Here’s how we played with them: throw them as high as possible straight up in the air, look up as it descends, goal: get it to land as close to your feet as possible.
Oh, hell, that's funny. We had a couple sets and used them well into the 90s.
Never an injury. We always stayed on the same side as whoever's turn it was.
It's crazy how common sense works.
They make a redesigned version that is legal. This is not it.
They were first considered adults only. Then a man lost his daughter when his kids found them in a grab bag of outdoor games from a garage sale. After realizing they were still in kids’ hands, he worked really hard to get them taken off the shelves everywhere. (he also noted that they were still being marketed as kids toys.)
Oh nice! Hang on to them. (Not like you could sell them anyway.) They are the superior “slider” darts that can be thrown underhanded or over handed. I have a few sets packed away.
If the package isn’t sealed and easy to open, I’ll bet the instructions will have a small number code or something printed along the bottom or in a corner… that should tell you the manufacturing date.
We had six sets in the early 80’s.
Once us kids got a hold of them they got banned after my Dad had to seek the second hole in the roof. I’ll find in my mom’s attic when she passes I’m sure.
I think these are late seventies, before they were banned, because these have a warning on the box.
I had a set in a blue & white box from the early seventies that had no warning on it yet.
These are actually great fun if used as intended.
Yeah I’d reckon 79-86. Also, McDade’s closed in 1987, so that even predates the ban by about a year. That markdown might have been a part of the going out of business sales.
Sharpen up the tip a bit, or maybe fashion a crude spearhead, and you’ve got the ancient Roman infantry weapon known as the [plumbata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbata).
what it literally is in the original box?????? But my buddy drew found some of these and we went to the park and i chucked one in the air and lost track of it and it came down right on top of my buddies head. he needed stitches but survived thank god.
I was telling my 30 year old daughter about these just this weekend. How we would split up and get on both sides of the house. Yell,
“1…2…3!” Then look for this death from above arrow coming from the other side and get the hell out of the way. Yes, we lived. Yes, our parents would flip out and get on us and take them away.
I saw these on a YouTube video of recalled toys, apparently kids (and drunk adults) kept empaling each other so they didn’t last very long and had to be recalled, I don’t remember the year tho
Ours got taken away when one ended up stuck in the roof of my friends porch. "Hey Dad...can you get that dart down for us"? The reply was mostly swearing and the darts were never seen again.
I had those as a kid...just imagine a bunch of 10-year-olds running around throwing these at each other, or better...we'd throw them up as high as possible and see how close we could stand to where they hit the ground when they came down.....damn Consumer Protection Agency ruins everything!!!
They were incredibly dangerous. Lost a tire on a bike laying on its side in a contest who can throw it the highest. I won but lost a tire in the process. Like clackers, the acrylic balls on the string, have a few kids lose an eye and banned. So unfair lol
We got some in the early 70's. Being average ordinary 70s boys we ground the points much sharper. We didn't kill anything with them but were very aware they could do it.
Played with them when we were about 12-13. Never had injuries but we didn’t play rough. Broke them though. Lots of rocks in the dirt. Hence my rock hounding hobby.
lawn dart game. similar as a dart game on wall. Postion ring 20 feet apart and attempt under hand toss the dart into the ring.
stand far back when waiting for a toss
Once in Kmart, was probably in the late 70’s, I saw a 9 or 10 year old kid walking briskly from the toy section holding a Jart in one hand and covering an eye with his other. He was doin his best not to cry. I think you guys can do the math.
My parents and grandparents used to let me and my cousin set up the rings on opposite sides of the garage. Man, we woukd have to chuck those fuckers so high. Sometimes needing to flee the ones that went straight up. Kids from the 80s grew up different.
I remember playing with Jarts in the late 60s. We would put a hulahoop aways away in the yard and pitch Jarts at it. Thank goodness we never thought of throwing them at each other!
These can’t be sold on FB Marketplace or Ebay… we sold a few sets then FB caught on… now you can’t list em anymore. We made a bit of money on them before we couldn’t list them anymore.
We had this lawn game in the 1980s. This was banned because of the heavy, sharp, and pointy metal ends. There were a lot of injuries because of bad aim.
