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42. The Thingmaker by Mattel

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 10:48 PM

Nov 30

It was a hot plate that cooked plastic into shapes (dinosaurs, snakes, flowers) but if you didn’t cook the piece long enough — and I was an impatient kid — then you’d try and pull it out but part of your creation was stuck in the mold. I ended up with a lot of one-armed dinos! Plus I’m sure the smell was toxic ... but of course I loved that too, just like Ditto copies!

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As a child name the toy you got that did not live up to the commercial. My was Easy Bake Oven. [View all] debm55 Nov 30 OP

My ez bake was ok XanaDUer2 Nov 30 #1

Thank you XanaDUer2. debm55 Nov 30 #2

Betsy Wetsy doll radical noodle Nov 30 #3

I agree.Thank you radical noodle debm55 Nov 30 #5

The Hula Hoop. I just couldn't do it. surfered Nov 30 #4

Yes it was hard to get started. I agree. thank you surfered. debm55 Nov 30 #6

... 2naSalit Nov 30 #9

HAHAHAHAHAHH. Did you ever try Double Dutch Jump Rope? That was hard. debm55 Nov 30 #11

Yes... 2naSalit Nov 30 #15

I had a Betsy Wetsy,,,, KarenS Nov 30 #7

I remember. Thank you KarenS. debm55 Nov 30 #8

Mine too! 2naSalit Nov 30 #10

Thank you 2naSalit. debm55 Nov 30 #12

Keds shoes were supposed to make you run faster and jump higher The Blue Flower Nov 30 #13

Mine either. We were ripped off. debm55 Nov 30 #14

Skippy Scribbles, a stuffed bear that was supposed to be able to write SheltieLover Nov 30 #16

Thank you SheltieLover. Sounds like a winner but was a dud. Sorry debm55 Nov 30 #17

I was very disappointed & she was heartbroken SheltieLover Nov 30 #18

Ah mwmisses4289 Nov 30 #34

1990 SheltieLover Nov 30 #35

Etch a Sketch Diamond_Dog Nov 30 #19

Same here. I could never draw a circle. I got bored real fast with that one. debm55 Nov 30 #20

Anything from the back of a comic book JoseBalow Nov 30 #21

I had the sea monkeys. Always wanted the see through glasses. I ordered from the back of a comic book. debm55 Nov 30 #27

Baby Skates Niagara Nov 30 #22

That's funny. In the commercial , she skates better then I do. debm55 Nov 30 #25

Slinky..........OMG it didn't come close to going down a set of stairs. I think okaawhatever Nov 30 #23

Thank you okaawhatever. I always started mine in the middle of the top step, It would do one of three three things. --- debm55 Nov 30 #24

Mr. Machine no_hypocrisy Nov 30 #26

Hey. I loved my Barbie and even made clothes for her. debm55 Nov 30 #29

You did soap operas with them. Lots of getting ready for dates applegrove Nov 30 #30

Excellent answer. applegrove. debm55 Nov 30 #31

Fire eating kit from Johnson Smith Sneederbunk Nov 30 #28

The Sudsy Doll hair that didn't grow back FullySupportDems Nov 30 #32

I had a doll similiar. She had a pony tail that you could pull her hair any length , L pulled ti too long and the pony debm55 Nov 30 #41

Oh that must have been worse FullySupportDems Dec 1 #47

Spirograph. LisaM Nov 30 #33

I agree, I forgot who made. Was it Kenner? debm55 Nov 30 #37

I had to look it up, but that's right! n/t LisaM Nov 30 #43

1963 Fly-Over Chicane racetrack by Gilbert dem4decades Nov 30 #36

Thank you dem4decades. There are commercials and then there is reality. debm55 Nov 30 #38

Crissy doll Runningdawg Nov 30 #39

That's funny. thank you Runningdawg. debm55 Nov 30 #44

Absolutely none of them if..fish..had..wings Nov 30 #40

Thank you , I have never seen a toy like that. debm55 Nov 30 #45

The Thingmaker by Mattel LSparkle Nov 30 #42

HAHAHHAAHAHHHA. that's funny. thank you LSparkle. debm55 Nov 30 #46