29 Real Toys That Were Banned for Being So Dangerous 

I had the “Creepy Crawler -Thing Maker” as a kid and never had a problem playing with it. No burns or eating the plastic bugs it made. And mine was the original since I was about 8 in the ‘60’s.

I'm surprised lawn darts weren't mentioned. We had them in Cub Scouts, but some kids got lawn darts in their heads, so they're banned.

As a kid I learned you can also start a fire with a magnifying glass. "Safe for kids" is basically a meaningless phrase to a youngster determined to cause mischief.

Polly Pockets have actually been revived in a different sense now.

Slip and Slide: Not for use by adults Adults: I see…immediately puts oil on it instead of water to slide faster

I was born in the 1960s in a family with six kids and very generous grandparents. We had pretty much every death toy released prior to 1980. And then, there were all the creative things we found ways to make, misuse, and destroy on our own. Most of us made it to adulthood, but we sure sustained a lot of injuries and mishaps that would not be tolerated today.

9:53 Narrator: "When a four year old boy shot a missile into his mouth and choked to death." Background music: "It's time to get *funky!"*

I gotta say, I am incredibly surprised that Lawn Darts didn't make this list. I too had the "Creepy Crawler - Thing Maker" and never had any problems with it.

Honestly, my sister and I had quite a few of these also. But it goes to show the big difference a little bit of common sense and parental supervision can make. But regardless, I'm happy that no more kids got hurt than they did.

I've read a story about a toy that got recalled, not because it was dangerous, but because it was angering parents. It was a toy Harry Potter broomstick, that vibrated. The recall reason? Well....girls of all ages were enjoying this broom too much.

11:50 *there’s a reason oven gloves exist.*

One toy that missed this list was a plastic gun named "Suicide". we played with back in the early 70's. I remember it very well. This 5 or 6 barrel gun had to be loaded with a single "AA" Battery that was supposed to serve as a bullet. Once loaded you were supposed to spin the barrel , put the gun to your head and pull the trigger. If nothing happened you were supposed to pass it to the next person. Each person would do this until the battery lined up with the muzzle and once the trigger was pulled it would light up and make a loud Buzz sound. That meant the you were "dead" and out of the game. Each person would pass this gun around until there was only one person left. That person would be the winner.

Maybe I’m strange but I really love learning about banned toys 😆

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I loved playing with the Magnetix as a kid. Never thought they looked like candy though. I had Moon Shoes that I actually played with regularly, though I wound up using all but 3 elastic bands on them so I wouldn't bottom out on my jumps. There was a gas powered pogo stick that I'm surprised wasn't on here.

I remember having one of the Sky Dancer dolls. I only used the flying feature a few times (outside lol) because I had one too many close calls with it almost landing on the roof. After that, she became Barbie’s fairy cousin visiting from out of town.

Wow. The 1998 Power Wheels recall was one of the first news reports I remember hearing about. Also, I remember seeing commercials for a lot of these old toys.

Major props to whoever does the research for Infographics videos

Grew up in the 90's. Surprised how many of the toys we grew were actually hazards to us. My grandmother was oblivious to reality and lived in her own reality. She would often say "It's part of your upbrining."

I see three main problems with many of these. 1. Toxic ingredient(s) 2. Small parts 3. Unsafe temperatures

I remember using a slip n slide when I was 9. My parents and I didn't realize that there were little plastic bits that were meant to be hammered into the ground and keep it in place. When I used it, one of the plastic bits lodged itself firmly in my knee. I'm 31 now and I still have that scar.

I had the roller blades for Barbie as a kid…I would hold them upside down and spark them on purpose. I once lit a candle with one on purpose. Thankfully, they were so rarely used on Barbie’s feet, they never started an accidental fire.

I had the CSI kit, my grandparents gave it to me for christmas. The recall was announced before I ever used it. I still have it sealed in box to this day. My parents never told me what was wrong with it and I only learned today that I now have a bag of asbestos powder sitting around in my closet somewhere. Thank god I never opened it.

Used to use one of those kite tubes as a kid while out with my dad in his boat, even in very choppy water. Here they're called a 'biscuit' due to their shape. Myself and my siblings never personally had any problems, but we were also strong swimmers due to being raised close to the ocean. Looking back on it, I can easily see how someone without that asset could end up in a lot of trouble if they come off at a good speed and end up dazed and hurting under the water.

