Who invented Ka-Bongers?
When I was growing up, I was thrilled to have gotten a set of these to play with! Mine were clear and made from really, really, hard plastic. You would hold the center of the string, move your hand really fast up and down, and the "Ka-Bongers" would hit each other and keep going from the top of your hand back to the bottom!
Here's some official stuff about them...
Ka-Bongers were a toy which was popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
They consisted of two plastic spheres suspended on string which were
swung up and down so they banged against each other, making a "Ker- bang" sound.
They are formed out of two hard plastic balls, each about two inches in diameter, attached to a tab with a sturdy string. The player
holds the tab, with the balls hanging below. Through a gentle
up-and-down hand motion, the two balls swing apart and back together,
making the clacking noise that give the toy its name. With practice, it
is possible to make the balls swing so that they knock together above
the hand as well as below.
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