Shrinky Dinks

[Abraham Smashington]

Were super awesome when I was a kid. For Christmas my grandma gave all of the grandkids boxes of things from when we were kids. I was going through mine and found a shit ton of shrinky dinks I did. I love the fact that as a kid you got to psuedo use the oven to play. They need to bring these back. Kids today have no clue how badass the 80's were in terms of toys. Now it's all video games and what not.

[Ari]

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Shrinky Dinks were super sweet. Remember the Creepy Crawlers? You poured color liquid in metal molds and placed the molds in a little plastic oven, where they would come out hard and rubbery. I loved those things.

[Abraham Smashington]

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Yep. I didn't have that set, but my neighbor did. Fun stuff.

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

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I played with legos mostly....but there were a few times I got shrinky dinks. There were these things you could get from the quarter machines at the markets that when put in water overnight they grew into legit toys. I know they still make them, but the ones I remember as a kid were waaaaaayyy better.

[Ari]

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No, Shrinky Dinks were these little things you could color and then place in the oven and they'd shrink.

Hiw 'bout some love for Colorforms?

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

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I knew what shrinky dinks were....i was talking about something else that grew when put in water. What was colorforms?

[Ari]

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No, that was my penis.

HAYHO!!!!!!!!

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

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You gotta teach me that talent, mine usually shrinks

[Ari]

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Warm water is key.

[katzmiao27]

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The guy who invented the Koosh ball and "Slap it Wrap it Bracelets" had a kid in my school...and when they first came out he gave everyone in my school one. Then some kid, elsewhere, "Slap it Wrapped" his wrist- and died.

[Abraham Smashington]

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Hahah.. I remember those bracelets. I had a sweet NKOTB one and ALF on.

[katzmiao27]

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Remember that bouncy apparatus, that was a ball with a disc that you stand on....YA KNOW!??!?!?!?!!! It kinda looked like a planet, and u hugged the ball with your feet??? I KNOW someone knows what I am talking about!!! What's it called?

Well, I loved that toy. And the Sit N Spin. ;D

[Abraham Smashington]

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Oooh. Yep. I sucked at it and I can't remember the name but it was fun to try. And of course, you would like the Sit N Spin.

[patronsaintofcheeseburgers]

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The one commercial that constantly interrupted our cartoons was "Skip It". I always wanted one, unfortunately I never got it...however, they were re-released some a few years ago and my mom bought my kids one. WTF Mom, only 20 years to late!!!!!!!!

[Lisa]

Hey, Shrinky Dinks, Creepy Crawlers and Colorforms have all been around since I was little, back in the early 70s! My next door neighbor had the Shrinky Dinks and the Creepy Crawlers, and I had a lot of Colorforms.