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Title: what was everyones favorite childhood toy?
Post by: Ghost1988 on January 14, 2009, 05:03:32 PM
mine would have to be the "stretch armstrong" toy as well as those "crash dummy" action figures lol. i had the exploding car and everything.  O0


what about you guys?
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Post by: GASlick on January 14, 2009, 05:06:00 PM
My "Big Wheel".  I grew up in a small town and me, my brother and a couple of other boys ran that town on our big wheels.  We went everywhere on them.  We wore the wheels right off of them.

We rode those more than our bikes.
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Post by: wpruitt on January 14, 2009, 05:29:49 PM
Matchbox cars
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Post by: Razor X on January 14, 2009, 05:31:26 PM
My "Big Wheel". 

That's what I was going to say. 
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Post by: Rob on January 14, 2009, 05:31:59 PM
We used to love those orange 'space hoppers' 8)
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Post by: GASlick on January 14, 2009, 05:36:03 PM
We used to love those orange 'space hoppers' 8)
????

Never heard of those. 
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Post by: Rob on January 14, 2009, 05:42:28 PM
...I never heard of 'big wheels' either ??? ;)

'Space Hoppers' were those blow up things made of rubber that you sit on and bounce around on - they were orange and a real fad in the 1970's.  Also pogo sticks.  Maybe its a British thing?
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Post by: Brkeatr on January 14, 2009, 05:42:51 PM
Probably my Tonka trucks and erector set. When I turned 8 I got my first BB gun like Ralphie... O0
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Post by: Razor X on January 14, 2009, 06:01:39 PM
...I never heard of 'big wheels' either ??? ;)

'Space Hoppers' were those blow up things made of rubber that you sit on and bounce around on - they were orange and a real fad in the 1970's.  Also pogo sticks.  Maybe its a British thing?

We called them Hoppity Hops.

http://husky4101.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

And as for Big Wheels:

http://www.originalbigwheel.com/

Don't you Brits know anything?  Bet you have them but call them by some weird name.   ;) >:D
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Post by: Paul on January 14, 2009, 06:05:07 PM
Erector set and my plastic dinosaurs
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Post by: Razor X on January 14, 2009, 06:07:02 PM
Lego was another favorite.
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Post by: warhawk on January 14, 2009, 06:33:18 PM
hot wheels, tinker toys, & lincoln logs O0 O0

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: SBG Math Guy on January 14, 2009, 06:41:28 PM
when I was a kid I loved toy trucks.  I lived in poverty so I never got any of my own but I remember
I would see other kids playing with them and it hurt llol.   
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Post by: Shifty84 on January 14, 2009, 07:09:55 PM
My Dyno NSX bike! i miss those days
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Post by: Ghost1988 on January 14, 2009, 07:14:11 PM
hot wheels, tinker toys, & lincoln logs O0 O0

WARHAWK O0

haha hell ya! thats oldskool right there. my grandparents have some old lincoln logs in their closet that i used to play with lol.
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Post by: BaldMark on January 14, 2009, 07:18:37 PM
My Radio Flyer Wagon!  I loved it so much i still have it.
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Post by: Impaired on January 14, 2009, 07:53:27 PM
mine was the ``Big Wheel`` I thought that was the greatest
Then I got my skateboard, I thought that was the greatest
Then I got Karen and thought she was the greatest

We are talking about childhood toys right??????
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Post by: andrew on January 14, 2009, 08:17:37 PM
Creepy Crawlers.  I used to love scaring my sisters with them.
Title: Re: what was everyones favorite childhood toy?
Post by: Ghost1988 on January 14, 2009, 08:19:15 PM
Creepy Crawlers.  I used to love scaring my sisters with them.

yaaaaaa!!!! i remember those!!! those were around when you were a kid?im  not saying your old or anything, its just that they were around when i was younger too.
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Post by: hammerdrill376 on January 14, 2009, 08:31:18 PM
Toy G I Joes
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Post by: Razor X on January 14, 2009, 09:15:04 PM


 those were around when you were a kid?

