Steve Austin aka The 6 Million Dollar Man. I still have him as well as Oscar Goldman (with exploding briefcase) and mask-a-tron.

Also enjoyed my Planet of the Apes figures and Space 1999 Spaceship with action figures. Fun times in the 70's.

Lincoln logs occupied me for hours on end.

I grew up in the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons engineered to sell stuff to kids. I loved LEGOs, but they were rookies then. 1980s GI Joe, MASK, my brother's Star Wars toys, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Little People. My favorite of all was watching Top Gun for the 100th time while playing with my USS Flagg.

Legos.

Another toy I spent many hours with was the Girder & Panel Building sets.

Circa 1950, Red Ryder lever action BB gun. Looked like a lever action Winchester. Actually had to use it a couple times to defend myself from a set of twin boys much bigger than me, who beat hell out of me every time they had a chance. Shot one of them in the belly at a range of about 3 feet. Got away that time.

I was just on the phone with my brother, and he reminded me that he used to swing his clackers at me. They hurt. I can't believe we never exploded them.

Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots
Major Matt Mason action figures
Viewmaster 3D viewer
Wham O Superballs
AFX and Tyco slot cars

Lincoln logs and plastic army men.

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Originally posted by SigSentry:
I think I had the siren hooked up most if the time

that was kit - I had one that 200 and 250 different kits - forgot about the wood frame, the conical springs and little tinned wire segments

those were the days - before LED's and integrated circuits - learned a lot of circuit theory from those

mine were 1968 and 1969 vintage

Aurora electric race track, GI Joes, Hot Wheels.

Anyone remember the Supercharger, I believe they called it, for Hot Wheels?

Cap guns

Tinker Toys, Red Ryder BB gun, and Schwinn cruiser bicycle with chrome fenders.

70's TONKA and those bigger Matchbox. My childhood days were in the 70s. I can still remember all the TONKA and MatchBoxes I had when I was a child. I started hunting for a replacement from ebay several years ago. I was able to purchase ALL (New Old Stock) of what I had. I had to pay premium though. I was also able to purchase couple of Tonkas that I didn't have (but wanted one).

Major Matt Mason figurine. Just very cool stuff when your a little kid in the 60's. Hot Wheels. My Schwinn hand me down Bike. God I loved being a little kid. We played Viet Nam alot with neighborhood kids.

Hammer and a rope !

Transformers!

I mostly played with some kind of ball (any sport) or did a lot of shooting with a Daisy Golden Eagle (later replaced by a Crosman 760) or wrist rocket.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
Transformers!

When my brother told me, many years ago, that my nephew wanted a a transformer for his birthday, I was puzzled. "A fly-back transformer or an audio transformer?" I asked.

Metal earth moves, graders, and various related toys. They were huge with me as a kid. Metal fire trucks were equally cool