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For70's kids

posted 6 months ago by Popcorngal (4936)
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Remember some of these , I loved my Lemon Twist toy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ozHAHEK6Md4

[–] nyctc7 (44099) 6 months ago

New Year's Eve 1970 I was 10 years old.

I remember
Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific (and Milk Plus 6, Prell)
Pet Rock (and Kalsø Earth Shoes)
Clackers
8-Track Tapes (we never had a car equipped with a player)
Lawn Darts
Billy Beer (I have no memory at all what it tasted like. For years people thought the cans would become valuable.)
Nerf products
Mexican Jumping Beans
Tang (I may have only tried it once)
Sea Monkeys (from comic book ads)
Simon Says (quickly got tired of it)

This also gets me nostalgic (dismiss 'get adobe flash' pop up)
http://www.wishbookweb.com/FB/1967_FAO_Schwarz_Christmas_Catalog/files/assets/basic-html/page-1.html

[–] samoanjoes (58533) 6 months ago

Aren't lawn darts banned in the US?

[–] Popcorngal (4936) 6 months ago

I think so, since people were injured.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39764) 6 months ago

My daughter has a set.

[–] samoanjoes (58533) 6 months ago

That's because the UK trusts people not to poke their eye out.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39764) 6 months ago

I bought them during lockdown, along with a host of other garden & pub games.

[–] BKB (11265) 6 months ago

I so want to go back to the 70's as a kid all over again just to experience JAWS when it 1st came out and STAR WARS in 76

[–] JoWilli (21561) 6 months ago

back when kids went outside.

[–] Popcorngal (4936) 6 months ago

It shocks me when I see kids jumping rope or playing hopscotch today, since it is a rarity

[–] JoWilli (21561) 6 months ago

yeah, and its also strange that you will never see kids riding bikes too. which is ironic because every Christmas some charity will give away hundreds of bicycles.

[–] Popcorngal (4936) 6 months ago

I see families riding bikes.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21706) 6 months ago

My girls are now 18 and 22 and they both grew up outside all day, and we still ride bikes together often. 😊