Article: 119921 of alt.peeves From: fred@fairfieldi.com (Podkayne Fries) Newsgroups: alt.peeves Subject: Re: Crappy "updated" toys Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 03:38:38 GMT Organization: Usenet Thuggess # 2 Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3a514d36.8632735@news.cis.dfn.de> References: <3a431b7e.5211980@news.kuentos.guam.net> <92c8or$1j7$1@home.ogre.nu> <92dcsf$4dt@u1.netgate.net> Reply-To: fred@fairfieldi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mod140.fairfieldi.com (206.222.7.190) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 978406779 8442866 206.222.7.190 (16 [14051]) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Path: news.meer.net!nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!feed.textport.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!mod140.fairfieldi.COM!not-for-mail Xref: news.meer.net alt.peeves:119921 On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 08:24:54 -0800, raoul@olympus.net (Le Grande Raoul) wrote: >In article <92dcsf$4dt@u1.netgate.net>, geoffm@netgate.net wrote: > >> anton@home.ogre.nu (Anton Sherwood) writes: >> >> > I was recently trying to remember the name of the toy >> > that used Plastigoop. ("Creepy Crawlers" rings no >> > bells, but I'll take your word for it.) >> >> >> The name of the toy was the Thingmaker; Creepy Crawlers >> were what one made with it. > >Ya gotta love something called the 'Thingmaker'. Try to get one of these >passed the MommyGov these days... > My brothers and I were the envy of the neighborhood because we had the set that also made Incredible Edibles. You used Creepy Crawler molds, a bottle of Incredible Edible Goo in a variety of flavors and the baker doohickey. The end result was a gummy bear type of candy that we thought was Hot Stuff. Peeve: they don't make toys like they used to. -- Regards, Podkayne Fries Opera is blood sport. Baseball is for pussies, relatively speaking. -- James Jorden, Message-ID: <3903549F.80BC9438@mailbox.bellatlantic.net>