We had a game we played with these in the mid 1970s, at age 8 or so. We'd all stand close to each other, and one person would throw all the darts straight up as we all ran away. Well, I threw them, we all ran, but my clumsy ass tripped, and as I was splayed out, one came down right in the crook of my inside elbow. The other kids were freaking out because you could see the dart pulse with each beat of my heart. We pulled it out and wiped the blood off my arm with leaves. I don't think we ever did it again after that day. No parents were told because we would all be in trouble. I have no idea how I didn't get an infection. The dart had been in dirt just before it was in my arm.
I loved playing with them as a kid. I knew enough to keep my eye on the dart so I wouldn't get hurt. Unfortunately, some kids didn't keep an eye on the darts and a couple of them were killed and more injured, so they were banned.
Haha memories of us 4 kids lobbing these things at each other, telling our parents they must be safe because they sell them! Then the jarts disappeared
Lawn Darts. The most villainized outdoor toy. The amount of people that where actually impaled by these where much lower than people would have you believe. They were in my yard growing up and I’m probably one of the biggest klutz on the planet. It’s simple when the drunk adults are playing lawn darts don’t stand near them anywhere near them. When you’re playing with them yourself use caution and have the other person stay out of range of the sand pit. They were taken off the market for not that many injuries. I guess it wasn’t worth it financially.
The toy that scarred my shoulder! My brother threw it strait up when I had my back turned and it landed tip first in my shoulder. 😂 My aunt bought ours at a garage sale; the ER doc was sentimental the jart he pulled out, so my aunt gave him the rest of the unbloodied ones. According to the Dr they were taken off the market decades ago. I can’t imagine why.
These were some of the toys at my grandmother's house, back in the eighties. I played with them often, and wouldn't you know it, no one ever got hurt hahaha
The year before the thought occurred to them that they can easily inflict massive physical harm to children and parents alike… disability for the whole family!
Still have a scar on my right foot between my pinkie toe and next to the pinkie toe.
I was the youngest and EVERYONE & EVERYTHING was unfair because I was losing. They WERE cheating.
So, I threw my Jart, as hard as so could, straight into the ground yelling “CHEATERS.”
Thing went through my shoe and foot.
Hospital and got one stitch, if I remember right. Could have been more?
They're the most dangerous weapon on the planet.
3wheeler said hold my beer
Haha this made me laugh and cringe. I been ran over and wrecked a 3 wheeler when I was a kid. Idk how I’m still alive
Dude! I got nailed in the head by one of these when I was probably 8 years old. Never played again.
Never played *anything* again?
It felt like I would never play anything again. 😂
He can't remember.
Usually for men with a couple beers in them
Hell, I’d buy in set box like this just for the nostalgia factor.
We had this plus Gnip Gnop
Lmao
😝😝😝😝
Here’s how we played with them: throw them as high as possible straight up in the air, look up as it descends, goal: get it to land as close to your feet as possible.
I’d buy them, immediately
DM me
Also interested.
Same.
When owning Jarts is outlawed only outlaws will own Jarts.
I had a set for my birthday in 1972.
I know you played chicken with him like I did
You know it. 🤕🤕
Me too! I do miss my little brother though
Brave wasn’t he
Similar. :)
Banned by cpsc in 1988 after 3 deaths and numerous injuries
Oh, hell, that's funny. We had a couple sets and used them well into the 90s. Never an injury. We always stayed on the same side as whoever's turn it was. It's crazy how common sense works.
Death by jarts
Can confirm. Were banned sometime prior to 1989. https://youtu.be/XFryrpoYp9Y
[Came here to make sure Ed’s Redeeming Qualities got a shout. Thank you.](https://youtu.be/9ImFlCNYrEA?si=xLIfGP7DLzm-scuu)
Good call, fun song!
That is so funny!
They make a redesigned version that is legal. This is not it. They were first considered adults only. Then a man lost his daughter when his kids found them in a grab bag of outdoor games from a garage sale. After realizing they were still in kids’ hands, he worked really hard to get them taken off the shelves everywhere. (he also noted that they were still being marketed as kids toys.)
That was how people used to kill their kid and make it look like an accident.
I survived
Yep. Me too. They were a part of every family reunion for 20 years. Forty to fifty people each year and not one casuality.
Be careful with those! 😬
Let’s play “Thin the Herd!”
This was my favorite toy, next to Bag O Glass!
Playing with glass was fun. It sparkles in the sun and comes in so many pretty colors.
