'Clever Stuff'

[Marine Boy]

'Clever Stuff' was a weird kind of putty. It came in a little plastic cup-shaped container, I think about an inch and a half across. It was maliable but nothing like playdoh or plasticine. I used to like to flatten it, fold it over and trap a pocket of air...and then pop it.

Oh such simple times! Someone else tell my they remember this toy to prove I'm not imagining it.

[kazboot]

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I definately remember it, but how long ago was this around?

[Heather74]

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Was it a bit Like Silly putty? I remember that stuff especially the smell
There was also Nosey Putty that made rude noises when you squoze it

[Marine Boy]

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Just looked up 'Silly Putty'. That stuff is amazing; I've seen TV shows where they demonstrate its propertires, but no, 'Clever Stuff' wasn't like that. It didn't do the solid/runny thing. As to when it was around; I supposed I was playing with it from the late sixties through to the early seventies.

[kazboot]

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Just looked up 'Silly Putty'. That stuff is amazing; I've seen TV shows where they demonstrate its propertires, but no, 'Clever Stuff' wasn't like that. It didn't do the solid/runny thing. As to when it was around; I supposed I was playing with it from the late sixties through to the early seventies.

I don't recognise the name, but I remember the stuff from your description. It was more plasticky than playdoh.

[Marine Boy]

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I don't recognise the name, but I remember the stuff from your description. It was more plasticky than playdoh.

Yes, it was kind of plasticky! I will give my mum a call later. Maybe I just have the wrong product name.

[kazboot]

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My hubby remembers this as Potty Putty. Does that sound right?

[branny]

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I remember silly putty. You could flatten it out on a comic and it would pick up the print. I used to like slime as well. I had a purple one with rubber worms in and a yellow one that i got on holiday in Spain in 79 called Blande viviante. That had eye balls in it.

[Marine Boy]

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Hi kazboot. The info on the Internet about 'Potty Putty' doesn't quite match my memories. I had a word with my mum and she is completely certain the name of the toy was 'Clever Stuff'.

The newsprint trick you mention branny, sparked a memory! One could definitely do this with Clever Stuff also. I'd completely forgotten until now.

But I have also found out that although I played with this toy in the seventies, it was almost certainly bought in the mid sixties. Bit old for this forum!

...It may have to remain a mystery.

[KromeDome]

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Silly Putty. I am betting that Clever Stuff is a spin-off - maybe a copycat from some patent expiring or maybe a licensing deal? It is wierd stuff, whatever the name. It stretches, but if you pull quickly, it gives this wonderful snapping sensation and actually looks to have snapped-off cleanly. It would make into a bouncy ball, was fun to stretch and of course "lift" comic page pictures and then stretch them out. With a lot of this, it would darken, probably from the newspaper ink. Like that straw/plastic good/baloon toy, we also tried to chew Silly Putty. Yep - nasty. I recall that a few years ago a niece had Clever Stuff - it just wasn't like the Silly Putty exactly. I bet that it now is either NON-toxic or less so. It was still fun to see it.

[prestodigitator]

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Yep, silly putty is the stuff..
In fact i'm looking at some right now as i have some ooozing down the side of my monitor. I put it on the top and it takes about 3 days to slowly slide down the side of my work monitor...
Yfrog - cimg3424

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/242/cimg3424.jpg

[bazzh]

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Digging around for a radiator key today, my wife turned up my original clear plastic container of Clever Stuff. And it still works... I reckon it's around 40 years old, give or take a few!

[Heather74]

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Digging around for a radiator key today, my wife turned up my original clear plastic container of Clever Stuff. And it still works... I reckon it's around 40 years old, give or take a few!

Cool, maybe you could get us a picture on board?