What other toys were as simple as poppers?
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What were some other toys that were as simple as poppers?
stevetures@reddit
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ryhoyarbie@reddit
Those little poppers.
Curtainmachine@reddit
And these big ones!
Beetso@reddit
Lol. This is what I came to post. I should have known that somebody would have beat me to it.
newgreyarea@reddit
š¤£
HalfFrozenSpeedos@reddit
Oddball use for them: suppression of erection post surgical circumcision. Bonus I mention the chemical name and family doc replies with "Poppers?!?!"
(She looked quiet but she related a few wild things that had happened in the past, like she and other med students giving themselves IVs to cope with severe hangovers, being duty surgeon in a very small hospital and making a frantic call for helicopter transport to get a patient who may have needed cranial surgery to the much larger hospital about an hour away as the tools she had available for cranial surgery in said small hospital were the sort of things usually seen in museums (for example instead of an air drill, we were talking a very old school bit and brace hand drill, the sort of thing used by old school carpenters except in stainless steel) and describing ferverently arguing that no she couldn't handle it there, no way no how, that no he could not wait. Said she was extremely glad to have said patient out of there and up till that point she was a bundle of nerves at the prospect of doing cranial surgery with archaic tools....)
Neat_Shallot_606@reddit
What?!! Really?
deephurting66@reddit
Many good memories
Sharon_Erclam@reddit
We called them Ghost Bombs! Damn I miss those things. That and the plastic bubbles!
unicorn-beard@reddit
and these!
porb2020@reddit (OP)
Those are solvents. They will dissolve your brain. They cause brain damage just like huffing paint and nitro.
unicorn-beard@reddit
but they loosen up your butthole as well
porb2020@reddit (OP)
They are also illegal and rot your brain. But you go ahead and do it.
unicorn-beard@reddit
Gotta keep that butthole loose!
^(also I don't do these, usually folks in this sub pick up the joke/sarcasm but clearly not this time, ah well win some lose some)
BeneficialType6789@reddit
I rediscovered these last year and put them in my 7 year oldās bday party goody bags. I gave a heads up to the parents and had no complaints. To my face at least š¤£
Moons_of_Moons@reddit
Oh hells yeah
porb2020@reddit (OP)
caramelpupcorn@reddit
The sticky hands that you slap onto the wall/glass, and their successor, the sticky bug or other creature that you throw against the window and then they slowly roll their way down due to gravity.
No_Drama2424@reddit
Wacky Wall Walkers
It was a simpler time
NoOccasion4759@reddit
Nah theyre still around. They're banned in my classroom because ofc the kids get fucking obnoxious after with them, plus they get all gross after a while of splatting them on every surface š¤®
jdsmith575@reddit
And they leave marks in the walls. I hate them.
Admirable_Average_32@reddit
I so fondly remember getting a wacky wall walker out of the cereal box some Saturday morning. It was so fun to throw, watch and repeat. I also remember learning that you could kinda renew their stick by washing the dust and dirt off with dish soap.
StatementLazy1797@reddit
These are still very much alive. My son always picks them as his prize at Dave and Busterās. He just calls them āfunny thingsā lol.
TrixieBastard@reddit
I had some that left spots on the wall that looked like canola oil had soaked into the drywall, even though we had semigloss paint
CantaloupeAsleep502@reddit
My friend's dad was a dentist and would bring these home for us all the time. Fun times
Blanc_Otaku@reddit
Bought a whole bag of those suckers one afternoon in my teenage years. Now my buddy's ceiling is tiedye
Edge_of_the_Wall@reddit
Fuckers will stain the hell out of a Sheetrock ceiling, fyi.
Fsharpmaj7@reddit
GODDAMMIT WHERE CAN I FIND THESE�?
...sorry. I've been looking for years
throwawaytoday9q@reddit
8888eightyeight@reddit
pogs
catjuggler@reddit
Kids still have these btw
Any_Conflict_5092@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moria_(1983_video_game)
I was an early adopter of pc gaming, and until Doom, this was my favorite.
Longjumping-Bell-762@reddit
A bouncy ball would entertain me for hours as kid.
Willywasawale@reddit
How do I find one of these poppers for my kid?!?! I fucking loved them so much.
mrs_nerdpickle@reddit
Hours of fun until they get stuck on the roof š
Traumagatchi@reddit
Celtic_Witch86@reddit
I think you win this round lol
ahawk99@reddit
This
SoCalChrisW@reddit
porb2020@reddit (OP)
The trees make out words. Whatās the message?
