Toys From Your Childhood That Today's Kids Would Probably Not Want

[Hostile]

I'll start with one of my favorites.

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/SpirographCABox.jpg

[iceberg]

http://superfuninflatables.com/images/P/double-spin-art-machine.jpg

[Meat-O-Rama]

My kids had a spin art and loved it. I'm thinking my kids would love the spirograph too!

Here's my contribution:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg/300px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg

[iceberg]

My kids had a spin art and loved it. I'm thinking my kids would love the spirograph too!

Here's my contribution:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg/300px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg/300px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg)

i've still got one. :) i pretty much own about every video console ever made and they're all in a closet somewhere.

[Hostile]

My kids had a spin art and loved it. I'm thinking my kids would love the spirograph too!

Here's my contribution:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg/300px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg/300px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg)No one could beat me at Frogger on that.

[Duane]

http://www.thocp.net/software/games/consoles/mattel/pictures/mattel_football_large.jpg

[numnuts23]

http://www.thocp.net/software/games/consoles/mattel/pictures/mattel_football_large.jpg

I still play that to this day. It's sitting on my office desk and any client over the age of 30 just laughs and has to play it.

[Doomsday101]

http://www.thocp.net/software/games/consoles/mattel/pictures/mattel_football_large.jpg

that game was cool.

[daschoo]

http://thespiel.net/files/u1/sub-53.jpg

Subbuteo. Table soccer game which involved flicking the players at the ball to move it about the pitch. I remember learning to use the iron so that my pitch wouldn't have any bumps or folds.

[iceberg]

http://www.ttggt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/electric-football-game.jpg

[Doomsday101]

http://www.ttggt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/electric-football-game.jpg

I had one but the players were Cowboys vs KC

[BrAinPaiNt]

Milton Bradley Starbird and Starbird intruder.

My friend had the starbird Space Avenger...

http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/starbird/starbird/blowup/spaceavenger.jpg

I had the Starbird intruder...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3410023835_e3c8be1c7d.jpg

[iceberg]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg

[BrAinPaiNt]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg

Oh heck yeah...forgot all about that one. Good call. Also makes me think of the old 6 million dollar man with the special eye.

[Doomsday101]

OuCcx_Rcd6o

[Dallas]

Thes were my toys.... I miss them still today... :(

http://www.retroland.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/fisher_price_movie_viewer_6.jpg (http://www.retroland.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/fisher_price_movie_viewer_6.jpg)

IJp-0dakzRw

http://www.spookyshobbyshop.com/TEMPLATE%20hh%20coleco%20quarterback%20console%20f ront%20EX%20blue%20buttons.JPG (http://www.spookyshobbyshop.com/TEMPLATE%20hh%20coleco%20quarterback%20console%20f ront%20EX%20blue%20buttons.JPG)

J5Jvj62YYkg

[casmith07]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Marin_bike.jpg/250px-Marin_bike.jpg

[casmith07]

let me keep going

http://www.lineupforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/baseball-28.jpg

[Dallas]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Marin_bike.jpg/250px-Marin_bike.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Marin_bike.jpg/250px-Marin_bike.jpg)

That's a toy huh? You had a boring child hood if you never got toys of your own, outside of a bike. :(

I'm sorry.

BTW: I still ride that "toy", today.

[ethiostar]

[/URL][URL="http://thespiel.net/files/u1/sub-53.jpg"]http://thespiel.net/files/u1/sub-53.jpg (http://thespiel.net/files/u1/sub-53.jpg)

Subbuteo. Table soccer game which involved flicking the players at the ball to move it about the pitch. I remember learning to use the iron so that my pitch wouldn't have any bumps or folds.

I know for a fact that Hos still has his around and always very near him and plays it secretly and frequently. :laugh1:

[Hoofbite]

I'll start with one of my favorites.

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/SpirographCABox.jpg

http://superfuninflatables.com/images/P/double-spin-art-machine.jpg

Damn, I thought both of these were cool as hell.

I used to love going to the school fair or whatever it was and letting some paint fly.

[Hostile]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg (http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg)
Winner for best submission in the thread.

[casmith07]

That's a toy huh? You had a boring child hood if you never got toys of your own, outside of a bike. :(

I'm sorry.

BTW: I still ride that "toy", today.

Absolutely it was. There was nothing more fun in the summer than jumping dirt piles and stuff with my friends on our bikes, riding around pretending we were on motorcycles, etc.

You never put cards in your wheels with clothespins? :)

The simple things are what I enjoyed.

[Dallas]

Absolutely it was. There was nothing more fun in the summer than jumping dirt piles and stuff with my friends on our bikes, riding around pretending we were on motorcycles, etc.

You never put cards in your wheels with clothespins? :)

The simple things are what I enjoyed.

Where was your skateboard? :D

http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120309/389r1/588237n_20.jpeg (http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120309/389r1/588237n_20.jpeg)

[casmith07]

Where was your skateboard? :D

http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120309/389r1/588237n_20.jpeg (http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120309/389r1/588237n_20.jpeg)

I couldn't ever figure those things out, lol. Believe me I tried and have the scars to show for it.

[CanadianCowboysFan]

http://www.thocp.net/software/games/consoles/mattel/pictures/mattel_football_large.jpg

damn man, I had that game

[Double Trouble]

http://game-consoles.venturebeat.com/sites/default/files/685/media/images/Magnavox_Odyssey_2.jpg

http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/images/supertoe.jpg

[Phoenix]

Oh really?

hey! Strat-o-matic football? Hello?

http://www.maisondelaconsignation.com/sitebuilder/images/stratomatic_football-250x239.jpg

[Jammer]

I was undefeated in this game until I let a friend borrow it. He figured out the way the play cards worked and after that it wasn't fun any more.

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic52183_lg.jpg

[dreghorn2]

Oh really?

hey! Strat-o-matic football? Hello?

http://www.maisondelaconsignation.com/sitebuilder/images/stratomatic_football-250x239.jpg

Played that game to death, well into our 30s, grew up on Strat baseball and then hockey.

So much fun.

[trickblue]

Winner for best submission in the thread.

I always like SST Racers better... but I liked this set...

[trickblue]

OuCcx_Rcd6o


Wow... memory rush... I knew all of those commercials very well...

Most were on Saturday mornings during cartoons...

[Kangaroo]

Where was your skateboard? :D

[/URL][URL="http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120309/389r1/588237n_20.jpeg"]http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120309/389r1/588237n_20.jpeg (http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/120309/389r1/588237n_20.jpeg)

Litlte older than my first skateboard which was a Mike Mcgill Powell Peralta and I was accutally pretty darn good at street skating I got to the point where i could oli ontop of a picnic table

[hutch1254]

http://www.ttggt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/electric-football-game.jpg (http://www.ttggt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/electric-football-game.jpg)

That was the best ever. Mine used to be loud as hell when you flipped the switch. NNNNNNRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. awwwww interception.

[SDogo]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg


OMG YES! I search Ebay everyday looking for one!

[iceberg]

OMG YES! I search Ebay everyday looking for one!

it was the 5th grade. i went to a private catholic school. we had one of those concrete sewer pipes in the playground to ... well play in.

i'd rev him up as much as i could to see how many loops he'd do inside the pipe.

oddly enough it was inside that same concrete tube i smoked my first cigeratte.

backwards.

ouch.

[iceberg]

OMG YES! I search Ebay everyday looking for one!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Evel-Knievel-Stunt-Cycle-Figure-Helmet-and-Energizer-from-1975-/140727972765?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20c40a739d

wow - this is good! sdogo - you don't do it i will tomorrow.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Evel-Robbie-Knievel-Rare-Limited-Edition-Signature-Sires-Stunt-Set-NEW-RARE-/170813440683?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c54642ab

[Hoofbite]

I rained terror on my relatives cats with this thing.

http://gggazzuolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pizzathrower.jpg

[RS12]

No mention of Rock em Sock em Robots. What about APBA baseball? Electric football was very cool. I think the teams were Bears and Cardinals though, maybe the Browns. Also had most dangerous toy ever, lawn jarts. Those were awsome.

[casmith07]

I rained terror on my relatives cats with this thing.

http://gggazzuolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pizzathrower.jpg

YES. I had that too.

[iceberg]

No mention of Rock em Sock em Robots. What about APBA baseball? Electric football was very cool. I think the teams were Bears and Cardinals though, maybe the Browns. Also had most dangerous toy ever, lawn jarts. Those were awsome.

http://www.btinternet.com/~nsinbath/images/ssp1.jpg

[SDogo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Evel-Knievel-Stunt-Cycle-Figure-Helmet-and-Energizer-from-1975-/140727972765?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20c40a739d

wow - this is good! sdogo - you don't do it i will tomorrow.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Evel-Robbie-Knievel-Rare-Limited-Edition-Signature-Sires-Stunt-Set-NEW-RARE-/170813440683?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c54642ab

Be honest I want the Evel & Robbie but cant justify the cost. I'm already bidding on the other one.

[casmith07]

Had this in the sand box too. Hours of fun with my brother.

http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/01/headquarters/hq_title.jpg

[iceberg]

Be honest I want the Evel & Robbie but cant justify the cost. I'm already bidding on the other one.

i can't either but f it.

i got it.

[casmith07]

another

http://www.freewebs.com/gbta/Vehicles/newvehicles/169975042_o.jpg

[rkell87]

I rained terror on my relatives cats with this thing.

http://gggazzuolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pizzathrower.jpg

another

http://www.freewebs.com/gbta/Vehicles/newvehicles/169975042_o.jpg

had both of those, takes me back

[SDogo]

i can't either but f it.

i got it.

It's a good buy and I'm jealous. I have an old toy collector that was on American Pickers a while back that has just the Evil one from 78' still in the box and he said it he was offered $300 for it a couple months ago. Would of sold it to me for $350. With the red wind up the one you got is likely a 76' or 77' cause they went to yellow in 78'.

[speedkilz88]

My kids had a spin art and loved it. I'm thinking my kids would love the spirograph too!

