Holiday thread: post your favorite childhood toys here!

[Jed Dilligan]

Two that I'd like to have back:

[LSK]

1. legos

[Jed Dilligan]

4. I used to love chewing on those little tires!

Later, we made lego spaceships for our Star Wars figures. The spaceships had to pass the "high drop test," meaning they wouldn't break when you dropped them standing on the bed.

[LSK]

6. this was one of my favorites for some reason

[Jed Dilligan]

7. I think I had that set

Lunar Lander... I remember the American flag on a big chunky pole.

[sakabatou]

14. I still have mine

Maybe I should take some photos and upload them after the break.

[ForrestGump]

2. I spent a lot of time playing with my Big Jim

And a fair bit of time with this, too:

[Jed Dilligan]

3. Maybe it's just me

But those guys are reminiscent of the "Ambiguously Gay Duo" on SNL!

[ForrestGump]

5. Hey! It was the '70s. EVERYONE was ambiguous

:D

I mean, really...you should see some of my old skintight shorts and the flappy Adidas running shorts. :o

[Jed Dilligan]

8. I think I actually had an Adidas half-shirt

I guess my mom's logic was that it was 110 degrees for most of the summer where we lived... But a half shirt on a boy?

[merh]

9. These were mine

Creepy Crawlers


Spiral Graph


Spin Art


Lite Brites


Risk





(Creative with a sense of world domination ;-) )

[Jed Dilligan]

10. I loved spiro-graph, and lite-brites...

I was brought into family Risk tournaments too early in life so I always lost.

Fucking Kamchatka!

But then again, I've become a Civ addict as an adult so it probably had its effect!

[merh]

13. I had a great collectors edition of Risk.

Hmmm, I have shopping to finish tomorrow, maybe I should buy myself a gift?

Not Risk, maybe the spiro graph.

I am a Civ addict too, maybe Risk did have an impact I never considered.

[hickman1937]

11. I always wanted an Easy Bake oven, and a BB gun.

Never got either. Don't know why I didn't get the oven, and my Dad hated guns. Had something stupid to do with landing at Omaha Beach and fighting in the Bulge. We were the only kids in the neighborhood who's Dad didn't hunt. For some reason nobody held it against us. I still want that oven.

[Heidi]

15. My mom wouldn't let me have an Easy Bake oven.

Her position was, "You'll have your own adult-size oven all too soon. No use in rushin' the drudgery." :shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

25. I always wanted one too. Guess what? We got one for my daughter.

We've had a lot of fun with it. Hey, it's never too late to re-do parts of childhood.

[amitten]

12. That stretch monster caused me hours of grief.

I couldn't stretch it like at all to save my life. Neither could my brother. Neither could my brother and I as a team, pulling on each arm. Hell, even my dad couldn't stretch it. I think it was defective or something, but I swear to God it was hard as a rock and to this day I get a feeling of frustration just thinking about it. :mad:

[mykpart]

18. One of my kids had Stretch Monster.

I tripped over it and broke my toe!

[Jed Dilligan]

33. Wow, lots of bad Stretch Monster stories!

A non-safe google image search on said item, btw, returns porn... You can use your imagination on that one. :evilgrin:

Mine was my best friend until an evil child murdered him with a nail. He appeared to be full of strawberry syrup.

[Broken_Hero]

16. For me...

Star Scream, I got him when i was 8yrs old, and he only lasted about ten minutes, when my voltron toy crushed him, in defiant victory!...:)

All my He-Man toys...I had a bunch, and i destroyed them all(sob sob)...

All my superman/batman toys of the early/mid 80s...

Thats about it...:(

[mykpart]

17. I had a life-sized rag doll.

I called her Sally, and she was 3 1/2 feet tall.

[SofaKingLiberal]

19. G.I Joes and Star Wars action figures

http://www.davewodnicki.com/Star%20Wars%20action%20figures%20!.JPG

I used to have tons of them, but at some point and for some reason I began burying them throughout the yard and then I had none left.

[Jed Dilligan]

23. That's a wonderful array of Star Wars figures

We loved Boba Fett so much we decided he should fly, and be free... He was fastened to our kite, and never seen again.

[Fox Mulder]

20. All four original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures (pics!):

Leonardo:


Donatello:


Raphael:


Michaelangelo:


Also, I'd love to have the original Shredder, Bebop, Rocksteady, April O'Neil, Casey Jones, and Master Splinter.

Ahhh...how I miss being my younger self. :(

[Suich]

21. Showing my age here, I think, but I was into Slinkys

Lincoln logs and Tinkertoys!

Merry Christmas, JD!

