The 10 Most Dangerous/Banned Toys 

Whenever i think of Sky Dancers, all i can think about is that one vine of the little girl's Sky Dancer flying into a fireplace

"What did the doll do to your hair?" "Ate it!!" 😄

My daughter had The CSI kit. She did fingerprinting all over our house for about a year until she ran out of the material. That's really scary to know that it had fatal asbestos in it. We never knew it was recalled.. I think we still may have it packed away. I better get rid of it

When you mentioned Gilbert, I was like "Aren't they the ones who made an atomic energy kit that had uranium in it?" Glad that was #1.

“Why did you go to the emergency room?” “My doll tried to eat me”

Tip for life: While you’re on your date with a Cabbage Patch Snacktime Doll, make sure you don’t end up with aqua dots in your drink….and keep your Jarts handy incase you end up getting attacked by someone holding clackers in a dark ally

"The world is not made of nerf, it has sharp edges and you will get cut but not to deep if your careful" that part made me think

I absolutely love how respectful you can be, even when you're passive aggressive. Keep up the amazing work. I'll look forward with the new content.

“We have dolls that cry, talk, walk, blink and run a temperature. We don’t need any chewing dolls!”

Note to all children eating toys that are edible: Eat food and ONLY food.

There was a Hannah Montanna board or card game that had severely toxic levels of lead in it, for whatever reason. I think it was about 70x the safe amount.

The fact my own older sister had the csi fingerprint kit was astonishing! Hell, the blacklight from the kit was kept around my household for years because that was basically the safest thing in the kit and could be given to other kiddos

“Could that be mom on wet Banana” R.I.P Childhood.

*comes out wearing moon shoes, clackerballs, and a swing wing* “Welcome to hell”

I love that Strider never blames the parents nor the kids on any of these. I always get iffy when people blame the parents for kids being injured by toys. Accidents can happen out of nowhere, even with a watchful eye. Even if it is technically their fault, nobody should be blamed, that only adds more pain to the grief stricken parents.

That glass-blowing kit probably did inspire some kids to get jobs in the ever-increasing number of glass factories on the east coast, and mid-west during the early 1900's to 1940's. But yes, the chemicals used to make those pretty colors were very toxic (uranium, plus others), and it was not uncommon for the average glass-blower to live very short lives.

“MOM! GET OFF MY WET BANANA!” Still the greatest line in human history

I love how Strider is so respectful when talking about stuff like this. He always respects people who got emotionally or physically hurt by these toys, or even by how people are influenced by cartoons and stuff. Honestly, we need more sweet, considerate people like Strider in our society.

4:25 Thank you. My brother got it at a garage sale and was gonna use it at the weekend, thank you so much. I threw it in the bin

If you've heard of Battlestar Galactica, you may have heard of yet another toy that was deemed dangerous, and that was the Viper Mk2 that shot plastic darts. Darts that would (if I remember correctly) get in children's mouths and choke them, and could trip people if they were on the floor.

this seems like such a non strider topic but he can really back up his opinion

Man, Phantom is such a nice person, to the point of giving condolences to those who might have been harmed by these products. That's so considerate.

I watched every episode of CSI with my parents when I was a kid, I loved it. But that may say more about the writing of that show than of myself.

0:30 I like how your voice actually chages to a calmer tone when you're expressing condolences to affected people.

People back then making toys had the iq of a goldfish.

Ok that CSI one is crazy. Cuz at first I was like "oh this was when people sadly didn't know the dangers and risks of it like with Mercury. But no. This was 2007

My brother (9 yrs older than me) had the orig creepy crawler maker. I loved that thing and would get so excited when he'd let me play with it. Come to think of it, maybe the thing's presence in our home explains the actions, behaviors, and problems of me and my siblings :-/ Enjoyed seeing how dangerous half of our toys were! :-D

I personally love Doug's reaction to the "Wet Banana" ad. Just his delivery on that line was amazing. "MOM!! GET OFF MY WET BANANA!! ... what would dad say!?"