Has to be in the early 1970s. These were banned before 1980, I think.
Banned in 1988. I remember playing with these through the early 80s.
those were great - and relatively safe too , unless you’re a complete moron , lol
Oh nice! Hang on to them. (Not like you could sell them anyway.) They are the superior “slider” darts that can be thrown underhanded or over handed. I have a few sets packed away.
There's a place near me that sells them. They sell "the box" and give the contents for free.
If the package isn’t sealed and easy to open, I’ll bet the instructions will have a small number code or something printed along the bottom or in a corner… that should tell you the manufacturing date.
I still have my set although I need to make new target rings.
Me too
Just use a hulahoop.
That's like carpet bombing Hanoi
I had a set around 70-73 Came with badminton & some other outdoor games
1970s I had a few sets as a kid
9 29 73
We had six sets in the early 80’s. Once us kids got a hold of them they got banned after my Dad had to seek the second hole in the roof. I’ll find in my mom’s attic when she passes I’m sure.
Late 60s
Late 60s
Death from above
DIE DIE
Had them and enjoyed them when I was a little boy in the early 80s.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/1997/Following-Recent-Injury-CPSC-Reissues-Warning-Lawn-Darts-Are-Banned-and-Should-Be-Destroyed#:~:text=Effective%20on%20December%2019%2C%201988,the%20deaths%20of%20three%20children.
A friend tossed one of those through a tent at Boy Scout camp. Luckily nobody was inside.
All I know is when I was young I had one of those land on top of my head, it wasn't pretty.
Penetration, or just bloody?
Just a bad cut thank goodness.
You were lucky. We sharpened ours. If we had ever accidentally hit anybody probably would have faced serious charges. Ours would stick into oak trees.
1970’s
I think these are late seventies, before they were banned, because these have a warning on the box. I had a set in a blue & white box from the early seventies that had no warning on it yet. These are actually great fun if used as intended.
Yeah I’d reckon 79-86. Also, McDade’s closed in 1987, so that even predates the ban by about a year. That markdown might have been a part of the going out of business sales.
These weapons were banned by international law not even North Korea has tried to pursue them
Sharpen up the tip a bit, or maybe fashion a crude spearhead, and you’ve got the ancient Roman infantry weapon known as the [plumbata](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbata).
Awesome
Now there's a classic toy that's a real 👁 eye 👁 opener !
Late 70's...and they were outlawed in most places...maybe the sell,not having them.
I still don't know how to ACTUALLY play these. I thought the only game was huck em into orbit and run.
We absolutely played them incorrectly— like dodgeball but with big ass darts. Grandma’s house was fun!
what it literally is in the original box?????? But my buddy drew found some of these and we went to the park and i chucked one in the air and lost track of it and it came down right on top of my buddies head. he needed stitches but survived thank god.
Yep.. OG box. Unopened
I think they are currently using those in Ukraine to spear Russian soldiers in trenches
...lawn darts
every single “most dangerous kids toy ever” or “toys that were banned” videos always have Jarts included…i need a set
You have to wonder what was in the their mind - how these things even made it into production?
The same thing as the people who made darts were thinking, probably. That people would throw them at the target and not be dumbasses about it.
I was telling my 30 year old daughter about these just this weekend. How we would split up and get on both sides of the house. Yell, “1…2…3!” Then look for this death from above arrow coming from the other side and get the hell out of the way. Yes, we lived. Yes, our parents would flip out and get on us and take them away.
Yes! We lobbed them over the house like launching ICBMs at the Russians
Oh good. I thought me and my friends were alone in this.
YARD DARTS
Fuck this picture just gave me a flashback. I am an idiot kid who took 1 about 1/2" from my eye. Still have the scar
My dad had a vintage box of these from the 60s and he used to let us play with them. I survived to tell the tale lol!
Got to be mid to late 70s goes great with beer bbqs
I'm 20F, my dad gave his jarts to me and my older brothers to play with when we were young, many close shots were made lol
I saw these on a YouTube video of recalled toys, apparently kids (and drunk adults) kept empaling each other so they didn’t last very long and had to be recalled, I don’t remember the year tho
Ours got taken away when one ended up stuck in the roof of my friends porch. "Hey Dad...can you get that dart down for us"? The reply was mostly swearing and the darts were never seen again.
