Monster Magnet

It could easily lift your metal TV tray

Silly Putty

Worked best on Sunday

Blondie comics

Superballs

Epidemic of broken Grandma wrists who were too slow or in the wrong chair

Trolls

Only a fad that lasted two months as it spread from LA to the Eastern seaboard like the flu

Nerf Balls

Nice novelty toy.  Parents loved it,  but no destructive power. No injuries EVER reported

Hot Wheels

So cool even sisters raced.  Almost OK to still play with in High School

Magic 8 Ball

Would always give you the right answer by the 5th try

Model Airplanes

Would survive intact for ten feet of 1st flight.  Rubber band version could slice your eyeball when overwound

Slinky

One documented stair climbing case ... On network TV commercial.  Great fun … if you were 3 and it was inside a dachshund

Lincoln Logs

The best builder set.  Impossible to break connectors … even when leveling Mom’s china cabinet

Etch-A-Sketch

Something to do during Bonanza commercials.  No one ever cared what someone else sketched

Ant Farm

Ants probably could not survive 14 months in a closet without food or water,  but you’d never know…would you?

Mr. Potato Head

Classic version used real potatoes.  Also know as 3D hangman

Tinker Toys

Only used when taking sick days off from school

Viewmaster

If you didn’t think you were in the scene … you sure wished you were

Play Doh

Not designed to mix colors … only four documented cases of kids putting this away when finished.

Cap Gun

Incredible fun.  Best used when hammer replaced gun … without unrolling caps

Frisbee

A real family toy for about 9 months in 1966 until Woodstock and association with free love and heroin addicts.  Effectively banned by parents