I loved my footsie - I had the ball version and went everywhere with it - wish I could get hold of one now as it would be excellent excercise

I had a footsie, must have been around '73 or so.It had a red bell and a green string with a yellow ring that you put your foot in and I still remember that song they played in the commercial "footsie yeah everybody wants one"

MY SIS JUST CALLED AND ASKED THE NAME OF THE TOY THAT WENT AROUND YUR ANKLE, BUT FOOOTSIE DOESNT SOUND FAMILIAR??? THANKS ANYWAY

I had one of these. It was called a "Lemon Twist" though...the ball was yellow and shaped like a lemon. Good times, good times.

OMG yes I had a Footsie! Geez I was good at it, really had it whippin' around! lol And ya around 73 or so I think the year was.

I loved my footsie I played with it all the time I was a champ!

I loved my footsie I played with it all the time I was a champ!

My husband just found a broken modern version of the footsie over at our local school playground. I was sooooooooo excited when I saw it and told him about mine in the late 60's. Yup! It had the red bell at the end of it and I was OUT OF MY MIND when my mom actually got it for me. Times sure have changed 40 years later ... I don't think kids get anywhere near as excited about stuff. I want to take this one, fix it, and play with it. Too bad I have a bad ankle, back, etc., but I'm going to try!!

My daughter who is 10 wants one so bad but we can't seem to find one that is even similar.

Send an email to Hasbro and ask them to make it again! I loved my footsie! I am sure I would be as thin as I was when I was 12 if I had a footsie now! :)

I grew up in Barbados and loved this game it was one of the most played outside games and I was a champion on that and chinese skip another game which was played back then! So we did call it footsie and I would love to get hold of one, just for old time sake and yes like a shipping rope would still play it. Great exercise as well...they need to bring back many of the lost games played outdoors and get children away from only the hand held games.

OMG!!!!!! Me and my sisters loved our footsie!

I dont remember it called a footies I just remember it being called the lemon twist...So loved it. the lemon part had something in it to make more noise

It was called a Footsie in the '70s but in the 80's they brought out one called the Lemon which had a black plastic rope with a lemon attached to it

I just found a website that shows the footsie http://www.timewarptoys.com/footsie.jpg. It's just like I remembered.Oh and yes there was also the lemon twist from the 70's as well as the Lemon in the 80's

My mom would not buy my sister nor I a Footsie. :( We proceeded to make our own out of old Crisco can lids and tennis balls! My grandfather helped us to attach the ball to the rope and the lid.

Why don't they make things like this anymore? Then they wonder why kids are obese. I loved my footsie. Was a champ with one on each foot. That link from Cheryl above is it - that's what my footsie looked like. Would sure love to get my hands on one now....

I had 2 and did like June... Though they got tangled and I ended up in the ER and had over 50 stitches.

Absolutely, it was called a FOOTSIE. I don't think I went anywhere without it. I would walk to my friends house with one around my ankle and would FOOTSIE the whole way there and back. I have seen a modern version (about 2 years ago) and I didn't like it at all. I wish I could find one (red bell, green nylon cord attached it to the yellow disk that went around your ankle). I am also looking for a HIPPITY HOP. Anybody have any ideas about that???

Oh my gosh! I played with this Footsie for hours, and just like Cindy, I hopped everywhere with it swinging around my ankle. I just answered a friends post on FB about things we used to do as kids for amusement as opposed to the electronic games for today's kids. My life as a kid was Chinese jump rope, my beloved Footsie, my bike, and Matchbox cars.

I loved the footsie, but I could only control 1 at a time. Some girls had 2 on each ankle and 1 on each wrist. They'd start 1 foot then the next and then the arms. I used to be mesmerized,and I wish I could hear that song, "Footsie yeah, everybody's having fun, Footsie yeah, I'm going round and round."

i just woke from having a dream, and i was usig a footsie in it, but couldn't recall what it was called, so i had to google it, glad to find the name n nice to see i'm not the only one with great childhood time that were simple

Its still made today, but its made of plastic now and its now called Skip ball snd also skipper

I loved this toy and I was so good at it I could use one on each foot alternating both.

There were 2 different versions of this toy. One may have been Footsie but there was another one too, which we can't remember but it had 3 syllables and was made by Wham-O.

Mine had a green bell and I thought it was called a Jingle Jangle.

you all all wrong of the name it was called a leg-a-roo

My mom made mine and my sisters footies when we were chidren. ALL the neighborhood kids stopped playing with the store bought ones. They wanted mom to make one for them!

Back in the late 60's or early 70's I had one and we called it a Bell Hop. Don't recall it being called a Footsie. Loved it. Wish I could find the original.

I loved my footsie, and I am still the champ at it. I found one two years ago but is was an Easter yellow egg instead of a bell. My 7 year grandson tried to win me, but no way, I am still the best. To bad it broke.

Robin, the ones we bought in Georgia in early 70's was called Jingle Jangle. I can't believe anyone else remembered! I've been trying to find someone else who remembered it was called this. Another fad toy we had then was Wacky Clackers.

Had a footsie back in the late 60's. I loved it right up until it wrapped around a fence post and gave me a concussion!

We had this toy in the 50's & 60's. It was called "Skip-Bo".

I just found my original Footsie when my granddaughters asked me to buy them Skip-it for them for Chanuka. The way they described it reminded me of my Footsie and found mine. It is the same thing as the Skip-it, just a different name. Another toy I loved so much we're Click Claks... Have to go and look for my original ones!

older version was a Jingle Jump

Found an ad for this in a DC comic book dated July, 1969. It was spelled F O O T S E E. Unable to find the company that made these, possibly an off-brand one named Market Promotions, according to the ad. The logo is of a cartoon girl swinging a Footsee from each leg, google eyes in the two O's of the name, and the slogan, "America's Swinging Sensation." The ad features a sweepstakes contest titled, "Personally Yours," in which kids mailed in the cardboard header from a Footsee toy to be eligible to win different prizes. The grand prize was a biggee, including $1,000 in pennies and a color TV set! Pretty ritzy for 1969.

Discovered in another Footsee ad that the 1969 "Personally Yours" promo was in conjunction with RCA, which supplied the electronics as prizes. Not sure if RCA also furnished the 2,000 penny rolls.

I fondly remember Footsie from the swingin' '60s, as well as its competitor, Whirl-'n'-Skip. They were great fun.

I sprained my ankle on one of these around '74 and have been trying for years to remember what it was. Now I can prove to my husband that it really happened.