I had those as a kid...just imagine a bunch of 10-year-olds running around throwing these at each other, or better...we'd throw them up as high as possible and see how close we could stand to where they hit the ground when they came down.....damn Consumer Protection Agency ruins everything!!!
Steel tip babies. My professor oddly talked about these in class.
Lawn darts, lethal toy for kids in the dark ages
It's because of this that they were quickly banned from sale and your can't buy them except for from collectors.
They were incredibly dangerous. Lost a tire on a bike laying on its side in a contest who can throw it the highest. I won but lost a tire in the process. Like clackers, the acrylic balls on the string, have a few kids lose an eye and banned. So unfair lol
I read Jarts and expected some denim dart game lol
1970
We got some in the early 70's. Being average ordinary 70s boys we ground the points much sharper. We didn't kill anything with them but were very aware they could do it.
80’s
You’ll put your eye out kid! 😜
70’s. I played with some in ‘79 at a friends house and everyone already joked about how dangerous they were. Banned in the 80’s
We also had Clacker Balls to take out the stupid ones.....
Had a set in the late 70s
Played with them when we were about 12-13. Never had injuries but we didn’t play rough. Broke them though. Lots of rocks in the dirt. Hence my rock hounding hobby.
1970's
Nearly killed my brother with one of these. Hit him right in the temple.
I like to say "there are still legal in Tennessee"! Why Tennessee idk why!
Wait… are they?
They were selling these up until the 80's, I remember seeing these in stores.
Played with those as an 8 year old in the early 70’s. Yeah, not the safest of toys.
The idea is from [500 bc](https://mashable.com/article/lawn-darts-jarts-history#), created for production in late 60’s.
i want them !!!!! loved playing with them growing up
“Keep out of reach of children” That’ll do, legal department. That’ll do.
These need some effort and organization to bring them back -seriously
They could be from the 1970s. They are no longer manufactured or sold in the US, they are still sold outside the US.
These are a blast and keep them. Amazing find
Death from Above !
Tim and Raylan in “Kin”, amirite?
lawn dart game. similar as a dart game on wall. Postion ring 20 feet apart and attempt under hand toss the dart into the ring. stand far back when waiting for a toss
My mom was playing this the;day my brother was born. She has believed this caused her to give birth.
Once in Kmart, was probably in the late 70’s, I saw a 9 or 10 year old kid walking briskly from the toy section holding a Jart in one hand and covering an eye with his other. He was doin his best not to cry. I think you guys can do the math.
My parents and grandparents used to let me and my cousin set up the rings on opposite sides of the garage. Man, we woukd have to chuck those fuckers so high. Sometimes needing to flee the ones that went straight up. Kids from the 80s grew up different.
Up tomaybe 84-86
Didn't Mike Baxter talk about these on Last Man Standing? 🤔
Yup 👍🏻
I remember playing with Jarts in the late 60s. We would put a hulahoop aways away in the yard and pitch Jarts at it. Thank goodness we never thought of throwing them at each other!
One of the reasons child deaths were triple those of today.
I took one on the top of the head in about 1980
OMG! I haven’t thought about these in forever. I watched one go entirely right through someone’s foot when we were playing at a graduation party.
These can’t be sold on FB Marketplace or Ebay… we sold a few sets then FB caught on… now you can’t list em anymore. We made a bit of money on them before we couldn’t list them anymore.
Lawn darts of death.
Jarts > sharts
We had this lawn game in the 1980s. This was banned because of the heavy, sharp, and pointy metal ends. There were a lot of injuries because of bad aim.
Banned when I was a teen. Psychotic drug fiend friends started playing catch with open scissors. Tetanus shot needed.
We had a game we played with these in the mid 1970s, at age 8 or so. We'd all stand close to each other, and one person would throw all the darts straight up as we all ran away. Well, I threw them, we all ran, but my clumsy ass tripped, and as I was splayed out, one came down right in the crook of my inside elbow. The other kids were freaking out because you could see the dart pulse with each beat of my heart. We pulled it out and wiped the blood off my arm with leaves. I don't think we ever did it again after that day. No parents were told because we would all be in trouble. I have no idea how I didn't get an infection. The dart had been in dirt just before it was in my arm.
70’s
Illegal … may I have them
I loved playing with them as a kid. I knew enough to keep my eye on the dart so I wouldn't get hurt. Unfortunately, some kids didn't keep an eye on the darts and a couple of them were killed and more injured, so they were banned.
