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Toy that had a little plastic handle, with two strings attached to it. On the end of each string is a hard plastic ball. To play with it you tap the balls together and when you get really good at it you the balls click on the bottom then on the top alternating.
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lisa - April 09, 2007 - Report this comment
i would absolutly love to have a pair of click clacks
James Willis - May 01, 2007 - Report this comment
I busted my lip one time with CLick Clacks! They came with a plastic wrist protector but for some reason all the kids I knew got carried away and clacked all up the face with these.. One word Awesome.
Denise - May 24, 2007 - Report this comment
I remember Click clacks. I had a pair (I LOVED THEM) and they weren't made of hard plastic with a safe plastic handle and we didn't have safety gloves either. They were made of glass balls and flimsy string. You had to be a Ninja master to use them to not kill yourself or anyone near you. They were dangerous, I think that's what added to the fun, I had so many bruises on my hands, knuckles and wrists. Ah, the good old days.
Johnell - May 31, 2007 - Report this comment
I love click clacks! would LOVE to buy 3.
jam - June 20, 2007 - Report this comment
there so beautiful lol
Lysa - June 28, 2007 - Report this comment
i love click-clacks im 12 years old and i am a master at them but im not as good as my mom, shes incredible, i counted her do it as many as 70 times, i can never do that, my high score is 43. i was just playing with them and i wanted to know more about them so i looked them up and found this website. click- clacks are amazing.
connie - July 09, 2007 - Report this comment
I would love a pair, they were fun!
Maribel - August 02, 2007 - Report this comment
As a kid, I once had a pair of Click-Clacks. It was one of my favorite toys. Looking back now, they were dangerous which is why they stopped making them. But sometimes, I wish I still had a pair.
Leen - September 07, 2007 - Report this comment
I had a pair when I was about 15. I remember walking down the highschool hall way clacking away and gosh did they make some racket LOL. I had to throw them away because they had a huge crack in them LOL ... neat toy. My DD was watching Drake & Josh and they were playing with a pair LOL. Oh well.....
Robbie - September 12, 2007 - Report this comment
We all had them on the block,,it was real summer fun,and every summer we got a new set of click-clacks.I remember my cousin johnny cracked my friend joey over the head with them,My uncle had to pay for the kids stiches,needless to say we had to hide them after that day.
Mike - September 13, 2007 - Report this comment
We had a bet,i bet this kid that i could throw the click clak like a bolo weapon,we were at the pizza store,i was spinning them around above my head and let go,it flew and landed in the pot of marinara sauce in the pizzaria.Frank the owner was so mad ,he made us fold up pizza boxes the whole summer and didnt pay us.
Heather - October 21, 2007 - Report this comment
Loved them! Always remembered them being called Ka Bangers
Ricky - November 14, 2007 - Report this comment
I'm 46 now and used to have a pair of glass ones when I was a kid. Found a pair at a rummage sale last month for almost nothing and played with them all day. Stopped for fear of breaking them since. Plan on framing them now, maybe selling them.
Joy - November 26, 2007 - Report this comment
For anyone interested they are selling Click Clacks out of The Vermont Country Store Catalog for $9.95 a pair!
Diane - December 27, 2007 - Report this comment
MY click clacks were beautiful see thru red glass. God I loved them... I loved the noise they made. My grandmother bought them for me and hid them on numerous occassions too much noise, sore knuckles no bruises. The good old days
Mary Cook - January 04, 2008 - Report this comment
I still have my click clacks. They are purple classic ones on flimsy string. They weren't really made out of glass, they were made out of acrylic. Last time I tried I could still click and clack. They have to be at least 39 years old.
Mary Cook - January 04, 2008 - Report this comment
Correction. I was thinking I was 10 when I got mine, but I wasn't. I must have been 11 if they came out in 1970. So mine are only 38 years old. LOL!