I_cant_hear_you_27@reddit
It will eat you
unicorn-beard@reddit
https://i.redd.it/8db45cf9ukxg1.gif
kids would fight having turns on the mac playing this game
KudosOfTheFroond@reddit
My god, of all the core memories that I have unlockedā¦this one hits the hardest. My sisters & I would play this game for hours
johndicks80@reddit
Played that hundreds of hours.
Spiritual_Sorbet_870@reddit
Chips Challenge is free on steam - I spent a few hours unlocking some long lost knowledge from the recesses of my brain when I found it
PlatypusDependent271@reddit
Wacky wall walkers
AjaxIsSoccer@reddit
The people I talk to describe poppers...very differently.
porb2020@reddit (OP)
amyl nitrate will fry your brain and kill you. Trust me I use to sell it as part of my job. I saw people with the obvious brain damage it caused. Donāt give them to kids.
-E-Cross@reddit
Crazy how prevalent they were in the BDSM community for a long time too.
tracyveronika@reddit
šš
yungrii@reddit
I want apologize for having hobbies.
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random_invisible@reddit
_kurt_propane_@reddit
Army parachute guys. Toss up and watch them float down
-E-Cross@reddit
Potato cannon with a towel to wrap these guys in was peak
TrixieBastard@reddit
I had a Donatello with a parachute. Such a basic concept for a toy, but it was fun seeing how high I could throw him
v0t3p3dr0@reddit
My parents never bought me those, so I would tie my dadās wrenches to grocery bags.
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
We did it with GI Joes
dl_mj12@reddit
Same here, many experiments were performed on gijoes
Not_a_werecat@reddit
I did the same but with my plastic dinosaurs.
AmIYourNeighbor@reddit
And⦠do what exactly?
Not_a_werecat@reddit
Similar- those airplanes in the paper envelopes. Loved those things back when they were made of balsa wood. I was pissed when I paid five damn dollars for that hit of nostalgia and the damn thing was styrofoam now. :(
porb2020@reddit (OP)
Oh yeah. 25Ā¢ of fun for hours. š
-E-Cross@reddit
Log, rock, & stick
Pitiful_Ad2397@reddit
Red rubber balls
andrewordrewordont@reddit
Optimal_Rabbit7601@reddit
I feel silly to say this, but did you ever tie a rock to the end of a string? Great toy.
v0t3p3dr0@reddit
Cole3823@reddit
Gotta get the ones coated in the explosive powder though
whenveganscheat@reddit
Those are definitely dangerous for your butthole
porb2020@reddit (OP)
You mean nitro glycerin? š³ Yeah. Fun times. Hey kids come play and kill yourselfš¤£
raspberrybee@reddit
I had one of these and I loved it.
loneMILF@reddit
these were the easy ones. i learned on the ones that had string connecting the balls to a small paddle.
crapbear83@reddit
Clackers, now that I'm an adult I can't see why in God's name we had these as children.
carryon4threedays@reddit
Knockers, with the K pronounced.
rythmicjea@reddit
OMG I had a neon green and pink one and was OBSESSED.
WafflesFriendsWork99@reddit
This was my immediate thought
caramelpupcorn@reddit
These things had me in a chokehold for a solid year. I was obsessed with collecting the different color options! clack clack clack clack!!
embracemediocre@reddit
The OG ones that were string though. They were banned. They were weapons.
bovilexia@reddit
Those cheap Styrofoam gliders that would break after a few throws.
hydrastix@reddit
kismetnz@reddit
Slap bands.
absentlyric@reddit
TrixieBastard@reddit
There were so many ankle sprains in my cohort because of Pogo Balls! My mom refused to get me one and I'm 100% positive that my ankle stability for the rest of my ambulatory days was due to her saying no, lol
I honestly don't know how people even got up on those things without breaking something, fr
spinereader81@reddit
Jump ropes. Not those crappy ones with the flimsy rope and cheap plastic handles. Those never worked. I'm talking about the good ones, the beaded ones that were heavy enough to swing easily.
TrixieBastard@reddit
Plus the clack of the beads against the asphalt was so satisfying, especially if you whipped it around for a double jump
AuntArtemis@reddit
TrixieBastard@reddit
These were second only to parachute day in PE. The way we would bicker over these, sheeeesh
kwakimaki@reddit
Those fuzzy worms on a bit of fishing line, window guys with the sticky hands/feet, slime, polystyrene airplanes with the little plastic propeller...
TrixieBastard@reddit
Worm off the string
What sins will he commit?
TrixieBastard@reddit
Pick-up Stix
These things were actually really great for developing spatial reasoning and teaching you to look at a problem from multiple angles to maximize the number of sticks you picked up
SeamusMcBalls@reddit
caramelpupcorn@reddit
I won a pair of these at a church festival and tried to pop them on the tile floor in our foyer and got them permanently banned from our house š
TrixieBastard@reddit
I did not see the second "them" the first time I read this, and was like, "damn, that's harsh" šš
caramelpupcorn@reddit
I was only semi-permanently banned from the house for that one!
