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I, for one, remember these. They were fun.
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Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)I had one, a few centuries back.
Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)And the images would get really blurry, and Id let it wind down just enough and then pump that stick to get it going again. And the whirr....
You know, the coolest toys are really the simplest.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Chainfire
(17,549 posts)flick of the wrist. I wore the nails off the bottoms of the old tops. I was good at it too!
ironflange
(7,781 posts)I was never much good at it.
soldierant
(6,890 posts)a fidget spinner.
Yes, I have one.
Please don't judge me.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Although mostly British, its jogging my memory about a lot of things.
(Yes, Im old.)
brush
(53,788 posts)can't operate a rotary phone.
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)Here's a picture of me, Christmas 1969. My father is barely seen in the background.
IcyPeas
(21,889 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)I remember playing with other tops by that time, which spun much faster after pulling a cord.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,435 posts)Dave in VA
(2,037 posts)Many an hour spent playing on the porch with that thing!
BittyJenkins
(411 posts)I remember them and we made sure our kids had one (probably from a garage sale)
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)Harker
(14,024 posts)but never knew what they were for.
Rebl2
(13,523 posts)electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)Last edited Sun May 16, 2021, 11:05 PM - Edit history (1)
our cousin's house. I was pretty good at it.
Unfortunately as a side effect from (about 20 yrs ago) a ripped rotator cuff injury; the bone scar on my upper arm's upper most end will touch my clavicle when my arm is lifted to shoulder height resulting in usually tremours at time depending on exact position.
So I wouldn't be as good as I was.
Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)The modern equivalent is a Lego.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)Only thing worse is a sand spur.
sinkingfeeling
(51,460 posts)DemUnleashed
(633 posts)I remember this!!!
Permanut
(5,613 posts)That was back in 1952. Not sure if I could do it now.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)I believe they are considered collectible.
Useless in FL
(329 posts)The same colors and that same bunny rabbit. In mid to late 40's ....
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)For 10 seconds, at least.
twodogsbarking
(9,759 posts)when you whacked your brother with it.
PatrickforB
(14,577 posts)PatrickforB
(14,577 posts)wooden string tops too - you'd wrap the string around the top, and then pull it to get it spinning. Then when the string came off, it kept spinning.
And, who could forget the old wooden Duncan yoyos?
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)PatrickforB
(14,577 posts)The real fancy stuff was quite beyond me.
judesedit
(4,439 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)with it when I visited my grandmother.
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)NBachers
(17,122 posts)electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)NBachers
(17,122 posts)electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)I wonder when they stopped using them?
I could have been a toddler when they went out of use.
Not given soda quite that young! 😄
Just made a screenshot. Going to ask my cousin if she remembers them. 👍
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)To keep the soda from going flat. I remember those. At least that is what we used them for. We got large bottles of soda in wooden cases and this was before screw caps, so these were used to keep the soda fizzy.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)that made a jangly sound as it slunk down the stairs.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)1/100th of what they are now.
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)Never seen that before.
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)Last edited Sun May 16, 2021, 11:02 PM - Edit history (1)
The sparkler thing was pwhere a metal wheel painted with a spiral that had two curved "windows" one covered with red cellophane, the other one in the opposite side with blue - that was attached to a base that had a rough sort of flange on opposite sides that the prongs on the underside of the wheel by the "windows" would scrape against the rough part as you pumped the wheel to turn - that produced sparks that looked red, or blue because of the cellophane, and white where they came further.
I know that Tinker toys still exist. 😁
Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)And I loved kaleidoscopes, the kind that had chips of colored glass in the part of the cylinder that you could rotate.
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)I loved just about all the different varieties that came after those. ❤️🙂
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)I had a bunch of those and played with them a lot.
electric_blue68
(14,912 posts)Legos! 💖😄
Which I rebought like 9-10 years first at Toys R Us, and then at the ❤️ Lego stores! I have to get them out again when I decluttered more.
I might even get a Tinker Toy set again.
yellowdogintexas
(22,264 posts)Just about the only toys my sister and I could play with together without a war.
Do they even sell them any more?
The_REAL_Ecumenist
(723 posts)they're being punished if they're told to go outside to play. This generation won't live as long a life because they sit for hours texting, playing online games and eating all sorts of junk food, i.e., cheetos, doritos, hotpockets, burger, etc ad nauseum.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)didn't even want to come in for lunch. And we hardly ever snacked. It wasn't really a thing unless you were bored.
I see how my siblings kids and their friends are and it is kind of surprising to me. Fortunately they are all pretty active outside and involved with sports year-round, but I am amazed and the snacking habits of kids these days.
It's like they can't go ANYWHERE without snacks. They are all thin right now (at least my nieces and nephews are) but it kind of sets them up for bad habits in adulthood where they always need to have some kind of food to get them through between meals.
The thing is, I don't even think they need it, it's just a habit for a lot of kids these days or they eat when they are bored or because it tastes good, and usually it's not the healthiest stuff either.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)Same for most of my toys, so I had late 1940's toys rather than 1950s ones. By the time my little sister came along, most of the old toys had worn out so she got new toys.