Here's my contribution:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg/300px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg/300px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg)Got that like everyone, but me and my older brothers got this one in 1977 I believe. Anyone have this? (one of the grips broke a yr or 2 later and it had to be jury-rigged)

[/URL][URL="http://www.thegameconsole.com/coleco-telstar-combat/coleco-telstar-combat.jpg"]http://www.thegameconsole.com/coleco-telstar-combat/coleco-telstar-combat.jpg (http://www.thegameconsole.com/coleco-telstar-combat/coleco-telstar-combat.jpg)

[iceberg]

It's a good buy and I'm jealous. I have an old toy collector that was on American Pickers a while back that has just the Evil one from 78' still in the box and he said it he was offered $300 for it a couple months ago. Would of sold it to me for $350. With the red wind up the one you got is likely a 76' or 77' cause they went to yellow in 78'.

i'll split it w/ya if you don't win the other one.

i'm just having a blast reminicing.

iYgh_Irk46M

[speedkilz88]

Oh heck yeah...forgot all about that one. Good call. Also makes me think of the old 6 million dollar man with the special eye.Yeah, I loved both of those. I actually got similar evel knievel bikes for my nephews several years ago. If I was to get a nostalgic toy that Six Million Dollar Man would probably be the one. Although I have held on to my original remote control R2-D2 from 1977-78.(not in the greatest condition and the controller disappeared)

[iceberg]

Yeah, I loved both of those. I actually got similar evel knievel bikes for my nephews several years ago. If I was to get a nostalgic toy that Six Million Dollar Man would probably be the one. Although I have held on to my original remote control R2-D2 from 1977-78.

the 6 million dollar man is a classic also. loved that stuff.

[speedkilz88]

Oh, earlier I missed the Starbird Avenger pic. I had one of those too. I actually hung on to that for a long time but it's gone now.

[speedkilz88]

Does anyone remember in the late 70s a robot that was similar to Transformers that had tank like tracks on its back and could be coverted into a tank like vehicle? It was red and blue I believe. I can't remember the name and would like to be able to google a pic.

[Hostile]

Be honest I want the Evel & Robbie but cant justify the cost. I'm already bidding on the other one.Then I won't bid against you.

[Hostile]

Popular again for all the wrong reasons...which means don't let this get political.

http://addictionjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/flair-etch-a-sketch-classic_282097.jpeg.jpg

[casmith07]

Popular again for all the wrong reasons...which means don't let this get political.

http://addictionjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/flair-etch-a-sketch-classic_282097.jpeg.jpg

Had one of those too...always used to draw cartoon characters and failed, because you can't "pick up" the "pen".

[Hoofbite]

Had one of those too...always used to draw cartoon characters and failed, because you can't "pick up" the "pen".

I was pretty good at drawing stairs.

Other than that, I had nothing.

[Hostile]

All the guys in my home town loved these.

Parents, not so much.

http://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lawndarts.jpg (http://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lawndarts.jpg)

To be fair to the adults and their concerns, we did sharpen the tips on a bench grinder and threw them trying to hit lizards and stuff.

[Hostile]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Kzf_Yk06tY/TpL8h3HzTfI/AAAAAAAAAWk/isa39xoTfjk/s400/rock-em-sock-em.jpg

[RS12]

All the guys in my home town loved these.

Parents, not so much.

http://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lawndarts.jpg (http://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lawndarts.jpg)

To be fair to the adults and their concerns, we did sharpen the tips on a bench grinder and threw them trying to hit lizards and stuff.

Once saw a kid throw one through a convertable top.:lmao: :lmao: What sober parent would allow kids to own these. Man the 60's and 70's were a time of danger. No seat belts, second hand smoke in kids faces, and lawn jarts.:laugh2:

[Kristi]

BIG WHEELS!!!

http://www.babble.com/products/kids-products/toy-fads/images/big-wheel.jpg

I had a pink and light blue one with white tires and I had to be pried off it at the end of the day. I think there was a time or two where I probably got picked up and dragged it in the house with me. I wore the tires out on mine and then took my brothers. Loved doing spin outs in the drive ways, etc.

I don't see them much anymore -- I can't tell you the last time I saw a kid on a Big Wheel. I see they still sell them online on Google shopping so they still exist. I guess $50-$70 for a plastic bike that wears out fairly quickly isn't something too may parents are willing to spend their money on.

[speedkilz88]

BIG WHEELS!!!

[/URL][URL="http://www.babble.com/products/kids-products/toy-fads/images/big-wheel.jpg"]http://www.babble.com/products/kids-products/toy-fads/images/big-wheel.jpg (http://www.babble.com/products/kids-products/toy-fads/images/big-wheel.jpg)

I had a pink and light blue one with white tires and I had to be pried off it at the end of the day. I think there was a time or two where I probably got picked up and dragged it in the house with me. I wore the tires out on mine and then took my brothers. Loved doing spin outs in the drive ways, etc.

I don't see them much anymore -- I can't tell you the last time I saw a kid on a Big Wheel. I see they still sell them online on Google shopping so they still exist. I guess $50-$70 for a plastic bike that wears out fairly quickly isn't something too may parents are willing to spend their money on.


You have to go with the Original with a brake so you can spin out Kristi.

http://www.retropedalcars.com/images/Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg (http://www.retropedalcars.com/images/Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg)

[Go Big D!]

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/Stretch-Armstrong.jpg

http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/snoopy-sno-cone-machine-1.jpg

http://www.childfreechic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Simon_Game.jpg

http://www.plaidstallions.com/kenner/bakeheader.jpg

http://shauntee.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/lite-brite.jpg

http://gearcrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/speak-and-spell_msp1.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AZsFI4os5k8/TOHuHL0JoOI/AAAAAAAAAI0/tD8Xnz394R4/s1600/FAMILY+TREEHOUSE2.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AZsFI4os5k8/TOMPfNk2tHI/AAAAAAAAAJc/uBQG6D5ZUpU/s1600/slime-.jpg

[Faerluna]

http://www.tablehockeyheaven.com/photos/games/eagle/finals_1966/finals_1966_001.jpg

[Sam I Am]

You have to go with the Original with a brake so you can spin out Kristi.

http://www.retropedalcars.com/images/Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg (http://www.retropedalcars.com/images/Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg)

This is the one I had. They were awesome! Well, until you wore a hole in the front tire from pealing out all the time. :laugh2:

I'm going to go with one of these. My sister had one.

http://cdn.babble.com/toddler-times/files/morevintagetoys/01.jpg

...and this.

http://goodideasandtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/playdoh.jpg

[BrAinPaiNt]

You have to go with the Original with a brake so you can spin out Kristi.

http://www.retropedalcars.com/images/Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg (http://www.retropedalcars.com/images/Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg)

Anybody remember the green machine...that was fun. IIRC you could get a little faster in those but the fun thing was all of the turning and sliding you could get out of those things.

http://www.timewarptoys.com/toys326d.jpg

[Sam I Am]

Anybody remember the green machine...that was fun. IIRC you could get a little faster in those but the fun thing was all of the turning and sliding you could get out of those things.

http://www.timewarptoys.com/toys326d.jpg

I remember it. I only got to ride one once though. A friend from down the street had his cousin come over and he brought his. There were like 6 of us cruising the streets that day in a caravan of big wheels.

[Zaxor]

http://magisterrex.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/blogmousetrap1963.jpg

[Sam I Am]

http://magisterrex.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/blogmousetrap1963.jpg

That was a game I always wanted, but never got.

How about this for an old game the kids wouldn't play.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CcQRH0fg1aY/ThE8MRcm_hI/AAAAAAAACKw/rNDSh2zGYDg/s1600/jaws.jpg

[goliadmike]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg (http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg)

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VINTAGE-EVEL-KNIEVEL-SCRAMBLE-VAN-COMPLETE-BOX-GREAT-SHAPE-/00/s/MTE5N1gxNjAw/$%28KGrHqFHJB8E8fMw-NvNBPQDLF5bkg%7E%7E60_58.JPG

A must have for Knievel fans.

[goliadmike]

I bet Hos still has this one.

http://www.plaidstallions.com/schaper/superjock2.jpg

[Reality]

I used to think I did not have many toys growing up until I started looking through this thread.

#reality

[MichaelWinicki]

Got that like everyone, but me and my older brothers got this one in 1977 I believe. Anyone have this? (one of the grips broke a yr or 2 later and it had to be jury-rigged)

[/URL][URL="http://www.thegameconsole.com/coleco-telstar-combat/coleco-telstar-combat.jpg"]http://www.thegameconsole.com/coleco-telstar-combat/coleco-telstar-combat.jpg (http://www.thegameconsole.com/coleco-telstar-combat/coleco-telstar-combat.jpg)

Oh yeah!

I had one of those.

And yep... The controllers were not meant for long-term use when you had a teenage boy playing it.

[RS12]

http://www.tablehockeyheaven.com/photos/games/eagle/finals_1966/finals_1966_001.jpg

To be honest this game was alot more fun to play than electric football. Some actual skill involved. Think the teams were Maple Leafs versus Red Wings.

[Sam I Am]

To be honest this game was alot more fun to play than electric football. Some actual skill involved. Think the teams were Maple Leafs versus Red Wings.

The full arcade versions were the best though. My friend had the home version. That thing didn't last a month before we (a bunch of rambunctious boys) broke it.

I had the home version of Air Hockey. It was cool, but we busted it up too. :(

This isn't the one I had, but it was similar.

http://www.gizmodude.com/entry_images/0708/04/air_cadet_table_1.jpg

[Wimbo]

THis is what my G.I. JOE looked like...

http://mcgonnigle.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/zgijoe.JPG

Then I took him on an amphibious assault mission in my bathtub. After which, he looked like a chemo patient.

[hipfake08]

Mr. Machine.

[Wimbo]

http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.288141729.jpg

[Dallas]

http://creativestudios.com/toy_nostalgia/stretch-armstrong.jpg

I cut them open once to see the bloody jelly inside.


Muahahahah!!!!

http://images.hollywood.com/site/hanniballecter.jpg

[Wimbo]

http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.288757479.jpg

[Dallas]

http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.288141729.jpg (http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_fullxfull.288141729.jpg)

I had one of those. Actually it was a hand-me-down from my old brother, but I liked it just the same.

[Doomsday101]

I could not find a good picture of a rock and stick but man they were 2 things I played with a lot as a kid. :laugh2:

[JonJon]

Growing up, my family didn't have a lot of extra money, so us kids had to play games like:

http://retrotoys.com/images/MetalJacksAndBallSets.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zJZpfAZr-xM/TkZBdju20LI/AAAAAAAAAxg/7pB58m94J-o/s1600/hopscotch-1.jpg

http://www.collectmarbles.com/stevesfavorites.jpg

http://semperfortis.zxq.net/wp-content/uploads/hide_and_seek1.jpg

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/71135_306691283681_5126278_n.jpg<- Was unbeatable in Pogs

Until one day I finally got some of these:

http://i.ebayimg.com/10/!BpF(FiQBmk~$(KGrHqIOKkIEuZ+qU7K8BLp6gsjrdw~~_35.J PG

And then one of these:

http://www.nintendofocus.com/images/nes.jpg

And I haven't been outside since.

[vta]

I absolutely loved this toy...

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab49/duxdrummer/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle.jpg

[Wimbo]

http://www.timewarptoys.com/mdpoker.JPG

[Signals]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku1emeWQST1qzsmejo1_500.jpg:laugh2: This was my most cherished toy as a kid.