Yeah, they were carved out of rock in those days.   >:D
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Post by: Timmay on January 14, 2009, 09:33:17 PM
My Dingle Ling....lol 

My favorite toy was Barbie.  I would strap her on one of those rockets and launch her in the air.  Most of the time she would come back with scinged hair! LOL
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Post by: Razor X on January 14, 2009, 09:34:21 PM
My Dingle Ling....lol 

My favorite toy was Barbie.  I would strap her on one of those rockets and launch her in the air.  Most of the time she would come back with scinged hair! LOL

You're not kidding, are you?   ???
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Post by: Ghost1988 on January 14, 2009, 09:47:43 PM
hey i played with barbies too. i would put my sisters barbies in their little barbie corvette and push their little barbie asses off the stairs haha. it was great fun! my mom didnt like it too much though lol.
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Post by: Timmay on January 14, 2009, 09:58:59 PM
My Dingle Ling....lol 

My favorite toy was Barbie.  I would strap her on one of those rockets and launch her in the air.  Most of the time she would come back with scinged hair! LOL

You're not kidding, are you?   ???
Heck no I aint kidding.  My dad use to build those model rockets that you would launch.  I never had a sister so I woudl steal the neighbor girls dolls laying out in the yard and duct tape them to it..
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Post by: warhawk on January 14, 2009, 10:15:49 PM
 ;D ;D i've never owned those rockets.  i bet they were fun.

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: Mikekoz13 on January 15, 2009, 05:38:41 PM
Match Box cars for me. I kept them in outstanding shape. I always washed and dried them off after playing with them.
Once I got a little older I packed them in their Maychbox case and stored it away. About fifteen years ago my Dad started collecting Match Box and other small cars..... and my 40 or so cars were the first he built a display for.

He's already willed them to my son.............
Title: Re: what was everyones favorite childhood toy?
Post by: Rob on January 15, 2009, 05:54:49 PM
...I never heard of 'big wheels' either ??? ;)

'Space Hoppers' were those blow up things made of rubber that you sit on and bounce around on - they were orange and a real fad in the 1970's.  Also pogo sticks.  Maybe its a British thing?

We called them Hoppity Hops.

http://husky4101.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

And as for Big Wheels:

http://www.originalbigwheel.com/

Don't you Brits know anything?  Bet you have them but call them by some weird name.   ;) >:D

Don't think we ever had them over here: not when i was a kid anyway :'(

Used to love Lego too: had boxes full, and Meccano 8)
Title: Re: what was everyones favorite childhood toy?
Post by: Rob on January 15, 2009, 05:55:46 PM
My Dingle Ling....lol 

My favorite toy was Barbie.  I would strap her on one of those rockets and launch her in the air.  Most of the time she would come back with scinged hair! LOL

You're not kidding, are you?   ???
Heck no I aint kidding.  My dad use to build those model rockets that you would launch.  I never had a sister so I woudl steal the neighbor girls dolls laying out in the yard and duct tape them to it..

That reminds me of that kid in Disney's 'Toy Story' ;D
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Post by: TANK25 on January 15, 2009, 06:16:00 PM
hot wheels,ssp,ttp,blank guns
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Post by: schro on January 15, 2009, 07:00:10 PM
My neighbor's daughter Katie..........my favorite toy!
Also loved my baseball bat & glove, legos, and my radio that was shaped like the Apollo lunar module (even though we never actually went to the moon). Loved listening to Mystery Theater.
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Post by: HardKor on January 15, 2009, 11:44:27 PM
I didn't really have a favorite.  I loved my glow worm, chubble, popple, Carebears, light bright, and the original Polly pockets
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Post by: herronm on January 16, 2009, 07:01:02 AM
A stick.  Don't laugh, you can do a lot with a stick and little imagination.

Max
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Post by: Timmay on January 16, 2009, 07:23:03 AM
I BET YOU CAN...i bet you can LOL
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Post by: wpruitt on January 16, 2009, 06:43:36 PM
A stick.  Don't laugh, you can do a lot with a stick and little imagination.
Which reminds me of another favorite childhood toy ... a cardboard box!!!
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Post by: GASlick on January 16, 2009, 06:44:43 PM
Another one is a big box!  My parents bought a new refrigerator one time.  Me and my brother played in the big box for weeks.  We turned it into a space station.  LOL

Nothing entertains my kids now like a cardboard box.
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Post by: warhawk on January 16, 2009, 06:46:52 PM
 ;D ;D GOOD ONE!!!  how can one 4get the classic cardboard box. O0

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: wpruitt on January 16, 2009, 07:40:35 PM
Another one is a big box!  My parents bought a new refrigerator one time.  Me and my brother played in the big box for weeks.  We turned it into a space station.  LOL

Nothing entertains my kids now like a cardboard box.
For me it was either a new TV (console of course!) or dishwasher, washing machine, etc!! By the time we got a new refrigerator I was in college.  You lucky son of a gun!!
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Post by: GASlick on January 16, 2009, 07:53:16 PM
We had a blast in that box!  Dishwasher, washing machine.  They were all great.

