Toys From the Past You’d Never Give Your Kids Today

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Thingmaker’s Creepy Crawlers

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King of toymakers, Mattel, has been in the business for ages and somehow has never skipped a beat when it comes to creating new toys. But in their early days, 1964 to be exact, they released the Thingmaker Creepy Crawlers set that allowed kids to make their own versions of well, creepy crawlers. Not only did it have toxic chemicals and tools that could be heated up to 350 degrees, the fact that it was made for children just goes to show that kids back then learned through some very bad instances of cause and effect, really painful burns to be exact. Even if the toy managed to make it through the years – with less deadly chemicals of course – it was eventually phased out and replaced with other fun, safe and non-toxic toys for kids to play with.