Tuesday, April 5, 2011

4 THINGS I’M 72.8% SURE YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT A PAIR OF LUCITE BALLS.


1- Technically the pair was made of acrylic plastic.

2- I personally called ‘em death balls, though the world knew them as Ker-bangers or Click clacks

3- This toy of the '80s actually had a patent granted for it in 1949.

4- These were the oh so easy Ker-bangers instructions. 

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26 comments:

  1. I never knew they were called Lucite balls. We never called them any of the names you have listed!

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  2. I had several clackers through the years and they always seemed to end up the same way, with someone breaking them after I annoyed them.

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  3. those things are dangerous i had one as a kid and it went rogue on me one day

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  4. My kids had those! I think I recall some injuries involved with their use. And lots of noise. (we called them Clackers)

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  5. OMG I HATE THOSE THINGS! If I have anything to do with it, my boys will never have these.

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  6. We called these things CLACKERS back in school, and I LOVED them, even after several friends ended up with some pretty nasty wrist injuries. They were so much fun, though. Ahhh, the memories.

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  7. all the toys back in the day were soooo safe! lol.

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  8. Sounds like a toy that parents would have loved to give their kids!

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  9. Those Clackers gave me infinite finger and thumb bruising. Stupid things!

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  10. I never owned a pair of these, but I do remember them. Clackers, yeah, that is what we called them. Did they serve any purpose other to annoy the heck out of everyone!?

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  11. Oh god...I remember these things. O_o

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  12. I'm not even sure I've seen this toy before. is it some yoyo wannabe? xD

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  13. its all fun and games until someone clacks their balls...

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  14. I had something like these as a kid but they weren't on a string, they had a plastic handle and the balls clanked together as you turned them. Haha... the things we kids will buy into!!!!

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  15. Never even seen these o_O Aha btw, love your blog! Will be looking forward to see more of your posts (;

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  16. I didn't even know about the existence of a toy as this...so yeah, you're right...didn't know any of it...

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  17. Never seen them before but they sound fun :D

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  18. We called them "clacker" balls. they are a lot of fun. Right up until the time you "clack" them on your little finger...

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  19. yeah...lotta fun till the dipstick neighbor kid used it on the other neighbor's dog.
    Killed it as sure as a hunter (even though I know from the look on his face, it surprised him) and from that day forth, I stopped playing with toys that look like weapons.

    OK, the bow and arrow set was different.
    And I DIDN'T shoot that chipmunk!
    (He ran away when I made a noise)

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