Where Did All the Good Toys Go?

Holy crap. It’s happened.

I’ve hit that age where I look fondly upon my childhood and think children these days don’t nearly have it as good as I did. Today they have over-protective parents afraid that someone else might screw their kid up…eh hem…

Back when I a wee little one, we had some wicked cool toys that also taught us how to follow directions. And when we didn’t – there wasn’t a lawyer in sight. It was Dad saying “what did you do that for” or “I told you that would happen.”

That’s right. We learned respect through injury, and then when the toy just wasn’t dangerous enough – we loved the packaging.

Here’s a few of my all-time favorites:

• LiteBright: Full of color, weird paper/burning plastic smells, and waffle-type buns. That thing got hot!
  
  
• Sit-n-spin: Hours of entertainment with a side of vomit.
  
  
• Ice Shavers: Nothing like a little blood from the fingers when grinding that last bit of ice to really add flavor.
  
  
• Easy Bake Ovens: When they really were ovens, and brownies cooked less than an hour. Another great thing to learn the concept of “hot”.
  
  
• Bubble wrap: No matter the gift, bubble wrap ruled.

What have a missed?

Thanks @eeteter for getting this conversation started!
Heather