I'm still deeply confused about why they'd make a children's toy set with literal uranium. Not enough research I guess :P

It was adorably quaint how little understanding of dangerous substances we knew to give kids in the past "Here you go Jimmy, an Atomic Power set to go with your Molten glass blowing set".

Everytime I hear of the aqua dots I always end up thinking of the fun beads I had as a child. No water required, you put the beads carefully onto a pre made plastic board, (or the simple square one if you were feeling inventive), then when your picture was complete, you had to iron them until they were flattened and remove in order to preserve your creation for life (or until someone accidentally or on purpose tore it or squashed it and basically destroyed it). I think they're still around now, but I don't think they're marketed as kids toys anymore, partly because of the tiny beads required and probably mostly because of the fact you had to use an iron to get it to work, and regardless of instructions stating you should ask an adult, I wonder how many children weren't quite that responsible.

Surprisingly, the clackers started to be viral in my place recently. Although most modern clackers nowadays wouldn't explode anymore, it can still hurt and might cause a fatal injuries if you ever got hit by it (which it already did).

I had “Aqua Dots”, but they were called “Pix-os”, and I kid you not, whenever I made anything with them, they smelled like alcohol mixed with straight glue. It used to stink up the entire house when we used them.

i actually had clackers as a kid, my grandpa had some glass ones as a collectable. he told me not to play with them and, my dumb child brain said: "nope, imma play with it." it didn't explode but i did end up smacking myself in the face with it.

I actually had aqua dots and I LOVED them, I was heartbroken when mine ran out and I couldn’t find anymore anywhere. Now I know why. Lucky for me, I was a smart and mysophobic kid, so I never swallowed anything I wasn’t 100% was safe to eat.

1:19 the spittake gif made me laugh, I love how respectful you are but you add funny moments too

You know a certain toy is dangerous when you can literally compare them to an actual weapon from history!

Me: Dad can you take the cabbage patch doll, she's going to eat my hair. Dad: its only your imagination, these dolls only eat plastic foods, you'll be fine. The doll one second after dad leaves the room: *i feel like eating some hair tonight*

2:17 i never knew PhantomStrider had a dirty mind

6:45 as an eastern european, we still eat that for breakfast, except we cut out the most unhealthy part of it. That's right, we don't consume donuts for breakfast anymore. Just coffee and cigarettes

About the Cabbage Patch Kids - when these were recalled, my little sister had already gotten one. I tried my absolute hardest to get this doll to eat my hair or get my fingers stuck (mind you I was a teenager and I wanted to test how true it was) and I could not get it to happen. It was laughable how hard I tried to see if this toy was dangerous and couldn't get it to do anything harmful at all. I bought one for myself (hidden high up on a shelf at Kmart) and never opened it afterwards. In fact, I now collect them when I find them and have yet to have a single issue. My sister never had any problems with hers either. I really have to wonder what on Earth these kids were doing to get them to eat their body parts.

Everytime I hear of a banned product, i start wondering how all of them got approved in the first place.

"CSI has had a massive cultural impact for both kids and adults" And furries, but I wouldn't say _that_ particular impact was good ._.

Lol I loved my Sky Dancer toy! I mainly played with it outside to avoid any ceiling incidents - tho maybe I was just 1 of the lucky ones 😆 Hell, I even had a Sky Dancer cup!

Ah, Creepy Crawlers. The smell. The burns. It was actually the 1992 version that got me. You didn't have the exposed hot plate anymore but the molds were still metal, so if the spatula thing was broken you were probably end up with scars trying to lift it out of the oven.

I remember Aqua Dots I created a Spongebob “Artwork” (Spongebob is my childhood) And I was smart enough not to eat them

You’re such a wholesome creator, it feeds my soul 🥹🥹🥹

Omg Skydancers! I loved these! I had no idea they were so dangerous lol. I guess not all of them got recalled, because I wouldn't have played with them until the late 90's/early 2000's.

Nerf released their own iteration of Jarts in the 90s. They made theirs out of foam, which had a very heavy weight in the front, so it went from potentially piercing you to blunt trauma.

I love how Strider explains the slip and slide while Boo is sliding down a water slide.

