Some of my favorite things...

[hollyking]

Radar magazine has posted a list of the 10 most dangerous toys of all time. I remember a few of these and while I was never lucky enough to have a U-238 Atomic Energy lab I did have a few chemistry sets that made some very toxic concoctions. Here's a bit from the article to whet your appetite.

In the last year alone, some eight million units of toys were recalled in the U.S., according to W.A.T.C.H., a toy-safety advocacy group. But Kool Toys and Polly Pockets are kids' stuff compared to the hazardous baubles of yesteryear. In the spirit of the holidays, Radar presents the most dangerous toys of all time, those treasured playthings that drew blood, chewed digits, took out eyes, and, in one case, actually irradiated. To keep things interesting, we excluded BB guns, slingshots, throwing stars, and anything else actually intended to inflict harm. Below, our toy box from hell.