BeneficialType6789@reddit
I forgot about these!!!
whiskeytown79@reddit
I wonder if this was the first time someone had ever written down the words "explodes safely in your hand" in that order.
jaxsonMiss@reddit
Wasn't there a toy called "kick it" and "skip it" ?
HangryHangryHedgie@reddit
Skip It! The real ones had counters. The off brand did not and you got teased for it.
TrixieBastard@reddit
My best friend and I would hold Skip-It contests in her driveway fairly regularly, that thing was responsible for, like, 60% of my exercise back in the day. I can't remember my maximum skip count, but I know that neither of us maxed out the counter before messing up š
PvtHudson093@reddit
Yo-yo's
djseifer@reddit
Yo-
Yo-
Yo-Yo Ball!
TrixieBastard@reddit
I absolutely loved my Yo Yo Ball, that thing was fun
lost_horizons@reddit
Hacky sack
Also, gak
doduotrainer@reddit
And floam!
TrixieBastard@reddit
Gak was cool, but Floam was superior
lost_horizons@reddit
I thought of float but couldnāt remember what it was called.
DonNatalie@reddit
jackytheripper1@reddit
The things a that you threw at the wall and stuck to it and rolled down slowly
audiate@reddit
Those sticky things you threw at the wall and they climbed down, but never worked as well as you hoped.Ā
porb2020@reddit (OP)
Yeah. They were either too sticky or filled with dirty and never stuckš¤Ŗ
Phillykratom@reddit
Captain Crunch had the sticky octopus
TrixieBastard@reddit
The octopus ones were by far the best
WhiskerWizard626@reddit
Wacky Wall Walkers! I remember getting a blue one in a box of cereal when I was little.
liza9560@reddit
I miss cereal box toys. But I guess they led to childhood obesity and diabetes? Dang it.
HangryHangryHedgie@reddit
They worked amazing on sliding glass doors.
Sanguine-Penguin711@reddit
raspberrybee@reddit
Omg I totally forgot about these things!
AwkwardlyTwisted@reddit
I found mine and showed it to my daughter and she was absolutely floored by it. Then she took it and it's now sitting on a corner of her shelf.
uniquecleverusername@reddit
shantron5000@reddit
Itās better than bad - itās good!
burrito_magic@reddit
Slap bracelets
boyalien0@reddit
Wall walkers
Wonderful_Charity411@reddit
Balls
Backbreathboy@reddit
I can hear this picture.. in different notes
doompines@reddit
Wooooooo-WEEOUUWEEOUUWEEOUU-wooooooo
Congregator@reddit
Gak
Radiant_Tie_9362@reddit
Silly putty
abbydabbydo@reddit
And the fart slime
ManInTheMorning@reddit
I just bought my nine year old some silly putty. We'll see if it holds up.
MartinMerten@reddit
We used to put it on the newspaper.
Whatās a newspaper?
v0t3p3dr0@reddit
Iād copy someoneās face from the paper then stretch it out.
Simple times.
Roobix9@reddit
Slinky
HangryHangryHedgie@reddit
The thing that made me so mad we didnt have stairs.
Smolshy@reddit
Right? I had 2 concrete steps in front of my house and it did not work the same.
HangryHangryHedgie@reddit
I was obsessed.
aversboyeeee@reddit
A can you kick
HangryHangryHedgie@reddit
How I split my toe open one summer.
Able-Pain-2442@reddit
Weeble wobbles
HangryHangryHedgie@reddit
But they don't fall down!
FalseEvidence8701@reddit
Objective-Dust4795@reddit
Rocks
StatementLazy1797@reddit
Lmao right I was like um the cool stick I found in the yard
Objective-Dust4795@reddit
Every kid needs a solid stick.
marbotty@reddit
Whatever these things were
Neat_Shallot_606@reddit
Love the game we all made up of: toss it up as hard as you can then everyone run.
Neat_Shallot_606@reddit
5th graders still love all these things
Biddy_Impeccadillo@reddit
Slap bracelets
AbyssWankerArtorias@reddit
Blocks
FruitMustache@reddit
ezmoney98@reddit
Jumping off the roof with an umbrella
porb2020@reddit (OP)
Ummm yeah. The dumb kids did that. They usually had a cast afterwards.
Ckn-bns-jns@reddit
Removing the too of a soda can and digging the sharp edge where it broke off into my finger so I could flick it across the room.
Govain@reddit
It took me way too long to realize you were talking about pop tabs and not slicing off the tip of your finger and flicking it.
