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Popper Knocker (Klackers)
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This memory was added on: December 28,2006
THEY WERE NOT MADE OF GLASS. NOT EVER. They were made of hard acrylic plastic, which sometimes LOOKED like glass. People keep saying "glass spheres" or "glass marbles", but NO ONE ever actually PRODUCES a glass set. Why? BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT MADE OF GLASS.
Cactus Wren
1962
This memory was added on: December 26,2006
I had the prettiest pair of "KlickKlacks", bright HOT PINK!! My older brother had had enough of the noise the "klacking" made, that he threw them as high as he could up in our huge tree, and all I could ever do with them is gaze at them from afar!!
Janine McKay
1963
chalkboard223@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 25,2006
My brother had a Popper Knocker (Klacker). I can't tell you how many times we got hit in the head, but kept right on playing with them. My arms were covered with bruises. You know, I would never have let my kids play with such dangerous toys as the ones we played with.
Brenda
1962
brenda50841@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 22,2006
My oldest sisters worked at a company that assembled the "safer" foam version of the clacker. What fun was that when you couldnt hear them make that loud noise! I remember my parents taking away the "dangerous" set and my sisters bringing home the lame foam ones...geez! Afterall I never lost a tooth or got a bruise from the glass ones!
Di
1970
ditempid04@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 18,2006
I had 3 small children and did not work outside the home. Consequently, I had time to practice on their toy, Click Clacks. At Christmas time we went to a Sunday School party where the pastor was in attendance. They were passing around "Click Clacks" and I could do it better than anyone there. The pastor Said to me, "Say you are pretty good at those things." I replied, "My house looks like hell, but I can do "click clacks". Realizing what I had said and to whom I fled the room embarrassed to death. I am sure no one else remembers that but me.
Ruthie
1941
ruth623@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: December 8,2006
I probably still have knots on my head from these things..they were fun..loud...and at the time dangerous, but we didn't even know it. they just made a fun noise.
sherry
1960
snoweyscamper@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 3,2006
Yep, we had the glass ones, though they didnt explode on us, probably because we were too busy rubbing our elbows , hands and heads after getting "clacked!" We then moved on to home made nunchucks and had the same effect...
chas
1959
cw7215@aol.com
This memory was added on: November 23,2006
I remember quite a few injuries from the toy, but oh how much fun it truly was when we got them suckers to go and go for minutes at a time. A small price to pay for a few little injuries. Today my god, they would never let our children have this toy. But the kids of today sure are not what we were all about back in the 60's. Maybe thats why we are the greatest.
Lanie
7/21/60
melanieniver@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: November 8,2006
My mom wouldn't let my brother and I have "Klickety Klack Balls" because they would "make us get big knuckles." I loved playing with them at a friend's house and still have a slight yearning for what I cannot have.
L.B.
1967
amouchi@aol.com
This memory was added on: November 5,2006
I just remember hurting A LOT! I hit everything with these things: my hands, my wrists, my face.... Yeah, great toy, people. Let's put some round nun-chuks in the hands of children. I loved them, but I think I blocked out the details of mine. Might have been orange or blue or red or..... just know they hurt when they hit you.
Sarah
1973
This memory was added on: October 21,2006
I had these things,too!Only in Quebec,we called them ka-bonkers.Mine were purple with cool metalic inside,my sisters were baby blue.I still remember getting that rythm going,tap-tap-tapping them ever so gently together and then all of a sudden ka-ka-ka-ka,loudly smacking them up and down until they would eventually miss each other and more often than not they'd spin around your hands and give you a good rap!