[Wimbo]

http://www.hoslotracer.com/sites/default/files/styles/blogimage/public/mgbbrown/IMG_0196%20(470x640).jpg

[RS12]

http://www.hoslotracer.com/sites/default/files/styles/blogimage/public/mgbbrown/IMG_0196%20(470x640).jpg

Loved slot cars, had the Richard Petty version. That thing sure was fragile though. Broke at the drop of a hat.

[tomson75]

This thread is awesome.

[Sam I Am]

Loved slot cars, had the Richard Petty version. That thing sure was fragile though. Broke at the drop of a hat.

My racetrack was never electric. It had the launchers for the cars. I bought my son an electric racetrack and that thing was a complete and total piece of crap.

The cars wouldn't stay on the track and one car stopped working after the first day. the entire thing was in the trash within three days.

[iceberg]

I absolutely loved this toy...

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab49/duxdrummer/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle.jpg (http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab49/duxdrummer/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle.jpg)

:laugh2: This was my most cherished toy as a kid.

were were on ebay buying sprees for this last night. i got the evil & robby combo.

[goliadmike]

My racetrack was never electric. It had the launchers for the cars. I bought my son an electric racetrack and that thing was a complete and total piece of crap.

The cars wouldn't stay on the track and one car stopped working after the first day. the entire thing was in the trash within three days.

I like the hot wheels race car tracks. Man, those old orange sections made great swords,whips, and beaters:)...after the racing was done.

http://www.vintagetoysillustrated.com/vintagetoy/forsale/october/2010/VINTAGE_MATTEL_HOT_WHEELS_RED_LINE_SPECIALTY_TRACK _LOT_CLAMPS_CONNECTORS_LOOPS.JPG

[Seven]

http://www.thocp.net/software/games/consoles/mattel/pictures/mattel_football_large.jpg

TARGET WAS SELLING THESE ACOUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

[Wimbo]

I like the hot wheels race car tracks. Man, those old orange sections made great swords,whips, and beaters:)...after the racing was done.

http://www.vintagetoysillustrated.com/vintagetoy/forsale/october/2010/VINTAGE_MATTEL_HOT_WHEELS_RED_LINE_SPECIALTY_TRACK _LOT_CLAMPS_CONNECTORS_LOOPS.JPG

I had that set, too. I was going to post it, but got distracted.

[CowboyMcCoy'sWife]

Etch and sketch.

[KJJ]

http://goodideasandtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/playdoh.jpg

Kids today would either sniff a can of play-doh or eat some of it to see if they can get a high.

[KJJ]

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/KJJ100/350px-2006-02-04_Metal_spiral.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/KJJ100/Silly_Putty_html_m43a19f36.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/KJJ100/images-2.jpg

[Sam I Am]

I like the hot wheels race car tracks. Man, those old orange sections made great swords,whips, and beaters:)...after the racing was done.

Yep. I had the ones that you could add loops into the track too. They owned. The best part about it was, you could go to the store and buy new hotwheels to have new racecars for it.

Another thing, the cars were so much better quality back then. My cars were 2-3x the weight of today's hotwheels. Not to mention they rolled much smoother too.

One of my favorites was a yellow 1957 T-Bird that I had.

Whoa! This is it! It's for sale too! :laugh2:

http://cdn103.iofferphoto.com/img/1082962800/_i/2860042/1.jpg

[Hostile]

Yep. I had the ones that you could add loops into the track too. They owned. The best part about it was, you could go to the store and buy new hotwheels to have new racecars for it.

Another thing, the cars were so much better quality back then. My cars were 2-3x the weight of today's hotwheels. Not to mention they rolled much smoother too.

One of my favorites was a yellow 1957 T-Bird that I had.

Whoa! This is it! It's for sale too! :laugh2:

http://cdn103.iofferphoto.com/img/1082962800/_i/2860042/1.jpg (http://cdn103.iofferphoto.com/img/1082962800/_i/2860042/1.jpg)Favorite Hot Wheels should be its own thread.

[vta]

were were on ebay buying sprees for this last night. i got the evil & robby combo.

No kidding did it cost you a bundle?

I went looking for an Alien toy I once owned and the price was ridiculous.
For some odd reason I threw it out when I was 16...

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CNC51410lg.jpg

[iceberg]

No kidding did it cost you a bundle?

I went looking for an Alien toy I once owned and the price was ridiculous.
For some odd reason I threw it out when I was 16...

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CNC51410lg.jpg (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/images/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CNC51410lg.jpg)

depends on what you call a bundle. $250 for a like new in the box set.

[Doomsday101]

I recall one year my folks got me a Lionel Train Set, it was cool with the smoke coming out of the smoke stack. My dad put it together the night before Christmas and I think he spent more time playing with it than I did that Christmas. :laugh2:

[KJJ]

Had a set of these when I was a kid they were called click-clacks or ka nockers. I use to bruise my wrists up all the time trying to master them. It wasn't very easy to get them to click clack up and down.


http://esimmons.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/clickclacks-255-webcopy.jpg

[Sam I Am]

I remember Christmas 1985 my dad got me what I had been begging for. A Lion Voltron. He spent $79 for it. (expensive in 1985)

I just found one on Newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA05101B0435&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle3&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle3-_-Toys+-+Action+Figures-_-Toynami-_-9SIA05101B0435) (Newegg, really? hah) for $399. That is probably what $79 was worth back then in today's money.

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A051_vol950637_129516342218125000o4CmujzMc5.jpg
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A051_vol950637_129516342219218750F4grbEHELV.jpg

My nephew has it now. It was at my mothers house when she passed away. I was already back in NY when they came across it. A few of the lion's are missing tails and a head are missing. The sword is gone too, but it's still there.

[casmith07]

http://www.hoslotracer.com/sites/default/files/styles/blogimage/public/mgbbrown/IMG_0196%20(470x640).jpg

Had one of those too it was awesome. The burning smell...mmmm.

[KJJ]

Me and my brother use to sit in the dark and watch these on our bedroom wall.

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/GiveAShowStingray2.jpg


We then advanced to the easy show projector that had a crank handle enabling us to watch moving movies. If you didn't crank it fast enough the film would start to melt you could see it bubbling and evaporating as the movie rolled.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/KJJ100/images-1-1.jpg

[KJJ]

Twister was only fun if you were drunk and playing it with a hot chick. There were some pretty interesting positions you could get into. :)

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/KJJ100/275px-1966_Twister_Cover.jpg

[rkell87]

I had all of these, why did Ihave to go and sell them? probably worth some money today

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/09/custom_1283699749260_img_0491.jpg

[vta]

I had all of these, why did Ihave to go and sell them? probably worth some money today

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/09/custom_1283699749260_img_0491.jpg

Man this thread is resurrecting memories of toy's I'd entirely forgotten...

I had 2 Shogun Warriors one I couldn't pick out in a line up and the Godzilla SW that for some reason, shot off his fist...

http://dunningrb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/godzilla_big.jpg

[CoCo]

Favorite Hot Wheels should be its own thread.

Ready when you are. :D

[KJJ]

http://www.66batman.com/yabbfiles/Attachments/vacuform.jpg

[Faerluna]

http://ictoblog.nl/files/viewmaster.jpg


and a hammer with a few rolls of these:

http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/lvrq/image/481/15940-620-414.jpg

[vta]

and a hammer with a few rolls of these:

http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/lvrq/image/481/15940-620-414.jpg

That's for those little snap guns right? I remember that stink when they popped off.

[KJJ]

I use to hammer rolls of those on our driveway smashed many a finger doing that.


http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/lvrq/image/481/15940-620-414.jpg[/QUOTE]

[trickblue]

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/johnnywest.jpg (http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/johnnywest.jpg)

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/viewmastermovie.jpg (http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/viewmastermovie.jpg)

http://www.peachridgeglass.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/WahooBoardGame.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/ches1.jpg (http://www.timewarptoys.com/ches1.jpg)

http://www.timewarptoys.com/frogma1.JPG (http://www.timewarptoys.com/frogma1.JPG)

http://www.timewarptoys.com/smashup1.JPG (http://www.timewarptoys.com/smashup1.JPG)

http://www.timewarptoys.com/rebound.JPG (http://www.timewarptoys.com/rebound.JPG)

http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tip-it.jpg (http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tip-it.jpg)

http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tossacross.jpg (http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tossacross.jpg)

http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/matteltops.jpg (http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/matteltops.jpg)

http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tinker_toys.jpg (http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tinker_toys.jpg)

http://yoske.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/Lincoln-Logs.jpg (http://yoske.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/Lincoln-Logs.jpg)

[KJJ]

http://cdn.babble.com/toddler-times/files/morevintagetoys/01.jpg

[Faerluna]

http://besttoysguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/toy_tinkertoys.jpg

[Dallas]

http://besttoysguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/toy_tinkertoys.jpg (http://besttoysguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/toy_tinkertoys.jpg)

Where are your Barbies? :eek: I'm tellin mom! :mad:

:D

[Sam I Am]

I
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/09/custom_1283699749260_img_0491.jpg

Is that second one from the left a knock-off Lion Voltron? It doesn't look anything like mine. (posted earlier)

[iceberg]

http://www.onepagewonder.com/pics/waterrocket.jpg

[Sam I Am]

http://besttoysguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/toy_tinkertoys.jpg

Oh yeah, these remind me of Lincoln Logs.

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0/55/8/AAAAAm4_2Z4AAAAAAFWA5A.jpg

Of course Kinex too!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8e81V-15sn0/S3EALSP00UI/AAAAAAAAA1o/12-Pg4VVfiw/s400/Kinex2010-1.jpg

[Faerluna]

Where are your Barbies? :eek: I'm tellin mom! :mad:

:D

I think I had 1 Barbie doll. I totally loved all the "boy" toys. I also had the electric racecar track, Stretch Armstrong, Lincoln Logs, Spirograph, etc.

I remember going to my friends house and she always wanted to play Barbies, which I thought was crap. I always tried to get her to play board games instead. :D

[Sam I Am]

A kid down the street used to have model rockets. He used to fire them off at the TCJC South Campus.

http://www.redarrowhobbies.com/pictures/aerotech/all.bmp

[Sam I Am]

Damn, has anyone mentioned Legos yet? They were one of the best toys ever invented back then.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg

[Faerluna]

Damn, has anyone mentioned Legos yet? They were one of the best toys ever invented back then.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg)

Legos were awesome, especially when there was one stray one in the middle of the floor where someone could step on it with bare feet and curse a blue streak.

:D

[Dallas]

Damn, has anyone mentioned Legos yet? They were one of the best toys ever invented back then.

<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg" target="_blank">http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg)

I didn't mention Legos because I hate legos. My son has been a lego super hero since about the age of 4. I spent farrrr to much $$ on them. I blame myself of course but inside, inside I hope Lego steps on 1000 legos in a row.

