I got one of these as a kid and used the crap out of it! I was that kid who wanted toys that did actual stuff. This toy was one of those. Kept it for years t

I got one of these as a kid and used the crap out of it! I was that kid who wanted toys that did actual stuff. This toy was one of those. Kept it for years to fix that odd plastic problem. When I ran out of the little rods, I remember trying every polymer I could find, until I found some little sticks that worked in a similar way.