Atomic war toys and games appeared shortly after World War II, including a board game that let you bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb Ring, which was sold for 15¢ and a boxtop from Kix cereal. Kids peered into the plastic to "See Genuine Atoms Split to Smithereens!"

Over six million were distributed between 1947 and 1957.

 

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