Competition: Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts T-Shirt Competition

I hope I chose the right answer...This isn't a trick question is it?

why would they be illegal??? guns aren't illegal! what's more dangerous?

@bro2dragons Probably has something to do with the marketing.

I had lawn jarts as a child and must say that all other outdoor sports suck by comparison. Frisbees? Crap! Horse Shoes? Junk! Nothing compared to taking those heavy spiked jarts and throwing them as high and far as you could!

@2: I'm not sure if they were made illegal, just too dangerous for kids. and guns aren't marketed as a children's toy... lawn jarts was.

Earlier, I mocked this game. Recently, however, it has started to look kind of fun!
(Depending on the price)

I'd go for a T-shirt like that one.

Man, all these competitions are great, but they're all for WiiWare games! Any DSiWare competitions coming soon (maybe a Shantae competition?)

But thanks anyway NL, it's very kind of you to do these competitions!

@zkaplan and manleycartoonist: yeah, but they could do like with, alcohol or cars or anything else deemed dangerous for children and make you have to show ID. but oh well. whatcha gonna do?

@LuWiiGi: it's for a t-shirt, not a game.

@bro2dragons You can get darts still, but marketing them as lawn darts is where the problem lies. I think you'd run into the same issue if you marketed guns as "Lawn Gun" and encouraged people to run around their yard and let children shoot at targets with them, or if you marketed cars as "Lawn Cars" and encouraged kids to drive around their yard in them.

I chose "nah" as my answer. Do I win a shirt?

I still have a few sets of Lawn Darts. We've always had huge lawns so we seemed to buy a new set every year. In fact, we broke them out saturday when my nieces were here and the weather dipped into the 70's.

Yay, yet another competition on this UK site only open to americans _{not that I want that shirt but still....} Sort it out NL!!

Hey Luigi78, once a UK based company generously donates a free prize, we'll let you know!

Since 1988 Lawn Darts are, in fact, banned for sale in the US. Apparantly Canada followed suit the year after. I'm not sure about any other country though.

I remember playing with them as a child and let me tell you that with the exception of a flamethrower and a tank of propane I can't imagine a more dangerous toy for a parent to give to their kids.

A perfect example of how dangerous lawn darts are would be Dead Rising 2. You throw it up in the air, and it gets lodged into the nearest zombie's cranium.

@gabbo. Hey Hey, my parents let me play with "my first flamethrower" near propane. I survived. Now if you don't mind, I have to go apply more ointment...