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RE: Children of the 1970's
June 14, 2015 at 11:38 am
(June 13, 2015 at 4:25 am)abaris Wrote: Does anybody remember, there were these smallish glass objects with colored liquids inside them. If you held them in your palm, the liquid started to bubble. Try as I might, I can't recall how they were called. Maybe I never knew in the first place, but they were all the rage for a period in time.
Here's what I was talking about earlier. Slime wasn't the real deal unless it had worms.
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RE: Children of the 1970's
June 14, 2015 at 11:40 am
The liquid that bubbled in your hand was Dichloromethane I think, a very low boiling point so the heat of your hand would boil it. Also used in those "drinking birds" for the same reason.
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RE: Children of the 1970's
June 14, 2015 at 2:28 pm
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(June 12, 2015 at 3:58 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Surely I can't be the only one to remember Pop Rocks?
I remember Pop Rocks quite well. Candy that sizzled in your mouth. Would not advise drinking cola with them though.
I also remember: candy cigarettes, the bobbing glass bird that wore a hat, a little plastic gorilla that smoked tiny cigarettes, trading stickers that were goofy takes on then current advertising (e.g. "shake and quake" for Shake 'N Bake)--those really cracked me up.
(June 12, 2015 at 11:51 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: On a similar note, everyone and his brother was into nunchaku in the late 70s. Can't tell you how many times I took a shot to the bollocks.
Oh yes. Everyone was....
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RE: Children of the 1970's
June 14, 2015 at 2:37 pm
Wheelo
Johnny Astro
Motorific
Super City
Thing Maker
Ring-a-ma-jig
Creepy Crawlies
Mercury Maze
Marx Electro-shot Shooting Gallery
Green Avenger water pistol (simply the best, I have one in the original wrapper)
Silly putty
King Oil
Stratego
(some of that might be 60s, but recall, we had hand me down toys back then, no one would think of taking a toy to Goodwill if there were younger siblings on the way)
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RE: Children of the 1970's
June 14, 2015 at 2:40 pm
(June 14, 2015 at 2:24 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/v...rt=mozilla
???
Just went there, if you click on the next slide photo the Drinking Bird is depicted.
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RE: Children of the 1970's
June 15, 2015 at 12:31 am
The very end of the 70s:
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