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this possible flea market find:
The Atomic Energy Laboratory
Biggest issue: Contained real radioactive materials to play with. Six years after the first atom bomb killed 80,000 Japanese people instantly, the U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was released. The "children's toy" set included Uranium-bearing ore samples and other real radioactive materials. Unsurprisingly, parents didn't want their children playing with a radioactive toy and it was discontinued a year after its release.
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Topic - Christmas is just around the corner! Here's a toy guaranteed to last 50,000 yrs - Green Lantern 07:25:05 09/25/16 (10)
- this might explain why so many from that generation didn't have kids * - Markw* 17:02:54 09/27/16 (0)
- In 1953, they planned to make the Gilbert Particle Accelerator - FenderLover 13:16:04 09/25/16 (0)
- As kids we had a small bottle of Mercury. In hands, rolling around. floating pennies.. nt - Smelly_Socks 12:39:09 09/25/16 (1)
- We did that. - srdavis2000 16:18:42 09/25/16 (0)
- Johnny, what did your little brother just - Green Lantern 10:57:09 09/25/16 (0)
- RE: Christmas is just around the corner! Here's a toy guaranteed to last 50,000 yrs - SpotcheckBilly12345 08:14:32 09/25/16 (2)
- I've still got one of these sitting up in my attic - 1973shovel 11:59:53 09/25/16 (0)
- Further proof there's a thin line between a large erector set... - musetap 11:47:30 09/25/16 (0)
- RE: Christmas is just around the corner! Here's a toy guaranteed to last 50,000 yrs - dancingseamonkey 07:32:55 09/25/16 (1)
- RE: Christmas is just around the corner! Here's a toy guaranteed to last 50,000 yrs - SpotcheckBilly12345 13:33:21 09/26/16 (0)