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What were your favorite childhood toys?
July 22, 2017, 11:10 AM
46and2What were your favorite childhood toys?
Lincoln Logs, Erector Sets, Lego, green army men and star wars figures, cap gun, bike, etc.
July 22, 2017, 11:13 AM
arfmelWe used to build a fort out of Lincoln Logs and run the big old metal electric train into it.
I also still have a die-cast toy Luger my dad gave me when I was 8 or 9 years old. It's about 2/3 size.
July 22, 2017, 11:58 AM
FrankMosesThe Fanner 50 was fun to shoot AND taught the principles of reloading.
July 22, 2017, 12:05 PM
armoredFanner 50 of course.
I also still have my old time favorite toy, the steel John Deer pedal Tractor my Grandfather got when he bought a real john Deer tractor in the early 50's. They don't make them like that anymore!
July 22, 2017, 12:19 PM
DakorBig wheel/Bike, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Flexible Flyer sled, RISK and Atari.
July 22, 2017, 12:21 PM
YooperSigsWrist Rocket.
Crosman 760 pump. Scoped, of course.
Bicycle.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
July 22, 2017, 12:35 PM
Hamden106Fanner 50
Aurora Model Motoring
Erector set
Dinky Toys and Marchbox - the real ones made in England
Slot cars downtown at Chuck's Hobby store
(high tech and "pros" ruined the fun in slot racing)
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July 22, 2017, 12:38 PM
Jimbo54For years my favorite toys were marbles. We had a neighbor that worked in the railroad tool and die shop and he would supply me with steelies (ball bearings) that made me the king for a while. We'd play for hours on end then play tetherball at the end of the day. Great times.
My first bike was a Huffy that my parents won in a contest and that opened up the whole universe in my kid like mind. Everything else came in second after that bike.
Jim
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July 22, 2017, 12:48 PM
Opus DeiThe most interesting toy I had was a Hot Wheels injection mold. I see they have some today, but they don't look anything like the one I had. The ones today use wax. The one I had used plastic.
Good times..getting a string of molten plastic on my skin or clothes..getting burned by the zinc dies..trying to recycle sprues and make marbled bodies or unique colors.
July 22, 2017, 02:23 PM
CQB60Major Matt Mason
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July 22, 2017, 02:26 PM
MagnumUMattel Tommy Burst...
https://youtu.be/aMqd5EQXD-gJuly 22, 2017, 02:33 PM
Rey HRHI had a couple of toy trains that would move without tracks, blow the whistle, and also had smoke coming out.
I remember a bartender that would shake a cocktail, drink it, then have smoke coming out of its ears.
I also remember having the green plastic soldiers. A lot of them.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
July 22, 2017, 02:34 PM
villageidiotHot Wheels from 1968-1974 still have them. I could probally but the MK 25 if I sold them. VI
July 22, 2017, 02:54 PM
StorminNorminHot Wheels
Legos
Star Wars figures
BB gun
I still have the Hot Wheels and Star Wars figures. The Legos went to my brother's son. Legos were great. I don't think we ever built the Lego item when we got a new box. We just dumped them into the giant trunk of Legos to use to build our own things.
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nhtagmemberLego, Hot Wheels, GI Joe, Mechano, electronics experimenters kits...
and of course my first telescope
[B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC
July 22, 2017, 04:16 PM
ulstermanWashing machine/refrigerator box.
July 22, 2017, 04:31 PM
jhe888quote:
Originally posted by 2Adefender:
GI Joe, circa 1964.
Me, too.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. July 22, 2017, 05:30 PM
armedprofHot Wheels
Star Wars
The Lone Ranger action figures
Red Rider BB gun
Single Action Army cap guns
Tonka Dump Truck - I used to put both knees in it and ride it down the street...
Huffy Pro Thunder BMX bike
Do, Or do not. There is no try. July 22, 2017, 05:45 PM
Pipe SmokerMy Daisy BB rifle. I wasted a lot of grasshoppers in the garden with it. Later, my favorite was my Crosman .22 CO2 pellet pistol.
Serious about crackers. July 22, 2017, 06:12 PM
chansen92The good old Red Ryder BB gun. Best toy ever made. OPPS I forgot that bb guns are not toys.