What am i?
The Clacker!
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- These toys go by many different names other than Clackers, including Bonkers, Crackers, Knockers, Whackers, Quick Clacks, and many more.
- In the 1960s and 1970s, clackers were made of two plastic balls on a string which could occasionally be made to bounce off each other with a satisfying “clack.”
- Prior to being made of plastic, early Clacker balls were made of glass, which would sometimes shatter into the face of the user — the plastic back then was also known to break, and eventually they were deemed a “mechanical hazard” and removed from shelves.
- The renewed interest in the ’90s came from a new design using new plastic that would not break and utilized bright neon colors.
- In 2017, the two-balls-on-a-string clacker was revived in Egypt. They nicknamed them “Sisi’s Balls” after the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and were quickly confiscated by the government.
- These toys go by many different names other than Clackers, including Bonkers, Crackers, Knockers, Whackers, Quick Clacks, and many more.
- In the 1960s and 1970s, clackers were made of two plastic balls on a string which could occasionally be made to bounce off each other with a satisfying “clack.”
- Prior to being made of plastic, early Clacker balls were made of glass, which would sometimes shatter into the face of the user — the plastic back then was also known to break, and eventually they were deemed a “mechanical hazard” and removed from shelves.
- The renewed interest in the ’90s came from a new design using new plastic that would not break and utilized bright neon colors.
- In 2017, the two-balls-on-a-string clacker was revived in Egypt. They nicknamed them “Sisi’s Balls” after the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and were quickly confiscated by the government.
