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Popper Knocker (Klackers)
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This memory was added on: September 19, 2008
I didn't get the clear clackers, but I did get orange clackers that held together quite well. I had them for years, but where they ended up I can't say. But I sure wish I had them! I could make those babies really go. I can't imagine what my mother was thinking when she bought those for me. I'm just glad that she did.
Kat
1959
This memory was added on: September 19, 2008
It was hands down my favorite toy when I was a child. I would love to find some to play with now. I am 44 yrs old just so you know.
I find the older I get the more nostalgic I get about my childhood. I spent 3 days in Canton (Texas) looking for them but it turns
out they are pretty hard to come by.
Pamala
Austin, Texas
This memory was added on: July 6, 2008
I was very fortunate enough that I was able to make these ball collide against each other. Mine never did shattered, I also used
them as a sling shot, the way David did against Goliath. They ended up on the electical line.
Remember when the real Super-Ball came Out? that's another story, I was 10 yrs.old back then.
CDComputers
This memory was added on: July 6, 2008
We called them Klackers (in Massachusetts). They were a craze around
1970. I loved mine, and it seemed like half the kids at recess had
them - until our elementary school banned them. I don't remember
what happened to mine. I do remember they were satisfyingly sparkly,
smooth, and heavy.
But I'm pretty sure mine weren't glass, even though they felt like
it. I don't think anyone would have released, even back in the 60s,
a toy made of glass balls that were supposed to bang into each
other. I think the originals were made of some substance that felt
and looked a lot like glass - some kind of acrylic, I suppose. I
know that there were also some made of an opaque plastic, and I think
that's where this misconception came from. In any case, I don't
think anyone has been able to produce an original pair made of
glass. But I will admit that it's a possibility - it seems there
were several regional companies manufacturing these.
Sheila S.
This memory was added on: June 20, 2008
Toys I had as a kid from the 70's.
Baby feel so real - Baby's skin felt like peach fuzz
Flurry - cardboard slinky
Squirmel- like a fat fuzzy pipecleaner that you tied a piece of fish line to then pulled it around on your shirt button.
knockers - piece of nylon string with a ball tied to each end with a handle you used to clack them together.
Stretch Armstong and Strech Monster
Too many more to list!
Socha
This memory was added on: May 18, 2008
It was 1972 or 1973, and my mother bought all six of us a set of Click Clacks. I love the colors and the sparkles inside of the glass balls. I learned how to use them right away and I became really good at it. Until one day when my brother Joey got mad at me and smashed me over the head about 8 times with them, leaving 8 good sized lumps. My mother quickly pulled out her scissors and cut the strings of every Click Clack in the house. I was more upset that she cut the strings, then my aching head.
Gee-Gee
Cherry Valley, MA
This memory was added on: April 22, 2008
I LOVED this toy! You had to get good at it real fast, or you were in for a lot of pain! I have been trying to find some for my kids, and I just found some similar at Vermont Country store, online. I’m ordering them tonight! This toy kept me busy for hours….I just hope my kids get the same enjoyment from them. Although, they weren’t too thrilled with the Lite Brite, Electronic Battleship, or Etch-A-Sketch I got for them. Maybe I got them more for me than them……you think?
Shelly
This memory was added on: February 14, 2008
Never really knew the name of them. Got a pair from my older brother when I was 13 in 1978. Kept them in a box in my shop for many
years after I became older, and played with them on and off. I found them tossed on the table recently, with a huge crack in one of
them from someone else playing with them . I so enjoyed banging those glass balls together top to bottom and disturbing my family
with the sound. Would really like to find a pair of them, (translucent red) again to replace the broken ones.
dogglady
This memory was added on: December 7, 2007
My parents use tell me things like "Never get into a car with strangers" because they were probably murderers or
perverts or "Don't take food or candy from strangers" because there was drugs or dope in it. One day I did the unthinkable. I helped
realize my parent's worse fears. I STARTED PLAYING WITH "KLICK KLACKS"! Klick Klacks - that's what we called them when I was growing up
in Brooklyn, New York in the early 1970's. My parents hated these things and never allowed me to have a pair. The kids on my street
had the resin or glass ones and the only colors I remember were the red and clear ones. Some of them had cracks inside them which made
look really cool. I was never any good with them and only got them to hit together a couple times any time I tried. At the time I
started hearing stories about kids blackening their arms with them, knocking themselves in the head, busting teeth, and using them
as weapons. Then they disappeared. They were either outlawed or voluntarily pulled from the shelves. You could never make, market, or
sell a toy like these days.