We have about 50 lbs of legos in bins at the house. I told him the other day they were going to get donated this summer.

He's cool w/ that.

[baj1dallas]

damn man, I had that game

I've still got the 2nd edition (green) version. I think my dad still has the original.

[speedkilz88]

[/URL]http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/johnnywest.jpg (http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/johnnywest.jpg)

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/viewmastermovie.jpg (http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/viewmastermovie.jpg)

http://www.peachridgeglass.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/WahooBoardGame.jpg (http://www.peachridgeglass.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/WahooBoardGame.jpg)

http://www.timewarptoys.com/ches1.jpg (http://www.timewarptoys.com/ches1.jpg)

http://www.timewarptoys.com/frogma1.JPG (http://www.timewarptoys.com/frogma1.JPG)

http://www.timewarptoys.com/smashup1.JPG (http://www.timewarptoys.com/smashup1.JPG)

http://www.timewarptoys.com/rebound.JPG (http://www.timewarptoys.com/rebound.JPG)

http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tip-it.jpg (http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tip-it.jpg)

http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tossacross.jpg (http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/tossacross.jpg)

http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/matteltops.jpg (http://dpjohnson1.tripod.com/matteltops.jpg)

http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tinker_toys.jpg (http://www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tinker_toys.jpg)

[URL="http://yoske.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/Lincoln-Logs.jpg"]http://yoske.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/Lincoln-Logs.jpg (http://yoske.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/Lincoln-Logs.jpg)My grandfather was a Navy Frogman, he had a gory story involving a Japanese guard that turned out to be a woman.:o: Cool Cowboy too.

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/features/ComicCon2009/275buzzlightyear.jpg

[Sam I Am]

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/features/ComicCon2009/275buzzlightyear.jpg

Were you born before or after Toy Story 1 was released? (1995) :laugh2:

[trickblue]

http://www.onepagewonder.com/pics/waterrocket.jpg (http://www.onepagewonder.com/pics/waterrocket.jpg)

That thing was a blast, but rated one notch below yard darts for danger...

I took that thing in the eye well more than one time... :D

You would pump it up until you couldn't pump it any more, then hold it between your legs because the release was to hard to do with one hand...

Rocket between knees, head bent over watching, suddenly snap the release, experience temporary blindness for a while and subsequent black eye...

But it was all worth it... ;)

[Joe Realist]

damn man, I had that game


http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4699850079077868&id=8f0acbaffea7ed3bc94c663bac351415 (http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoX39Y3NP0RoAKfqJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMT Q4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimage s.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dmattel% 2Bfootball%2Bii%26fr%3Dyfp-t-701-s%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D14&w=300&h=300&imgurl=ecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51BH9RG9A4L._SL500_AA300 _.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMattel-Classic-Football-2-Game%2Fdp%2FB00007MIBZ&size=18.5+KB&name=Amazon.com%3A+Mattel+Classic+Football+2+Game% 3A+Toys+%26amp%3B+Games&p=mattel+football+ii&oid=a28dad76bede4a1609daa6d5437833eb&fr2=piv-web&fr=yfp-t-701-s&tt=Amazon.com%253A%2BMattel%2BClassic%2BFootball%2 B2%2BGame%253A%2BToys%2B%2526amp%253B%2BGames&b=0&ni=21&no=14&tab=organic&ts=&sigr=1224tsrr9&sigb=13ele9vk0&sigi=11s79jb7d&.crumb=ZbQd4BKGLIV)

[iceberg]

That thing was a blast, but rated one notch below yard darts for danger...

I took that thing in the eye well more than one time... :D

You would pump it up until you couldn't pump it any more, then hold it between your legs because the release was to hard to do with one hand...

Rocket between knees, head bent over watching, suddenly snap the release, experience temporary blindness for a while and subsequent black eye...

But it was all worth it... ;)

with all the dangerous toys we had as kids, i'm amazed so many of us survived.

[Sam I Am]

That thing was a blast, but rated one notch below yard darts for danger...

I took that thing in the eye well more than one time... :D

You would pump it up until you couldn't pump it any more, then hold it between your legs because the release was to hard to do with one hand...

Rocket between knees, head bent over watching, suddenly snap the release, experience temporary blindness for a while and subsequent black eye...

But it was all worth it... ;)

Yeah. Just like the multi-pump air rifles. :laugh2:

[KJJ]

Rocket between knees, head bent over watching, suddenly snap the release, experience temporary blindness for a while and subsequent black eye...



My brother had one of those never forget the time he held it between his knees pumping it until he couldn't pump it anymore and almost ended up with a high powered suppository.


http://www.onepagewonder.com/pics/waterrocket.jpg

[Sam I Am]

Legos were awesome, especially when there was one stray one in the middle of the floor where someone could step on it with bare feet and curse a blue streak.

:D

Wasn't as bad as stepping on Jacks. We had a shag carpet. You could not see them when they were buried in the carpet. My sister used to leave them everywhere.

[tupperware]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/85212116_8303baf81d.jpg

I don't remember having one of these...

Ooooh, that's your signature, doh.

[Sam I Am]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/85212116_8303baf81d.jpg

I don't remember having one of these...

Ooooh, that's your signature, doh.

You don't? I had at least three of them. :D

[tupperware]

You don't? I had at least three of them. :D
Were they of the blow up variety?

:D

[Sam I Am]

Were they of the blow up variety?

:D

Only the real thing is good enough for me. ;)

[iceberg]

Only the real thing is good enough for me. ;)

gotta start somewhere.

[dexternjack]

Seeing all these toys and games I had brings back a lot of good memories, almost want to shed some tears:o:

I will never forget the day my dad brought this one home...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Intellivision-Console-Set.png/250px-Intellivision-Console-Set.png

[Jammer]

Going through this thread sure has brought back a lot of memories. Since there were 4 boys growing up in my household almost all the boy toys listed here were in my house at one time or another. I loved the Evel Kenevel stunt motorcycle. I got it for my birthday in the mid-70’s and I was the only one I knew that had one but I’m not surprised people here loved that thing like I did.

I will admit toys were much more dangerous back then than they are today. Even the Tonka toy trucks were more dangerous back then. Since they were made of metal those things could pack a wallop when thrown by one angry brother at another. :)

[Dallas]

Seeing all these toys and games I had brings back a lot of good memories, almost want to shed some tears:o:

I will never forget the day my dad brought this one home...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Intellivision-Console-Set.png/250px-Intellivision-Console-Set.png (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Intellivision-Console-Set.png/250px-Intellivision-Console-Set.png)

Hahah the old Intellivision. I remember long nights of Bump n Jump, Astrosmash and Lock N Chase. You don't know how many fights I got into w/ my brothers over this system. :laugh2:



Good times!! Thanks for posting.

[Sam I Am]

My first video game console I got for my birthday in 1977 or maybe it was 1978. It was the Sears Video Arcade. It was an original Atari System, but sold by Sears and Roebuck and didn't carry the Atari name.

http://pnmedia.gamespy.com/classicgaming.gamespy.com/images/oldsite/clusterimages/searsva.gif

http://www.gamasutra.com/db_area/images/feature/3551/atari_16.jpg

[Cowboys&LakersFan]

Were you born before or after Toy Story 1 was released? (1995) :laugh2:

A year before.

[goliadmike]

Seeing all these toys and games I had brings back a lot of good memories, almost want to shed some tears:o:

I will never forget the day my dad brought this one home...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Intellivision-Console-Set.png/250px-Intellivision-Console-Set.png (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Intellivision-Console-Set.png/250px-Intellivision-Console-Set.png)

Oh yeah!

[hipfake08]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/85212116_8303baf81d.jpg

I don't remember having one of these...

Ooooh, that's your signature, doh.


You don't? I had at least three of them. :D

:romothumbsup:

[goliadmike]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/85212116_8303baf81d.jpg (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/85212116_8303baf81d.jpg)

I don't remember having one of these...

Ooooh, that's your signature, doh.

hmm, how about this...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zU1s23lR0gY/R5NhxHwbe2I/AAAAAAAAABw/pNmV2wbmolc/s400/CHEERLEADERS77POSTER.jpg

Retro cheerleaders

[hipfake08]

http://www.hoslotracer.com/sites/default/files/styles/blogimage/public/mgbbrown/IMG_0196%20(470x640).jpg

We had a monster layout about double of what is shown here.
I wonder where it went to .

My brother figured out how to put the sliders in for the inside track so you could run full out over the whole track and not flip the car off.

[Kristi]

http://www.spokeo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Slip-n-Slide.jpg

Had the yellow one. They have come a LONG ways since the yellow plastic!

[speedkilz88]

hmm, how about this...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zU1s23lR0gY/R5NhxHwbe2I/AAAAAAAAABw/pNmV2wbmolc/s400/CHEERLEADERS77POSTER.jpg (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zU1s23lR0gY/R5NhxHwbe2I/AAAAAAAAABw/pNmV2wbmolc/s400/CHEERLEADERS77POSTER.jpg)

Retro cheerleaders
I had that poster. Didn't it come out of a cereal box?

[Cythim]

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/scotthandt/CastleGrayskull-exterior.jpg

My brother and I didn't have a lot of toys, but we thought this was the coolest thing when we got it one Christmas. We only had a couple of Ninja Turtle actions figures to play around with it but we made due.

[5Stars]

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/public/11mpQpbn9a4xVM3JMPLxSZuGb2NzH0ZvirJRw5mGVvPRN4My_B LoKXZxLj3CUnQcHkE8jbjNThsatE5aQ5rAkCuXUQh4pyMrcZeq 98wnyMxn3maaMKAqEJj2E4kZOPfEnMP67mHjK2tq

I used to play with these for hours on end and make all kinds of things like windmills, farris wheels, all kinds of gadgets.

And, I used to have about 10 sets of Lincoln Logs and bunches of small farm stuff like horses, cows, wagons, indians...stuff from the old west and we would build huge cities out of the Lincoln Logs and play Cowboys and Indians all day long.

;)

[rkell87]

Is that second one from the left a knock-off Lion Voltron? It doesn't look anything like mine. (posted earlier)

no that is the original megazord from the first iteration of the mighty morphing power rangers

[goliadmike]

I had that poster. Didn't it come out of a cereal box?

I'm not sure...man that was a long time ago.

[dexternjack]

It is amazing the difference today than it was back in the 70's and 80's. We used to go out around 9 in the am, do our thing (ride bikes on dirt trails with jumps and everything, shoot BB guns, run around in fields, etc) and come home by supper (dinner to those not from the south). Rinse and repeat the next day. We would play street baseball, travel from friends to friends homes and play basketball at each one, football games in the local park, you name it. Seems nowdays, that is a thing of the past, great times they were!

