# Name this old-fashioned toy **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 25, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-fashioned-toy/73694 "2001-07-25T00:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-fashioned-toy/73694/1 "2001-07-25T00:00:41Z")
There’s a toy that consists of a series of wooden slats fixed so that they pivot against each other, so that if you squeeze the two slats at one end like a pair of scissors, the whole thing stretches out like it’s grabbing at something. What is it called? -Ben ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-fashioned-toy/73694/2 "2001-07-25T02:55:05Z")
Something that operates like [this?](http://www.philips.de/planetphilips/lcpf/html/pro_10.html) Yeah, what is that _called_? I’d put a boxing glove on it and get that frickin’ Roadrunner. I’ll check the ACME website and get back to you. Wile E. Coyote ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-fashioned-toy/73694/3 "2001-07-25T04:01:57Z")
[Scissor lifts](http://www.islandhireach.com/scissor.html) operate that way, or [scissor lift toy](http://store.yahoo.com/grovecranes/grovmansm324.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2001, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-old-fashioned-toy/73694/4 "2001-07-25T07:28:24Z")
Lazy Tongs