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i.gizmodo.com - 2/19/2009

Vac-U-Form Mold Making Toy Would Never Fly With Today's Soccer Moms [Retromodo]

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Apparently, this kid-oriented Vac-U-Form toy involved creating your own plastic toys using molds and an exposed hot plate. It's safe to say that in today's litigious society, this would not have lasted long. So basically, you would heat up the sheet of plastic on the hot metal surface, then ...

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samstoybox.com - 2/18/2009

Vac-U-Form by Mattel and Toymax

— samstoybox.com — Toymax Vac-U-Former Refill sheets for Toymax Vac-U-Former (more) Vac-U-Form by Mattel and Toymax

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ohgizmo.com - 2/19/2009

Mattel’s 1960s Vac-U-Form Playset - Damn You Modern Safety Standards!

— ohgizmo.com — By Andrew Liszewski Here’s another example where the previous generation occasionally had better toys than we did.... Back in the 60s Mattel sold this Vac-U-Form playset allowing kids to reproduce pretty much any small object they could fit ... (more) Mattel’s 1960s Vac-U-Form Playset - Damn You Modern ...

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Vacuum former toy
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