Michelle - January 09, 2008 - Report this comment
I had a pair of Click Clacks when I was in 5th Grade , we use to bring them to school. I'm 45 now, so that was way back when.....lol...They were green and I absolutely loved them...I want to get another pair..What memories.
kathy estrada - February 09, 2008 - Report this comment
love those click clacks i always try to describe this toy to my children, they were awesome i lived in new york, in the 70s lol. they were a dangerous toy, i always had bruises on my arms and they could knock you out unconcoius but they were a lot of fun, the noise was very exciting and the colors were mesmericing i wish they were available now, the problem is that with this violent society, they would be a weapon. lol
Tracy - February 13, 2008 - Report this comment
Hello everyone, I had about 4 pairs of the click clacks. I had a pair of green, orange, red, and a glitter purple pair if I can remember. Well yes I used to put a towel around my arm and click away I had burised on my arm from this toy i used to turn my head away close my eyes and click away. I remember my mom would say stop that clicking thank you to the person who mentioned the vermont store I'm goin to purchase a pair. The cite bought back a lot of memories of old toys.
Sheila King - February 14, 2008 - Report this comment
I had a pair of orange-gold glitter pair, and I also loved them. I know Moma still has them somewhere, as she never throws anything away. I am a 60 model (born 1960, ha!), so if I could find em they'd be really old! For anyone who has their originals, I bet they'd sell for big bucks on E-Bay. Has anyone seen what the old, silver Christmas trees were selling for. . . . Ya know those that had the colored light that sat on the floor and turned back and forth!? ha! How I long for those good ole days! Sheila from OK
Ken - February 26, 2008 - Report this comment
Click Clacks were not a toy of the 80s but the 70s. I remember them well :-)
Bart - March 01, 2008 - Report this comment
We refered to these as "Clackers". I'm looking for the toy of the 50's that had 5 or 6 plastic blocks connected by some type of straps like elastic. Trying to find them for my grandkids.
Marilyn - March 23, 2008 - Report this comment
The click clacks was and still is my favorite toy. Thanks for the info on the Vermont Store I bought me a pair.
Alyssa - March 24, 2008 - Report this comment
i always wanted clackers. but i really want the classic ones but i will have to buy the ones from the Vermont country store
Tweet - March 25, 2008 - Report this comment
I remember these being banned at my school almost immediately. They were fun, though.
Dré - April 06, 2008 - Report this comment
OMG thank you SO much for the reference to th vermont country store. im totally gonna have 2 get some! thx again
Chandler - April 27, 2008 - Report this comment
Bart- i read your comment, and the toy you are looking for is called jacobs ladder, and i recently purchased one for my children at a local toy store. If you are still looking, i hope i was able to help you in your search.
linda - May 04, 2008 - Report this comment
Click clacks we soooo cool. I loved the sound and even tolerated getting bruises on my wrists just to hear that sound.
arty909 - July 05, 2008 - Report this comment
The glass versions were pulled off the market not because of bruises or stiches to the user; but mostly because they had a tendency to chip, and the glass slivers caused injury or blindness to countless victims. It happened to a girl on my street in the very early 70's...
Melissa1970 - July 09, 2008 - Report this comment
I have a great memory of Kabangers (that's what we used to call them in NJ)! My family was on the boardwalk in Asbury Park and there was a stand where you could win them - the really nice colorful glass ones. My sis and I begged my Dad to win us some. Well, we tried but we couldn't win. I will never forget walking away from the stand hearing the clacking all the way down the boardwalk. We were so sad! So we ended up getting them at another time - they weren't the glass ones - mine were Neon Pink & Neon Yellow. Man, the bruises I had on my arm. I can still feel the pain of that ball hitting the side of my wrist bone!! I would play until I couldn't take the pain anymore until I got smart and used my roller skating knee pads as a wrist guard. Then there was no stopping me...well until my parents couldn't stand the noise anymore! I want a glass pair!!!
Barb - July 11, 2008 - Report this comment
www.timewarptoys.com has the original glass ones, 38.00 ea. or 30.00 ea for 3 or more. The ones from Vermont Store are unbreakable and work the same. Had em when I was a kid, and have just as much fun with them now!
GiaEMF - July 22, 2008 - Report this comment
I still have mine and they are still awesome. I came across a site selling the originals for 50 bucks a pair. They claim to have a black pair for sale for 125.00. I still have my purple ones. I'm 40 now. Jeeeez, these things have got to be at least 32 years old. wow. . . feelin' my age over here but it's nice to be able to pull 'em out and feel the nostalgia when I hear the sound they make. I'm still good with them too. Clocked myself at over 100 hits both top and bottom. I still got it! CRAWESOME!!! (crawesome = crazy awesome) :)
Mikey - July 24, 2008 - Report this comment
Gee, i'd never sell my black Click clacks for anything. I'm 40 and got my firt Click clacks for Christmas 1973 [Wow How time flies!!!!], seems like yesterday. My sister took them once from my box and she busted her head and needed 6 stitches. AWWWW the memories - Hey now how about those stretch arm strongs? anyone ever see inside? i did we cut it in half!