Dave
1964
This memory was added on: October 17,2006
Can you believe this,we are the most English people around. We were brought up on clackers in the 1970's. We found our orange clacks and thought someone else would have fun via e-bay, but to no avail. Very pc correct! Unbelievable, but that is life. No other child will no get the pleasure of been clackered!
lesley
1966
lesley@steveseymour.demon.co.uk
This memory was added on: October 16,2006
I knew them as klick-klacks. You could buy them everywhere. In my area they were used as toys and as weapons. I remember quite a few injuries. I still have a couple of pairs. (they still hurt alot)
Richard
1963
Richard5315@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: October 10,2006
Yup and after all these years I still think of them from time to time. 1970 if I recall. I remember getting the Purple ones and gazing at them as if I had just found a hidden treasure.
Debi
1963
This memory was added on: October 6,2006
These were so cool! I remember people cracking these things until they broke, some got really good at it! I like the purple ones, again, I am really thankful for the time that I grew up, because some of the neatest toys were the norm then. Anyone know where I can find these items nowadays?
Juli
basketvendor@comcast.net
This memory was added on: September 19,2006
We knew them as Clackers!!! I have been wishing i could have kept my pair, but once the stores yanked them off the shelf, mine had to go. I can remember being bruised from my elbow to finger tips!! Still it brings back some great memories for me when i see pics of them!
Christine
1965
christine_3@sympatico.ca
This memory was added on: September 11,2006
OMG, my best friends Honour Busch Cooker (her real name) and Christine, we use to play with our Click Clackers all the time, we thought we were bad a$$e$! Andi MacPherson NJ 1967
Andi
1967
azmalibu99@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: September 9,2006
I remember these being a big fad in the early 70s. Our school eventually banned them because they were "dangerous!"
Connie
1964
conniebowm@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: September 7,2006
I actualy have about half a dozen pairs of similar ones left I don't know the manufacturer of them nor the origin. I knew them as "Click-Clacks". These are pink in color and have a washer for a "handle". They work great and look brand new. I play with a set once and a while. I have seen a site that sells the same pink ones for $60.00! I may be willing to part with some mine! Interested? Contact me at hellosdr@aol.com with a reasonable offer. Steve
Steve
1958
This memory was added on: September 6,2006
We called then Kanockers. Mine were light green with glitter inside, and boy did they do alot of knockin': brother's head, sister's favorite cermaic pig, Mom's nerves. I think they're still knockin' around in my parent's garage somewhere. Great toy
Kellie
1968
This memory was added on: September 5,2006
Hey...I'd sure like to find a set of purple ones! Had a set when I was a kid, WAY BACK WHEN!!! :)
tana
1960
tananumber1@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 29,2006
Hey i remember these...alot of fun and BRUISES! I think my mom still has mine somewhere around her house, maybe she threw them away?
Steven
1961
stimmons@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 24,2006
I can remember getting a few pairs, and we called them Clackers, they were a blast to play with, it took about a wk. for the bruises to go away but that didn't stop me from playing with them. I don't have the old ones anymore, i cracked or broke them clacking so much. I have a cheap plastic pair (cracked). I would love to get another pair.
Tammy
1966
mickey8593@aol.com
This memory was added on: August 23,2006
Everyone in my school had the Klackers (I think that's waht we called them) so i bugged my mom to get me one. I finally did get one, and it was light green clear, and really cool. Of course the day I brought mine to school, they had heard something about them shattering on the news, and saying that they were dangerous, so we were told not to bring them to school anymore. I hid mine in my mitten, and took it out on the playground. Some tattle take girl threatened to rat me out, so I never got to play with it on the playground, but I still played with it at home, and it never shattered.
Miss C
1961
misscsquared@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 20,2006
Yep, Still have my set! Get them out ocassionally...my kid think they are so cool! :)
James
1961
This memory was added on: August 20,2006
Where I grew up, these implements of destruction were called Ka-Bonkers, I had orange ones. they disappeared under mysterious circumstances, years later I found them at the bottom of my Mom's cedar chest, with my brothers sling shot and bb gun!!!
Jill
1962
This memory was added on: August 15,2006
I've still got mine. A nice set of green-glass looking ones. The strink is starting to fray though, they've had heavy use. I only take them out and use them for special occasions. I love the sound, just like being a kid again.
