And Now for Something Completely Different: Terror Toys for Your Children

This is sort of in the category of “The Devil made me do it,” but after running across the picture of “Struts” (number 7, think about it awhile) or, perhaps especially, “The Face Bank” (number 2), I couldn’t resist sharing it:  “7 Scary Toys That Still Freak Us Out as Adults” by Diana Vilibert, via THE-LINE-UP.COM.  Dolls are there, to be sure, but [image error]unlike “Chucky” these are ones that are not quite human.  Or not quite horses.  Or . . . well, look for the not quite Mr. Potato Head — these are all toys to be sure that came after my own childhood, spent more prosaically amongst electric trains and model airplanes.  Who among us fondly remembers Erector Sets?  But these little items are something else, for more on which press here.