Saturday, March 15, 2008

70's Toy Commercials

I have a vague memory of Bing Bang Boing, or something similar from the mid-70s. But seriously, how many of those ball bearings are you going to lose under your leather couch before you give up trying to learn the laws of physics the had way?

That waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sound takes me back some, though. SSP Racers, the closest us 6 year olds would ever get to drag racing, and suddenly the most useless toy when you lose that T-stick.

Can't say much about the slip-n-slide that hasn't been said before. I didn't have one, didn't know anyone who had one, and it would been useless anyway as we all had concrete back yards where I grew up. Looks like fun, though. Anyone who damn near killed themselves on one of things? Feel free to add your comment.

1 comment:

darthitchy said...

the slip'n'slide wasn't really all that dangerous. would sometimes give you a bit of "lawn rash" if you went screaming off the end of it but that was about it.
The water wiggle was much worse. depending on the water pressure of your tap, that thing would flail about violently and inevitably clock somebody in the face with the hard plastic shell on the end. and if you were unfortunate enough to fall to the ground within the wiggle's radius you might recieve multiple beatings. good wet fun!