This site's a riot. I enjoyed reading the other posts.
Johnny
1961
This memory was added on: May 27, 2007
YES ,,, i remember them well , mine were 1 lt green ( teal ) & 1 orange ,, on the same pair ! I chose that combo , 'cause my best friend Mark ,, had the same ,,, i have an early memmory of walking into the local dept store , and seeing a large group of teenagers ,outside , playing with thier Clic-Clacks , and i hoped they were giving them away inside ,, 'cause i knew my parents would'nt buy them ! I also recall a story 'bout all of them being dropped to the bottom of the sea ,, because they were so dangerous ,, i got mine after the recall , from a discount store called Newberrys ,,, they were $ 4.95 , i asked my mom for $5 ,, and she just gave it to me , without asking what i was buying ! Many years later , i hung them from the rear view mirror , of my 5.0 mustang , till one day i swung my arm to reach over the passanger seat , hit 1 ball ,,,,, and sent it slamming into the windshield ,, of course it shatterd the windshield ,,but not the clic-clacs ! I still have them ,, in a safe place , of course !
Mac
1964
This memory was added on: May 22, 2007
I too was a product of the clik-clak era, raised in upstate ny. i loved them, and more than one pair, i believe ended up in a tree.
Tell me - does anyone remember the FIDGET??? it was a hexigonal shaped toy, about 2-4 inches in diameter. you simply swirled you finger underneath it to create "psychdelic" art? I think these were pulled when the foil-like back could be penetrated and the liquid substance started oozing out. No one remembers these. They were awesome!
gail
1962
This memory was added on: May 15, 2007
My memory was of a friend throwing them as hard as he could against the cement wall. They came flying back so fast I didn't have a chance to move. The Klik Klaks nailed me in both knees. I went down like a bag of cement. No damage to the Klik Klaks. As soon as I could walk again...we went right back to playing with our Klik Klaks. In fact I just ordered a set online.
Otto Matz
1957
This memory was added on: May 5, 2007
I had a beautiful set of the pink Clik Clacks. I had about of week's worth of fun playing with them; before my mother threw them out!! She was afraid that I would hurt myself. I still miss those Clik Clacks and cannot seem to find a pair of them anywhere!!
Char
02/21/64
This memory was added on: April 30, 2007
In NJ in the 60's they were Klackers. If you were really good, you could do "doubles" or colliding below AND above the hand. You did this by pulling down on the down klack and up on the up klack. I remember seeing a window at school get broken when the string broke and a ball launched like a missile into the glass fro the recess line. Of course the things were banned at school, but the fun was getting away with it. Despite us surviving Klackers, Can you fellow boomers imagine marketing the things today?
Jeff
1962
This memory was added on: April 29, 2007
Oh boy is Catus Wren wrong. The original ones were made of glass. And boy were they dangerous. They were yanked off the shelves because of all the eye injury's. A acrilic one soon took it's place. Those did not enjoy the same popularity as the glass ones. They did not make the same noise. We all were covered in bruises from them. Great memories, great fun
Mary
1956
This memory was added on: April 27, 2007
MR.Cactus I am sorry to say but, you are mistaken. They were made out of glass.And, later they started to make them out of hard acrilic. I know this because my brother used to work for Co. in upstate N.Y. were they made them
R.Davis Sr.
1966
This memory was added on: April 22, 2007
OMG! BRINGS BACK MEMORIES. I LOVED THESE THINGS. AT FIRST WHEN I WAS LEARNING HOW TO PLAY WITH THEM MY WRIST TOOK A BEATING, BUT EVENTUALLY I GOT REALLY GOOD AT IT. I WONDER IF I CAN FIND THEM AGAIN.
LORENA
1978
This memory was added on: April 13, 2007
hi guys this is gonna be weird but i need help finding these klackers my mom keeps talking about them all the time and her birthday is may 20th and id like to find a pair for her but 40 bucks is a tad deep for a lazy teen but any sites you guys know that sells them i would really really appreciate it if you would share. Thank you my email is
cassandra
july 7th 1991
This memory was added on: April 12, 2007
The pain, the pain, the fun, the pain... *LOL* Who thought these up?