Ckn-bns-jns@reddit
I was typing fast waiting for our breakfast table, fixed.
Sanguine-Penguin711@reddit
I loved putting soda cans just above the back wheel of my bicycle. Instant motorcycle. šļø
Long_Advertising_737@reddit
Those little rubber octopus that would stick to a wall and roll down it.Ā
PhysicsStock2247@reddit
Super bounce balls. The type youād get out of the quarter machine. Loved whipping those down the school hallway or the empty mall in town. They just bounced forever.
chicacherrie82@reddit
YES. I loved super balls. And it (and other vending machine toys) was kind of our version of all the blind bag toys today. Put your quarter in and never know what ball was actually close to the dispenser. I always hoped for the transparent ones with confetti or glitter embedded inside.
Workamania@reddit
Wacky wall walers
CantaloupeAsleep502@reddit
In my day, the poppers didn't have a hole, so you could stick them to things. Including skin! Fun times lol
ELUSIVE_GODS@reddit
"Chinese handcuffs"
JeelyPiece@reddit
Finger Cuffs š¤
goosebattle@reddit
Alyssa Joneses.
djseifer@reddit
JeelyPiece@reddit
Snoochy boochies
CrouchingDomo@reddit
Damn, Silent Bob, show some love
drinkslinger1974@reddit
Ah, those are for fingers. Next time Iāll know.
Not_a_werecat@reddit
I was so excited to win these as a prize at the roller skating rink and my mom immediately broke them by accident. lol
Lehk@reddit
Snap bracelets
zeje@reddit
The round tops that flip over if you spin them fast enough
BlueGiant601@reddit
Swimming-Trifle-899@reddit
Striking_Elk_6136@reddit
Pet rock
porb2020@reddit (OP)
What gets me about the pet rock was why would you buy one? Thereās so many strays out there that need a good home as it is. Get a rescue and not one from a breeder. š¤£
OGWarriorsLove@reddit
I have shiny things for sale was my previous slogan⦠Pet Rocks Rescue Center, Saved from the depths of darkness and in need of their energy adopter!
jdallen1222@reddit
Doesnāt get any simpler.
cellrdoor2@reddit
I never got good at it but it would kill some time.
maggie320@reddit
That ball and cup thing. Those simple games you could pick up at the corner store down the street provided hours of fun.
Smartal3ck@reddit
āWhy spend the day not catching a ball in a cup when you can catch a ball in a cup? Ball in a cup, ball in a cup, itās a ball in a cup!ā
porb2020@reddit (OP)
Considering that kids are flipping half empty water bottles, a ball and cup doesnāt seem so stupid. š¤Ŗ
somecoolname42@reddit
Yeah but have you tried flipping the bottle? That shit gets intense fast. There's some like primal lizard brain satisfaction in it.
jdallen1222@reddit
The ball is on a string and attached to the cup. So there is no worry if you donāt catch the ball in the cup. And cleanup is as easy as catching a ball in a cup.
coci222@reddit
Those little plastic frogs that jump when you press the tab on their butt
Not_a_werecat@reddit
Did you ever make the paper ones? I made so many of those stupid things in middle school.
coci222@reddit
I didn't, but I've seen it done. I was busy making footballs and Chinese throwing stars
Trevon45-2@reddit
Klick klacks
S_A_R_K@reddit
Happy Fun Ball
porb2020@reddit (OP)
That was recalled.
Disneyhorse@reddit
I was just thinking about those Fortune Teller fish the other day. Theyāre just a piece of cellophane.
porb2020@reddit (OP)
Omg. Iāve never heard of those. I asked my wife and she knows. Sounds sillyš¤£
greenhornblue@reddit
Would slap bracelets fall into the category?
porb2020@reddit (OP)
Yup.
Strange_Airships@reddit
Those little plastic frog hopper toys. I loved those.
SoCalChrisW@reddit
Those giant foam airplanes, and the little ones you'd get from the ice cream truck for 50Ā¢
jdallen1222@reddit
You ever find a perfect stick that kinda looks like a long gun
EomEom420@reddit
I found one of these in my older sisters draw, and played with it. Turns out, it was a diaphragm š«©
Zefury83@reddit
Poppers still exist and I still like them. What sucks is the ones that don't pop. There is a page for that r/mildlyinfurrianting
UraniumRocker@reddit
Marbles were really popular at my school right before pogs hit. Very simple toy, and you could play different games with them.
Hungry-Ad265@reddit
Pogs
Fair_Blood3176@reddit
Tiddledewinks
kinetic_cheese@reddit
I used to love playing jacks as a kid
Smartal3ck@reddit