Childhood Toys

SlammedZero

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So @quickccc thread about Saturday morning cartoons got me strolling down memory lane as a kid and thinking about my toys. I have one that still haunts me to this day! I had an all white Optimus Prime Transfomer. That original is SO RARE today and worth some cash. I don't even know what happened to my Transfomer collection to be honest. I probably just got rid of them when I got too old for "kids toys". I had a huge box of transformers I had collected that probably would be worth some cash these days. :( What sucks is Hasbro released a reissue collection that really blurred the lines on what is original and what isn't. You have to know what you are looking for.


Anybody have any toys they remember, still have, or that got away from them that they regret??

Very similar to this!
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Also, Super Soakers were huge when I was a kid during the summer time. Everybody had one chasing each other around the neighborhood yards and down the street.

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I also had some of the usual suspect toys from back then. The G.I. Joes and the He-Mans. I specifically remember the He-Man you could punch in the chest and it would flip around like you dented him. haha
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I also had a ton of Hot Wheels and a small collection of MicroMachines.
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I never had a Nintendo as a kid though. Parents just would never budge. Always had to go to friend's houses for gaming. I didn't get a gaming system until the PS1 when I was like 15-16. Good times!! Crazy how quick time gets behind you.
 

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Started with Lincoln Logs and Toy Soldiers at like age 4 or 5, added Legos into the mix shortly after. Once i saw Transformers on tv and for sale in ToysRus that was the end of the logs soldiers and legos.
 

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Stretch Armstrong, we just had to find out what was inside. My goto’s were Legos and Star Wars stuff though.

I had a Stretch Armstrong too. I also had Evel Knievel motorcycle that you could jump things with.

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The Operation game.

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We also had the Jaws game where you had to fish crap out of his mouth similar to Operation.

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lol at barrel of monkeys. I never had it, but I definitely remember them from whatever having them.

I remember perfection too. I remember the commercials for the easy bake ovens. At least back when I used to watch TV heh.
 

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Oh man, where to start?

I also had the Evel Knievel one.
I had some of the old Star Trek ones with the transporter
I had a Criss Cross Crash
Space 1999 gun
Battlestar Galactica toys
Star Wars toys (tons of these)
Transformers (tons and tons of these)
GI Joe toys
Atari 2600
Commodore Vic 20
a big Godzilla (from the 70's, with a launching fist...because I don't know)
Danguard Ace toy
Robotech toy

And of course tons of sports stuff. I was really active.
 

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Oh man, where to start?

I also had the Evel Knievel one.
I had some of the old Star Trek ones with the transporter
I had a Criss Cross Crash
Space 1999 gun
Battlestar Galactica toys
Star Wars toys (tons of these)
Transformers (tons and tons of these)
GI Joe toys
Atari 2600
Commodore Vic 20
a big Godzilla (from the 70's, with a launching fist...because I don't know)
Danguard Ace toy
Robotech toy

And of course tons of sports stuff. I was really active.
You were spoiled! :grin:
 
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