Trish
1966
This memory was added on: April 12, 2007
Actually, they did have glass ones. I had them! They looked like see through marbles. I know we had at least two pair. I remember red ones and blue ones. Damn, those things hurt! They hurt wayyy more then the plastic now but still it really didn't matter much when you are smacking your arm with a hard object!! But I do know for a fact that they made them in glass because ours had a few cracks in them. They never did break though.
Later they made hard acrylic ones so I bought a pair and still have those. I take them out and play with them and then when I start saying that it hurts, my daughter yells at me to stop!!
Kim
1968
This memory was added on: April 12, 2007
By the way, we called them KaBangers (MN).
Kim
1968
This memory was added on: April 11, 2007
I remember playing with my cousin's click clacks when i was a kid...i used to sit on her stoop when i'd visit her in the Bronx and play with her and all my cousins all day until our arms were black and blue...lol...those were the days...
Luis
1975
This memory was added on: April 8, 2007
Oh, my god, yes! I had two sisters who got 1 each of those things. Every day at recess in 1971 that's all you'd hear in the school yard --"clack, clack, clack, clack, clack. I used it too. Once you got the hang of it by holding the silver metal ring and got the beat as it were, it took very little motion to keep them clacking up and down. Fun!
David
1961
This memory was added on: April 6, 2007
Oh MY GOD! I remember getting these at the youth fair in Miami when I was a kid. I absolutely LOVED them. Hours of mindless entertainment....LOL
Rhonda Smith
1962
This memory was added on: April 5, 2007
I had them and I remember having bruises on my arms! I had to order an armguard that they offered for safety.
Gravely
1970
This memory was added on: April 1, 2007
My best friend and I both had Knockers...I think mine were a irredesent blu-ish purple swirls with glitter and her's were beatiful green glitter swirls. We were leaning over a wall at Lake Elisabeth and I accidently droped mine so she dropped her's too....so, there they still lie, we're now both 45, and someday when they lower the lake we want to go back and dig them up...we know right were we dropped them.
Nora
11-24-61
This memory was added on: March 31, 2007
I absolutely loved these toys. I had mine in the early 70's. I have a vivid memory of being in First Grade, outside at recess, hanging out on the school stairs playing with some of my best friends. We had so much fun clacking away with these things! I remember that mine, were a light blue/agua color. They were a very "treasured" toy of mine! We called them "Knockers", in the area that I grew up (in Massachusetts). Good Times, back then!!!
E. Orlanzo (MA)
1963
This memory was added on: March 18, 2007
This was by far my favorite. I still wish I had mine...AND mine were glass!! They were good sized, light blue with metallic flakes in them. Very heavy and dangerous! LOL... I loved them. I had never seen another set like this. I've tried to explain to them to family and friends and no one ever knows what I'm talking about.How could my mom forget me having these?!
Jennifer
1967
This memory was added on: March 16, 2007
I had completely forgotten about these! All the kids in the neighborhood had these. I was explaining to my nine year old son what these were and I could just tell he could believe these were fun. I remember a neighbor boy who could really get these clanking so fast. All us little girls were in awe.
Jennifer
1967
This memory was added on: March 14, 2007
I had a set of Klackers back in the 70s, I remember my grandmother always telling me not to play with them, that I would put someone's eye out lol
Dana
1967
This memory was added on: March 9, 2007
They were the BEST toy ever I remember everyone having them and we would all do them at the same time, thats all you saw everyone doing,and we all had a different color, my god look what we played with and had alot of fun and now all the kids do to day is talk on cell phones and are on Computers they really need to bring them back!!!!!!
Renee
1962
This memory was added on: February 28, 2007
I remember these in the school yard. We all had them. You needed to bounce the balls a few times and get a rhythm before before you could go full speed top and bottom. What a noise. I can't remember anyone shattering them, or major injuries. I was bumbed when they were outlawed.