TV boxes aren't big enough to play in anymore.  I feel sorry for kids now lol
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Post by: Timmay on January 16, 2009, 09:02:34 PM
BUBBLE WRAP!  No thats a good keep'em busy for a while toy.  I bring it home all the time and they are rippin it out of my hands before I even get in the door.
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Post by: The Scottish Ambassador on January 17, 2009, 02:40:45 AM
My red London bus! Brmm Brmm   :D
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Post by: Shaf on January 17, 2009, 07:22:49 AM
My dad's hammer !
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Post by: Sly Red on January 17, 2009, 07:35:19 AM
This is truly the saddest (meaning most pathetic) thread I've seen in a long time.  I'm sorry you were all so poverty stricken that the height of amusement was a box or a stick  >:D  Just kidding guys.  I didn't know I was from an affluent family who could afford real toys.

For me (and this is telling my age) it was my Strombecker 1/32 scale slot car set and my Kenner Girder and Panel Building set.  If you've never heard of them, check out eBay.

Red
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Post by: Timmay on January 17, 2009, 07:56:54 AM
WHAT! you had real toys?  heck we even had to build our own toys half the time.  My dad was always getting mad at us when we would ruin a whole sheet of plywood to make a ramp for our wagon that was tied on the back of our bikes..lol
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Post by: zzaapp on January 17, 2009, 08:10:52 PM
I really liked the Gilbert toys.  I still have my Gilbert telescope (80X reflector).  I also had the Gilbert Microscope and the transistor radio kit. 

...and, yes, I'm still a nerd after all these years...

On the other hand, a hole in the ground with a roof over it made of boards and sticks made a really great fort. 

Also, for hours of fun, you can't beat swinging on a rope hung from a tree branch, especially if it swung out over water..
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Post by: Rob on January 18, 2009, 05:56:34 PM
my dad always used to say toys were wasted on us, because after a few days we'd thrown the toy aside and were playing with (or in!) the box it had come in!! :D ;D
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Post by: SBG Math Guy on January 18, 2009, 06:40:36 PM
playing in/with the box?  How come I never tried that before?...............oh wait my father would throw the box away immediately. 
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Post by: Razor X on January 18, 2009, 06:50:36 PM
playing in/with the box?  How come I never tried that before?...............oh wait my father would throw the box away immediately. 

Now you know what happened to those long-lost siblings you've been looking for.   :*))
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Post by: Alexander215 on January 18, 2009, 10:41:34 PM
Pocket knife my grandfather gave me and my brother "big red" we called it, we used it to build just about damn near everything.
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Post by: robo21 on January 18, 2009, 11:06:34 PM
A X-Wing fighter and the Death Star were my favorite toys as a kid.  I was shocked to see them and other Star Wars toys in a musuem the other day.  I almost thought I was getting old, but just for a second.   ;D
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Post by: Dome of Steele on January 19, 2009, 12:23:30 AM
I remember just loving my big red wagon. 
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Post by: Wil87 on January 19, 2009, 02:41:08 AM
My favorite was a Thundercats "Sword of Omens"! It was awesome, the eye of thundera would light up and the sword got bigger when you did the whole "THUNDER. THUNDER. THUNDERCATS HO!!!!!!

Ahh it was a simpler time....it was a better time  O0
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Post by: Shaf on January 19, 2009, 06:28:16 AM
I was more of a HE-MAN kid myself.

Though his sword wasn't as good and the transformation from Prince Adam to He-Man despite the dramatics was just getting a TAN!!!

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Post by: Timmay on January 19, 2009, 06:50:41 AM
Stretch ArmStrong was always a good toy me and my bother used to play with alot, until..........he took a fork to his ass and all the gooey stuff squeezed out LOL...
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Post by: Tor on January 19, 2009, 08:01:42 AM
A razor.... :D...just kidding just kidding,,,,,,my mom every now and then bought me those small cars and trucks, aboit 2 inches or so long, made of metal. Man I had fun with those things..
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Post by: PeripheralxMvmnt on January 19, 2009, 08:04:53 AM
he took a fork to his ass and all the gooey stuff squeezed out LOL...

man, that just sounds wrong. something tells me that Christmas at the Timmay household is an event to never forget. haha.



my favorite toy growing up was a tie between my Erector set and my books. I was a total nerd, and read all the freaking time. But my teachers would get upset with me because i never wanted to read Mr Poppers Penguins and silly crap like that. I was wanting to read stuff like The Catcher in the Rye and Fahrenheit 451.