I knew that the Easy Bake Oven would be on here. I actually owned slap bracelets. My daughters owned the Sky Fliers and never had any problems. All 3 of my kids had Power Wheels also. A lot of these toys I have never heard of so this was really informative. Thank you for another great video and I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

13:39 People: Yeah this is a *good idea!* Let’s make *toys* out of the stuff they use for *nuclear weapons!*

I think this is why the older generations are more careful, we learned of death at such a young age!

I also had, and still have the Lionel electric train with metal tracks. if you happen to step on or touch the two metal tracks at the same time, it would shock the heck out of you.

So much nostalgia. I had or played with many of these. As for slap bracelets, I think most kids got hurt as a result of hitting each other as hard as we could with them.

I had a Mattel® Creepy Crawlers set and it was one of the most educational toys I ever had- I learned to LET THE MOLD COOL DOWN prior to removing it from the hot plate. Got some nasty burns from it but it did teach me well.

Gilbert also made a chemistry set with real chemicals that you could make stink bombs, light things on fire, and make ink (I stained my mom's antique rug with mine). They made a microscope too. I had a Water Wiggle, Slip and Slide, Clackers, and the Easy-Bake Oven. There was also a real iron that plugged into the wall and got hot that you could iron clothes with (just made small for kids). I had that too, weird. We didn't get really coddled in the 1960s growing up, you were expected to fall out of trees, wreck your bikes wearing shorts (and no helmets back then). Scrape your elbows and knees and your om would put Mercurochrome on it, which was also called Monkey Blood. Mercurochrome and another popular antiseptic of a generation or two ago, Merthiolate, contained mercury, and turned your skin red, which made it hard to see if you got infected. I had so many skinned knees and elbows, it was just normal. Oh, and Flubber was a movie in 1961 called "The Absent Minded Professor" with Fred McMurry. The professor invented Flubber in the movie. There was a sequel in 1963 called Son of Flubber, McMurry also starred in. I remember those.

I LOVED my "Thingmaker" creepy crawler set with the plugin hotplate. I even had the Creeple-People spinoff accessory. Oh, and I had the mini dragon version. Our whole house STANK when I fired this thing up. And every now and then, I would get some of the goop right on the plate, and it would smoke like the devil. Still, even today I've heard of kids playing with dangerous "toys". One that comes to mind are high power laser pointers. Some of these cost as little as 10 bucks, but are powerful enough to blind little eyes.

Wow, I had 5 of those toys. Gotta love being a kid in both the 80s AND the 90s!

I was gifted the cabbage patch doll for my 6th birthday, but my parents took it away because of the recall. I was so upset even though they explained to me that the dolls were harmful. I remember telling my grandma I wasn’t a dumb kid sticking my hair or fingers in the doll’s mouth.

I think a lot of theses toys(Except the guns and the lead/uranium toys) are only dangerous because no one supervises their kids. I played with darts as a kid, they had blunt ends and could still stick to the board but only played with them while my dad made sure I was safe.

I had the creepy crawler, easy bake oven, snap bracelet, Polly pocket (both tiny and normal size), sky dancers, the rollblading barbie, the pokemon kids meal toys (mom's favorite was the screaming toy), and the feed me cabbage patch kid. Both my sister and I turned out fine when we played with our toys. Heck, my sister had a maker that was similar to the creepy crawler, but it created dolls.

Yeah I remember me and my sister having a few of these. But I grew up with my friends using BB guns instead of airsoft. There's just something about seeing your friend in extreme pain because you're doing instead of laughing LOL

Ok, who went into my parents’ basement to dig out my childhood? Seriously - all of the toys from the 90s/2000s I either had or wanted so badly as a kid.

14:34 - Actually, I got that for Christmas years ago.

I actually remember these toys and I had so much fun playing with them but I never got hurt I got hurt riding my bike but that's because I was still learning

Congrats to all that survived after playing with these toys. That included me.