Bosco
1957
This memory was added on: February 25, 2007
every one on the playground had these. I remeber bruised knuckles and a few broken teeth. Not mine. My sister was quite good with these klackers and had several sets. She kept them in a egg carton. I beleive they were outlawed at cheremoya elementary school. We soon moved on to skateboarsd at any rate.
jeannie mayo
1961
This memory was added on: February 22, 2007
I had those. My Great Aunt gave them to me at a garage sale, and I was really good at them. But my mom accedentaly threw them away and now I miss them.I practiced alot to.
Kaila Age 14
1992
This memory was added on: February 19, 2007
We had these too. The one thing I remember was how many kids were injured and they were pulled off the market! I never could make them work properly.
Steve
1964
This memory was added on: February 14, 2007
I remember winning these at my catholic school carnival. I LOVED them. If I had only kept them. I was just talking to a friend about them who had no idea what I was talking about. I received an email today about toys in the 70's and klackers were in it. I remember my wrists would be bruised from playing with them. Wish I could buy a pair today
L Iorio
1967
This memory was added on: February 11, 2007
I remember playing with Klackers (I don't remember what we caled them then)as a child in western NY. But I haven't seen any in 30 years. Thats why I was very surprized to find a bag of about 20 unopened packs while cleaning out an old basement - just yesterday. These were called Kerbangers (or Kerbonkers) and have original glossy red cardboard tops stapled onto their plastic packaging. They have nylon strings melted right into the balls. I haven't decided yet what I am going to do with them.
Chuck
1964
This memory was added on: February 11, 2007
I had a couple sets of these... Werent' they outlawed eventually because they caused concussions or something? I remember hitting myself in the head many times with these things.. the trick was.. once you got them "klacking" rhythmically you brought your arm down fast and then up and down so the things hit together on the way UP and the way down as you moved your arm up and down fast!!... when you finally missed, the things flew out of your hand and either hit YOU in the head or flew and hit someone or something else... WHAT FUN! WHAT DANGER... I had a blast with these things along with the other DANGER TOYS... muaaa ha ha ha ha. Still alive and thinking my personality would still be the same had I not been hit so often with these things !!!
Mary
1959
This memory was added on: February 7, 2007
I had 2 sets of Click Clacks and still have 1, THEY ARE MADE OUT OF GLASS. That was the best toy I can remember having and still get to take myself back to that time when I look at the ones I have saved, its amazing.
susan
1964
This memory was added on: February 6, 2007
My first pair of clackers were given to me by my grandfather. I was about 4 years old, and by watching the older kids, caught on pretty quick on how to use them,,,which drove my parents nuts...the sound of them clacking over and over and over...thru the years they got shoved from box to box...when my children were old enough i showed them how to use them...and had them "go show grandma" so the sound could drive her nuts again..lol..they were amused for a while, but i guess it just can't compete with an mp3 player...even though the string is old and dirty,,,i still have those old clackers...and always will
ilona
1966
This memory was added on: February 1, 2007
Mine were on a thick kite-type string with a plastic ring in the middle to hold onto. Mine also had purple, clear, acrylic balls on end. I loved them. It was big in the neighborhood and the racket we made was great! I wish I could find an "old" new pair in addition to my clear, purple acrylic peace sign I used to hang from my air conditioning vent.
Jayne
1962
This memory was added on: February 1, 2007
Mine were on a thick kite-type string with a plastic ring in the middle to hold onto. Mine also had purple, clear, acrylic balls on end. I loved them. It was big in the neighborhood and the racket we made was great! I wish I could find an "old" new pair in addition to my clear, purple acrylic peace sign I used to hang from my air conditioning vent.
Jayne
1962
This memory was added on: January 26, 2007
omg!! these were my favorite things in the whole world. well. when i was about 10.. how many times did you hit your dang head , arm. leg, even your siblings//and keep right on going??????? way too many. where are they now?????????
cindylouwho
1965
This memory was added on: January 25, 2007
Good Lord!!! My older sister got these things on a family trip to Indiana , I will never forget coming home in the car The last thing I can remember is our mom telling her to stop swinging them--I regained consciousness after a few minutes- Needless to say the Klackers are still laying along Interstate 70.
Shelia
1964
This memory was added on: January 18, 2007
I remember winning the klackers at the erie county fair when I was a child. My brother and I would practice and practice. I was really good at them...but boy did I bruise. I still have a set they are clear purple. I still can do it somewhat but i'm afraid of the pain...now...thanks for reading debbie..a 50's child.
debbie
1959
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