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The Deadliest Toys (Part One)
🕑 Added 2022-07-15 10:15:01 +0000 UTCJust in case the video above doesn't play, here's a direct link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wWVyf9lUvRw.
There's one picture that I found while researching this short that I didn't manage to include in the video, but which I had to share - it's a set of lawn darts from the time before they were banned, but after they'd garnered a reputation as dangerous.
I can't think of another fun garden game that comes in a packet with quite such a worrying warning!
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Fascinating Horror
I love it. Took a minute or two to realise it was satire... the first toy seems almost credible as a thing someone might have marketed!
Fascinating Horror
Sometimes I think that the aura of danger makes things more appealing to people - you could call it the Action Park effect.
Jennifer Durham
Despite the known danger, these were still commonly seen in the 1970s. I guess one of those things that people assume happens to others, not their own.
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/consumer-probe-irwin-mainway/2721468