9:10 one of those things almost strangled me as a child. My sister had to run in, grab a siscor and come Back out to cut it. By that time I almost passed out. Never touched that thing again I wonder how they even got released. Its obvious that this can wrap around your neck very easily

I remember this little glow-in-the-dark bird that my dad had from his childhood (my dad is about 74 now, so this dates back to the late 1950's) and come to find out (later) the bird had to be stored carefully and only viewed sparingly, as it was found to be radioactive (as at the time, they had been using radioactive materials to make things glow in the dark). He still has this toy to this day, but it stays locked up and is only shown for brief periods of time once in a great while for this reason. Not just with toys, but this does remind me of all of things we now know to be dangerous to people, such as the radioactive materials used for glow-in-the-dark items from the mid 20th Century, to other things like Agent Orange which was used during wars, which was later found to cause cancer. I'm sure that in some 20-30 years or something, they will find that all the lithium ion batteries we are using today will have some long-term negative impact on our health.

For the little baby’s oven, I don’t think that would be a good idea today, but you have to remember that it was a different time, people probably made dinner with their mothers every single night

Error Alert! Flubber goes back to a 1961 film produced by Walt Disney titled "The Absent Minded Professor" starring Fred MacMurray and written by Bill Walsh. I'm pretty certain that's where the substance's fame came from along with the inspiration for the 1997 reboot.

7:24 that's absolutely horrifying. That no doubt left some kids with serious trauma lol

I remember having a water yo-yo!! I loved those things! Also my brother and I would drench them in hand sanitizer and light them on fire while playing with them..

0:36 ~ 375 °f - 191°C Fifty-two years, 11 models, and more than 40 million units later, the Easy-Bake Oven continues to inspire young chefs. First released with 25 different mixes that included cakes, pizzas, and pretzels, it used what were essentially really hot light bulbs (temperatures could reach up to 375 degrees) to bake.

I remember weaponizing Sky Dancers 😂 god, that toy was awesome 😂

It's crazy how these companies take the heat for negligent parents. Obviously some are just not OK like the GHB beads lol

I was home schooled, I had creepy crawlers...we used it to make the bugs, and identify the different parts of an insect, or a spider. We were helped by parents, and were never burned, we used oven mits.

This reminds me of the classic SNL skit with Dan Aykroyd: "Big bag of broken glass"

Quite interesting how a radioactive toy set was available to buy, and give to children. I am certain I would've bought that for myself, once I would see it

The worst injury I had as a child was when I pulled a clock down on my head by the power cord. (I was a toddler.) Interesting that there has been no safety feature introduced addressing this.

Dude, sky dancers were my favorite projectiles ever 😂😂

Somehow you missed Lawn Darts. I can't tell you how many close calls we had with them. All the fun of horse shoes with another order of magnitude of danger.

Imagine a world where every toys is as dangerous as the ones here

I remember having a good number of these as a kid lol. Didn't have a kite tube but I remember seeing them on the lake. Some of them got up to like 30 feet of air. We also saw someone fall from that height in some pretty shallow water and ended up getting sent to the emergency room.

I like how You animate the kids to look more than happy. I like that. I was an abuse kid I fantasized about being one of those happy kids. But I had a chance to have one of my own and see it for myself. He was happy too.

Great vid!😁

Another dangerous toy was the 1984 Transformers Megatron toy, it’s alt-form was a realistic Walter P-38 with scope, stock and suppressor. It was dangerous because of how easily people would mistake it for a real gun.

One thing I love about the infographics show is that I can listen to it without having to watch the video and still understand what's going on

I remember watching a restoration of a toy oven from the 1920's (crazy how you are going to need to specify the century very soon). It didn't have any kind of thermal protection, it ran mains power on unprotected heating elements, and it was painted with lead based paint. Now that's a great population filter.

I didn't get injured from my Cabbage Patch doll, but I got the doll's hair stuck in its mouth. When playing with Barbie's skate, you could easily tell it was a lighter, minus the fluid used to keep a fire lit. I am surprised some of the toys were brought back. The "safer" versions don't seem much safer. I also expected lawn darts to be on the list.

The fact that 1940s kids were competent enough to handle mini electric stoves whereas kids today are too dumb to handle a water filled yo-yo really shows how dumb youth has gotten over time. The reason so many of these company’s develop dangerous toys is because kids from the previous generation were intelligent enough to handle them safely.

Anything: *Exists* Kids: I Must Consume It

This video makes me feel old. Thanks. lol

hey at 14:19 my older sister that was six or seven at the time had one of those! that might have been one of the main causes of some of my mental disabilities but then again i was born with it far before this was even on the market! good to know that my sister didn't get more than a problematic gallbladder!

I can't believe this didn't include lawn darts. Because inebriated adults throwing metal javelins around the yard sounds really safe.