Michael Viking
1967
fakey@mcfakefake.com
This memory was added on: August 13,2006
I remember these as Popper Knockers and grew up w/several in my home (between my 3 brothers and I). My neighbor used a ton of these as decorations for his trophies. He had 55gal. barrels full. I loved these and still do, so does my son. I have around 600 of these that I have no need for. I have several colors and variations of these. If anyone is interested, please email me w/subject line reading Popper Knockers. Keep on Knockin'!!!!!!!
Cheryl Freelend
1970
freelend@mo-net.com
This memory was added on: August 12,2006
This is so cool,I finally found someone that knows what klick-klacks are.My older brother and I won ours in California at a carnival.They bring back alot of memories for me.I want to buy a pair made of lucite with the little ring tied to the string.Thanks for the memories!!email me.
Darla Lindsey
1964
darla6325@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: July 26,2006
I remember these as a kid too, I don't remember getting any major injury from them. But I do remember the boys using them for bolas to hunt with. You can't sell them on ebay to whoever it was that said that. I had a yellow set on there and the bidding was up to $40 and they took it off because it was a recalled toy! Yeah in the 70s, I don't think anyone buying them now is buying them for their kids but for nostalgic purposes. Man I was p.oed.
Tammy
1966
nightwing_69@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 22,2006
I remember these! I used to do two at a time one in each hand I can't believe they sell these any more, yes I can. They could be dangerous. I don't remember any of them shattering though, everybody had them It was 1972 what a great time to be a kid
Diane Dowland
1958
windycitywitch2000@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 21,2006
I luv'd Klackers ... not only were they a fun way to get hurt.. we used to grab'em by one ball, spin um around as fast as we could and letum fly! Don't worry though as i never launched them at people or animals! Usually wrapped um around poles. I kept a pair of them into my 30's. ...(having forgotten I had them). But as one of the strings was badly frayed I never did play with them...(being alil wiser with age). Don't know what became of them, though I imagine I coulda got a cpl bucks for them on ebay! :(
Mace
1960
dmlp1960@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: July 11,2006
Oh yea, I remember those things.. We also called them klackers.I lived at the time south of san francisco. It was 1972. I managed to shatter mine because we had older kids who could double klack and they would shatter-HARD!man!The reason why we did this is it made the coolest sound(a high vibratory squeeky glass ecko )8 klacks and its waisted! you had to squint your eyes when doing this stunt.I dont recomend doing this to your vintage set. I am amazed why no one was blinded by this toy. But they were sure fun.
sam
1961
This memory was added on: July 9,2006
I actualy have about 12 pairs of similar ones I don't know the manufacturer nor the origin. I knew them as "Click-Clacks". These are pink in color and have a washer for a "handle". They work great I take them out and play with them once and a while. I see that the site that sells them sells the pink ones for $60.00! I may be willing to part with mine. Contact me at hellosdr@aol.com with an offer. Steve
Steve
1958
hellosdr@aol,.com
This memory was added on: June 23,2006
I loved my klackers. I remember playing with them for hours while listening to 45's on my portable record player. Wish I still had a pair. My grandmother kept telling me to stop because my arm always managed to get black and blue but that didn't stop me. My friends and I would have contests to see who could keep them going the longest. Oh to be young again.
Sherry
1956
hdnoodles@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 19,2006
Wow - just dug mine out - at the bottom of my hope chest which is filled with all my childhood "stuff." Mine are purple with air in them so they look like glitter. Yellow string. Purple o ring. Still work! All my friends mom's cut them up - remember my neighbor's mom put his "balls" cut off the string in their fish tank for decoration! This would have been @ 1972'ish. Lived in Groveland, IL near Peoria.
