Toys of the Seventies, Whizzers
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The looked like a top and you could roll the tip across the floor to get just the tip spinning and then set it down and watch it go.
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See my comments about Whizzers in the Toy's of the 80's section
what ever happened to 'whizzers' that were centrifugal force spinning tops with the hole in the top for the plastic pieces that would do tricks.(like walk on string highwire trick) the bottom was a steel point surrounded by tough white rubber that you generated speed by arc motion rubbing it on the ground? remember those cool things? 1969-72 era...cant find one. they were fun and real durable.
I had a collection of these things-they came in different colors. These were soooo cool. I don't know what happen to them, but I would love to have one now.
My friends and I would try to stack these on each other. Eventually though as I got older the sound of these would send chills up the spine, like fingernails on chalkboard. Perhaps I scraped my knuckles on the cement one too many times with this toy...
I still have a car that you can one in and the car race across the floor.
I had really long hair in the 70's. I had Whizzers and was playing with one when the tip touched the end of my hair. Quicker than you could say "Bob's your uncle" it spun from the end of my long hair and wound itself to my skull. Had to cut it out. Ahhh, yeah...good times :-)
Still have one of my whizzers and some of the pieces that came with it. Ruined a piano bench winding one up one time. Left a big curved slash in the wood. They came from a Woolworth's over here.
I agree, whizzers were too cool. I had a bunch and my mom threw them out as JUNK when I was at college. Anyone remember the ones they made that were like soda cans? I had a Coke, Pepsi and a Dr Pepper I believe.
The expression on your moms face was "priceless" when you spun one of those tops on here tile floor. And yes, hair and knuckles were the painful end to most of our playing with those things.
I still have my "Bonehead" whizzer from 1970 when I was 6,Johnny my son 8 plays with it.I did have to replace the tip from newer model.
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