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They’re crazy fun, so they’ll never die. If it helps, I played on one in the early 1970’s.

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Commercial from 1977 showing how it worked.

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Yes. I have a distinct memory of making it go down stairs. The weight of the metal is absolutely necessary.

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USA for sure. I had one as a kid. It would have been about 1974 that I specifically remember another kid having one and knowing I wanted one too. We were in a gymnasium playing that game that involved all of the kids holding onto a big parachute and making it go up and down and jumping underneath it when it came back down. If you’re in the US, you should know that game. It was a good day.

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How? Not joking. They’re were molded one piece rubber. Your shop must’ve been cool.

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You 'n me.

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Kids making their own cones on a hot summer day–fantastic.

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And you had to boil the water before putting it in. I never saw one with moldy water, but I imagine someone somewhere did. Eww.

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Toys when I was a kid (70s and early 80s) were a lot less sexualized. We had Barbie and her big boobs, but the other dolls and such were just toys. Clothes too.

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OK so. This is the cool part of having kids. You get to buy the toys you wanted as a kid and play with them. I mean, you could do that anyway, but you don’t have to be as sneaky about it.

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Because early 1980s? It’s funny how I kind of remember thinking that when I got it as a gift, but that was a long time ago.

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Yup, most of these are. I wish the slinkys were still metal.

blueskiesoc,
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lol

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His butt would light up too. That’s where the “glo” comes from.

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Thanks so much. I’m usually better about this.

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So your family was rich rich, lol. Having two tvs was brag-worthy, so long as you didn’t tell them why you needed it. Do you remember being able to “see” what color they were wearing on the black and white?

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