This vintage commercial for the Creepy Crawlers Thing Maker makes me want to drop everything and cook up some plastic critters. I never had this toy as a kid, but little me would have gone nuts for it. I also wonder how toxic that plastic goop used to fill the bug shaped molds was, especially when heated. Still, If I come across one of these vintage toys, I'd take a walk on the wild side and fill my apartment with these delightfully odoriferous bugs.
The pure joy of Creepy Crawlers toys and the plastic goop they were made from
The Hop Rod was a dangerously fun motorized pogo stick
The Hop Rod Motorized Pogo Stick was a short-lived toy that propelled people in the air whether they were ready or not. This gas-powered pogo stick looks incredibly fun but was "just as energetic if an off-balance user landed sideways. That caused some serious accidents and led to a ban on sales in the early… READ THE REST
The first Mr. Potato Head commercial hit the airwaves on this day in 1952
Depending on the situation, toys possess a strange capacity to be either adorable or unnerving. There's a reason why evil and possessed toys are a fixture in the horror genre. Toys can give you the willies. Most toys accidentally veer into creepy territory due to their perpetually genial facial expressions. However, some toys are so… READ THE REST
Whatever you do, don't use these illegal Lego techniques!
In this video, illegal Lego is identified and explained. It's not cheap knockoffs at hand, but supposedly inappropriate building methods and techniques. You may not be arrested by the Lego police for your unconventional builds, but the shame… overwhelms. People called my builds illegal… I took it personally and made this video! And you for… READ THE REST
Teach yourself how to play guitar with the Jamstik trainer
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. Has learning how to play the guitar been on your bucket list? Learning how to play guitar should be simple, fun, and accessible, but with the average guitar costing $600 — lessons not included, you might… READ THE REST
Make room for important and large files with Prism Drive cloud storage
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. With most of our daily activities happening online, no one will ever complain about having too much storage space. On the contrary, it's frustrating when you run out of storage or have… READ THE REST
This 13-in-1 media hub brings your favorite content to the big screen
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. We're sure our parents had a wild time back in the day without modern media, and to some degree, we wish we could be a little less plugged in. But then we… READ THE REST