Adam Benero - August 23, 2008 - Report this comment
Got my click clacks that came when you ordered a large pizza at Shakeys in Littleton Co. My sister and i fought over them so much that my Dad went and bought another pizza so we both could have a set...geez seems like yesterday ! Oh and i just found a set of the them at a garage sale for $3.00 how cool is that !
Anne - August 25, 2008 - Report this comment
I actually still have my original, glass Click Clacks.
Karee - September 11, 2008 - Report this comment
I am 42 years old and I had one of the original click clacks. I wish I still had it. I could make that thing fly! I remember they came out with one that was covered in some kind of explosive powder like you find in caps from a cap gun and every time you connected they would fire like a cap gun. Ohhhh, the good old days. Wish I still had those things!!
Deloris - September 23, 2008 - Report this comment
This is really awesome I didn't realize how many people loved "Click Clacks", this was our thing in the Bronx/Mount Vernon, NY. We took them to school (got in trouble of course) but we had competitions and played non-stop or until an adult had enough of the noise. Brings back pleasent memories, I have been looking all over for a pair. Thanks for the info.
Trish - October 02, 2008 - Report this comment
I remember these coming out in the early 70's when i was a kid. I loved them though wasnt very good at them. Suffered awful bruises from them. I'm sure they banned them:-S
Teresa - October 06, 2008 - Report this comment
I am 49, and I had a pair too. Everyone in my neighborhood had them, and you could hear them all over town. Back then no one had AC so you could be in the house with the windows open and hear them. I LOVED them! Wish I had a pair right now. YEs, the GOOD OLE DAYS!!!
Donna - October 07, 2008 - Report this comment
They just showed the "Clackers" on Drake and Josh and that made me go to my computer and look them up to see if they are still available for sale. I'm 39 and we even had an arm guard - it was the cheesiest thing, but it kept your arms from getting a bruise. I may order these for my 10 year old. That would be a great challenge to see if I still have it!
Rachy - November 14, 2008 - Report this comment
I had a pair in primary school, thjought i was just sooo good. Yeah i remember the bruised wrists, it was a sign u were a master lol. Love all retro things
val - November 21, 2008 - Report this comment
got banned from school
Shelly - December 04, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved my click clacks and my Dad hated them. We were building a new home and he embedded them in a wall someplace....wish I could find them
a person - December 07, 2008 - Report this comment
i rlyyy want a glass pair for cheap, I'am a teen n I've never had em'!!
Gail - December 10, 2008 - Report this comment
all the comments are great! I'm 42 and had the glass pair. I LOVED THEM! My parents took them from us and I never seen them again. Yes I still remember the bruises! I just purchased a pair from the vermont country store for my daughter. Happy clacking everyone!!
Diana - December 12, 2008 - Report this comment
Oh Yes! We had them - my sister had a green set and I had a red set. After a short time, my Mom threw them away because she heard they were dangergous - something about them exploding. We missed them!
Ben - December 25, 2008 - Report this comment
The older girls in my neighborhood got good at using them. They'd throw them very high in the air and then catch them, all while never missing a clack.
Kristy - January 15, 2009 - Report this comment
I still have my pair from back around 1979. They too were one of my favorite toys ever. I got a new pair every year from the flea markets.
Carole - February 18, 2009 - Report this comment
More like toys from the 60s! I remember these from 6th grade (1969-1970) when everyone had a set. Kids were always getting bashed, the school banned them, and they were never seen again. Ah, good times!
Bruce - February 19, 2009 - Report this comment
Click clacks are totally worth the pain! real toys, for real people.
Tony - February 23, 2009 - Report this comment
I am 43 and I still take my click clacks out once in a while, they used to be my sisters, but I love them more KEEP ON CLACKING
Katie - March 23, 2009 - Report this comment
I'm 45 now and still remember being enthralled with my click-clacks. Got them in a five and dime store near Canoga Park in 1971 when I was 8 years old. Man!! Time flies, just like the click-clacks!
