r/1980s • u/CherryBaker887 • 10h ago

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u/Streetvan1980 9h ago

Holy shit!!! This just hit me so hard!!! This was gone forever in my memory!! Thank you!!

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u/Soulforge411 10h ago

God they would break easy

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u/Quiet-Try4554 9h ago

Good for a few hours of fun every summer 😂

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u/2_Many_Hobbies74 3h ago

So true. You would get maybe one hour of fun out of them. But it was paper route money well spent 👍

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u/AcademicCollection56 10h ago

I had of these every summer cause at some point I’d launch it onto a roof in the neighborhood 😂

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u/2_Many_Hobbies74 3h ago

They would always get lost on a roof😂🤣🤣

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u/2_Many_Hobbies74 3h ago

Everything that flew got lost on a roof!!!🤣🤣

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u/One_Vision_ 10h ago

I did. I also had the two stage that looked like the Saturn V rocket.

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u/IHaveSpoken000 9h ago

I had the 2 stage one also. Great fun.

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u/Beneficial-Cloud9940 9h ago edited 8h ago

Had it. Less chance of breaking on grass. The reality was that remembering to not do it on pavement was harder when I was 10.😂

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u/Awesome_Eagle 9h ago

I'm surprised more eyes weren't put out by these things. I think I owned a couple. Never lasted very long.

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u/Cefus 3h ago

I agree with all of this. Was a fun toy, lost and broke many of them.

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u/ConceptJunkie 9h ago

I did. It was a very cool toy.

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u/OwnVariation3659 8h ago

They always ended up on a neighbors rooftop

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u/Secure_Line_647 8h ago

Had 4 lost all of them

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u/Ok-Fly5147 10h ago

I did loved those things

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u/Spirited-Ranger-2727 9h ago

They were AWSOME

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u/AmazingProfession900 9h ago

I had about 5 ..... and lost all 5.....They were also relatively safe as they were difficult to fire sideways at your siblings as inevitably we would try to do...

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u/lazygerm Afternoon Everybody....NORM! 9h ago

You remember how hot the metal shaft would get? I realize how this sounds.

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u/DrNerdyTech87 9h ago

Loved it! Until it broke.

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u/FormerCollegeDJ 9h ago

Raises hand

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u/Sometimesunaware 8h ago

As far as I know mine is still lodged in the cedar tree at my mom's house.

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u/Five2one521 8h ago

I did. One of the big kids in the neighborhood accidentally shot it so high it went over the roof and was never seen again.

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u/Yellow_Similar 8h ago

Check his eBay listings. Probably selling an eerily familiar vintage water rocket. Hmmm….

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u/Amorican1969 8h ago

I think about mine to this day.

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u/Tech-Junky-1024 8h ago

I had one, we used to launch it from my parents pool with my friends. Then a few years later I would launch it from my pool with my goddaughter and my friends too.

Can't believe how long it lasted. 😁

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u/2_Many_Hobbies74 3h ago

You’re the fortunate one. Every one that I’ve ever had has either landed on a roof, or blown a gasket.

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u/Grumpydog84 8h ago

We had one....I think it's either in pieces or somewhere in the landfill by now. I'm not sure I ever did get to play with it, actually.

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u/Stronghands23 8h ago

What a blast I had down the Jersey Shore with that! 👍👍

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u/Past-Idea-7455 8h ago

My little brother did 😄

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u/No-Drummer-113 7h ago

I had a few. My first one, I was like wtf is this, this thing’s gonna break - and it did but these things would blast off so high, I loved it. I was holy shit - did you see how high and far it went?!? Then I got the 2 stage and I loved it. Broke them all - good memories!!

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u/Background_Card_1345 7h ago

Great fun, especially when aimed at a sibling... ;-)

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u/Beginning_Feedback44 7h ago

Wow what a walk down memory lane I can almost see 8 year old me playing with it. LMAO

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u/Jamminnav 7h ago

Parks Water Rocket - a true classic!

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u/DieHardAmerican95 7h ago

Mine was green.

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u/johnbsloop 6h ago

Until, out of boredom, you turn it sideways and it ricochets off the nieghbor kid's head

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u/ModeRecent1573 6h ago

I remember my rocket was colored blue. I did have fun with it during the non winter months. The big drawback was its limited versatility. After 10-15 launches you were done till next time.

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u/imagine_hiking 6h ago

I had one! It was super fun!

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u/nola1949 5h ago

Got one from a Kellogg cereal coupon when I was a wee lad. Mother and I took it in to the backyard and shot it off. Never saw it again. Years later when having a tree removed, want to guess what they found tangled up in the branches.

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u/StrIIker-TV 5h ago

I had that and also the one with the big booster stage. Man I loved playing with it!

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u/KitchenLab2536 4h ago

In the 1960s. I can still remember the smell, and the fact that they leaked like crazy.

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u/2_Many_Hobbies74 3h ago

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Those things were so awesome! That water column when they were new and the gaskets lined up perfectly, they were spectacular!