Do you remember weebles?
I remember weebles. If you were a child of the 70's (and probably the 60s and 80s, yes) you couldn't help but have had at least one at some point in time, even if you were past the age where they were really that much fun to play with.
Weebles are the kind of toy your parents put away in a box and you find years later. It's the kind of toy you'd put on a desk and occasionally tap in that kind of office pendulum kind of way that lets you fidget thoughtfully while chewing on a pencil.
It's funny how they change over time. I remember them like this:
...which is not at all the way they look on the Hasbro site right now:
I think I prefer the transparent look, although I imagine that more than one little kid probably thought that they could just hit one with a hammer hard enough and get the little person out. Sucks for today's kids, but that's what auction sites and local collectibles classfieds are for. If I want to get my daughter Weebles, I'll get the pirates above (those were from an eBay auction, but you'll have to fight me for them).
I wonder if they ever did a weeble astronaut or deep-sea diver? Those would have made more sense than pirates, but I'm sure that isn't the point. It might have been equally cool if the inside of the weeble had a reverse impression of the picture on the outside and was filled with silly putty or some other kind of memetic material, but that didn't happen either.
Anyway, today's little topically-related link goes to Weebl and Bob.
If you have no idea what that is, please check it out. It's cute.
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