Kelli
1965
agles@capecoralhome.com
This memory was added on: June 17,2006
Clackers, Click Clacks, Klackers, Popper Knockers...whatever you want to call them sure bring back the memories of the good old days! I found a site to buy them from, great site. Nice people. www.vintageclackersandpopperknockers.com
Kathy
1961
This memory was added on: June 7,2006
I was playing with my click clacks and while I was showing off my skills the ball hit the TV screen and cracked the glass......needless to say I got into a lot of trouble. That was the end of my click clack career. Besides, I was tired of getting hit on my arms and sporting the huge black and blue bruises. This website had me laughing and reminiscing about those days.
Linda C
1965
Lyndacc@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: May 25,2006
I had these, they were pretty dangerous. I remember walking to close to my sister while she was using them and got hit in the head. Then my mom took them away when she realized that they were made out of glass.
Wayne
1967
This memory was added on: May 19,2006
Klackers saved me from obscurity. When I was in fourth grade we moved from western Wisconsin to central Michigan over Christmas break. It is always hard to make a change like that, but even worse, we were "hayseeds" and now were in a setting where everyone's dad was a doctor or professor or something "big". We were getting the cold shoulder treatment. My birthday is in January and I got Klackers as one of the little extra gifts my Mom always included. My sister and I got really good at them over the weekend and I took them to school on Monday. The kids were fascinated! I remember everyone standing in line to take a turn and the teacher having to settle time disputes at recess! Yeah Klackers! That was 1980 and I was 10! Oh for the simple pleasures of the past - just let me keep the conveniences of today, too!
Dee
DEDE@ROGERS
This memory was added on: May 16,2006
My klackers were a swirl of purple color through them with small ring on the end that you held meneuver them. I remember the buises on my arm from the balls hitting my arm when I messed up the trick I was attempting. I remember having contests with my sisters and brother to see who could keep them klacking the longest. My hope was to set a record for longest klacker klacking. haha. too fun!
Linda
1960
Linda38891@juno.com
This memory was added on: May 5,2006
Klackers were awesome my brother and I had had a few pairs hanging from the oak tree in the back yard. I think about it now and I would never let my kids have these. I mean two glass balls meant to crash into each other repeatedly at at high velocity. hehehe no way man. But they sure were a lot of fun for us as kids.
rob
1968
robdgamble@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: May 3,2006
I LOVE this site! What memories it brings back. We used to call these KaBongers, and would play with them for hours. I think they were finally recalled because shards of plastic would break off and fly into kids eyes...at least that's the excuse my mom gave me when she got rid of ours :(
caren
1962
cashat4k@aol.com
This memory was added on: May 3,2006
I loved my Klick Klacks ! I just got the email that's going around about memories if you were a little girl in the 70's and that's me. Mine were purple (of course because I had a purple bedroom with a purple rug, purple bedspread, purple curtains, purple lamp, purple clothes.) Here's some of those memories: "You had that Fisher Price Doctor 's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it. You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels. You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!) You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days. You owned a "Slip-n-Slide",on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once. You owned "Klick-Klacks" and smacked yourself in the face more than once."
You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill". People sometimes thought you were a boy.
Nancy
1965
This memory was added on: April 28,2006
i remember as a kid having a pair in each color. im so glad i found this sight, every pair i had used to get caught on the phone wires and my brother used to climb on the pole to get them down for me. i just may get a pair, but this time they wont get caught in the wires.
liz
1963
lilbiteverything@aol.com
This memory was added on: April 15,2006
I think we had 2 brands of these when I was a kid in Minnesota, Clicker Clackers and Popper Knockers, and I remember breaking every set I bought. I tried to tempt my sister into putting her hand in the way, but she never went for it. Our school's vice principal had several sets! They were loud,fun and had danger written all over them. I just saw Gwyneth Paltrow play with them in the movie "The Pallbearer". Aahh memories.
John
1960
cebagold2004@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 29,2006
I was just talking about these today as I was watching VH1's "I Love the Toys"!!! I had several pair and man did I swell my wrists up!!! I was able to make them clack up and down for several minutes and then they would beat my wrists up. I wish I could find another pair. This site is awesome!! I have had a blast going down memory lane, I just wanna go outside and play with all my childhood toys.
