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    In 1972 the Miami seaport director Irvin Stevens hold up some clackers that were declared dangerous by the food and drug administration. What were they thinking when they came out with this toy?

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    1. Initial_Reason1532 on

      I know I was the first one in my neighborhood that wanted a set. First one to beat my arms to total destruction. I think you could actually use these as a weapon.

    2. Maleficent-Cup-2455 on

      The Food and Drug Administration somehow regulated a non-food, non-drug consumer product?

    3. Torgrow on

      I swear in the 80s you could buy these things except they were made of like flint or something (I looked it up, it was potassium chlorate) and they would have a mini explosion every time they clacked together. Between those things, moon shoes, and lawn darts I’m pretty lucky I survived to adulthood in one piece.

    4. BongoFett17 on

      These 80s version of these were fun, also we had those snap brackets that were declared dangerous as well, because the fabric wore off and kids were cutting themselves, they were for cool kids for a bit.

    5. I_will_burn_for_this on

      I loved those things. My parents would not get them for me but I got to borrow them from friends. Somehow we all survived the great clacker crisis.

    6. Reasonable_Ball_1311 on

      Doesn’t anyone else remember the Conkers we used to make with chestnuts. Same thing, just as deadly, but they were free.

    10. Initial_Reason1532 on

      All I can say if a person is confused about what they can do and can’t do just Google it and you’ll get more confused LOL šŸ¤£

    12. InsaneInTheMEOWFrame on

      Wonderful how many problems can be solved by this “buried at sea” thing!

    13. Initial_Reason1532 on

      I had several of these when I was a kid. I like buying different colored ones. Actually had a collection of a few. You can get solid colors or you could get designs inside of them.

    15. Human-Warning-1840 on

      Omg Memory unlocked. Must have driven parents crazy. Iā€™m definitely not giving that to my kids. Lol

    16. ArchGoodwin on

      They were thinking “Plus, you never know when the kids might need to bring down a gazelle.”

    17. polomarkopolo on

      ā€¦. But it taught skill and coordination. It says so right there on the frontā€¦.

    20. FlaAirborne on

      It was right before the Duncan YoYo fad. Then the fad of those apple core necklaces. The early 70s were a blast.

    22. WhatFreshHello on

      This is giving me flashbacks to those elastic ponytail holders with hard plastic balls on the ends. Nothing like a daily *thwack* on the noggin.

    23. Krieg99 on

      Okay, but Iā€™m a 90s kid and remember the toy called Astrojax in the early 2000s that was basically this.

      I broke my parents window with it and blamed it on the dog.

    25. cfgee on

      I knocked my Moms front tooth cap off with one. There was a horrifying stub of the old tooth left, must have been where my aversion to dentistry started.

    28. Cheap-Science4334 on

      I had those. For awhile anyway. They exploded one August day. Lucky I didn’t have glass embedded all over my body. They switched to plastic later on. Wusses.

    32. cbelt3 on

      I remember those. And how they shattered if you used them a LOT , which damaged the impact surfaces and started cracking. And then they would fly apart. I wore glasses so my eyes were safe.

      Then again we also played with homemade explosive devices and chemistry sets, soā€¦

    35. PlanningForLaziness on

      Flailing a pair of these in each hand, just murdering your forearms and nearby furniture. Memories.

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