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Aug 29, 2018 · These hazardous toys, games, and novelties have caused serious injuries or even death. Magnetic pieces can lead to intestinal damage, while other pieces pose a choking hazard.
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Dangerous Toys is an Austin, Texas-based rock band, with often humorous lyrics. Founded in 1987, Dangerous Toys released four full-length albums and one live album before unofficially disbanding at the turn of the millennium.
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- Austin Magic Pistol. The Austin Magical Pistol is one of the most desirable collectibles in the vintage toy market, but it was also one of the most dangerous ever marketed to children.
- Moon Shoes. Toy manufacturers are often on the lookout for a product that puts a new spin on an old idea. The Moon Shoes were just such a toy, and the product they took inspiration from was the trampoline (you know, that thing that causes around 100,000 injuries every year).
- Sky Dancers. Kids like dolls, and they also like helicopters, so Galoob Toys Inc. married the two ideas together and created a series of dolls called Sky Dancers in the late 1990s.
- The Gilbert Glass Blowing Kit for Boys. If you thought your kid could do with a new hobby and needed some new glassware around the house, then the Gilbert Glass Blowing Kit was for you!
May 21, 2024 · 1. CSI Fingerprint Analysis Kit. Young gumshoe brushing asbestos off fingerprints. It was every budding household sleuth’s dream — to be able to prove, through rigorous scientific analysis, that the fingerprints on the empty Oreo package weren’t theirs. In 2007, with the help of the CSI Fingerprint Analysis Kit, they finally had the tools.
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Dec 22, 2020 · Learn about the deadly toys that your parents and grandparents played with, from lawn darts to toy guns that generated fireballs. These toys caused serious injuries and fatalities, but were banned or adapted to be safer.
May 15, 2023 · From lawn darts to strange science kits, we’re rummaging through the world’s most dangerous toy box in this list adapted from an episode of The List Show on YouTube. Be warned: Some of these ...
Nov 16, 2017 · Consumer safety group World Against Toys Causing Harm issues an annual list calling out what they’ve determined to be the most dangerous toys of the year. Here are the ones they say to avoid.