Melissa Strain
1971
mstrain@cox.net
This memory was added on: March 18,2006
I'd love to purchase a set of klick-klackers, Can someone tell me where I can buy them from? I live in Australia.
Vikki Kuzmanoski
1965
v_kuzmanoski@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 16,2006
I knew them as K-Knockers. I never had a pair but my older sister did. Mom thought I was too young to have a pair. I do remember playing with them but since we were 8 siblings, my turn took forever. I look for these on eBay but never seem to find a pair that is being sold. I do have great memories of seeing my sisters bruise themselves. Those were the days.
Lidia
1963
This memory was added on: March 12,2006
This was a great toy, it doubled well as numb chucks. I still have the pair I had as an 8 year old hanging from the telephone wires behind my friend's house who lived next door. My sisters pair ended up going through her bedroom window when I chucked them across the front yard. I think my dad threw them away after that. They were great to play with but tough to control when you were throwing them. But then again, they probably weren't designed for that.
Jim
1967
This memory was added on: February 28,2006
We called them Pop Knockers in the East Bay CA. They were addictive when you could get it to go for awhile it gave you such a high! I tell my daughter about them - I remember sitting with my knockers and my Dip it stick candy (Powder tart sugar) on the porch straight chillin! LOL Those were the days...
Dani
1970
Ash__Ton@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: February 23,2006
I had a set of red ones, and it really hurt to smash a finger, how I oculd do that I will never know. FUn.
Cindi
1956
reelyrella56@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 7,2006
we called them clackers and loved them. I remember having a set and when you got mad at someone you used them as a weapon spinning them around your head chaseing them. If you hit them they got hurt pretty bad so our parents took them from us but we had a blast
jason gibson
1965
jason.w.gibson@us.army.mil
This memory was added on: February 6,2006
I found a site that sells them and proceeds go towards a worthy cause...I bought a couple sets, one for myself and my brother. Sure has brought back the memories! the site is; www.vintageclackersandpopperknockers.com
Have fun!
Bruce
1961
This memory was added on: January 31,2006
I lived in indianapolis in the 70's and the street I lived on had at least three sets of these hanging from the power lines.I went back to the old hood in the mid 90's and yes a set was still there, thats the first thing I looked for when I turned down my street...It was like a time michine transported me for one second to a hot summer's day in the mid 70's..... my older sister had a clear pinkish set with sparkles in them. pretty cool........
K.C.
1967
This memory was added on: January 22,2006
These were the best! I remember having several pairs in my favorite colors. It was all fun and games until I threw them at my sister and my mom took them away from me. I remember them being called Click Clacks. Maybe that was a different brand? Hmmm, who knows.
Louise
1964
sweetlouise1964a@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 16,2006
I absolutely loved these things...I MASTERED them as a kid... so what they could probably cause concussions .. they were cool .. I just found a site on line that has original never opened ones.. unfortunately , they are $35 each...but it depends on your memories and if you want to try your hand again... I'm glad I came across this site, and discovered I am not the only one that remembers these and appreciates them....
lee
1967
This memory was added on: January 14,2006
We started out using them like they were intended but us boys in the neighborhood decided that they make better bolos for throwing at things instead of just klacking up and down. I had a red set on a yellow string and the balls had lots of little bubbles in them. To make a good bolo you had to add one more ball from another set.
Eski Oak Harbor, Wa.
1962
eski@isomedia.com
This memory was added on: January 1,2006
i have not got a memory but my mum and dad sed they where gr8 fun i am 12 and im looking to buy a pair my mum and dad bought me a pair for crimbo but they are hollow because they have lights inside i rele want a pair coz myn dont clck and clack together so if you have any on sale plz contact me through email !!!!!
hannah
1993
hannah.moo@ntlworld.com
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