[5Stars]

It is amazing the difference today than it was back in the 70's and 80's. We used to go out around 9 in the am, do our thing (ride bikes on dirt trails with jumps and everything, shoot BB guns, run around in fields, etc) and come home by supper (dinner to those not from the south). Rinse and repeat the next day. We would play street baseball, travel from friends to friends homes and play basketball at each one, football games in the local park, you name it. Seems nowdays, that is a thing of the past, great times they were!

Welcome to the interwebz...


;)

I was so poor that I ate the beans out our bean bag...go to my friends house to steal some of their toys. One time, we threw clods at cars going by then try and run away. Always played Little League Baseball...

That's all there was.

Now I come over here? WTH?


:eek:

[trickblue]

I had that poster. Didn't it come out of a cereal box?

No... it was available in stores...

[trickblue]

It is amazing the difference today than it was back in the 70's and 80's. We used to go out around 9 in the am, do our thing (ride bikes on dirt trails with jumps and everything, shoot BB guns, run around in fields, etc) and come home by supper (dinner to those not from the south). Rinse and repeat the next day. We would play street baseball, travel from friends to friends homes and play basketball at each one, football games in the local park, you name it. Seems nowdays, that is a thing of the past, great times they were!

Every day was a new adventure... I grew up in the late 60's early 70's and w did the same thing...

I wouldn't trade that for the video game genre in a New York minute...

[Cajuncowboy]

This was one of my all time favorite games.

http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/store/img-hydroponics/rare-vintage-1972-mattel-talking-football_130534765842.jpg

[Hostile]

I had that poster. Didn't it come out of a cereal box?Everyone who was a Cowboys fan had that. I bought mine at K-Mart. I would love to hang that poster in my shop, but my wife wouldn't like it.

[Jammer]

Everyone who was a Cowboys fan had that. I bought mine at K-Mart. I would love to hang that poster in my shop, but my wife wouldn't like it.

Win. I had that poster too. My mom thought it was a bit "much", but she understood my love of the Cowboys and everything associated with it so she let me put it on my bedroom wall. I didn't know how cool she was until years later when I realized how much she kept quiet when I put up the Farrah Fauwcett poster.

[Sam I Am]

no that is the original megazord from the first iteration of the mighty morphing power rangers


http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/09/custom_1283699749260_img_0491.jpg


http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A051_vol950637_129516342218125000o4CmujzMc5.jpg


Now look at your image of the robot second from the left and the Lion Voltron in the bottom picture. The bottom picture is circa 1984/1985. Tell me that megazord doesn't look like a knock-off of Voltron. :laugh2:

As some guy said on Youtube. Voltron kicked so much *** that Optimus Prime did the show's opening. :laugh2:

1uS5b8aQ6z8

[Sam I Am]

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/scotthandt/CastleGrayskull-exterior.jpg

My brother and I didn't have a lot of toys, but we thought this was the coolest thing when we got it one Christmas. We only had a couple of Ninja Turtle actions figures to play around with it but we made due.

Oh yeah. That's the good stuff. Especially the trap door!

[lane]

http://ictoblog.nl/files/viewmaster.jpg


and a hammer with a few rolls of these:

http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/lvrq/image/481/15940-620-414.jpg


very nice

[lane]

hmm, how about this...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zU1s23lR0gY/R5NhxHwbe2I/AAAAAAAAABw/pNmV2wbmolc/s400/CHEERLEADERS77POSTER.jpg

Retro cheerleaders


one of the 50 or so posters i had plastered in my bedroom as a teenager.

i kid you not...my whole ceiling and 85% of the walls were covered in female posters.

the other 15% were rock bands..

my older brother used to bring his friends to my room to show my decorating expertise..

the one in front looks like adrienne barbeau........

[lane]

BIG WHEELS!!!

http://www.babble.com/products/kids-products/toy-fads/images/big-wheel.jpg

I had a pink and light blue one with white tires and I had to be pried off it at the end of the day. I think there was a time or two where I probably got picked up and dragged it in the house with me. I wore the tires out on mine and then took my brothers. Loved doing spin outs in the drive ways, etc.

I don't see them much anymore -- I can't tell you the last time I saw a kid on a Big Wheel. I see they still sell them online on Google shopping so they still exist. I guess $50-$70 for a plastic bike that wears out fairly quickly isn't something too may parents are willing to spend their money on.

prolly my favorite toy as a kid..

[Sam I Am]

prolly my favorite toy as a kid..

Are you saying you weren't already 17+ years old when those came out? :laugh2:

[lane]

my wife said she used to play with a lemon twist as kid.

any one remember that one?

[lane]

Are you saying you weren't already 17+ years old when those came out? :laugh2:


lol!!

[lane]

I bet Hos still has this one.

http://www.plaidstallions.com/schaper/superjock2.jpg

loved this toy..

[lane]

the game ...operation

[Sam I Am]

the game ...operation

I had Operation and it kicked ***. I was not 17+ when I owned it either. ;) :D

[Joe Realist]

rFlHdlfZQgI

I wish I still had this. It was the first system at the time (around 1981) that was not connected to your tv. I think it lasted 3 years.

[speedkilz88]

my wife said she used to play with a lemon twist as kid.

any one remember that one?This it?(googled it)http://bcre8uv.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834530d3e69e201348900a9fd970c-320wi

[hutch1254]

http://thegaminggang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/stratomatic.jpg (http://thegaminggang.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/stratomatic.jpg)

My friends and I would play Stratomatic after playing

http://www.majorleaguewiffleball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wiffle_ball_and_box.jpg (http://www.majorleaguewiffleball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wiffle_ball_and_box.jpg)

for hours. Then Atari came.

[rkell87]

I bet Hos still has this one.

http://www.plaidstallions.com/schaper/superjock2.jpg

i still have that at my grandparents house, don't have the spinner dial though

[goliadmike]

i still have that at my grandparents house, don't have the spinner dial though

That hard plastic football wasn't the only thing her kicked. I remember kicking tennis and golf balls...oh, and countless green army men with it.

[daschoo]

Pennies, we used to stand around 10 metres from a kerb or wall and see who could through their coin closest to the wall. The winner won the money, the school used to send teachers round the playgrounds to make sure no-one was playing this as they didn't tolerate "gambling" Another game using pennies was table football, could be either Association or American. You started with the coin balancing over your side of the table and had 3 flicks to slide it so it was balancing over the far side of the table. You then flicked it up and caught it which meant your opponent had to make a goal with his fingers, you spun the coin and had to catch it between your thumbs then shoot it through the goals. (the goals were upturned if playing American Football)

The amount of games you could play with a football (soccer ball) as well. If there was only 2 of you then you could play "wally" which involved taking turns to kick the ball off a designated wall. Each player has a set number of lives which they lose each time they miss the wall, was all about trying to hit the wall then a tree or something to give them as tricky a shot as possible. "Kerby" was another 2 player game that only involved a ball, players stand on other side of the road and try to throw it so it bounces of the kerb and back, 1 point for hitting the kerb, 3 if you catch it before it hits the ground after coming off the kerb.
If more people turned up then some jumpers or would ever was lying about would be used to make goalposts someone became the goalkeeper and the others would try and score against them while trying to stop anyone else scoring. This could be done either everyman for himself or in teams of two. If of course there were enough people then you'd just play a proper game.
Never really see weans playing in the park these days.

[Heisenberg]

Started out with action figures like this one:

http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.264648731.jpg

moved into the world of electronics with this:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Vtech/Vtech-TalkingBaseball.jpg

until I got to the ultimate toy I ever had:

http://www.gamersace.com/images/Tecmo-Super-Bowl-NES-Cartri.jpg

[Sam I Am]

http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.264648731.jpg

Wow, I've never seen that Skeletor. I had one, but his face wasn't that cartoonish looking. He looked like this one.

http://orangecow.org/1random/03_Skeletor_01__scaled_600.jpg

[Sam I Am]

I see. That was a mini version of him I guess.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-uUkf_pHt-Y/SLv_p4-pqbI/AAAAAAAABYw/vT2sGS_NQY0/s400/motuc_skeletor4.jpg

[Sam I Am]

http://www.majorleaguewiffleball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wiffle_ball_and_box.jpg[/URL]


Oh yeah. My brothers and dad used to play home run derby with the wiffle balls. Although we ended up switching to these nerf baseballs. They were spongy, but still sort of hard. They were also slightly oblong with allowed you to throw curves and other breaking balls. Of course you couldn't throw risers like you could with the wiffle balls.

I can't ever find those nerf baseballs anymore. Now all they have are nerf balls that look like actual baseball clones. Definitely not the same thing.

[Heisenberg]

I see. That was a mini version of him I guess.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-uUkf_pHt-Y/SLv_p4-pqbI/AAAAAAAABYw/vT2sGS_NQY0/s400/motuc_skeletor4.jpg

The one on the left is the very first edition of the Skeletor action figure. They eventually looked like the one on the right.

I remember playing with that toy constantly and I even used to put chewed gum on his face to see what he'd look like if he had skin. I was a strange child.

[Arch Stanton]

I'd play for hours with my Aston Martin. I wish I had a mint condition one now....
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/1964_Corgi_Aston_Martin_DB5.jpg

[kmp77]

one of the 50 or so posters i had plastered in my bedroom as a teenager.

i kid you not...my whole ceiling and 85% of the walls were covered in female posters.

the other 15% were rock bands..

my older brother used to bring his friends to my room to show my decorating expertise..

the one in front looks like adrienne barbeau........

I could never hang girly posters up on my wall. I'd have my butt whipped for that. Such a sheltered childhood :(

[jubal]

Every day was a new adventure... I grew up in the late 60's early 70's and w did the same thing...

I wouldn't trade that for the video game genre in a New York minute...

Then you remember the streak and cb radios.

[jubal]

[QUOTE=trickblue;4484212]That thing was a blast, but rated one notch below yard darts for danger...

I took that thing in the eye well more than one time... :D

You would pump it up until you couldn't pump it any more, then hold it between your legs because the release was to hard to do with one hand...

Rocket between knees, head bent over watching, suddenly snap the release, experience temporary blindness for a while and subsequent black eye...

But it was all worth it... ;)[/QUOTE
I knew a kid that put a .22shell in a hole of his cushman scooter and shot it on the cap with his red Ryder BB gun , thought it would launch the lead,but the hull came back and creased his cheek,how did we live through the good ole days? That is where the "You will shoot your eye out",came from.

[Doomsday]

Anybody remember the green machine...that was fun. IIRC you could get a little faster in those but the fun thing was all of the turning and sliding you could get out of those things.

http://www.timewarptoys.com/toys326d.jpg

That brings back some awesome memories.