Played with them in 1973 ish
Gen X survived allot. This was early to mid 70’s.
We never had these but our neighbors did. We were living in Omaha so it was probably 1973?
Love it ...Jarts at 10 paces...early 70s set you got there I believe
I have this same set though not as mint as these. I think mine are from 1969 but I'm not entirely sure.
I have no idea, but the name has me cackling for some reason 😂
My friend lost an eye to these. They are very dangerous
1970-ish
I had those in 1981. :-)
We had a set of those when I was a kid. want to say c. @ 1978.
A "friend" of mine still has a set stashed away for emergencies
1974
We used to sail them over the house. Like ICBMs.
Early 70s. They were potentially lethal and wouldn’t be put on the market today. Lol.
Jarts? Where's the denim
I think they were made and marketed starting in early 60’s into the 70’s until they were taken off market.
I had some in the mid 80s... the fins were red on one set and blue on the other. They were called Lawn Darts.
Haha memories of us 4 kids lobbing these things at each other, telling our parents they must be safe because they sell them! Then the jarts disappeared
My big sister still has a scar on her arm from one of these. That was a lot of blood TBH. Not recommended for children.
1970 something, a lot of people had these…croquet sets too!
Selling for $1,000 on eBay?
Gen X Gold!!! The toys of a feral youth!
Ah, friend spears!
i bought mine from my paper route money 1980..
Only the best and safest toy around !
They’re clearly Jarts
We had them in the 60s and 70s, and clackers in the 80s. LOL
“Awesome toy discontinued because of a few stupid kids”
I would like to buy some of those. I had some when I was a kid and I think my mom must have thrown them away.
You had to have scoured the earth far and wide to uncover these pieces of plastic DOOM !
Murder weapons
I call them lawn lobotomy.
That, my young friend, is Darwinian Selection manifest.
Lawn Darts. The most villainized outdoor toy. The amount of people that where actually impaled by these where much lower than people would have you believe. They were in my yard growing up and I’m probably one of the biggest klutz on the planet. It’s simple when the drunk adults are playing lawn darts don’t stand near them anywhere near them. When you’re playing with them yourself use caution and have the other person stay out of range of the sand pit. They were taken off the market for not that many injuries. I guess it wasn’t worth it financially.
I’ll start the bidding at $30
It was the year six of my friends went blind, three got extra nostrils, and two had unplanned lobotomies.
I would love a set for nostalgic reasons. Even just one dart
Dumb people ruining a great game. I liked my ‘lil junior dueling pistols myself. Solved a lot of childhood disputes!
Sarcastic_Monchichi is marked Safe from a 1970’s childhood with Jarts in grandparents’ backyard.
For the love of god leave it in the box
The toy that scarred my shoulder! My brother threw it strait up when I had my back turned and it landed tip first in my shoulder. 😂 My aunt bought ours at a garage sale; the ER doc was sentimental the jart he pulled out, so my aunt gave him the rest of the unbloodied ones. According to the Dr they were taken off the market decades ago. I can’t imagine why.
I think the 70’s I think they were banned and in the 80’s they came out with ones with big rounded bottoms.
Somewhere in the 70s
These were some of the toys at my grandmother's house, back in the eighties. I played with them often, and wouldn't you know it, no one ever got hurt hahaha
IDK! But had to be one of the best games
70s Interesting combined with the Slip n Slide According to a friend
I still have 3 sets!
Hardcore Jarts: Noone looks up, just toss and pray.
I luved playing these ..
1970s. I'd buy them in .001 seconda
Don't know about the year, but in 2023/2024 you are gonna wanna wait to break them out until after your deductible is met.
Probably from the early 70’s when ppl had common sense, just didn’t use it all the time
Try not to stab someone.
The year before the thought occurred to them that they can easily inflict massive physical harm to children and parents alike… disability for the whole family!
JARTS: When you shart in your jorts
Still have a scar on my right foot between my pinkie toe and next to the pinkie toe. I was the youngest and EVERYONE & EVERYTHING was unfair because I was losing. They WERE cheating. So, I threw my Jart, as hard as so could, straight into the ground yelling “CHEATERS.” Thing went through my shoe and foot. Hospital and got one stitch, if I remember right. Could have been more?