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....."Don`t worry Helen,it`s just our five year-old,Little Timmy, with the age appropriate soldering iron wood burner"...

..Timmy`s parents were secure in the belief that an American-made "air cooled" wood burner toy, could propel Timmy along the route to artistic achievements of considerable notoriety

a burning question

 



   
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Totally put out of business by Popeil's Irridium Cooled Light Saber. Irridium sold separately. 


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Totally put out of business by Popeil's Irridium Cooled Light Saber. Irridium sold separately. 

Captain Ron......the hands down master of schlocky chachki Scared  



   
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I had one of these.  Got the burn marks to prove it.



   
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Early 50`s_____Toy Standards and Practices Approved Labeling Guideline number 14: "Air-Cooled"

Air-Cooled__"wait until it stops burning everything in close range before storing it properly in it`s Paperboard Box"



   
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I had one of these.  Got the burn marks to prove it.

fast and loose at age 5___the smell of charred skin, carried on wispy-thin white smoke, is added to your ever growing "olfactory memories" repertoire

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I had one of these.  Got the burn marks to prove it.

fast and loose at age 5___the smell of charred skin, carried on thin white smoke, is added to your ever growing "olfactory memories" repertoire

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What?  He had an old factory by age 5...??  Shades of Rollo The Rich Kid.



   
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Totally put out of business by Popeil's Irridium Cooled Light Saber. Irridium sold separately. 

Was that the triple duty one that also converted into a fishing rod or a pattie stacker for your deep freeze?  Ron Popeil had it goin' on!  The only downside IMHO was that an irridium store was so hard to find....at least in Canada.



   
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....."Don`t worry Helen,it`s just our five year-old,Little Timmy, with the age appropriate soldering iron wood burner"...

..Timmy`s parents were secure in the belief that an American-made "air cooled" wood burner toy, could propel Timmy along the route to artistic achievements of considerable notoriety

a burning question

 

As yes...Timmy "The Torch" Burns had loving parents who only wanted the best for him.  Shame about how it all worked out.......he's due for parole in 2035.



   
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I had one of these.  Got the burn marks to prove it.

fast and loose at age 5___the smell of charred skin, carried on thin white smoke, is added to your ever growing "olfactory memories" repertoire

Shocked

What?  He had an old factory by age 5...??  Shades of Rollo The Rich Kid.

At the ripe old age of five he would have stood a head taller than the rank and file labor in some of the "Toy Factories" in  countries so hard to pronounce back then

Rollo !!!!! such a nouveau poser.....always flashin` that bankroll around Little Lulu and Nancy

rollo

 



   
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Totally put out of business by Popeil's Irridium Cooled Light Saber. Irridium sold separately. 

Was that the triple duty one that also converted into a fishing rod or a pattie stacker for your deep freeze?  Ron Popeil had it goin' on!  The only downside IMHO was that an irridium store was so hard to find....at least in Canada.

The TROUBLE with buttons ? They ALLLLLLLWAYS fall off !!!!



   
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I had one of these.  Got the burn marks to prove it.

fast and loose at age 5___the smell of charred skin, carried on wispy-thin white smoke, is added to your ever growing "olfactory memories" repertoire

Shocked

I was actually 7, but you are spot on about the rest. Smile



   
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