I actually remember some of those toys, like the Creepy Crawlers and Sky Dancer, but I've never owned any of them.

I must admit that I don't see how anyone, unless they were extremely retarded, could break their ribs and/or teeth from Sky Dancers.

My favourite one in the article is the Cabbage Patch kid. That's just hilarious. I wonder if toy makers back in those days were totally sadisitic.

Actually, as a designer myself that's just one of those things you don't take into account. The fact that there will be a kid dumb enough to put their finger into biting teeth. That's kinda one of those things that's like ya.... i guess i SHOULD have, but it's your own freakin fault.

So... As a designer you agree that the Johnny Reb cannon is a prime idea for marketing and profit?

Not that I object to the idea of PLAYING with the cannon, I'm just saying that we made similar toys when we were kids and we knew how dangerous they were when we made them. It just seems kind of silly for a toy maker to pander to that giddiness, see where it can be profited from and then say, "Well... We didn't think it would be THAT dangerous. I mean, we expected cranial fractures but death? What the fuck, man?"