

    I actually remember these toys and I had so much fun playing with them but I never got hurt I got hurt riding my bike but that's because I was still learning

  • @BradSchmor
    @BradSchmor Pƙed 2 lety +10

    I can't believe this didn't include lawn darts. Because inebriated adults throwing metal javelins around the yard sounds really safe.

    • @gabrielbennett5162
      @gabrielbennett5162 Pƙed 2 lety

      Well, considering that they're based on the ancient Roman plumbata weapon, the accidents aren't too surprising.

  • @blake7587
    @blake7587 Pƙed 2 lety +32

    The fact that 1940s kids were competent enough to handle mini electric stoves whereas kids today are too dumb to handle a water filled yo-yo really shows how dumb youth has gotten over time.
    The reason so many of these company’s develop dangerous toys is because kids from the previous generation were intelligent enough to handle them safely.

    • @randymarsh9488
      @randymarsh9488 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      Exactly! Who TF shoots a missle into their mouth?!9:55

    • @boyankovachev7982
      @boyankovachev7982 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Okay, boomer, now please take the uranium and swallow it, before heating the led and swallowing it too.

    • @asteria9963
      @asteria9963 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      Those kids WEREN'T competent enough to handle them. Did you miss the parts where they got hurt or killed?

    • @blake7587
      @blake7587 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      @@asteria9963 Yes a few kids had accidents.
      But the vast majority had no problem with it.
      Kids today would end up killing themselves in large numbers from some of the old school toys that caused minor injuries to a few kids back then.

    • @blake7587
      @blake7587 Pƙed 2 lety +5

      @@boyankovachev7982 At least I’m not eating Tide Pods.. Gen Z’er.

  • @ashtiboy
    @ashtiboy Pƙed 2 lety +2

    hey at 14:19 my older sister that was six or seven at the time had one of those! that might have been one of the main causes of some of my mental disabilities but then again i was born with it far before this was even on the market! good to know that my sister didn't get more than a problematic gallbladder!

  • @PoppaPatty
    @PoppaPatty Pƙed rokem +1

    This video makes me feel old. Thanks. lol

  • @creeper0215
    @creeper0215 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Anything: *Exists*
    Kids: I Must Consume It

    • @Ashlee665
      @Ashlee665 Pƙed rokem

      When i was a baby,i had not consumed a single thing (unless it's edible lol) i think in my babyhood i was very smart or i just have only PLUSHIESSSSS

  • @Overly_Hydrated
    @Overly_Hydrated Pƙed 2 lety +8

    I had the flubber toy, one day I was just rolling it around on the table and my mom comes in and immediately starts freaking out. I looked just like the example kid with red dots everywhere. Cleared up quickly after we threw the flubber away.

  • @HR-wd6cw
    @HR-wd6cw Pƙed rokem +5

    I remember this little glow-in-the-dark bird that my dad had from his childhood (my dad is about 74 now, so this dates back to the late 1950's) and come to find out (later) the bird had to be stored carefully and only viewed sparingly, as it was found to be radioactive (as at the time, they had been using radioactive materials to make things glow in the dark). He still has this toy to this day, but it stays locked up and is only shown for brief periods of time once in a great while for this reason. Not just with toys, but this does remind me of all of things we now know to be dangerous to people, such as the radioactive materials used for glow-in-the-dark items from the mid 20th Century, to other things like Agent Orange which was used during wars, which was later found to cause cancer. I'm sure that in some 20-30 years or something, they will find that all the lithium ion batteries we are using today will have some long-term negative impact on our health.

    • @elizabethw.6154
      @elizabethw.6154 Pƙed rokem +1

      If you want an interesting (but sad) 10ish min mini-documentary about radium in items, the you should watch the Radial Girls video by Fascinating Horror here on YT. I binged his whole channel just recently. Very interesting videos!

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      I think the company knew about the health hazards of Agent Orange, it made too much from the government, so they kept quiet about it for years.

  • @potato-phobia85yearsago27
    @potato-phobia85yearsago27 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    For the little baby’s oven, I don’t think that would be a good idea today, but you have to remember that it was a different time, people probably made dinner with their mothers every single night

  • @justhereforkicks8208
    @justhereforkicks8208 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I saw a slip’n slide commercial as a kid and thought, that looks fun! Little I know that it was a really thin sheet of plastic and not only did you hit the ground pretty hard, rocks underneath it could scrape you up. I think I used it one time and that was enough. And yes as an adult I watch other “grown ups” use these to hilarious effect. đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

  • @DominusTecum316
    @DominusTecum316 Pƙed 2 lety +16

    I remember the hover boards that kids would plug them into the home's electric outlets. The flaw in the systems were that the electrical batteries would compost causing fires. The other flaws is that adults would fall attempting to ride them. The adults had many emergency room visits, more then children.

