Bing Bang Boing
 

You need one just as much as I do.

(seriously - do you remember that toy? I've never seen it - but neato!)

http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/46606/

OMG - I had forgotten about those.

We didn't have one, but a friend did. You spend most of your time setting it up and trying to get everything aligned. Actually dropping the balls was often anti-climactic. Of course you had to get additional bouncy drums (although if I recall correctly, we found/made our own as well). We got tricky and did reverses (where the ball hit one of the drums and bounced back along the same route)

I remember this game, but didn't own it. It wasn't made by Mattel. ;)

I likes watching the Kenner SSP commercials that followed. I had lots of Hot Wheels SSPs. I believe they were called Sizzlers. Or maybe that was the chargable ones.

OMG! the clips end with a Masterpiece commercial! I LOVED that game and remember that commercials very well!

Damn.

On a related but rambling side note; I realized I have adopted a jungle from a coffee comercial to call for Buster. All I remember was that it involved a perculating sound that I can't recreate here. DodododoDOdo dododoDOdo. I can't remember what the product was but it has suddenly reappeared in my brain to use when looking for Buster to give him hid meds.

It is true, you have certainly adopted a jungle.

That's Maxwell House you're thinking of. On the page linked below, you can hear a very seventies version of that jingle, but it dates way back to the old radio days.

commercial themes

Maxwel House! Good sluthing - or recall - FS.

Jingle. JINGLE!

I've been percolating to myself all freakin' DAY!!!

I do remember it, but we was po folk...so my brothers and I made our own from coffee cans and ballbearings. but after all that work and talking my lil bro into standing in front of a 2 oz ballbearing flying at warp 10 towards his head was all worth it.

the punishment however, wasnt

:evil:

Dude, that thing was awesome. I've never seen that before.

Aw man - Water Wiggle, that was great fun till it strangled that kid to death, then mom would never let me play...

I had one of those. I think I still do...

Do the lawyers still let them sell slip'n'slides? Ever slid down one where it had been laid over a metal sprinker head? ouch...

How about Lawn Darts?

- Ideal for Ages 5 - 12 Years Old, Under 5 Ft and up to 110 Lbs

:(

I'm thinking we should maybe have a Toys that Kill Picnic somewhere

I remember when I grew too large for the Slip 'n Slide. You know you're too big when you run, throw yourself down, and you land face first in the mud at the end of the yellow plastic.

We went through three of those things in various incarnations, as well as two of those clown hat things (no pics on the net!), at least 5 wading pools, one awesome soaker hose turned up to full blast, and I'm sure a million other watery toys I can't remember.

Ah yes, the infamous water wiggle, another candidate for the Toys that Kill picnic.

I had a toy that was probably 2 ft. tall, was yellow and I think was supposed to be a bug. You attached the hose to it and water came out of all sorts of "antenna" that were attached to its head. I think he was wearing a baseball hat too. I swear his name was Water Willie. But I can't be sure if that was the official name or the name I gave it.

I find it interesting that the Water Wiggle was discontinued in 1978, yet me and CP (at least) had one, and well, in 1978 we were 1. I clearly remember mine being brand new, and I was old enough to remember that.

hmm... a google search for "Water Willie" brings up lots of items, but none of them match your description. In fact most of the links weren't work safe :blush:

Ya. I already tried that. ;)

In 1964 Bozo came to our town as part of the annual carnival. He gave away a number of prizes, including a Water Wiggle to yours truely. My mom said he was drunk, but I loved the toys just the same.

Cool picture!

Good thing he didn't give you a Water Willie

We did not have cool toys of this nature. We used the plain ol' sprinkler.

Although we did have a croquet set. There are few more swanky outdoor games than croquet. Actually, our family still plays croquet regularly on the 4th of July in my folks backyard. We're fairly vicious - generally we prefer sending an opponent's ball off into the rockery instead of taking a bonus shot. My mom usually wins.

I used to play lawn darts with my Grandpa out on the ranch. They had this huge grass area and it was just the 2 of us. Ah - good memories.

My HS boyfriend had a high strung brother who visited the Bozo show and told Bozo to fu<k off on national television.

Bozo looks like Pennywise.

Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.
Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.

I remember hearing a similar story when I was a kid, but the saying was "Cram it, Clownie", which has since been debunked.

oh what a great idea for a toy that was! 2lb flying dart with a hardened steel tip that just begged to be thrown at one another or at the very least as high as the average 10 year old could hurl it...which is surprisingly high.

yeah...we didnt get those. so we once again made our own...which once my dad found, were returned to their natural state as tent stakes.

but man they were fun in the meantime. :D

So, lawn darts are outlawed but dart boards are ok?

How about a Nerf dart gun

Regular darts are ok, because their use is limited to bars, where drunks hurl them at a wall...

Regular darts are small. Lawn darts are freaking big.

SNORK

Ok, I'm in class and we're watching a movie.. Cracking up is not ideal right now.

Lawn Darts

just in case anyone didnt know what they are

FWIW: DreadPirateRoberts already posted the link

Lawn Darts ROCKED!!

Stupid people shouldn't live long enough to reproduce anyway...

What ever happened to survival of the fittest?

Lawn darts became a problem when someone pierced their skull with one, if memory serves me right. Threw it up in the air and it came down on someone's head.

Great kids toy! ;)