Wow, I loved these balls. I remember that they surpassed any other ball I ever owned for how high it would bounce. Even a golf ball, off the concrete, could not match. I used to throw the super ball off the house and field it with my baseball glove. It was incredible but after a few hundred times off the bricks, it would disintegrate, unlike the rubber baseballs, tennis balls, or golf balls I also used. They were made of a synthetic rubber invented by chemist Norman Stingley in 1964.
All kinds of twitchy, twertchy, wriggly Things!
Thingmaker is a product by Mattel started in 1964. The toy came in kits, like Creepy Crawlers, with die cast moulds that you you heat in the open-face hot plate oven to about 390 degrees F (199 degrees C) and add the Plastigoop which would cure , when cooled by the placing in the water tray to form rubbery replicas.
Wheelie bikes are also called Muscle bikes, High-Riser bikes, Spyder bikes and Banana bikes. Designed in the 1960’s to resemble the Chopper motorcycles with ape hanger handlebars (wide, easy to see through, with high grips), banana seat with sissy bars
The Carousel gumball machine was started in the 1950’s by Arthur Gold. In the 1980’s the brand was purchased by Ford Gum & Machine. The machines are cast iron with glass globes. They are made in different sizes known as the King, Junior and Petite (like mine shown in the photo). They still make replicas today but the originals are sold on auction sites for a little more. You can also buy parts for all the models.
I got my Electric Football game for Christmas in the late 60’s and I thought it was incredible. As an only child I mostly played the game by myself and it worked very well.
B,B,B,B Bugaloos!
Sid & Marty Kroft’s Bugaloos Game is a Milton Bradley, 1971, board game based on the 1970-72 NBC television series airing on Saturday mornings.
This is my original Etch A Sketch that I received as a child. By turning the two knobs the stylus moves, displacing aluminum powder on the back of the screen in a line. Turning it over and shaking the powder erases your work. This method of drawing is called lineographic art. The Etch A Sketch was invented by André Cassagnes of France and manufactured by the Ohio Art Company. The first release was July 12, 1960.
This game was invented by Noyes Chapman in 1880. It was the 15 number game which is sometimes wrongly credited to Sam Lloyd.
Ernő Rubik invented the cube in 1974 as a tool to help students understand 3d objects, moving parts independently without the mechanism falling apart.
Slinky, Slinky oh what a wonderful toy!
The Slinky is a toy I had as a youngster and remember to this day. It is a precompressed helical spring invented in 1943 by Richard T. James.