    • @user-ps2sg8qr2k
      @user-ps2sg8qr2k Pƙed 2 lety +4

      It's funny how Adult still want to play, even after warning not for adult, then sued the company for their own fault ÂŻ\_( ͥ° ͜ʖ ͥ°)_/ÂŻ

  • @phantommangagirl
    @phantommangagirl Pƙed 2 lety +2

    The only ones I owned on this list were the Sky Dancers and the Polly Pockets, never had an injury.

  • @polishstrong4213
    @polishstrong4213 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I also had the creepy crawler toy when I was about 7-8 in the very early 90's.

  • @watergirl929
    @watergirl929 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    I remember when Aqua dots first came out, saw the commercials for them on Nickelodeon. I was like wow those look like fun! But after a personal experience I knew the toys were never as good as they were in the commercials. So I didn’t bother. I didn’t think kids would be poisoned by them.

  • @twistedyogert
    @twistedyogert Pƙed 2 lety +5

    I remember Moon Shoes.
    Also I never had an official slip and slide. My family simply used a nylon tarp covered in soap.

  • @sentientHerb
    @sentientHerb Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    I remember around 2005-7ish my brother got some moon boots for christmas, fun as heck

  • @KarriKoivusalo
    @KarriKoivusalo Pƙed rokem

    I remember watching a restoration of a toy oven from the 1920's (crazy how you are going to need to specify the century very soon). It didn't have any kind of thermal protection, it ran mains power on unprotected heating elements, and it was painted with lead based paint. Now that's a great population filter.

  • @djvelocity
    @djvelocity Pƙed 2 lety +15

    Haha I remember Creepy Crawlers! TONS of fun in the 1990’s 😅🙌

    • @Rachel2412able
      @Rachel2412able Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I used to make creepy crawlers all of the time lol

    • @djvelocity
      @djvelocity Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@Rachel2412able so fun eh?

    • @Rachel2412able
      @Rachel2412able Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Anthony yes so much fun

    • @djvelocity
      @djvelocity Pƙed 2 lety

      @@Rachel2412able 😅😊🙌

    • @Ashlee665
      @Ashlee665 Pƙed rokem

      Did you let the mold cool of? I hope ur like safe

  • @Lichdemonz
    @Lichdemonz Pƙed 2 lety +4

    3:55 god, that's a blast from the past... i had them for like 10 minutes before my mom took them away, because i was trying to use them on a sidewalk

  • @Wadethewallaby2001
    @Wadethewallaby2001 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

    17:06 I used to love those magnet things when I was little! I still have them!

  • @GaryLuKOTH
    @GaryLuKOTH Pƙed 2 lety +1

    My younger brother and I had a Magnetix play set when we were kids. It was fun, but for some reason, I thought it was a good idea to put some of the pieces in my mouth. Luckily for me, I never swallowed any of them.

  • @THEEND4444
    @THEEND4444 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    My sister stared fires with an Easy Bake Oven and nearly burnt the house down on 4 separate occasions. The real question was why did my parents keep getting her new ones? I never had an issue with my Creepy Crawlers Oven.

    • @kg4boj
      @kg4boj Pƙed 2 lety +2

      The creepy crawlers oven of the 90s was way safer being heated only by a light bulb

  • @Springtime562
    @Springtime562 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    0:23 hey I had one of those! But I was too scared to take it back out. Had my mom do it. Made some good brownies

  • @menslady125eif2590
    @menslady125eif2590 Pƙed rokem +2

    My sister and I had Sky Dancers and Polly Pocket sets. She and I and my brother had Burger King Pokemon toys, too. We were simply taught to be careful with our toys and to avoid playing in certain areas.
    By the way, here's an idea: let's teach our children to NOT EAT their toys!

    • @dsereso8723
      @dsereso8723 Pƙed rokem

      My cousin eats her toys all the time and yes im a child

  • @johnstarks5323
    @johnstarks5323 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    1:17 I remember the plastic version that was mounded on a stick

  • @girl1213
    @girl1213 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    A lot of these toys I grew up with. I'm suddenly so glad I was the cautious play type as a little kid😹

  • @FBlOfficial
    @FBlOfficial Pƙed 2 lety +4

    2:00 our school sells those bands during some holidays

  • @toast6017
    @toast6017 Pƙed rokem +1

    10:18 I actually remember little 4 year old me hopping into one of these with my friend in the driver seat, and my man actually tried to drive off into a street. His dad caught up to us and pulled the little plug In the trunk right before we were about to ride right into a vehicle going full speed.

  • @a.kitcat.b
    @a.kitcat.b Pƙed 2 lety +1

    My favorite toys were the weird kits though they were always too expensive. I am glad my mom stuck with dolls and art supplies for me.