Jenny - April 10, 2009 - Report this comment
I'm 11 years old and my mom told me she had a pair of click-clacks when she was my age and some-times i REALLY, REALLY wish i had some.They seem Sooo much fun and my birthday is coming up and I've been asking my mom to get some 4 me. (If anyone wants to donate some ur welcome to)lol
Stacy - May 07, 2009 - Report this comment
I found some I like better than the ones shown at the Vermont store: Google klick-klacks and timewarptoys
Dawn - May 11, 2009 - Report this comment
These were awesome! I am going to be 44 this month and I would LOVE to have another pair of these! I used to play with them all the time and they were the glass ones!
KERRY CORBETT - May 12, 2009 - Report this comment
MY YOUNGER SISTER RECENTLY ASKED ME WHERE COULD SHE FIND A PAIR OF THOSE GREAT CLICK-CLACKS. SHE HAD BEEN SEARCHING EVERYWHERE. I TOLD HER TO GO BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN BELLMORE LONG ISLAND AND SHE COULD FIND A PURPLE PAIR HANGING FROM THE TELEPHONE WIRES IN FRONT OF OUR OLD HOUSE.LOL. THEY'VE BEEN THERE ABOUT 40 YEARS NOW.
Jeanine Furco - May 12, 2009 - Report this comment
OMG!!!! Love Click clacks - Kabangers......Just bought a pair from The Vermont Country Store. Thanks to my sister who commented above. She found them.. Yippppeeeeeeeeeeeee
Melody - May 17, 2009 - Report this comment
I want some click clacks for under 5 dollars
ADRIANA - July 03, 2009 - Report this comment
HI! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A CHEAP PAIR OF CLICK CLACKS? PLEASE EMAIL ME! ADRIANAJRJ@HOTMAIL.COM THANK U! THANK U! THANK U!
Adriana - July 03, 2009 - Report this comment
I remember when I was a little girl (I'm 24 now) back in Mexico, i loved those things! good ol' click clacks or "Traca-Tracas" in spanish, I would really love a pair right now. If n e 1 happens to have one and wants to donate them to me, please e-mail me: adrianajrj@hotmail.com THANKX
Norma from LA - August 13, 2009 - Report this comment
TRICKY-TRACAS. I was in El Salvador when I first played with these dangerous but fun toys. I agree with... Bruce - February 19, 2009 - Click clacks are totally worth the pain! real toys, for real people.
Jose From Whittier - September 03, 2009 - Report this comment
I got some clackers for 5 bucks! they're awesome! sure my right hand is completely swollen and in pain, but its so worth it! :D
elbert Taylor-Texas - September 07, 2009 - Report this comment
I was pretty much the best in my neighborhood! (Of course it looked like all the kids had tumors on oud wrists! LOL) I remember the number of fights these were used in as well! LOL
Connie - September 07, 2009 - Report this comment
I played with a set that was at an antique sale a few years ago. I was the only one there who could get them to work & the place went silent from the racket I was making with them :)
Michael - September 15, 2009 - Report this comment
I clicked and clacked all day when I was a kid. Banged up fingers and busted my tooth once.
Nella - October 09, 2009 - Report this comment
I just bought a pair from the Los Angeles County fair in California for only $5. I bought a pair of green ones...I remember begging my parents for one, eventually they gave in...I practiced til my armed were black & blue...All I remembered was that the string was allot longer, the ones that I bought are shorter, but works as well..Happy Klicking!!!!
Diana - October 13, 2009 - Report this comment
my sister and I had these from the way early 70's- mine were blue. who in the world came up with dangerous flying glass objects that wreaked havoc on your wrist bones?? bahahahahaa you would never find these for the 'gentler generation' they couldn't handle the bruises!
Lenore - November 02, 2009 - Report this comment
Our family moved recently and I found a box of my childhood objects. When I opened my Munsters lunch box, behold a troll with purple hair and my green sparkly click clacks. My son was in awe when I showed him "how it's done."
Jackie - November 09, 2009 - Report this comment
Go to www.vermontcountrystore.com You can buy one for $9.95

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