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Post by: Timmay on January 19, 2009, 08:21:35 AM
he took a fork to his ass and all the gooey stuff squeezed out LOL...

man, that just sounds wrong. something tells me that Christmas at the Timmay household is an event to never forget. haha.



my favorite toy growing up was a tie between my Erector set and my books. I was a total nerd, and read all the freaking time. But my teachers would get upset with me because i never wanted to read Mr Poppers Penguins and silly crap like that. I was wanting to read stuff like The Catcher and the Rye and Fahrenheit 451.






Blame it on my younger brother.  He said he was curious as to what was inside.  I told him...but a fork to his ass?  That made me mad because we had to throw it away.  I tried duct taping it but it didnt work.  LOL
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Post by: SBG Math Guy on January 19, 2009, 04:41:18 PM
he took a fork to his ass and all the gooey stuff squeezed out LOL...

man, that just sounds wrong. something tells me that Christmas at the Timmay household is an event to never forget. haha.



my favorite toy growing up was a tie between my Erector set and my books. I was a total nerd, and read all the freaking time. But my teachers would get upset with me because i never wanted to read Mr Poppers Penguins and silly crap like that. I was wanting to read stuff like The Catcher and the Rye and Fahrenheit 451.

Blame it on my younger brother.  He said he was curious as to what was inside.  I told him...but a fork to his ass?  That made me mad because we had to throw it away.  I tried duct taping it but it didnt work.  LOL
:*)) :*)) ;D ;D ;D  Ok it's to avoid missing things like this that I have to make sure I visit this site EVERY single day.  Oh man, I have tears in my eyes.
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Post by: TANK25 on January 19, 2009, 06:59:31 PM
Clackers,the real ones that could knock you out,Not the cheap plastic ones they make now.
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Post by: Danny on January 19, 2009, 07:12:45 PM
X-wing fighter and Millenium falcon. I was a total star wars kid.  :@`
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Post by: Ghost1988 on January 19, 2009, 07:59:34 PM
Stretch ArmStrong was always a good toy me and my bother used to play with alot, until..........he took a fork to his ass and all the gooey stuff squeezed out LOL...

haha mmm......syrup lol. at least thats what it looked like lol. remember stretch armstrongs enemy that big BAMF that you had to pump up with a pump to make him rock hard haha.
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Post by: Timmay on January 19, 2009, 10:31:09 PM
Clackers,the real ones that could knock you out,Not the cheap plastic ones they make now.

Funny I was just talking to a friend of mine today about Clackers.  Yes those they make today are the cheapo's...i want some original ones
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Post by: wpruitt on January 20, 2009, 05:40:49 PM
Clackers,the real ones that could knock you out,Not the cheap plastic ones they make now.

Funny I was just talking to a friend of mine today about Clackers.  Yes those they make today are the cheapo's...i want some original ones

Weren't the originals taken of the market due to a safety concern ?
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Post by: slyatlast on January 20, 2009, 05:56:27 PM
This is truly the saddest (meaning most pathetic) thread I've seen in a long time.  I'm sorry you were all so poverty stricken that the height of amusement was a box or a stick  >:D  Just kidding guys.  I didn't know I was from an affluent family who could afford real toys.

For me (and this is telling my age) it was my Strombecker 1/32 scale slot car set and my Kenner Girder and Panel Building set.  If you've never heard of them, check out eBay.

Red

OMG - Yes!  I forgot all about the Girder and Panel Building Set - I got one for my 5th birthday (48 years ago).  I could create a Jetsons "City of the Future" with that conglomeration of plastic pieces that today's kids would be guaranteed to choke on.   I played with it so much that eventually all the corners broke off the panels and I had to use scotch tape to hold my skyscrapers together.
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Post by: PonzerZer on January 25, 2010, 09:25:51 PM
I was a toy soldier boy. I used to set up a vast produced battlefields and income war. I liked also legos and puppets. 

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Post by: RyanJP on January 27, 2010, 06:35:28 PM
Micro Machines
GI Joes
Toy guns
Legos

and Nintendo/SNES
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Post by: wpruitt on January 28, 2010, 03:18:33 PM
Here was one of my favorites!

Playmobile Dashboard - Deluxe Reading 1961 - Much larger than the Firebird 99. Very detailed. Battery powered. Working motor, 2 wiper blades, sun visors, directional signals & horn. Gauges and key for ignition. 

http://www.timewarptoys.com/playm1.jpg (http://www.timewarptoys.com/playm1.jpg)