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seanan_mcguire

Toys that just don't cut it anymore.

Jan 27, 2010 07:45

When I was a kid growing up below the poverty line in California, I had a lot of toys that were "the hot new thing" about ten years before they wound up in my grasping little hands. This included the glory of the Creepy Crawlers machine, from Thing Maker. (Modern parents, prepare to be completely and utterly appalled.) It consisted of a small, ( Read more... )

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lapintada January 27 2010, 16:02:10 UTC

I would TOTALLY let mine come play!
*I* wanted one of those when I was a kid!!!

seanan_mcguire January 27 2010, 16:03:50 UTC

I really miss my Creepy Crawler machine. Now I want to find one and make lots of plastic bugs that I don't need.

lapintada January 27 2010, 16:06:16 UTC

http://cgi.ebay.com/Creepy-Crawler-oven-to-make-bugs-everything-included_W0QQitemZ300390220757QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item45f0a703d5

seanan_mcguire January 27 2010, 22:20:50 UTC

Woo!

dornbeast January 27 2010, 16:51:00 UTC

According to Wikipedia, the current line of Creepy Crawlers machines are heated by a light bulb, which sounds like it takes away from the feeling of SCIENCE! that the older designs had.

seanan_mcguire January 27 2010, 22:21:23 UTC

Yeah, see, light bulbs just lack that zing.

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