[Doomsday]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aHJw-yu_w_Y/TU9maFyFp1I/AAAAAAAAAI8/Hf-nMq8AB7U/s1600/paper_football.png

Inflatable punching bag
http://spidermancollector.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/1973_ahi_punching_bag.jpg

[iceberg]

http://bmxsociety.com/uploads/bmxdb/bikes/323_148695.JPG

[dez_for_prez]

http://hallis.biz/img/p/25-63-thickbox.jpg

[dez_for_prez]

http://www.jplegacy.org/toys/jptoys/compound.jpg

I remember getting this Christmas morning. Oh how sweet it was.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IXaXS14NBjk/T1APkfjarPI/AAAAAAAALpI/uk_8_-IHrOg/s1600/lego_logo.png

We used to have to eat in the kitchen because we had our dining room so full of lego. I still have it and my son is obsessed with the new Star Wars sets.

[SkinsandTerps]

I wish I still had this. It was the first system at the time (around 1981) that was not connected to your tv. I think it lasted 3 years.

I had that game. It was great. I was in elementary school at the time and my Dad would try to beat me at the football game sometimes. I think it was the only game at the time that only came with one controller also.

This is a great thread and I was just talking about it with family.

I have not seen anything that kids would not want today though. Nothing.

I could even add on the little green soldiers that I had as a kid. All off that stuff was fun.

I had most of the stuff including the stunt bike. If I knew it would be worth anything, I would have kept it. haha. I always loved getting science stuff too. It was cool to look at the microscope or telescope and figure out what was what.

Side note...a bicycle is not really considered a toy. And I grew up in a strict military family. We didn't wear helmets back then though unless you were on a halfpipe.

Times change. But kids will love stuff they get if they are not spoiled (I say that as a kid that had a Grandmother with a shopping habit).

[DemonBlood]

Food Fighters:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6956020147_b1a16636e2_z.jpg (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6956020147_b1a16636e2_z.jpg)

Also,

http://lparchive.org/Battletoads/Images/1-Battletoads_1.jpg (http://lparchive.org/Battletoads/Images/1-Battletoads_1.jpg)

[Payton34Smith22]

Anybody remember the green machine...that was fun. IIRC you could get a little faster in those but the fun thing was all of the turning and sliding you could get out of those things.

http://www.timewarptoys.com/toys326d.jpg (http://www.timewarptoys.com/toys326d.jpg)

First thing I thought of when I read the title to this thread lol! LOVED mine as a kid!

[notherbob]

You guys were all pretty lucky.

When I was a kid during WWII we were very poor and on the move a lot and most of the time Santa couldn't find us and besides,we didn't have a chimney anyway, so I only got three Christmas presents during my childhood and one was a book (Otto the Otter). My best present was a cap pistol and a box of five rolls of caps when I was nine in 1948. That was my best Christmas ever. We all loved Christmas anyway because of all the beautiful lights and songs. We never had a tree but I used to love to go around looking at other peoples trees, they were always so beautiful.

We never got any birthday presents or parties. Rich kids get toys, poor kids get beautiful memories and have fun however they can and it doesn't take much to make them happy, sometimes just a pat on the head and a smile is all it takes but we didn't get those very often either. We were never sad and were always happy anyway because life was always good because we made it good. We didn't see ourselves as poor and we felt sorry for those who were poor.

Happiness is always more a matter of attitude than physical possessions. A good attitude usually lasts longer than toys anyway. We were never envious of others and were happy to be together as a family, at least until the "Welfare Department" took us kids away from our mother and sent us to a boys home two states away when I was ten. Life became a lot more serious from then on. We didn't want for anything physical but we were no longer as happy as we had been but she came to see us every year or two and that always made us happy.

Life was good then and it is even better now because it doesn't take much to please me. A good attitude will get you through hard times better than anything else. It isn't really about toys, it's about being happy no matter what.

Life is good even at 73.

[Payton34Smith22]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/payton34smith22/mincagsandgnw.jpg

[Vtwin]

http://www.upon-bamboo-fly-fishing-rods-and-reels.com/images/MyMitchell300.jpg

[tomson75]

http://www.upon-bamboo-fly-fishing-rods-and-reels.com/images/MyMitchell300.jpg

I've got a bunch just like that at my camp...still use one of them today.

[DIAF]

Does anyone remember in the late 70s a robot that was similar to Transformers that had tank like tracks on its back and could be coverted into a tank like vehicle? It was red and blue I believe. I can't remember the name and would like to be able to google a pic.

Im pretty sure you are thinking of Combattra (Combattler V).

http://www.robot-japan.com/images/stories/Bandai-America/Godaikin/Combattra_DX/Combattra-DX.jpg


Or maybe Voltes V

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Goldgaigar/SOC/Voltes/Gx31V.jpg

I sort of collect old japanese robot toys.

[NoDak Cowboy]

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krvaj2qbQ21qa53iwo1_500.jpg

This was a great toy. Fun to ride, but even better was using it as a weapon. We'd play extreme tag with it. Everyone takes off running, and the guy that was "it" would chase after and throw it at you. Sometimes getting hit by that thing while running would rip you right off your feet. Coming home with assorted bumps, bruises, and abrasions was just a part of being a kid in the 70's. The one we had was a little bit smaller than this one, tho.

[Sarge]

You guys were all pretty lucky.

When I was a kid during WWII we were very poor and on the move a lot and most of the time Santa couldn't find us and besides,we didn't have a chimney anyway, so I only got three Christmas presents during my childhood and one was a book (Otto the Otter). My best present was a cap pistol and a box of five rolls of caps when I was nine in 1948. That was my best Christmas ever. We all loved Christmas anyway because of all the beautiful lights and songs. We never had a tree but I used to love to go around looking at other peoples trees, they were always so beautiful.

We never got any birthday presents or parties. Rich kids get toys, poor kids get beautiful memories and have fun however they can and it doesn't take much to make them happy, sometimes just a pat on the head and a smile is all it takes but we didn't get those very often either. We were never sad and were always happy anyway because life was always good because we made it good. We didn't see ourselves as poor and we felt sorry for those who were poor.

Happiness is always more a matter of attitude than physical possessions. A good attitude usually lasts longer than toys anyway. We were never envious of others and were happy to be together as a family, at least until the "Welfare Department" took us kids away from our mother and sent us to a boys home two states away when I was ten. Life became a lot more serious from then on. We didn't want for anything physical but we were no longer as happy as we had been but she came to see us every year or two and that always made us happy.

Life was good then and it is even better now because it doesn't take much to please me. A good attitude will get you through hard times better than anything else. It isn't really about toys, it's about being happy no matter what.

Life is good even at 73.

Great post Bob! :bow:

[dez_for_prez]

Also,

[/URL][URL="http://lparchive.org/Battletoads/Images/1-Battletoads_1.jpg"]http://lparchive.org/Battletoads/Images/1-Battletoads_1.jpg (http://lparchive.org/Battletoads/Images/1-Battletoads_1.jpg)
Man that game was RAD!

[dez_for_prez]

You guys were all pretty lucky.

When I was a kid during WWII we were very poor and on the move a lot and most of the time Santa couldn't find us and besides,we didn't have a chimney anyway, so I only got three Christmas presents during my childhood and one was a book (Otto the Otter). My best present was a cap pistol and a box of five rolls of caps when I was nine in 1948. That was my best Christmas ever. We all loved Christmas anyway because of all the beautiful lights and songs. We never had a tree but I used to love to go around looking at other peoples trees, they were always so beautiful.

We never got any birthday presents or parties. Rich kids get toys, poor kids get beautiful memories and have fun however they can and it doesn't take much to make them happy, sometimes just a pat on the head and a smile is all it takes but we didn't get those very often either. We were never sad and were always happy anyway because life was always good because we made it good. We didn't see ourselves as poor and we felt sorry for those who were poor.

Happiness is always more a matter of attitude than physical possessions. A good attitude usually lasts longer than toys anyway. We were never envious of others and were happy to be together as a family, at least until the "Welfare Department" took us kids away from our mother and sent us to a boys home two states away when I was ten. Life became a lot more serious from then on. We didn't want for anything physical but we were no longer as happy as we had been but she came to see us every year or two and that always made us happy.

Life was good then and it is even better now because it doesn't take much to please me. A good attitude will get you through hard times better than anything else. It isn't really about toys, it's about being happy no matter what.

Life is good even at 73.

As I was goggling my toys I realized how lucky I was at Christmas. Every year I was amazed at what my parents were able to get me. One year we got the lion king sound track from Santa and my brother and I were like,"why would we get this? What was Santa thinking?" My mom told us maybe Santa left it at the wrong house.:( Year later I apologized for being a brat.:laugh2:

[speedkilz88]

Im pretty sure you are thinking of Combattra (Combattler V).

[/URL]http://www.robot-japan.com/images/stories/Bandai-America/Godaikin/Combattra_DX/Combattra-DX.jpg (http://www.robot-japan.com/images/stories/Bandai-America/Godaikin/Combattra_DX/Combattra-DX.jpg)


Or maybe Voltes V

[URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Goldgaigar/SOC/Voltes/Gx31V.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Goldgaigar/SOC/Voltes/Gx31V.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Goldgaigar/SOC/Voltes/Gx31V.jpg)

I sort of collect old japanese robot toys.No, the one I had predated those like that one (it was late 70s)that I've looked up. It didn't have a helmet just a metallic(color) removable head. It also had a plastic cockpit on the chest where a pilot could be put in it.

[DIAF]

No, the one I had predated those like that one (it was late 70s)that I've looked up. It didn't have a helmet just a metal removable head. It also had a plastic cockpit on the chest where a pilot could be put in it.

hmm...Micronauts perhaps? Those all had chest-cockpits and little pilots.

[Reality]

You guys were all pretty lucky.

When I was a kid during WWII we were very poor and on the move a lot and most of the time Santa couldn't find us and besides,we didn't have a chimney anyway, so I only got three Christmas presents during my childhood and one was a book (Otto the Otter). My best present was a cap pistol and a box of five rolls of caps when I was nine in 1948. That was my best Christmas ever. We all loved Christmas anyway because of all the beautiful lights and songs. We never had a tree but I used to love to go around looking at other peoples trees, they were always so beautiful.

We never got any birthday presents or parties. Rich kids get toys, poor kids get beautiful memories and have fun however they can and it doesn't take much to make them happy, sometimes just a pat on the head and a smile is all it takes but we didn't get those very often either. We were never sad and were always happy anyway because life was always good because we made it good. We didn't see ourselves as poor and we felt sorry for those who were poor.

Happiness is always more a matter of attitude than physical possessions. A good attitude usually lasts longer than toys anyway. We were never envious of others and were happy to be together as a family, at least until the "Welfare Department" took us kids away from our mother and sent us to a boys home two states away when I was ten. Life became a lot more serious from then on. We didn't want for anything physical but we were no longer as happy as we had been but she came to see us every year or two and that always made us happy.

