# Help me identify these toys from the 60s & 70s
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [July 28, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347 "2004-07-28T23:45:33Z")
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/1 "2004-07-28T23:45:33Z")
The first one is from the mid to late 60s. And I’m using the word “toy” loosely here.
It was a bucket containing either a powder or granules. You mixed the stuff with water, and let it set for what seemed like forever. No, it wasn’t Jello as a friend suggested. :rolleyes: It wasn’t something to eat! It was a bright pink gel, and smelled weird. After it set, you could play with it.
Next…
A fuzzy worm thing with googly eyes from the mid 70s. There was a length of nylon thread (like fishing line) atatched to it. You tied the thread to a button on your shirt, and held the worm in your hand. When you moved your hands up and down, it appeared that the worm was crawling across your hands.
Next…
A fashion type doll, but much smaller than Barbie. Maybe 6" tall. She had very long hair, and it was hard as hell to get her clothes on and off.
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### Author:  [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/2 "2004-07-29T00:07:09Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> A fuzzy worm thing with googly eyes from the mid 70s. There was a length of nylon thread (like fishing line) atatched to it. You tied the thread to a button on your shirt, and held the worm in your hand. When you moved your hands up and down, it appeared that the worm was crawling across your hands.
[This?](http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=78)
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/3 "2004-07-29T00:11:06Z")
Squirmles! Yep, that’s it.
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### Author:  [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/4 "2004-07-29T00:16:20Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> Next…
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> A fashion type doll, but much smaller than Barbie. Maybe 6" tall. She had very long hair, and it was hard as hell to get her clothes on and off.
Is [this](http://collectdolls.about.com/library/weekly/aa091501aa.htm) it?
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/5 "2004-07-29T00:28:06Z")
That’s it!
Now for the pink goo…
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### Author:  [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/6 "2004-07-29T00:57:44Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> The first one is from the mid to late 60s. And I’m using the word “toy” loosely here.
> It was a bucket containing either a powder or granules. You mixed the stuff with water, and let it set for what seemed like forever. No, it wasn’t Jello as a friend suggested. :rolleyes: It wasn’t something to eat! It was a bright pink gel, and smelled weird. After it set, you could play with it.
> .
Just a guess. I don’t remember this, but everyone that has come into contact with this seems to vividly remember the smell and since you also seemed to remember it…[Weird smelling goo](http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=74)
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/7 "2004-07-29T01:09:58Z")
No, that’s not it. The stuff I remember was in a bucket with a lid. I was probably around 5 so I don’t remember much else. My older sister had it, and I was watching her mix it up.
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### Author:  [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/8 "2004-07-29T01:19:19Z")
Man, I loved those squiggly things! Couldn’t remember their name for the life of me, though…
Anyway, I was searching for the pink goo and found a couple cool sites that might help you guys remember the glory days of our childhoods:
[Toys!](http://www.stuckinthe70s.com/toys.htm)
[Toys!!](http://www.retrocrush.com/archive/toys/default.htm)
[TOYS!!!](http://www.feelingretro.com/toys.cfm)
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/9 "2004-07-29T01:50:43Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> No, that’s not it. The stuff I remember was in a bucket with a lid. I was probably around 5 so I don’t remember much else. My older sister had it, and I was watching her mix it up.
Sounds like an instant version of the bucket of slime.
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### Author:  [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/10 "2004-07-29T03:00:13Z")
To completely hi-jack this thread … I played a agame with my older brother in the very early eighties(84 or so). it was a board game and all I remember is there was a plastic jointed dragon. ANyone got any ideas?
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### Author:  [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/11 "2004-07-29T03:07:53Z")
Hillbilly Queen, as soon as I read your description of the dolls, I thought Dawn dolls! I had Angie, having fished her out of my Christmas stocking very sneakily at 4 in the morning when I was around 5 years old. Thanks for the link, ladybug. I enjoyed reading the story.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/12 "2004-07-29T03:43:17Z")
> [@Morelin](#):
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> To completely hi-jack this thread … I played a agame with my older brother in the very early eighties(84 or so). it was a board game and all I remember is there was a plastic jointed dragon. ANyone got any ideas?
[Dragon Strike](http://www.paperstreetgames.com/cardsandgames/dragonstrike/dragon_strike_big.jpg)?
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### Author:  [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/13 "2004-07-29T05:19:18Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#):
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> [Dragon Strike](http://www.paperstreetgames.com/cardsandgames/dragonstrike/dragon_strike_big.jpg)?
Hmm, No, I thought that the dragon was free moving. And darker colored. But that could very well be the right game. My mom swears I’m making the whole thing up, but I KNOW we had a picture of me and my brother playing it. It’s been bugging me for 10+ years now.
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/14 "2004-07-29T05:37:12Z")
Ewww! [Incredible Edibles](http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=68) Those things were nasty. They may have been edible, but just barely. My sister left some in the maker thing, and forgot about them. The burnt goop oozed out all over the hardwood floor, and when my dad scraped it up, part of the wood came up with it.
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/15 "2004-07-29T19:02:59Z")
I guess nobody can identify the pink goo. Maybe I imagined it.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/16 "2004-07-29T19:04:46Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> It was a bucket containing either a powder or granules. You mixed the stuff with water, and let it set for what seemed like forever. No, it wasn’t Jello as a friend suggested. :rolleyes: It wasn’t something to eat! It was a bright pink gel, and smelled weird. After it set, you could play with it.
Slippery slime?
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/17 "2004-07-29T19:40:24Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> I guess nobody can identify the pink goo. Maybe I imagined it.
Nope. I remember it.
:: goes off in search of evidence::
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/18 "2004-07-29T19:50:18Z")
I don’t think it was a slime. It was more gel like and a firmer than slime.
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### Author:  [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/19 "2004-07-29T19:50:39Z")
I’ll just throw a hi-jack in here too. I’m looking for a handheld football game. It was just little "-"like things moving around on a screen. There might have been 2 or 3 buttons that you pressed to make things happen. Anyone can help me out?
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### Author:  [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-these-toys-from-the-60s-70s/257347/20 "2004-07-29T19:55:54Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#):
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> I don’t think it was a slime. It was more gel like and a firmer than slime.
[Instant Choo Choo Bear?](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01172002.shtml)
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