It was a small transistor radio. Operated off a 9 volt battery if I remember correctly and came in a brown case. I think it was 10 or 11 dollars. That was a lot of money back in 1956.

I did save for my first car. my dad never give off what anyone doesn't work for. you always work for everything you want. no free stuff.

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Originally posted by ruger357:
Dukes of hazard digital watch that played Dixie.

Wow. If I had known it existed, I would have definitely wanted one

I used to save money for baseball cards. Which reminds me I have a trunk full of baseball cards in the basement doing nothing....

A car. Early 80's and I saved enough to put a down payment on an Oldsmobile.

Skateboard deck. Manufacturer was Alva. Board was the Freddie Smith Punk Size (short deck). It had a steep tail, and wicked concave. I never had a board I skated so well.

A better fishing rod and reel...the good ol' days.

I had a paper route when I was 8 or 9 years old that paid 50 cents a week. Two miles out & two miles back the other side of the road. My Dad said that I had to save it all for at least one year before I could spend any of it.

At the end of the year I went into the local hardware store. I had a choice of a bike, which would make my paper route considerably easier, or a .22. I came home with a nice Mossberg bolt action .22, and Dad ended up buying me the bike a couple months later.

It was 1955 and I saved my tips from the grocery store I worked .
Then I rode my bike to Savannah Ga to a pawn shop and bought a brand new Remington model 550
auto loader 22 rifle.
Then back home to Pooler Ga with it proudly across the handle bars.
That was not a good site for my mother.

I was saving up $20 to buy a commemorative NASA coin I saw on a TV ad. I almost had all the money but decided to go to the local corner store and by $18 worth of candy.

My own stereo.

Nikko 5055 receiver, 18 watts per channel

Sanyo turntable

Ohm E speakers

I had to buy it in pieces, receiver first and I listened through headphones, then the turntable and finally the speakers. Hard to remember, but I think I had it all in about six months.

I always loved the smell of walking into a stereo shop!

Saw a Kenner Star Wars Tie Fighter in the 1978 Sears Christmas catalog and did extra chores to order it. I wanted the Star Bird too, but couldn't afford both at the time. However, for Christmas I received the Star Bird, so I was a very happy camper.

Anyone remember S&H Green stamps?

A Savage .22LR over .410 shotgun. I was like eight years old and wanted my "very own gun", my dad let me use the Winchester 1897 12ga., but that was "his". I wanted my own.

Lots of grass cutting, lots of can and bottle collecting, but I made it. I remember that Saturday we went to buy it. That a box of .22LR and .410 shells. Man, I was so proud of my new awesome squirrel slayer!


ARman

Saved my allowance for nearly a year, and my birthday money put me just over the top. I remember that my cool Aunt took me to Woolworths to buy it, and gave me enough change to allow me to get this too:






Best day ever, in 1965. I was 7 years old...

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Originally posted by 220-9er:
Anyone remember S&H Green stamps?

Oh yeah...I can't even to BEGIN to describe the HOURS my brother and I spent pasting those dang things in the books just so mom could get some some bakeware or something. But you know...those are fond memories as a kid of family time together! Something SORELY missing in today's societal construct...

As for saving up for something, that's a tough one. I honestly don't remember and I can't remember paying outright cash for a "large" item...always financed at some level. I started working at McD's when I was 16 and had cash to spend. I guess I'd have to say I maybe saved up to by motorcycle parts...my brother and I dabbled in motocross when I was in my mid/late teens. But I remember getting small loans many times (for as little as say $500) to buy something over time. But that was probably when I was 18 or older, since I don't think the bank would sign a single signature loan to a minor...

The little green plastic M48 Patton tanks (about 6 inches long). I wanted a bunch of them, brigade strength at least, so I could stage battles in the back yard.

I wound up with three.

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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
It was a small transistor radio. Operated off a 9 volt battery if I remember correctly and came in a brown case. I think it was 10 or 11 dollars. That was a lot of money back in 1956.

1956. Was it this one: TR-63


Or this one?
Regency TR-1

I too saved for a pellet gun.

Horse back riding lessons - I was probably somewhere between 8-11 y.o.