This winter I went through a little toy nostalgia. I fondly remembered these little guys to the right... I asked a couple of my cousins and they remembered them too. We figured that if we looked hard enough they could still be found in our grandparent's basement!Sure enough while I was staying with Gram last week for a couple days, I hunted them down and was pleased to see they still have their "getupandpop". They have lost a little suction, so they pop before you can take cover. Part of the fun back then was waiting with thrilling anticipation for those unknown seconds of delay before the "pop" would happen. The fun now is that they still pop at all after probably 40 years!
So for kicks here is a little video of my fun in the patio with pop ups from bygone days. Cousins, if you want to play with them yourself .... go in the pantry, find the Reynolds wrap stockpile, look down and they are in a bucket on the floor. Little warning though, don't try them on the freezer because they like to land behind the freezer! I learned this the hard way - twice.
