AIBU to be thinking that a toy I owned in the 80s never actually existed??

[WhackusBonkus]

I know it must have… unless I’ve flipped realties or some such. It was my favourite toy for years and I spent hours whiling away the hours with it, on and off for a good few years.

But I can find no reference to it anywhere online. What’s that all about..?! The internet always throws a up some results…

It was called a Batty Bouncer. It was a hard plastic stick maybe ten inches long.. and it hard a hard bouncy bit like a ball (although not completely round) at each end. You threw it and it bounced, sometimes quite high.

I think the stick was yellow .. maybe.. and I think or was by Mattel or some other well known at the time toy brand.

Did anyone else have one?

I keep looking it up on and off because I can’t believe al lol mention of them has fallen off the face of the earth, less than 40 years later!

I’m sure there was also something similar, a yellow pole with red ends, but it was on a string and you swung it around ???

[quote WhackusBonkus]@gamerchick yes that's it!! Thank you!! Aw the nostalgia! And yes it was even yellow. I wonder where mine went... [/quote]
Oi! Am I invisible?

Well done @NeverDropYourMooncup
How cool there is an advert for it!
£1.75! Was that expensive then?
They couldn't charge much more for it nowadays!

Sorry @NeverDropYourMooncup !! Such was my excitement, what with sending the link to my elderly mum and all so she could share the joy .. I got my posters muddled!

ActionGT not Mattel

@NeverDropYourMooncup how did you access such an obscure link on Twitter just like that??

I just googled ‘batty bouncer’ and was first result!

@whatnumber

Well done *@NeverDropYourMooncup* How cool there is an advert for it! £1.75! Was that expensive then? They couldn't charge much more for it nowadays!

I think it's about £6 now. So not necessarily expensive. Except when they bounced away or a dog got hold of it.

The yellow stick, red ends and some fishing wire was supposed to be for doing tricks. I wasn't ever allowed anything like that as my much older Sister had fallen victim to the Clacker Craze and resultant injuries. And the dog would have probably have eaten it.

I’d stop thinking about batty bouncers OP and get in a bit of practice on Google….

[quote WhackusBonkus]@NeverDropYourMooncup how did you access such an obscure link on Twitter just like that?? [/quote]
I genuinely just searched on the most likely place I thought would have random ads or threads relating to Gen X. Twitter.

It did exist and I remember it, but not under that name

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this?

I had one too

Oh gosh yes I had one of those! The name Batty Bouncer does not ring any bells at all though.

*Surely that must be a sexual reference nowadays?

Blimey.. how?!*

@WhackusBonkus

Batty is Jamaican slang for arse…. Your description is absolutely x rated when viewed through that lens.

@MrsFezziwig

I’d stop thinking about batty bouncers OP and get in a bit of practice on Google….

Which is strange because my boss actually calls me the Google queen.. I was honestly getting no joy

@Divebar2021

*Surely that must be a sexual reference nowadays?

Blimey.. how?!*

@WhackusBonkus

Batty is Jamaican slang for arse…. Your description is absolutely x rated when viewed through that lens.

Ah! Goodness me

@everybodystalking

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this?

I had one too

Defo not one of these @everybodystalking .. as above.

@Tillymintpolo

I’m sure there was also something similar, a yellow pole with red ends, but it was on a string and you swung it around ???

That was a Trick Stick - it had holes in the centre of the pole with fishing line through and a plastic ring for your finger so you could swoosh it about 'invisibly' 😀

I had one and from what I can remember so did virtually everybody else, but I don't remember the bouncy thing at all?

[quote WhackusBonkus]@NeverDropYourMooncup how did you access such an obscure link on Twitter just like that?? [/quote]
How did you not? It's literally the first result on google

It is the first result on Google. Really not a hard one to find.

Definitely not what I was getting and I'd been looking on and off, in idle moments, for a couple of weeks. Thanks everyone.

@WhackusBonkus

Definitely not what I was getting and I'd been looking on and off, in idle moments, for a couple of weeks. Thanks everyone.

Did you put it in quotes? There's less than 10 hits in total.

Even if you dont put it in quotes, it is the first result. The link to a video on Twitter about a toy advert. First result from googling the name of the toy.

I'm betting OP just didnt click on it because it was a twitter link.

I'm betting OP just didnt click on it because it was a twitter link

Maybe but what a novel approach to trying to solve a little mystery

Why would I not click on it because it’s Twitter? What’s a novel approach?? I was just chatting with my mum and I said “I know .. I’ll ask on Mumsnet..” so I did. Problem solved. Thank you.