# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/61 "2003-12-22T15:05:49Z")
I’m one of the reasons you’re not gonna find sharp Jarts anymore. ☹ I was injured by one and almost overnight a lawyer contacted my parents wanting to know if we wanted to enjoin the huge class action lawsuit that had been filed a few months earlier. I think my mom and dad received a check for $20 or something. Gawd, the 70’s. HR Puffenstuff. REAL cartoons, not the Pokemon or Baby Smurf crap. Velvet coloring posters (which LilMiss is now hooked on). Speaking of hooked- hooked latch rugs/pillows. My first was the Pink Panter in about 1976. The Barbie styling head (with a pony tail that _really_ grows!). The Charlies Angels treehouse. The McDonald playset. Spirograph rocked! Dari Kenevil motorcycle doll. Mousetrap (hated that game). Spending my whole 50C allowance at the (now gone) corner store and getting a candy bar, Bottle Pops, Lik-M-Stix, and those sweet/sour lollipops (what were they called?). Trading 45’s. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/62 "2003-12-22T15:19:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KSO \* > \*\*Gnip Gnop? > > Nu Zoo Revue? > > That game where the ad ended with the kid saying “Pretty sneaky, sis.” \*\* Our local Fundie station shows the [New Zoo Revue](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0296385/) every afternoon. I am amazed that ANYONE would want this cheese-fest. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/63 "2003-12-22T17:21:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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. \*\* I had one called Tressy. You’d push a button in her belly and pull the hair out. To rewind it, there was a knob on her back. She was just a little bit larger than a Barbie, IIRC. I remember being fairly bored fairly quickly. Little People, the nice chokable ones. Oh yeah. I actually do like the newer ones better, the ones that actually somewhat _resemble_ people. But I’ll never forget the day we were looking through a box of the older style ones… and saw, among others… an Indian. A policeman. A sailor… **Papazappa** and I looked at each other and exclaimed “It’s the Little Village People!!”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/64 "2003-12-22T17:25:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sylkyn \* > \*\*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. > > \*\* You might be happy to know that you _can_ actually still get Marathon bars, but you have to find a place that specializes in British candy. They’re from Cadbury, and they’re called [Curly Wurly](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/curly-wurly.htm). I can vouch for the fact that these are about as close to a Marathon as you’re likely to find anymore–they’re smaller, but they taste the same. I ordered a box a few years ago and they were just as I remembered Marathons. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/65 "2003-12-22T18:14:48Z")
My Little Ponies are back (I bought 2 for my lil princess for x-mas) and Hungry Hungry Hippos is still around, too. My brother used to have a Family Fued game and then “the family” got Wheel of Fortune as a x-mas gift one year. He used to have this crazy race game using small plastic balls (like the ones in Hungry Hungry Hippos) called Madcap Marathon. I used to make my Grandma play Husker Du with me for hours as a little kid. I still love that game, lol. If only Princess would get into it!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/66 "2003-12-22T18:16:33Z")
Oops, make that Family Feud. (That’s what I get for trying to type and eat my lunch at the same time…) ---
**Author:** ![SoozieQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@SoozieQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoozieQ)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/67 "2003-12-22T18:59:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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.” 😛** I had the “Velvet” doll, my sister had the “Chrissy” doll. My aunt made around 10 sets of dolls clothes for each of our dolls. We played with those for hours at a time. (I miss being a kid…) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SoozieQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@SoozieQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoozieQ)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/68 "2003-12-22T19:25:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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.” 😛** I had the “Velvet” doll, my sister had the “Chrissy” doll. My aunt made around 10 sets of dolls clothes for each of our dolls. We played with those for hours at a time. (I miss being a kid…) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SoozieQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@SoozieQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoozieQ)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/69 "2003-12-22T19:34:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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.” 