ElectricDoodie
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I've recently remembered 2 toys I loved as a kid, and wanted to try to find them again, and buy them.
I grew up in Brazil, so I don't know what they were called or how famous they were in the US, and other countries. I'm gonna try to make the best description I can, along with pictures to help.
Toy #1
Here's a picture of what it looked like. Except the one I had was not a transparent plastic, like this one.
The first toy is known by many, many different names. I knew them as Clique-Claque in Portuguese, but I think Clackers is what's most common in the US.
They were 2 large balls, made of plastic, connected by a string. The center of the string had a metal ring, which you held. You then would try to get the balls to bounce off each other, and once you became better, you would make them bounce off each other under and over your hand.
While researching it, I found out that the US banned them, because the acrylic that was used in the US, had a probability of shattering, when the balls came into contact, since they move at a very high speed. Another reason for the ban was that if you weren't good at it enough, the balls would go flying at your wrists, and give you large welts and bruises.
But later, the US allowed them back, but in a different form. Much smaller, and this time, they did not have strings on them. They were set into a fixed position, so that there was no more challenge to them. The balls would hit each other, without you even needing to try or learning to do it. And now, they could not hit your wrists.
Americans usually see it in party mix bags, like the one here:
Basically, I just want to know if anyone else knows of this toy, and if I could find it anywhere. Maybe there's a trustworthy/known website up, that still sells the old kind, since I can't find it in any stores in the US.
Toy #2
This is a picture of the second toy:
It's pretty much just a wooden top, so I don't think there's any special name for it in the US. In Portuguese, it's known as Pião or Roda Pião.
It's a pretty heavy wooden top. You wrap a thick string around it, and throw it as hard as you can, while pulling the string back to make it spin, like a top. Once it's spinning, it stays spinning for a very long time, and you can do tricks with it, such as picking it up while it's spinning, and having it spin on top of the string, without it falling off.
Looking for the same thing here, which is maybe a website that sells a good quality wooden top.
I have almost no hope that this will work, but I wanted to try it out, since I've got nothing to lose. Thanks for any help.
I grew up in Brazil, so I don't know what they were called or how famous they were in the US, and other countries. I'm gonna try to make the best description I can, along with pictures to help.
Toy #1
Here's a picture of what it looked like. Except the one I had was not a transparent plastic, like this one.
They were 2 large balls, made of plastic, connected by a string. The center of the string had a metal ring, which you held. You then would try to get the balls to bounce off each other, and once you became better, you would make them bounce off each other under and over your hand.
While researching it, I found out that the US banned them, because the acrylic that was used in the US, had a probability of shattering, when the balls came into contact, since they move at a very high speed. Another reason for the ban was that if you weren't good at it enough, the balls would go flying at your wrists, and give you large welts and bruises.
But later, the US allowed them back, but in a different form. Much smaller, and this time, they did not have strings on them. They were set into a fixed position, so that there was no more challenge to them. The balls would hit each other, without you even needing to try or learning to do it. And now, they could not hit your wrists.
Americans usually see it in party mix bags, like the one here:
Toy #2
This is a picture of the second toy:
It's a pretty heavy wooden top. You wrap a thick string around it, and throw it as hard as you can, while pulling the string back to make it spin, like a top. Once it's spinning, it stays spinning for a very long time, and you can do tricks with it, such as picking it up while it's spinning, and having it spin on top of the string, without it falling off.
Looking for the same thing here, which is maybe a website that sells a good quality wooden top.
I have almost no hope that this will work, but I wanted to try it out, since I've got nothing to lose. Thanks for any help.
