wusses! toys i got to play with as a kid included: bows, shotguns, backhoes, motorboats, farm tractors, mad bulls, irate mother sows, dynamite, and chain saws. my father REQUIRED his children to carry a pocketknife and a lighter(well, yes, there was a compass in that list too). my siblings and i were allowed to play with these things because my dad TAUGHT us the dangers involved...and then trusted us to be responsible. funny, since we were treated as responsible creatures, we acted that way. go figure.