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| 1980s Kabangers or Ka-bangers were also known as Klik Klaks or Clackers. |
I'm not even sure if one would consider Kabangers or Klik Klaks an actual toy. Kids from the '70s call them Clackers, Klackers, Knocker balls or Click Clackers. I knew them in the 1980s as Kabangers or Ka-bangers.
This ball clacking "toy" was completely re-dic! Kabangers were basically two hard balls danging from a durable rope. Children would swing them back and forth until they clicked and clacked, hitting into each other. Boring, hello? Yet, I loved these balls until they'd slam my finger. If I got too into the ball clacking action, they'd smack me right in the face crushing my nose. Great concept. Great fun. Loved it!
Anyone remember Kabangers?
This ball clacking "toy" was completely re-dic! Kabangers were basically two hard balls danging from a durable rope. Children would swing them back and forth until they clicked and clacked, hitting into each other. Boring, hello? Yet, I loved these balls until they'd slam my finger. If I got too into the ball clacking action, they'd smack me right in the face crushing my nose. Great concept. Great fun. Loved it!
Anyone remember Kabangers?
Still confused or don't remember this this click clack toy? Watch as this dude demonstrates his Ka-bangers with great skill.
We loved them!! They hurt, but we loved them.
ReplyDeleteUs "70's" kids were used to toys that could kill you. Today's toys are wussy toys!!
I didn't remember them until I watched the video. It all came back to me then: my daughters doing it for hours.
ReplyDeleteInteresting....I have never heard of this before!
ReplyDeleteYes, another deadly toy from my childhood. You could easily bash your head trying to get these to work properly.
ReplyDeleteLater they put a plastic handle on them.
ReplyDeleteI remember then, but here in the UK they received some bad publicity because they could shatter and pieces of plastic could fly into your eyes. That was enough to make sure my mother never allowed us to have any.
ReplyDeleteI certainly do remember them. Thank goodness the hurt does go away, eventually.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, the memories! We called them CLACKERS back in the 70's...and if you were a girl, you had 'em! Mine were red. They were so much fun....even when they bruised our wrists all to hell. (One girl I knew broke her wrist with these things). Crazy, yeah.
ReplyDeleteI was an odd child and loved that one too. I wouldn't mind one right now. There's something weirdly addicting about that thing.
ReplyDeleteBe well.
xoRobyn
I don't remember those.
ReplyDeleteReally loved those things too. I think because they served as great karate weapons. It was totally a ninja toy if you wanted them to be.
ReplyDeleteI've actually posted about this numerous and have even tried to track one down in the original packaging. Give kids lucite balls to swing. Brilliant! BTW...made you blog of the day.
ReplyDeleteI used to have something like that when I was younger. It was fun at first, but the first time I hit myself with them I was done. I had very low patience for my own stupidity.
ReplyDeleteThe cheapest, most annoyingly awesome toy...
ReplyDeleteAwesome! They were genius! Until.. brats like us started throwing them at each other! They were selling them this summer at the local fair.
ReplyDeleteThese were great! They were also out when I was young. I remember losing my little fingernail after it got Klik Klaked...
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to find these for years I love kabangers I guess I am odd too...lol where can I buy a pair???
ReplyDeleteThat is one of so many reasons I want to re-live the 70s. I am obsessed with the idea! One of best movies to watch and re-live the 70s is Dazed and Confused! Not a great plot to the movies but the next best thing to re-living the 70s. BUT for the clackers... that was a great novelty of that time! Like Super Elastic Bubble Plastic and cinnamon toothpicks!
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