:hi:

[Bombero1956]

22. Big Bruiser tow truck

by Marx. It came with another truck,2 spare fenders and tires. One fender and tire were damaged like from an accident. The idea was you towed the wrecked car with the tow truck and fixed the damage. I also had a set of toy guns by Mattel. It was a set of six shooters, holsters and a Winchester rifle.

[Arugula Latte]

26. Those were some of my favorites, too.

And Breyer horses -- I was nutty for the horses.

[TK421]

24. Does anyone remember Shrinky-Dinks?

[Arugula Latte]

27. Oooh! I do!

:hi: My sister and I liked those.

[TK421]

28. Looking back, they were pretty pathetic..but that was my childhood!

:D

[Jed Dilligan]

34. those are one of the girly-toys I secretly envied. nt

[RetroLounge]

29. Jarts!

RL

[Texasgal]

30. Ahhh YES!!!

I once had a jart land on the top of my foot and peirced it straight through to the bottom of my foot! I still have the scar to prove it!!! :hi:

I loved 'em though!

[Bzzzz]

31. My Medal Peddle...

Fire Truck...it had real wooden ladders on the sides and chrome fire bell on the front that you rang when you pulled a little rope.

[RevCheesehead]

32. I still have my favorite!

Until recently, she still danced, too (until my niece got to her).

I also had saved a gorgeous Chrissy Doll, with "growing hair". I also had the box... but somehow, it has disappeared. :(

edit/ I found my brother's favorite, which I used to play with as well.
Anyone remember Billy Blastoff?

[Mad_Dem_X]

36. I had a Chrissy doll!

You pushed her belly button and tugged on her hair to make it "grow", then pushed the button again and it was sucked back up into her head. I loved that doll!

[RevCheesehead]

37. Yeah - I loved her.

Mine had red hair and brown eyes - just like me.
Pretty blue dress, still had her shoes... and she was in great condition.
If someone stole it, they got a real deal.
I'm hoping it will turn up in a box I haven't opened yet.

(and it was belly-button to grow, but a knob on her back to shrink it back again.)

[Jed Dilligan]

41. This reminds me of

The Fuzzy Pumper Barber Shop:

[New Earth]

35. man the memories

haha i could go on forever....

[ncrainbowgrrl]

38. speak and math

[Jed Dilligan]

40. But... unlike Speak and Spell...

You couldn't make that one swear!

[Ptah]

39. some of mine:

An erector set:

Lone Ranger Capguns:

Buck Rogers Raygun:

Lump of coal:

[u4ic]

42. Never had a real Barbie, BUT

I had Thunderbolt :bounce:



and I loved

[Oeditpus Rex]

43. Legos and Lincoln Logs

I had two of the big Lincoln Logs boxes and a big Lego set. I'd take over a corner of the living room and build a town.

[aaronbees]

44. I don't think it ever got better than...

my Boba Fett action figure -- or various other Star Wars gear.

[texanwitch]

45. This was my favorite toy ever.

My Thingmaker and Creepy Crawler collection, along with ...The Thingmaker was a toy made by Mattel in the 1960's, back when toys were toys. ... Bug Maker: The anniversary set that allows you to make creepy bugs. ...
www.geocities.com/garyweb65/thingmaker.html - 7k -

[Porcupine]

46. Tonka Hook and Ladder Truck

I had one with a fire hydrant and a working water cannon on the top. You connected it to a hose.

[MaggieSwanson]

47. The Sunshine Family Farm

With the cow that could really be milked (but smelled sour if you snuck real milk from the refrigerator) and the water pump that really worked.



Baby Alive!



And Seawees...

[Redstone]

48. The Marx-A-Copter.

Best toy ever, no question.

Been trying to find one for my kids for years and years, and there don't seem to be any, anywhere.

Guess I'lll have to build one.

Redstone

[w8liftinglady]

49. Little kiddles...I had all of them

[AgadorSparticus]

50. my speak and spell and my holly hobby doll.

not to mention my very prized large crayola box. the kind with the gold, silver, and copper crayons.

[Jed Dilligan]

51. And a built-in sharpener?

nt

[AgadorSparticus]

54. oh yea! I forgot the sharpener! I used to be spoiled like crazy at

christmas time. It was my parent's favorite holiday.

And I took care of all my toys but for some reason, I REALLY prized my big crayon box. I wish I can feel that sense of joy again from a box of big crayons. :)

[Jed Dilligan]

52. Givin' myself a kick

for Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, etc. everyone, and thanks for all the toys/memories.

[Peter Frank]

53. I wore this out...

...and one day it's head fell off, and it was full of rock hard orange peels and apple cores.