Favorite Childhood Toy

[CADplans]

My favorite "toy" as a child was rock carbide,,

Three rocks, a little spit in an empty gallon paint can,,, touch a match to the nail hole in the center of the bottom of the can,,,
WHY did the neighbors not call the police?? The explosions continued all day,,,

 

[Rock Crawler]

I must have been a nerd. My favorite toy was the BIG TRAK, it was a tank looking thing with a number pad on top that you could spend hours programming to travel around the house, fire a light (cannon), pull a dump trailer that would dump if programmed. It ate D cell batteries by the truck load. I can't even guess how many hours of life were lost developing program strategies to cover the entire house. And it was noisy.

 

[jmc]

My mother brought home syringes and needles when they were opened but then not used in the ER. Turns out, if you plug the needle tip with hot wax, and not force it onto the syringe too tightly, and push hard enough on the plunger, the needle will fly off and stick in the opposite wall.

Anybody remember peashooters? They were forbidden in our house by my mother, the ER nurse. Seems that kids would accidentally inhale them. A stunt by some bad-azzes was blow kitchen matches out the straw (head first) aimed at the school bus ceiling. If they got the glancing angle right then -you know the rest.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

We used to make the clothes pin guns, but we used kitchen matches as ammo...and put the head into the gun first, so you ended up with a firey missal. Saw one kid get burned after being shot on the neck; needless to say, they weren't too popular with the parents. The old style clothes pins were better and sturdier, but today's models will probably work.


Clothes pin Bean Shooter - YouTube

 

[tjkubota93]

I made a couple for the kids. After they figure out to use matches, I guess I gotta take them back.

Or send them to play at the wife's parent's house.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[CADplans]

My mother brought home syringes and needles when they were opened but then not used in the ER. .

My BIL brought them home,, every spring,,
him, and his brothers would walk around the apple orchard,, looking for tent caterpillars,,

The syringe was a perfect thrower for gasoline,, fire the stream through the flame of a Zippo,, and the tent caterpillars were toast!!

 

[wheelbuilder]

My favorite "toy" as a child was rock carbide,,

Three rocks, a little spit in an empty gallon paint can,,, touch a match to the nail hole in the center of the bottom of the can,,,
WHY did the neighbors not call the police?? The explosions continued all day,,,

I had the high end version, the carbide cannon. Freaked the dog and neighbors out. I've still got it, and a couple I found at yard sales. My boys love them, but the dog hates them.

Anyone else remember model rockets ?

 

[CADplans]

Anyone else remember model rockets ?

ALL the people that lived near the elementary school learned to keep the leaves out of their gutters,,

The rockets would go up, and when they came down, there was still enough glow left in the rocket engine to ignite dry leaves,,, :laughing:

The elementary school parking lot is where all the boys would congregate to launch the rockets,,,

 

[cqaigy2]

just whack the whole roll with a hammer...!

Put a roll in my dad's vice. Big flash, big noise. Mad mom.