Comments on: Mattel’s 1960s Vac-U-Form Playset – Damn You Modern Safety Standards!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:23:30 +0000

My brother and I had one. It was great! Kids today don't know what they're missing. They're such little wimps, made that way by their craven parents afraid to let natural selection do its work.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:21:48 +0000

that is pretty awesome. I could have made lots of fun stuff with it.

By: a_smith

a_smith — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:30:42 +0000

WOW thst looks like a good time.

By: Ned Harkey

Ned Harkey — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:35:13 +0000

Vac-U-Form was one of my favorite toys. I remember buying additional plastic sheet bundles many times over some of which included metallic gold and silver pieces. We even made moldings of Hot Wheels cars! It was an awesome toy! I would still have mine if my dad had not recently thrown it out after cleaning out the attic when he sold his house..!

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:29:43 +0000

Yup I nearly lost my fingers due to the molten plastic..great toy though..

By: Forcemaster2000

Forcemaster2000 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:48:43 +0000

I wish I could get one of these today! Looks like fun!

By: will

will — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:25:51 +0000

my dad had one of these and i got to play with it

By: Centerman

Centerman — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:42:38 +0000

Very interesting. I wish that the pictures of the product were a little better.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:11:18 +0000

i want one!!

By: datgnat

datgnat — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:49:50 +0000

I had a vac-u-form; played with it a looong time. The pieces of plastic were perforated along the edges, like dot-matrix printer paper (remember that?), in order that they were held in the correct position over the mold. I remember the smell to this day: I daresay that it was slightly toxic. These days they warn you about the volatiles in your car''s dashboard, but here I was heating thin sheets of plastic to melting-point.