2nd Most Dangerous Toy of All Time

[Drguano]

 

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was a toy lab set that was produced by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, who was an American athlete, magician, toy-maker, business man, and inventor of the well-known Erector Set. The Atomic Energy Lab was released by the A. C. Gilbert Company in 1950. The kit's intention was to allow children to create and watch nuclear and chemical reactions using radioactive material.

In 2006, the pop culture publication Radar Magazine called the lab set one of "the 10 most dangerous toys of all time, ... exclud[ing] BB guns, slingshots, throwing stars, and anything else actually intended to inflict harm", because of the radioactive material it included (it was number 2 on the list; number 1 was lawn darts).^[14][15][16]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory

 

 

 

[Nevrknow]

Lawn darts was the natural selection game of my era. Some kids just needed to go so they wouldn't reproduce. 😎😂😂

[NSXCIGAR]

 

[El Presidente]

Kim Jong Un was given a set when he was a kid. That set is still the backbone of North Koreas misslile program today. 

 

[Drguano]

5 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Kim Jong Un was given a set when he was a kid. That set is still the backbone of North Koreas misslile program today.

That’s his dad, Kim Jong-Il. Perhaps he gave one to the lad. It is suspected that Sadam Hussein gave a set to each of his boys, Uday and Kusay and that these were the legendary Weapons of Mass Destruction that spawned a certain conflict. But your business is politics and mine is running a saloon, er, retirement home so if you will excuse me…

[helix]

Some of those old chemistry kits had some hazardous chems. One I had included Cobalt , magnesium strips, blow torch . LOL. 

[westg]

Lawn darts . Sounds like fun . 30cm long darts. Im in 😁👍

[Boxer31]

glad to hear we weren’t the only morons to “misuse” lawn darts. It was the first thought when I saw the post. 

[Hammer Smokin']

we stole so many magnesium strips in Highschool. Man that stuff would burn hot and bright! 

I love the atomic chemistry set though. teaching our youth the physics behind cracking atoms gets them thinking at a young age. 

[BettyHumpder]

grandparents had a set of lawn darts in the garage. i think we got to play with them once before the kabosh was put on that.

[madandana]

Ever break open a thermometer to play with the mercury? Ya- that was smart

[Chas.Alpha]

When I was a kid, my parents would always get important Christmas presents for both my older brother and me. When he was 9 (me 6) we got our Daisy BB guns. His 1st order of business was to figure out how to shoot his little brother in the arse!!! Thus began the BB gun wars...

The deluxe chemistry set was a good one. I got a 4-10 shotgun for Christmas when I was in 3rd grade.

Lawn Darts???

 

Speaking of the thinning of the herd:

1) Around age 8, we would take .22 bullets and whack 'em with a hammer until they went off.

2) When I was in high school, some kid made a weed pipe out of an emptied 12 gauge shotgun shell. When they passed it to me, I noticed that the primer was still intact...

Lawn Darts???

[Fuzz]

2 hours ago, Hammer Smokin' said:

we stole so many magnesium strips in Highschool. Man that stuff would burn hot and bright! 

I love the atomic chemistry set though. teaching our youth the physics behind cracking atoms gets them thinking at a young age. 

Magnesium strips? High School? I stole stuff from the uni chem labs to make my own thermite and nitroglycerin.

[Chibearsv]

Wrist rockets, super fun with M80s. Had to let the fuse burn down a bit to get the aerial boom. We were idiots. 

[TMan1]

Lawn Jart embedded into the aluminum siding of the garage when growing up (nice circumference on the hole as I remember), and playing war with roman candles as kids - we were creative! 😎

[Nocoins]

A friend of mine took a lawn dart to the skull when we were little. Two things came from it. One, a rumor that arose when we got older, that she was to get $1 million from a settlement when she turned 18. Two, an under-your-breath joke, also that arose when we got older, that we’d make any time she did some dumb stuff — “lawn darts.”

[NSXCIGAR]

23 hours ago, helix said:

Some of those old chemistry kits had some hazardous chems. One I had included Cobalt , magnesium strips, blow torch . LOL. 

I tried to make thermite in my basement when I was about 11. I really just couldn't get enough rust together. I hooked up some nails to electrodes in water and it was working but the yield was just not enough. Then I was getting tired filing down the aluminum so I gave up. Juice wasn't worth the squeeze. 

And this was long before the internet. Amazing what you can find in the town library. 

[Fuzz]

32 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

I tried to make thermite in my basement when I was about 11. I really just couldn't get enough rust together. I hooked up some nails to electrodes in water and it was working but the yield was just not enough. Then I was getting tired filing down the aluminum so I gave up. Juice wasn't worth the squeeze. 

And this was long before the internet. Amazing what you can find in the town library. 

Amazing what you find in an old chemistry textbook that your father owned... that mysteriously had scribbled notes listing recipes for interesting chemistry "experiments"

[Chas.Alpha]

OK, lawn darts (Jarts) were wholesome family fun where I came from. Also; Chemistry sets, model rockets and woodwind instruments. I rode a bicycle without a hardhat...

[El Presidente]

4 minutes ago, Chas.Alpha said:

. I rode a bicycle without a hardhat...

...you rebel you...

 

😄

[Chas.Alpha]

2 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

...you rebel you...

 

😄

Although one time we were ripping down a hill at a good speed, when I called out to my friend and swallowed a bee. Bastard stung me in the back of my throat. Helmut wouldn't have helped...

[havanaclub]

Dawn darts were fun!!


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