Man I loved lawn darts. We played almost every summer night growing up lol.

13:08 Ah yes, the fun of playing with balls!

But slip 'n slides aren't even that dangerous as long as you clear the yard of sticks and rocks and keep fat people, adults, and teenagers from using it. But yes, the abrupt stop is very dangerous. My mom always put my slip 'n slide on a ramp with a pool at the end, so it was just like a cheap waterslide.

Nostalgia Critic reacting to "Mom on Wet Banana" is the funniest thing ever XD

I loved Jarts. They went perfectly with mine and my brothers war games

*When the official Sonic 3 Happy Meal toys were made to promote Sonic 3 & Knuckles, being one of two reasons that the game was split into two games, there was a Tails toy that had a pull-string that you’d pull to make Tails fly, but was recalled and temporarily replaced with a ball with Tails on it before replacing it with a similar toy that let you pull something that made Tails spin instead of making him fly. But the Tails toy was entirely removed, matching Sonic and Knuckles, (the standalone game, not Sonic 3&K) which doesn’t have Tails in it.*

"The Wet Banana" Oh my poor childhood innocence

I actually remember seeing aqua dots in a commercial.

Damn, I used to feel so unlucky when those commercials came on and we couldn't afford that. But I guess it's a blessing in disguise.

on the creepy crawlers/thing maker, they had an even more intense version that melted down metal pellets into steel molds. turns out, on top of being a childrens toy that reached metal melting temperatures, the metal alloy pellets also contained lead!

Masterful spit take at 1:18

Drake and Josh made clackers so much more fun and less dangerous than how they actually are

16:50 Just bought one from eBay for my daughter to experience... She loved it! *puts it up after all the goo was gone... 😉 Now, legos and arts of many crafts... It just activates that creative part of the mind...

There is also another banned toy, it's named "evil stick". The reason why, is because in 2014, a mother bought her daughter a toy. Back home, she peeled back the foil to find a girl cutting herself inside (and the "wonderful" and "music" it promised had it laughing like a witch isn't that just lovely). The mother was just absolutely Furious going to the dollar store to see the store owner who is just very hesitant to see his wrong doing. News, outraged parents, interviews all that stuff. I think it is off the shelves because the store owner doesn't want to remove the toy if he has another complaint from a customer DIRECTLY. but yeah just telling you that :)

I love how Boo is having fun with the slide in the background

I have a mate who still has his csi kit up in his room, he chucked out the cancer stuff tho

I literally laughed at "Is that mom on Wet Banana?". God I'm so immature

8:37 WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87?!

Imagine what happens if the Toy Story characters start meeting the banned Cabbage Patch Doll...

I remember the day my parents learned about the danger of Aqua Dots. My brother and I cried as we threw away our Aqua Dot creations, including a little blue, square dog I had made. RIP Cubey.

17:19 *very nice selection of the background music*

18:26 I remembered seeing a episode on Cartoon Network, when a child launched a similar Sky Dancer. (No cuncusion, only damaging some cars and frightened some dogs)

I love how boo is riding the slide in the background

We had a few of these but let me talk about the CSI kit - I’ve sworn for YEARS that on various places around our house, more specifically on some door handles and sink faucets, the dust/powder left a permanent finger print. My parents are just about to sell our family home, and it’s 2021, the kit was released in 2007, and those finger prints have been a permanent part of the house for as long as I can remember. This is the part where I wish RU-vid could let me post images, but I definitely feel less crazy now that I know that kit was dangerous lol.

Recently, Clackerballs have resurged here in the Philippines, there hasn't been reports of them exploding while kids played with them. In fact there have been cases where kids were able to keep the balls clacking against each other over an hour and it still had no issues. But inevitably where was a problem, lesser experienced users of the toy often had their forearms being bruised by the balls trying to clack them. One parent had to improvise with a cardboard tube that fits on their daughter's arm just so it protects them. Today there aren't much of them seen anymore, and I don't really know why. (I'm not up to date) But I can speculate it's because parents and neighborhoods got sick and tired of the loud noises that the Clackerballs made. In the morning, noon, and evening all you hear are "clackclackclackclack" and it was so loud you can hear it from the other block. And large groups of kids played with them so it was a mix of just noise... The Philippines has all kinds of illegal toys made and sold in the past like toy butterfly knives and even alarm clocks designed like real improvised explosives. But that awful noise from the Clackerballs should make it illegal.

