# things from 70s childhood that don't exist anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336 "2003-12-21T17:48:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/21 "2003-12-21T22:41:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Miss Attitude \* > **I believe this was Connect Four, wasn’t it? …** Yes, that was Connect Four in that commercial. The sister says “I won!”. The brother says “Where, I can’t see…” and the sister says “Here, diagonally!” and the brother says… My siblings and I used to memorize these stupid commercials and quote lines to each other ad nauseum. We used to play Connect Four and Battleship a lot. Yes, we watched way too much TV. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/22 "2003-12-21T22:45:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Obsidian Flutterby \* > \*\*Spirograph, Mousetrap and Mr Potato Head all still exist… just do a quick run through a Walmart toy section or Toys R Us… > > I think Ker-plunk is still around but I can’t be sure because I haven’t seen it in stores lately… but I love that game! Grandma still has her’s and my cousins and I used to play it all the time. \*\* [Super Kerplunk](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005YXXA/102-4675119-5493755?v=glance) was a gift we got for my nephew this year for Christmas. We also got [Mouse Trap](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/toys/B00000DMFD/qid%3D1072046628/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-4675119-5493755) and [Rockem Sockem Robots](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BY8V/102-4675119-5493755) for my step-grandson. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/23 "2003-12-21T22:58:27Z")
• Google peanut butter (I particularly liked banana flavor) • Wacky packages (cards with funny versions of retail packages • Freshen-up gum (the gum that goes squirt!) • Quisp (vs. Quake) breakfast cereals • Pals vitamins (shaped like animals) • Concert T-shirts with 3/4 length sleeves that only cost $15. • Dynamite magazine ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/24 "2003-12-21T23:06:54Z")
**Johnny L.A.** reminded me what was missing from my summer evenings. A cool lager, a cool steak, and lounging around is nice, but a cool lager, a cool steak, and dangerous toys is much better. But Holy Cow! There is something that you can’t find on eBay! No Jarts at all! Maybe I can make some… Hmm. 6 one foot long sharpened stainless steel spikes, sheets of firm plastic for fins… Nah, I’d probably end up on a list John Ashcroft looks over. What was amazing about Jarts was not that people got hurt, but that millions of 10 year old boys played with them **without** getting hurt. Gone for good? **Cap pistols** , especially those that look like real shiney silver 6 shooters ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/25 "2003-12-21T23:14:31Z")
Mego superheros Big Jim Action figures Micronauts ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/26 "2003-12-21T23:20:28Z")
Oh man! Micronauts. Little space men with translucent bodies… Look out! Biotron’s attacking the Space Station! And little spring loaded missles (I LOVE spring loaded missles)… Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/27 "2003-12-21T23:31:21Z")
I could probably come up with a set of Jarts… Grandma may still have them. She used to keep them in the RV. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/28 "2003-12-21T23:33:14Z")
[Shrinky Dinks.](http://www.shrinkydinks.com/) I saw them while out shopping for my nephew’s birthday. What about those dolls with the lock of hair you could pull out to make longer? My sister had a blonde one, and I had a redhead named Cinnamon. Wish I could remember the right name; you should see what comes up in a Google search for “cinnamon doll.” 😛 I also remember my first pair of roller skates as being those things with metal wheels that you slipped on over your sneakers, and adjusted with a skate key. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/29 "2003-12-21T23:44:41Z")
> [@](#): > > There is something that you can’t find on eBay! No Jarts at all! There was a set of lawn darts (not Jarts, which is a registered name) on eBay this morning. (I looked after I posted here.) I don’t recall how many bidders there were; but at the time, the bidding was at $51. Looked to be a new-in-package (not a box) set, with elliptical fins instead of the pointy ones like on my Jarts. eBay pulls pointy lawn darts whenever they find them; but if you look, occasionally you’ll find some. If you find Jarts for sale there, you should contact the seller ASAP so as to make private arrangements. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/30 "2003-12-22T00:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DaveRaver \* > **Google peanut butter (I particularly liked banana flavor)** Actually, the brand was Koogle. From [this site](http://www.thelatchhook.com/dining/dining0430.htm): > [@](#): > > Am I the only one who remembers Koogle from the 1970s? The creamy, sugary peanut butter with chocolate mixed right in (not swirled throughout like Reese’s). I can remember the taste so well. Totally artificial and delicious Ð not even like chocolate, but some rich, dark, and sweet earthiness hidden in the peanut butter. God I’d love some Koogle right now. Totally old school, totally lowbrow. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/31 "2003-12-22T00:09:54Z")