Life was good then and it is even better now because it doesn't take much to please me. A good attitude will get you through hard times better than anything else. It isn't really about toys, it's about being happy no matter what.

Life is good even at 73.

This was a great post! Thank you for sharing it!

#reality

[DemonBlood]

No, the one I had predated those like that one (it was late 70s)that I've looked up. It didn't have a helmet just a metallic(color) removable head. It also had a plastic cockpit on the chest where a pilot could be put in it.

Is it this?

http://i41.tinypic.com/98u1s9.jpg (http://i41.tinypic.com/98u1s9.jpg)

[Rowdy]

You guys were all pretty lucky.

When I was a kid during WWII we were very poor and on the move a lot and most of the time Santa couldn't find us and besides,we didn't have a chimney anyway, so I only got three Christmas presents during my childhood and one was a book (Otto the Otter). My best present was a cap pistol and a box of five rolls of caps when I was nine in 1948. That was my best Christmas ever. We all loved Christmas anyway because of all the beautiful lights and songs. We never had a tree but I used to love to go around looking at other peoples trees, they were always so beautiful.

We never got any birthday presents or parties. Rich kids get toys, poor kids get beautiful memories and have fun however they can and it doesn't take much to make them happy, sometimes just a pat on the head and a smile is all it takes but we didn't get those very often either. We were never sad and were always happy anyway because life was always good because we made it good. We didn't see ourselves as poor and we felt sorry for those who were poor.

Happiness is always more a matter of attitude than physical possessions. A good attitude usually lasts longer than toys anyway. We were never envious of others and were happy to be together as a family, at least until the "Welfare Department" took us kids away from our mother and sent us to a boys home two states away when I was ten. Life became a lot more serious from then on. We didn't want for anything physical but we were no longer as happy as we had been but she came to see us every year or two and that always made us happy.

Life was good then and it is even better now because it doesn't take much to please me. A good attitude will get you through hard times better than anything else. It isn't really about toys, it's about being happy no matter what.

Life is good even at 73.



:bravo:

[nablives]

Just a few I recall


http://skew.dailyskew.com/uploaded_images/destro-723845.jpg

http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/Episenter/Episerver/Drawing/GetImage.aspx?file=%2FPageFiles%2F2951%2FRubriksku be1.jpg


http://throwbackkingdom.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/pogo_ball.jpg

[notherbob]

Oh, by the way, no one should feel sorry for me because of the poverty of my fatherless youth because it served to motivate me to work harder and now my wife and I are semi-retired on our 1,000 acre cattle ranch. If you have a cattle ranch, semi-retired is all you ever get since it keeps you pretty busy.

And then there is my garlic business, which is my way of giving back to society for allowing me to overcome the limitations of my youth.

Good luck to you all.

[trickblue]

You guys were all pretty lucky.

When I was a kid during WWII we were very poor and on the move a lot and most of the time Santa couldn't find us and besides,we didn't have a chimney anyway, so I only got three Christmas presents during my childhood and one was a book (Otto the Otter). My best present was a cap pistol and a box of five rolls of caps when I was nine in 1948. That was my best Christmas ever. We all loved Christmas anyway because of all the beautiful lights and songs. We never had a tree but I used to love to go around looking at other peoples trees, they were always so beautiful.

We never got any birthday presents or parties. Rich kids get toys, poor kids get beautiful memories and have fun however they can and it doesn't take much to make them happy, sometimes just a pat on the head and a smile is all it takes but we didn't get those very often either. We were never sad and were always happy anyway because life was always good because we made it good. We didn't see ourselves as poor and we felt sorry for those who were poor.

Happiness is always more a matter of attitude than physical possessions. A good attitude usually lasts longer than toys anyway. We were never envious of others and were happy to be together as a family, at least until the "Welfare Department" took us kids away from our mother and sent us to a boys home two states away when I was ten. Life became a lot more serious from then on. We didn't want for anything physical but we were no longer as happy as we had been but she came to see us every year or two and that always made us happy.

Life was good then and it is even better now because it doesn't take much to please me. A good attitude will get you through hard times better than anything else. It isn't really about toys, it's about being happy no matter what.

Life is good even at 73.

I'm younger than you, but I remember my parents struggling to make ends meet...

Back then if I broke a crayon they gave me in a set, I almost cried because I knew how hard they worked...

I lost my dad last year and I tucked a note in his suit pocket at the funeral telling him how much I appreciated his sacrifice for things they couldn't really afford and I didn't really deserve...

I wish kids today appreciate what they have... they take WAY TOO much for granted... mine as well...

Anyway... good post as usual Bob. You are an absolute GEM on this site with your knowledge and wisdom...

Mahalo nui loa, my friend...

[Hoofbite]

http://www.upon-bamboo-fly-fishing-rods-and-reels.com/images/MyMitchell300.jpg

My dad raves about those reels.

Me personally, as long as brings in line I'm good. I don't really fish enough to know the difference.

[Zaxor]

I'm younger than you, but I remember my parents struggling to make ends meet...

Back then if I broke a crayon they gave me in a set, I almost cried because I knew how hard they worked...

I lost my dad last year and I tucked a note in his suit pocket at the funeral telling him how much I appreciated his sacrifice for things they couldn't really afford and I didn't really deserve...

I wish kids today appreciate what they have... they take WAY TOO much for granted... mine as well...

Anyway... good post as usual Bob. You are an absolute GEM on this site with your knowledge and wisdom...

Mahalo nui loa, my friend...

I know that feeling Trick and I agree with your post and about Notherbob great guy

[SaltwaterServr]

LOVED this game. We had thick carpet which made the catapults more valuable, but tile floor in the kitchen and entry way for when my friends and I wanted to play with the crossbows. I made a bunch of bricks out of Mom's shoe boxes so we could have multi-layered defensive perimeters.

http://betanews.com/wp-content/uploads/media/66/6659.jpg

[CowboyMcCoy]

I'm younger than you, but I remember my parents struggling to make ends meet...

Back then if I broke a crayon they gave me in a set, I almost cried because I knew how hard they worked...

I lost my dad last year and I tucked a note in his suit pocket at the funeral telling him how much I appreciated his sacrifice for things they couldn't really afford and I didn't really deserve...

I wish kids today appreciate what they have... they take WAY TOO much for granted... mine as well...

Anyway... good post as usual Bob. You are an absolute GEM on this site with your knowledge and wisdom...

Mahalo nui loa, my friend...

I guess you're not the only one who comes here sometimes hoping to find something "Notherbob".

[KJJ]

http://gardendesk.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54efed40888340133f4a2cc73970b-800wi

http://www.free-photos.biz/images/science/information_science/gumby_and_pokey_-_bendable_figures.jpg

[Cajuncowboy]

http://gardendesk.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54efed40888340133f4a2cc73970b-800wi

http://www.free-photos.biz/images/science/information_science/gumby_and_pokey_-_bendable_figures.jpg

Oh man Gumby!!! I used to get so mad because my Gumby was defective. As hard as I tried, he wouldn't go through a wall.

:o:

[KJJ]

Oh man Gumby!!! I used to get so mad because my Gumby was defective. As hard as I tried, he wouldn't go through a wall.

:o:

I went through several Gumby and Pokey's I use to pull them apart and take out the wires that made their arms and legs bend. :)

[notherbob]

I guess you're not the only one who comes here sometimes hoping to find something "Notherbob".

Sarge, Rowdy, Trickblue, Zaxor, CowboyMcCoy, etc. -

If you guys don't quit saying such nice things about me, you're goimg to make me cry and then I will lose my rep as a cruel dude and a brutally hard man. :o:

[Heisenberg]

I'm younger than you, but I remember my parents struggling to make ends meet...

Back then if I broke a crayon they gave me in a set, I almost cried because I knew how hard they worked...

I lost my dad last year and I tucked a note in his suit pocket at the funeral telling him how much I appreciated his sacrifice for things they couldn't really afford and I didn't really deserve...

I wish kids today appreciate what they have... they take WAY TOO much for granted... mine as well...

Anyway... good post as usual Bob. You are an absolute GEM on this site with your knowledge and wisdom...

Mahalo nui loa, my friend...

Sometimes you don't realize how hard your parents had to work to give you the life you had as a kid until you grow up a little. That's what it took for me.

I definitely realize that we were on a very limited budget, but I always had what I needed and a good Christmas. I know it was hard as hell. Yet, my parents always insulated me from their financial issues so that I never had to worry.

[Biggems]

I didn't mention Legos because I hate legos. My son has been a lego super hero since about the age of 4. I spent farrrr to much $$ on them. I blame myself of course but inside, inside I hope Lego steps on 1000 legos in a row.

We have about 50 lbs of legos in bins at the house. I told him the other day they were going to get donated this summer.

He's cool w/ that.


sanitize them in some bleach water, let them dry, then sell them on ebay....make some of your money back.

[iceberg]

Winner for best submission in the thread.

this came in tonight.

my brother are now debating why the late 60s early 70s was the best music of our generation.

[Arch Stanton]

this came in tonight.

my brother are now debating why the late 60s early 70s was the best music of our generation.

Yes I agree.

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4477203&postcount=18

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4479416&postcount=36

[jubal]

I recall one year my folks got me a Lionel Train Set, it was cool with the smoke coming out of the smoke stack. My dad put it together the night before Christmas and I think he spent more time playing with it than I did that Christmas. :laugh2:

That is a Dad,s job to make sure it was worth the money.
Anyhow that is what I did with my first pong video game.:D

[iceberg]

Winner for best submission in the thread.

sorry for the bump, but my ebay purchase came in the other day.

generic white box, but all pieces are STILL wrapped in the original plastic.

that have a sticker on them telling you not to let babies play with plastic bags. :)

[Tony33]

this came in tonight.

my brother are now debating why the late 60s early 70s was the best music of our generation.

Some of the best music period.

[ZeroClub]

I was undefeated in this game until I let a friend borrow it. He figured out the way the play cards worked and after that it wasn't fun any more.

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic52183_lg.jpg (http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic52183_lg.jpg)

What a great box!

[Kristi]

I'll start with one of my favorites.

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/SpirographCABox.jpg (http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/SpirographCABox.jpg)

Now, it's even bigger!!

http://media.lakeside.com/images/product/2127_mn.jpg;jsessionid=6559B0A1C566448035A95250799 13025

[speedkilz88]

Now, it's even bigger!!

http://media.lakeside.com/images/product/2127_mn.jpg;jsessionid=6559B0A1C566448035A95250799 13025 (http://media.lakeside.com/images/product/2127_mn.jpg;jsessionid=6559B0A1C566448035A95250799 13025)Finally explains crop circles.

[Hostile]

I mentioned this thread to a friend and he mentioned GI Joe.

