[fruser1]

The toys that built America are all banned now.

It's all part of the decline.

[Sacajaweau]

we had a chemistry kit. what we learned is that if you added baking soda to the sugar bowl....it would surprise dad...

yeh we learned a lot that day...

like dad had the power to say no bikes for a week...

[BudgieRamone]

Banned or prohibitively expensive. I occasionally go to a hobby shop to look at electric trains. The price of a new n gauge engine is 125.00 plus.
Lego only wants the “elite” kids playing with their stuff, its so freaking expensive-not to say I dont get stuff for my kids, they love it. I dont see much with plastic models anymore, planes, tanks, hot rods, etc.—guess thats been replaced by fantasy miniatures, which is also awful pricey. Toys that matter or teach skills are for kids who have parents with lots of disposable income, I have a theory that its all part of the “plan”.

[SauronOfMordor]

I had a REAL chemistry set 60 years ago. The government would flip out if anyone tried to sell anything like it now.

[SauronOfMordor]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-the-chemistry-set-70359831/