Dangerous children’s toys: Have you ever really considered the types of toys that used to be your favorites? Back in the days before sophisticated video games, toys wowed consumers with their innovative concepts and designs. And most of the best brought with them at least some element of danger. Take the beloved Pogo Ball. Both the old and new generations will remember the fun bouncy toy. Many will remember falling off the dangerous and seriously getting hurt.
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For those who don’t know about the Pogo Ball, there are other equally, if not more, dangerous toys that were out in the market back in the heyday. Take the notorious Slip N’ Slide. Who hasn’t slid into a thorn bush or wooden face. Heading down a slippery stretch of plastic and rubber spells danger no matter where you lay the Slip N’ Slide.
Plenty of emergency rooms were practically funded by man-eating Cabbage Patch dolls, exploding hand cannons and red-hot glass-blowing kits for kids. Whether you were hurling your body through the air, blowing things up or hanging from your ankles, you probably had a blast with at least a couple of these 10 dangerous classic toys that should have killed you.
10. Empire Little Lady Stove
via National Museum of Play
Believe it or not, one of the tamest toys of all time, the E-Z Bake Oven, has faced multiple recalls in its 50-plus-year history. If kids are burning their fingers on the classic Hasbro appliance, just think what happened to little girls who woke up Christmas morning to find an Empire Little Lady Stove under the tree. While E-Z Bake cooks cakes and brownies with nothing more than a 100-watt light bulb, the Little Lady Stove heated to temperatures as high as 600 degrees, leading it to be chosen as one of the first eight toys ever to be banned in America in 1968. And besides, is it ever a good idea for young children to be reaching into any stove?
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