Awesome channel thanks so much I had the clackers growing up and they were a horror I had lots of headshots

"MOM! GET OFF MY WET BANANA! What will dad say?"

11:52 “6000 americans died” *shows picture of big bird going to hospital*

great now the swing wing song is stuck in my head because I looked it up. THANKS A LOT.

I owned the CSI examination kit when I was little. I never opened it, and a few months later, I gave it to my 3-year old cousin, who never opened it either, and it's now in a landfill somewhere.

Like he mentioned, Lawn Darts do still exist, but use weights instead of needles.

I love how much @PhantomStrider cares for families who have been injured or killed by dangerous stuff. He is a wonderful guy.

13:38 as an Uruguayan, i feel the need to clarify that Gauchos are not only Argentinian, but also countryside people from north Uruguay, south Brazilians and Paraguayans =)

13:27 that war cry though 😂 lmao

I always thought 'Creepy Crawlers' looked so cool when I was a kid, but never got one (because girl). I had two 'Sky Dancers', but their wings were pretty soft foam (not sure if the ones I had were a later model made safer?) and I never had any problems with those! It was cool to have a 'girl' toy that actually did something- besides eating your scalp.

Ahh, nothing like childhood trauma from avoiding assassination by Sky Dancers after launching them. Btw, related to your trampoline story Strider, I broke my nose in a trampoline that is responsible for my chronic nosebleeds. Neat! :D

“ Until a tragic death in 1987. “ Literally every fnaf fan: “ what was that now? “

Nobody: Me when I see a Cabbage Patch Kid doll biting a kid’s hair: WAS THAT THE BITE OF ‘87?!?

Boo on the slide was one of the most wholesome things I have ever seen.

I like how monstrous the cabbage patch doll was, literally scalping and eating people like savage animals.

I had Jarts when I was a kid but thankfully nobody in my family actually wanted to play with them too much and we were careful when we tossed them lightly underhanded.

2:51 why is it that nostalgia critic delivers the beat comedy of the video-

Okay I gotta point something out about the Aqua Dots case since that incident really fascinates me. In Australia, where I live, they were called Bindeez, and they actually won the Toy of the Year award before their recall because of how incredibly popular they were. The thing is, the glue in the beads being harmful was NOT meant to happen. The manufacturers were given the instructions and ingredients for making the beads, but someone thought it would be a good idea to swap the original (Non-toxic) glue ingredient for a cheaper alternative, without notifying the brand/distributor. This cheaper ingredient, however, was the one which metabolises into GHB when ingested. Yes, it can be argued that small colourful beads are inevitably a hazard for ingestion by small children, but they would not have caused nearly as much damage if not for the cost-cutting done at the factory. I recommend reading up on the incident; there's a really good article that tells the story of how Australian doctors discovered the link between these sick children and the beads.

That creepy crawlies thing gave me quite a scare. I used to play with the new one in 2011 I think, good to know that it was the safe one I was using

"Could that be mom on Wet Banana?" For some reason, this made me laugh my ass off

“It wasn’t until a tragedy in 1987-“ Jarts: We used to sell our products all the time, but then there was the stab of 87. Yeah, it’s impressive how the human body can live without the left eye.

Man, I remember Moon Shoes. Loved those things, but I haven’t the faintest clue how I didn’t fall or break my ankles. Even more so considering me and my brother used them with Hulk fists, so we essentially were fighting on bouncing stilts.

The Most Dangerous is The Ren & Stimpy's Playboard: *DON'T WHIZ IN ELETRIC FENCE*

When I hear moon shoes, I always think of that one episode of Arthur.

6:05 The funny thing is that I first learned about the Swing Wing from the game _Jazzpunk._ The game is funny and weird, but this specific commercial actually popping up is the real surreal experience, lol