Lorio, J. (2018, October 9). Big Wheel 1970s Vintage Tricycle for Sale is Perfectly Preserved, Perfectly Awesome. Retrieved from, The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. I can still hear that commercial in my head, though. More fun than a pillow fight. Yeah, sure. Yo-yo Water Balls Like flails, but softer This is the original version of Chili’s famous jingle, which would later on in 2002 be performed by N’Sync. Because, that’s a thing boy band’s do: sing catchy 90s commercial jingles. https://www.one4all.com/argos-reveals-bestselling-toys-from-the-last-45-years-how-many-do-you-remember

According to the recall notice, the injuries received could be described as “severe.” These toys were taken off the market in 1997, but new, safer versions have been released since. Go to listen to the audio podcast on your favorite platform: https://dumbcoolweirdpodcast.buzzsprout.com/share For one thing, people would play pogs for keeps, and that would start fights. Many schools had to put a ban on pogs to stop fighting from happening over pogs. Nobody wants to lose their precious National Geographic pogs.Rosenfeld, L. (2015, July 10). A Brief History of the Etch a Sketch: Why We’re Still Fascinated By the Toy After 55 Years. Retrieved from, Before the days of widespread internet usage and online parenting social media groups, it was a lot harder for people to get information on the dangers of certain toys. Aside from news stories or outright recalls, the mishaps involving toys were mostly chalked up to an individual child’s experience. Remember when you were a kid, and you were so excited to find a new Furby or Barbie Princess under your Christmas tree? In the 20th century, some toys were all fun and games until someone lost an eye...literally. Tramel, J. (2020, April 3). Be Safe: Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears Creator Unveils Stay-at-Home Bear. Retrieved from, The Gym Scooters were the best thing to happen to gym class and the worst thing to happen to school kids’ fingers. I honestly feel sad for anyone that did not get the chance to play with these.

Other times, people would get hurt by someone throwing their slammer in anger. Also, I bet someone has eaten and choked on a pog, too. We’re Stronger for Surviving the Most Dangerous 90s Toys You could play all kinds of great games by scrambling across the gym floor at school or in the street at home. The latter was not a good idea, though. Saadan, A. (2017, October 11). 5 Facts You Never Knew About Everyone’s Favorite Virtual Pet, Tamagotchi. Retrieved from, The Skip-It was a pretty simple concept. You slip the cuff over your ankle and spin the ball around while jumping over it. The 1990s models had a counter in the ball. You could say that was the very best part of all.

3. Chili’s

MeTV. (2015, December 3). 10 Totally Awesome Christmas Toys We Had to Have in the 1980s. Retrieved from, Bet you didn’t know this original song was written by the legend himself, Rod Stewart? Prepare to tell people Maggie May is his second best song now. This jingle’s been floating through the decades for a long time, but it sounded particularly great in the 90s. To see more stuff, buy some merch, or support us go to https://www.retroradfilms.com/dumbcoolweirdpodcast

Who wouldn’t remember this smash hit of a 90s jingle? This song was all over every kid’s TV station in the 90s, going to be honest though, it wasn’t exactly a source of anything but sugar. Which is probably why the kids look so excited. Instead, these toys would deflate more and more as the seams wore down from use. I can’t explain the exact mechanism of their structural failure, though. That probably has something to do with all the blows to the head.

4. Band-Aid

The basic concept of this toy was that you would lay out this 40-foot-long piece of lubricated plastic, keep water flowing on it, get a running start, and jump and slide along until you hit the pool of water at the end. I know that some kids used shampoo, dish soap, or anything else they could get their hands on it to get a little extra speed. While anyone could have seen the trouble that Lawn Darts would bring, not every toy was so obviously dangerous. Some toys required the right imagination or a penchant for the sort of danger that only a child would appreciate. We’re going to fondly examine some of the most dangerous 1990s toys so that we can collectively wonder: what were we thinking? Introduce your kids to these classic 80s toys, or buy a bunch of these retro 90s toys for Christmas this year. In a world of viral videos and online games, these old favorites will never go out of style!

Wham-O’s Slip N’ Slides were introduced in the 1980s and hit their stride in the 1990s. At first glance, you’d have trouble figuring out how in the world this could be dangerous to someone. Add a little imagination, a bunch of misuses, and a lot of people that didn’t pay attention to the recommended age. How could something like this be dangerous? It’s soft, after all. On one side is a knot of hard plastic that connects to a soft-ish, fluid-filled ball with an elastic cord that could stretch several feet. That doesn’t sound too bad, right? Except it was. In fact, every part of this toy was a little hazardous. The 1990s were a bit of a wild time for toys. That generation of kids was a test group for any kind of crazy idea that came into the heads of toy company executives. https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/be-safe-strawberry-shortcake-care-bears-creator-unveils-stay-at-home-bear/article_ce886acc-e0d2-5750-80f9-9aec46e8623b.html

8. Coca-Cola

That’s not even counting the kids that got low-quality brands of the toy that had mystery fluid in the ball. Sometimes it was highly flammable fluid that smelled like diesel and other times it the ball would rupture and the kid would get a bad rash. Your toy box wasn’t complete without these popular toys from the 80s and 90s. Even today, many of them have gotten modern facelifts or are collectibles that are worth thousands of dollars.