I think a lot of those deaths and injuries are the results of a lack of adult supervision. I'm a 90s kid and I had lots of "dangerous" toys. I only ever got hurt when I misused those toys. It's called "Watching your kids and following directions." Kids today are not dumb but are less taught by their parents and parents these days rarely pay attention to their kids. As a parent myself I always nurture a healthy paranoia.

My favorite toys were the weird kits though they were always too expensive. I am glad my mom stuck with dolls and art supplies for me.

I also had the creepy crawler toy when I was about 7-8 in the very early 90's.

In fairness, the magentic ones were the result of what I call an "Idiot parent" problem. If it says "Contains small parts" DON'T BUY IT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN!

Actually I felt sorry for many company. It wasnt seems harmless but still getting banned. especially pokemon have experienced this a lot lol.

I remember having one of those flying fairy toys when I was younger I lost it tho thankfully without getting hurt anytime while using it

1:17 I remember the plastic version that was mounded on a stick

13:50 “With less than 5000 kids being sold” Is this a mistake?

Wham-O : Make supposedly harmless toy and even write warning on box Human Child : Somehow find how to harm adult with Wham-O's most harmless toy Wham-O : *WHY ?!* *WHY ?!*

0:49:latto latto

10:01 bro committed suicide…

I had the creepy crawlers, loved those things, got burned a time or two but that never stopped me from playing with it.

Haha I remember Creepy Crawlers! TONS of fun in the 1990’s 😅🙌

17:06 I used to love those magnet things when I was little! I still have them!

I had an original Easy Bake Oven, and I loved it. Most of my friends had one, and afaik, none ever got burned on one. We had a slip and slide, which I refused to use once I was about 14. The little ones love it, though. My daughter had a sky dancer, which gave us some good laughs when it went where it shouldn't have gone. I wonder if they still make little pink sewing machines like I had in the 60s or if they've been banned too (it did have a real needle)?

3:55 god, that's a blast from the past... i had them for like 10 minutes before my mom took them away, because i was trying to use them on a sidewalk

A lot of these toys I grew up with. I'm suddenly so glad I was the cautious play type as a little kid😨

I used to have an easy bake oven, a knock off sky dancer doll, a mini car, slap bracelets, and mini hammocks (I was born in 2009). It's funny cuz I didn't even know some of these were banned! I actually have aqua beeds sitting in my closet, thank god my mom never got me the aqua dots because I remember asking for them when I was little but after they stopped showing up on commercials I started asking for the aqua beeds.

My sister and I had Sky Dancers and Polly Pocket sets. She and I and my brother had Burger King Pokemon toys, too. We were simply taught to be careful with our toys and to avoid playing in certain areas. By the way, here's an idea: let's teach our children to NOT EAT their toys!

I saw a slip’n slide commercial as a kid and thought, that looks fun! Little I know that it was a really thin sheet of plastic and not only did you hit the ground pretty hard, rocks underneath it could scrape you up. I think I used it one time and that was enough. And yes as an adult I watch other “grown ups” use these to hilarious effect. 🤣🤣🤣

I remember Moon Shoes. Also I never had an official slip and slide. My family simply used a nylon tarp covered in soap.

Barbie wasn't the only toy line to use the spark technique. Previously, the Transformers Generation 1 toy line had figures that also used it, namely the Sparkabots and Firecons and the Monsterbots.

My neighbor owns the cabbage patch kid that could eat food. I’ve heard about it before and I was amazed when he showed it to me.

My sister stared fires with an Easy Bake Oven and nearly burnt the house down on 4 separate occasions. The real question was why did my parents keep getting her new ones? I never had an issue with my Creepy Crawlers Oven.

Slap bracelets aren’t completely banned. There is a rubber version now

I remember around 2005-7ish my brother got some moon boots for christmas, fun as heck

13:15 just W H Y

Great work on the video I still don't know how you have time for all this research keep it up

0:23 hey I had one of those! But I was too scared to take it back out. Had my mom do it. Made some good brownies

My cousins and I actually had many slap bracelets when I was younger, sometime during 2013 - 2016. They used to be everywhere in our school 😭 everyone had them and if they didn't, they wanted one.

the whammo air blaster was one of my favorite toys while growing up, although I did occasionally shoot a stick out of it. Painted silver it was featured in the movie Santa Claus vs. the Martians and the martian's ray guns.