I remember it as **Google** peanut butter. It was “striped” in the jar with alternating vertical layers of peanut butter and grape jelly. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it in the stores recently. ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/32 "2003-12-22T00:10:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sunfish \* > \*\*…What about those dolls with the lock of hair you could pull out to make longer? My sister had a blonde one, and I had a redhead named Cinnamon. Wish I could remember the right name; you should see what comes up in a Google search for “cinnamon doll.” 😛 … > \*\* [Baby Chrissy](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2972429450) is the one I had. Not sure if it’s the same as the one you mean. That doll was huge! I remember it was almost as big as me the year I received it. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/33 "2003-12-22T00:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cichlidiot \* > \*\*[Baby Chrissy](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2972429450) is the one I had. Not sure if it’s the same as the one you mean. That doll was huge! I remember it was almost as big as me the year I received it. \*\* Wow… that’s the right ballpark for sure! [Velvet](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2974062395&category=2430) is the one my sister had; it came with a purple velvet dress. [Cinnamon](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2973932852&category=2430) was mine. “Memories, like the corners of my mind…” _sniff_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/34 "2003-12-22T00:34:19Z")
Regular Chrissy was tall and slender, more like a teenager. She was probably around 18 inches high but didn’t have Barbie’s outrageous figure. I still have her friend or little sister Mia. She has dark hair and is a bit smaller than Chrissy. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/35 "2003-12-22T00:34:27Z")
Marathon [sup]TM[/sup] candy bars are history. You can’t even get them off that online candy store that sells candy from days-gone-by. I cannot at all remember the name of the website right now. They even have a notice about them, saying they’re simply GONE. ☹ Those things were really good, too. I would add in Black Cow candy bars, but my mother told me those were out in the forties, so they don’t count as something missing from the '70s. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/36 "2003-12-22T00:40:53Z")
We’ve had our milk delivered for 20 years, and probably will continue once we’re emptynesters. We have vegetable co-ops, too. Don’t know about bookmobiles, we’re in a pretty urban area and public libraries abound. Spirograph is still around, we have it at my preschool. What I remember from the 70’s that no longer exists: home doctor visits cheap Rolling Stone concert tickets (well, I wasn’t exactly a child, but I was under 21) ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/37 "2003-12-22T00:41:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skeptic\_ev \* > \*\*Hmm … I haven’t seen Big Wheels in a while.\ > \*\* Big Wheels are very much still around. Just go to the walmart online catalog section to find out how MUCH they’re still around. They even have the ones that look like Harleys. They also have First Big Wheels for little bitty kidlets. Whatever happened to tricycles, by the way?? I mean, actual metal trikes? No, they’re not a 70’s thing, but boy, when my kids were little, I had to go to thrift stores and the like to find a real, honest-to-God tricycle. I guess Big Wheels put them out to pasture. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/38 "2003-12-22T00:51:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caprese \* > \*\*\ > > cheap Rolling Stone concert tickets (well, I wasn’t exactly a child, but I was under 21) \*\* Cheap ANY BAND AT ALL concert tickets. I remember paying $10.00 for an all day long July 4th concert, featuring about ten bands back in 1975. Lynyrd Skynyrd was the headliner, and this was at the height of their popularity. Fast forward to paying over $100 to see Elton John and Billy Joel (actually I’d have paid anything to see them, so I’m not griping here) last February. Don’t even get me started on paying $90 apiece for my oldest son and I to go see KISS two years ago! I’d already seen them six times before…and paid about $28 the last time. [sub]Not bitching about that concert either. My son had never seen them and we had the best time together. He was deaf for two days, though. Heh…lightweight…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/39 "2003-12-22T00:51:52Z")
Big Wheels must be attractive to manufacturers, because it’s doubtful that they’ll find their way to a thrift store. Pavement’ll chew those back wheels up before a kid has a chance to outgrow it. (I remember a couple of kids in my neighborhood got _second_ Big Wheels/Green Machines after wearing out the first ones.) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/40 "2003-12-22T01:02:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*I remember it as **Google** peanut butter. It was “striped” in the jar with alternating vertical layers of peanut butter and grape jelly. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it in the stores recently. \*\* I’ve seen that in the stores recently as well, but it was called **Goober Grape**. (geddit?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336.md?page=3)