All made with lead paint.

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Shenanigans99@reddit

I still have the one on the left. My other ones fell out of the cabinet and broke in an earthquake in '87.

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HokeyPokeyGuy@reddit

I think The Empire Strikes Back collection was the best but these are so cool too.

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HillbillyEEOLawyer@reddit

I got Smurf glasses from somewhere in the 70s.

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Ralph--Hinkley@reddit (OP)

Had those, too. Even the Shrek glasses from tweinty years ago that were also painted with lead, so I had to toss those.

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Self-Comprehensive@reddit

Reddit: Where saying lead paint is bad for you gets downvoted. (Explains a lot actually)

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Self-Comprehensive@reddit

I once got fifty downvotes for saying pointing a gun at your own face is a bad idea. Nothing surprises me here anymore.

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Non-Intelligent_Tea@reddit

, so I had to toss those.

Are you in the habit of licking the outside of your novelty glasses? Lead is safe as long as you're not ingesting it.

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Self-Comprehensive@reddit

Let's just keep the poison as far away from the eating utensils as possible. And unless you exclusively drink with a straw, yeah some part of your mouth is going to touch the outside of the glass.

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Non-Intelligent_Tea@reddit

Tea generally isn't intelligent. I am.

The design of the glasses isn't on the top of it. It's right their in the picture.

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ChestnutMoss@reddit

Thinking about lead paint makes me feel better about how my mother accidentally broke all my Star Wars glasses one by one over several years.

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Eh, lead has to be in dust form to cause harm and even that would need to occur over time. I'm suppose you could get a slight exposure to it as the paint wore down on these glasses, but you were much more likely to be exposed to lead at your house or school in the 70s & early 80s.

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ChestnutMoss@reddit

So my mother is not off the hook!

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blackpony04@reddit

It depends. How many glasses did that woman break over the years? Several times randomly, or just those Star Wars glasses? suspicious

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East-Pound9884@reddit

Oops, there goes another one. So, so sorry 😂

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Total_Information_65@reddit

I remember those!!!!!

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BaronNeutron@reddit

isnt that the complete set?

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Ralph--Hinkley@reddit (OP)

Yip.

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BaronNeutron@reddit

then we dont need to go to Burger King

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Self-Comprehensive@reddit

There's no way those were made with lead paint by the 80s.

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captainmidday@reddit

Return of The Jelly Jar

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fusionsofwonder@reddit

I miss these.

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nmacaroni@reddit

I drink out of these daily. Like now, today. lol

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SenorBlackChin@reddit

The Looney Tunes Welches grape jelly jars were where it was at. Tas

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jvlpdillon@reddit

Elmer Fudd.

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mustardman73@reddit

Everything was leaded in the 70s and 80s. We inhaled it while driving 🤷‍♂️ whatever

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kjbrandon75@reddit

Wow that's a blast from the past. I wish we would've taken better care of ours back in the day.

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DirkDundenburg@reddit

I remember how awful they smelled. I think it was the paint they used.

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Helenesdottir@reddit

Not with lead paint.

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TheQuadBlazer@reddit

Outlawed In the 60s,.right?

Just in time for my parents to have full doses by the time they graduated high school.

And it showed.

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Helenesdottir@reddit

1978 they stopped using it in home and school construction.

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Non-Intelligent_Tea@reddit

Apparently it's true

https://www.cbc.ca/news/cadmium-and-lead-result-in-glasses-recall-1.927991

It's also worth noting that the paint is obviously on the outside of the glass, and unless you're scratching the paint off and then ingesting it, its not really all that dangerous.

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jtrades69@reddit

all of mine shattered. mostly me putting them in the freezer and my parents waiting for me to see what will happen...

i had a chance to get the han one for only 10 bucks at a toy meet up a few years back but i didn't 😞

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