Toys of the Seventies, Footsie
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A plastic bell (or non-bouncy rubber ball) on a plastic rope (like a skipping rope)which was attached to a ring that you put around your ankle. You had to get the bell going around your ankle & then you jumped over the rope as it rotated around your ankle. All the rage...no elementary school girl in her right mind was without a Footsie
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I loved my footsie - I had the ball version and went everywhere with it - wish I could get hold of one now as it would be excellent excercise
I had a footsie, must have been around '73 or so.It had a red bell and a green string with a yellow ring that you put your foot in and I still remember that song they played in the commercial "footsie yeah everybody wants one"
MY SIS JUST CALLED AND ASKED THE NAME OF THE TOY THAT WENT AROUND YUR ANKLE, BUT FOOOTSIE DOESNT SOUND FAMILIAR??? THANKS ANYWAY
I had one of these. It was called a "Lemon Twist" though...the ball was yellow and shaped like a lemon. Good times, good times.
OMG yes I had a Footsie! Geez I was good at it, really had it whippin' around! lol And ya around 73 or so I think the year was.
I loved my footsie I played with it all the time I was a champ!
I loved my footsie I played with it all the time I was a champ!
My husband just found a broken modern version of the footsie over at our local school playground. I was sooooooooo excited when I saw it and told him about mine in the late 60's. Yup! It had the red bell at the end of it and I was OUT OF MY MIND when my mom actually got it for me. Times sure have changed 40 years later ... I don't think kids get anywhere near as excited about stuff. I want to take this one, fix it, and play with it. Too bad I have a bad ankle, back, etc., but I'm going to try!!
My daughter who is 10 wants one so bad but we can't seem to find one that is even similar.
Send an email to Hasbro and ask them to make it again! I loved my footsie! I am sure I would be as thin as I was when I was 12 if I had a footsie now! :)
I grew up in Barbados and loved this game it was one of the most played outside games and I was a champion on that and chinese skip another game which was played back then! So we did call it footsie and I would love to get hold of one, just for old time sake and yes like a shipping rope would still play it. Great exercise as well...they need to bring back many of the lost games played outdoors and get children away from only the hand held games.
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