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

[Kristi]

BIG WHEELS!!!

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!!!

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.

 

[Go Big D!]

 

[Faerluna]

 

[YosemiteSam]

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

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.

...and this.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

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

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.

 

[YosemiteSam]

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.

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]

 

[YosemiteSam]

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

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

 

[goliadmike]

A must have for Knievel fans.

 

[goliadmike]

I bet Hos still has this one.

 

[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)

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]

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.

 

[YosemiteSam]

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.

 

[Wimbo]

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

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

 

[Longboysfan]

Mr. Machine.

 

[Wimbo]

 

[Dallas]

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


Muahahahah!!!!

 

[Wimbo]