😛** I had the “Velvet” doll, my sister had the “Chrissy” doll. My aunt made around 10 sets of dolls clothes for each of our dolls. We played with those for hours at a time. (I miss being a kid…) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/70 "2003-12-22T19:39:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Vertibird > … [Whamo Air Blaster](http://www.wesclark.com/am/air_blaster.jpg) I loved the Vertibird. The airblaster with the gorilla, ahh, the memories. I lost my hearing in my right ear for two weeks to that damn thing. I hate to admit, but actually was a loss of hearing for about a week, on two seperate occasions. We’ve discussed Space Food Sticks on these boards previously, but that’s another thing missing from the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![SoozieQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@SoozieQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoozieQ)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/71 "2003-12-22T19:42:11Z")
oops…sorry about all the duplicate posts ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/72 "2003-12-22T19:45:22Z")
Bonkers - a very bad, boring board game but had a catchy theme songs… “Bonkers is fun. Bonkers is nice. Bonkers is never the same game twice.” Bionic Woman doll - huge, bad hair, and if you turned her head, it clicked. Platform shoes with hidden roller skates in them. And many items emblazoned with Shaun Cassidy or Donnie Osmond. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/73 "2003-12-22T20:09:26Z")
Leif Garrett rocked! Donny was too toothy and Shaun too clean cut! ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/74 "2003-12-22T20:11:03Z")
Wacky Wafers The big flat Jolly Rancher sticks (can you still get those?) Pepsi Twist (lemon-flavored pepsi) Shrinky Dinks Baby Tender Love and I still miss the Bay City Rollers BTW- I was an adult before I realized that Mousetrap was a GAME. We used to just put it together and let the ball go… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/75 "2003-12-22T20:30:36Z")
Do they still make Colorforms? I used to just love them. Hours and hours of fun, they were. ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/76 "2003-12-22T20:32:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SoozieQ \* > \*\*I had the “Velvet” doll, my sister had the “Chrissy” doll. My aunt made around 10 sets of dolls clothes for each of our dolls. We played with those for hours at a time. (I miss being a kid…) 🙂 \*\* My grandfather taught me how to make 5-strand braids, and I used to practice on my Cinnamon doll for hours. 🙂 Other things, now that I think of them: -Life, the board game -Sole Survivor - remember the kid on the tropical island? “I’m the sole survivor!” -Saturday morning cartoons & shows with little or no marketing tie-ins - remember the Godzilla Power Hour (later the Godzilla Super 90)? Space Sentinels? Land of the Lost? Star Trek, the cartoon? Jonny Quest? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/77 "2003-12-22T20:35:38Z")
Colorforms were in the '60s, weren’t they. I believe I’m in the wrong decade. I was in high school in the 70s. My toys looked more like hash pipes than little pieces of vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/78 "2003-12-22T21:02:45Z")
What about electronic toys like Mr. Merlin… or was it “Simon”? When was that made? 70s or 80s? I have lotsa toys from the 70s still. I have a few viewmaster movies (the kind that came in yellow cartidges and you’d have to turn the crank to watch. I really want a Lite-Brite. And I miss Weebles. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/79 "2003-12-22T21:30:37Z")
It was Simon. Lite Brites are still available I was SO jealous when my mom bought one… as a gift to a girl I really didn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![MissSwish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@MissSwish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissSwish)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336/80 "2003-12-22T21:34:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MissTake \* > \*\*Spending my whole 50C allowance at the (now gone) corner store and getting a candy bar, Bottle Pops, Lik-M-Stix, and those sweet/sour lollipops (what were they called?). Trading 45’s. \*\* Those Lollipops were called Charms. I miss Turkish Taffy, but it might be an end of the 60’s early 70’s thing. What was the toy that was like a hoola hoop for your foot, it fit over your ankle and had a weighted ball attached with rope, the idea was to get it to rotate around your ankle whilst jumping the weight with your other foot. Another WHAMO creation I believe, And I still have a doll from the late 60s or early 70s that grows a tooth, but I don’t know her name or how to get that dang tooth to come down, anyone know this doll? She has short reddish brown hair and I think she came with a blue and white striped onesie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-70s-childhood-that-dont-exist-anymore/220336.md?page=5)