Clackers -- originally glass and would eventually shatter while you played with them.
Now they're made of dense plastic. My kid calls them the Ow-Ow toy, because I'd hit my arm while showing him how to make it clack at the bottom and top. Ow, ow, ow.
Fear not citizen.
children could hit themselves with the balls
Isnt... isn't that the point?
No the point is to idiot proof the world so no one gains any semblance of critical thinking
There was another version of these that were made of a stone like material that would produce sparks and pops when they were clacked together. There were ones that were loose that you would play marbles with or pairs that you'd hit together in your hands.
Those were fun.
Hand Blasters?
I never knew about these. I had to look them up. ...and now I want them. It looks like you can still buy them online.
I can smell these
Yep, those are one of them.
It became very popular in Egypt few years ago. Kids called it Sisi's balls, which angered the authorities that tried to crack down on its sale.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2017/11/sisis-balls-gets-confiscated-by-egyptian-police.html
We adapted them into bolo's, my little brother hated it.
I remember those from the 70s.
These were called "Taka Taka" in my town LMAO.