That reminded me of these foot tall action figures that were hard plastic. My brother had General Custer.

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/custer.jpg

I had Geronimo.

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/geronimo.jpg

[vta]

I mentioned this thread to a friend and he mentioned GI Joe.

That reminded me of these foot tall action figures that were hard plastic. My brother had General Custer.

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/custer.jpg

I had Geronimo.

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/geronimo.jpg

I had Lone Ranger

http://www.toy-tma.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Lone-Ranger-Action-Figure.jpg

[trickblue]

I had Geronimo.

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/geronimo.jpg (http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/geronimo.jpg)

I had Geronimo as well...

[SaltwaterServr]

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/562693_10150729714778137_650163136_9551886_3481534 2_n.jpg

[Faerluna]

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/562693_10150729714778137_650163136_9551886_3481534 2_n.jpg (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/562693_10150729714778137_650163136_9551886_3481534 2_n.jpg)

I thought that was the coolest game when I was a kid! I had totally forgotten about it until seeing this picture. My friend had one and I was so jealous. :)

[Wimbo]

I thought that was the coolest game when I was a kid! I had totally forgotten about it until seeing this picture. My friend had one and I was so jealous. :)

yH8Y90uYxvs

[Jammer]

I mentioned this thread to a friend and he mentioned GI Joe.

That reminded me of these foot tall action figures that were hard plastic. My brother had General Custer.

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/custer.jpg

I had Geronimo.

http://www.toyflashback.com/wp-content/uploads/geronimo.jpg

I missed this the first time you posted it, but my brother had both of these. For some reason these were the only "action" figures I actually enjoyed playing with. I guess the historical aspect made it fun for me.

[kimrose]

HA8RsYEr_J8

[BraveHeartFan]

Absolutely it was. There was nothing more fun in the summer than jumping dirt piles and stuff with my friends on our bikes, riding around pretending we were on motorcycles, etc.

You never put cards in your wheels with clothespins? :)

The simple things are what I enjoyed.

Yep. I loved pretending the bike was a motorcyle.

I had some of the best times of my life just riding my bike with friends.

I still ride a bike now, as part of my exercise. It's a simple exercise that is very peaceful and enjoyable.

Even when you are elevating your heart rate. :)



I rained terror on my relatives cats with this thing.

http://gggazzuolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pizzathrower.jpg (http://gggazzuolo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/pizzathrower.jpg)


LMAO! Oh man yes. I had TONS of Ninja Turtle stuff. It was my second toy 'obsession' that I had during my childhood.



http://magisterrex.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/blogmousetrap1963.jpg (http://magisterrex.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/blogmousetrap1963.jpg)


That was to me the coolest board game ever when I was kid. I used to that that was just about as good as board games would ever get.


Then I started playing Risk. Don't know why but Risk has always been my favorite.



Growing up, my family didn't have a lot of extra money, so us kids had to play games like:

http://retrotoys.com/images/MetalJacksAndBallSets.jpg (http://retrotoys.com/images/MetalJacksAndBallSets.jpg)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zJZpfAZr-xM/TkZBdju20LI/AAAAAAAAAxg/7pB58m94J-o/s1600/hopscotch-1.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zJZpfAZr-xM/TkZBdju20LI/AAAAAAAAAxg/7pB58m94J-o/s1600/hopscotch-1.jpg)

http://www.collectmarbles.com/stevesfavorites.jpg (http://www.collectmarbles.com/stevesfavorites.jpg)

http://semperfortis.zxq.net/wp-content/uploads/hide_and_seek1.jpg (http://semperfortis.zxq.net/wp-content/uploads/hide_and_seek1.jpg)

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/71135_306691283681_5126278_n.jpg (http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/71135_306691283681_5126278_n.jpg)<- Was unbeatable in Pogs

Until one day I finally got some of these:

http://i.ebayimg.com/10/!BpF(FiQBmk~$(KGrHqIOKkIEuZ+qU7K8BLp6gsjrdw~~_35.J PG (http://i.ebayimg.com/10/!BpF(FiQBmk~$(KGrHqIOKkIEuZ+qU7K8BLp6gsjrdw~~_35.J PG)

And then one of these:

http://www.nintendofocus.com/images/nes.jpg (http://www.nintendofocus.com/images/nes.jpg)

And I haven't been outside since.


Had and played every one of those things. I loved marbles. It was just such a fun game to play and so simple.

Nintendo absolutely changed everything.

We had an Atari when I was a kid, and I liked it, but I was never into it the way I got into Nintendo.

Hours upon wasted hours on Legend Of Zelda, Mario Brothers, Kung Fu, Double Dragon, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy.



I remember Christmas 1985 my dad got me what I had been begging for. A Lion Voltron. He spent $79 for it. (expensive in 1985)

I just found one on Newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA05101B0435&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle3&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle3-_-Toys+-+Action+Figures-_-Toynami-_-9SIA05101B0435) (Newegg, really? hah) for $399. That is probably what $79 was worth back then in today's money.

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A051_vol950637_129516342218125000o4CmujzMc5.jpg (http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A051_vol950637_129516342218125000o4CmujzMc5.jpg)
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A051_vol950637_129516342219218750F4grbEHELV.jpg (http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/A051_vol950637_129516342219218750F4grbEHELV.jpg)

My nephew has it now. It was at my mothers house when she passed away. I was already back in NY when they came across it. A few of the lion's are missing tails and a head are missing. The sword is gone too, but it's still there.

I had those and at the time it was one of my favorite toys. I thought he was cool as hell.


Damn, has anyone mentioned Legos yet? They were one of the best toys ever invented back then.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wv8Dp-Qz4C4/TL-lxRvYSDI/AAAAAAAAAxw/OnII3T_2V3o/s1600/lego+pile.jpg)

Had thousands upon thousands of these. I spent a ton of time building ships, homes, crazy tall buildings.



http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/scotthandt/CastleGrayskull-exterior.jpg (http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/scotthandt/CastleGrayskull-exterior.jpg)

My brother and I didn't have a lot of toys, but we thought this was the coolest thing when we got it one Christmas. We only had a couple of Ninja Turtle actions figures to play around with it but we made due.

And here was the crown jewel of my toy obsession as a kid.

My first love, when it came to toys, was the He-Man action figures. It was my first favorite cartoon and I had absolutely everything you could have possibly got for the He-Man toys. I had all the action figures, Castle Greyskull, everything. Hours upon hours spend playing with these.


Later on when me and a buddy of mine had tons of these, Ninja Turtles, and Ghost Busters, and wrestling action figures we'd spend hours placing them different posses, and scenes, that we called Deadly Scenes, or something like that.

Everyone of them had people in the last moments of a bloody fight with another action figure and showing how they were ended.

It was awesome.



Started out with action figures like this one:

http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.264648731.jpg (http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.264648731.jpg)

moved into the world of electronics with this:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Vtech/Vtech-TalkingBaseball.jpg (http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Vtech/Vtech-TalkingBaseball.jpg)

until I got to the ultimate toy I ever had:

http://www.gamersace.com/images/Tecmo-Super-Bowl-NES-Cartri.jpg (http://www.gamersace.com/images/Tecmo-Super-Bowl-NES-Cartri.jpg)


Had them and that is still, to this day, the best football game I've ever played on any system. I've never played another one that I had more fun with then Tecmo Superbowl.


Food Fighters:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6956020147_b1a16636e2_z.jpg (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/6956020147_b1a16636e2_z.jpg)

Also,

http://lparchive.org/Battletoads/Images/1-Battletoads_1.jpg (http://lparchive.org/Battletoads/Images/1-Battletoads_1.jpg)


OMG! I'd forgotten all about the Food Fighters!!!! Those were hilarious. Like the Garbage Pail Kids Trading cards!!!!


You guys were all pretty lucky.

When I was a kid during WWII we were very poor and on the move a lot and most of the time Santa couldn't find us and besides,we didn't have a chimney anyway, so I only got three Christmas presents during my childhood and one was a book (Otto the Otter). My best present was a cap pistol and a box of five rolls of caps when I was nine in 1948. That was my best Christmas ever. We all loved Christmas anyway because of all the beautiful lights and songs. We never had a tree but I used to love to go around looking at other peoples trees, they were always so beautiful.

We never got any birthday presents or parties. Rich kids get toys, poor kids get beautiful memories and have fun however they can and it doesn't take much to make them happy, sometimes just a pat on the head and a smile is all it takes but we didn't get those very often either. We were never sad and were always happy anyway because life was always good because we made it good. We didn't see ourselves as poor and we felt sorry for those who were poor.

Happiness is always more a matter of attitude than physical possessions. A good attitude usually lasts longer than toys anyway. We were never envious of others and were happy to be together as a family, at least until the "Welfare Department" took us kids away from our mother and sent us to a boys home two states away when I was ten. Life became a lot more serious from then on. We didn't want for anything physical but we were no longer as happy as we had been but she came to see us every year or two and that always made us happy.

Life was good then and it is even better now because it doesn't take much to please me. A good attitude will get you through hard times better than anything else. It isn't really about toys, it's about being happy no matter what.

Life is good even at 73.


THanks for making me feel like a superficial jerk!

Just playing.

Sort of.

Great post man. It really does make a person step back and think about how lucky they really were.


I was extremely lucky and I've always known that and been grateful for it.


Oh, by the way, no one should feel sorry for me because of the poverty of my fatherless youth because it served to motivate me to work harder and now my wife and I are semi-retired on our 1,000 acre cattle ranch. If you have a cattle ranch, semi-retired is all you ever get since it keeps you pretty busy.

And then there is my garlic business, which is my way of giving back to society for allowing me to overcome the limitations of my youth.

Good luck to you all.

Another great post. 1,000 acres!! Man that's awesome.


I'm younger than you, but I remember my parents struggling to make ends meet...

Back then if I broke a crayon they gave me in a set, I almost cried because I knew how hard they worked...

I lost my dad last year and I tucked a note in his suit pocket at the funeral telling him how much I appreciated his sacrifice for things they couldn't really afford and I didn't really deserve...

I wish kids today appreciate what they have... they take WAY TOO much for granted... mine as well...

Anyway... good post as usual Bob. You are an absolute GEM on this site with your knowledge and wisdom...

Mahalo nui loa, my friend...


I've always taken great care of the stuff I was given by my parents. They never gave me a single thing that I wasn't grateful for or was a jerk and didn't like.

I never went out of my way to tear my stuff up like a lot of kids always did. I was always all about taking care of my stuff. Still to this day I take care of my stuff the same way.

[JonJon]

I used to love drums as a kid, before I picked up the piano. These things were awesome!

http://retrothing.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hitstix_01_1.jpg

[67CowboysFan]

Can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.

http://oldtractorstore.com/images/LOXBody02.jpg

http://oldtractorstore.com/images/johhny%20express.jpg