Would that metal top have a red wooden handle and is painted with red, yellow, blue, and have white stars? I still have mine and I passed it down to my kids. And you know what? It doesn’t have any teethmarks on it and the paint, except for the bottom where it spins, is still in excellent shape.
Every time a story like this comes out, we always laugh about playing with the little balls of mercury from broken thermometers.
Yup...blue, yellow, and red with a red wooden handle. Only mine (Dad’s) has an airplane theme. I played with that many times as a kid at Grandma’s house.
Many of the older toys are little pieces of artwork...these stories just infuriate me; particularly in light of the fact that they don’t spend their time on the adulterated products that are currently arriving every day on containers.