Bunny Knutson Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 This thread is going to date most of us. So be it. Let's post (pics of) our favorite toys from our childhoods. Or toys we wish we had when we were young. I'll start: http://www.420recordsgroup.com/images/BigWheel.jpg (No, that's not me. Similar-looking, though.) https://bunny.bandcamp.com/ https://theystolemycrayon.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Knutson Posted April 8, 2004 Author Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.skybuilders.com/users/Bob/images/Merlin.jpg https://bunny.bandcamp.com/ https://theystolemycrayon.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisDude Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Rosebud... http://www3.tokai.or.jp/pipopu_room/snoopy/lunchbox.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/battlestar/battlestar/shipviper.jpg With launchable missiles, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.salorlando.com/images/atariadvert1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldil Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 I had one of these in 1965. http://www.shatterhand007.com/JB007AttacheCase.jpg Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salyphus Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 The Many Butts of GI Joe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieCat Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Originally posted by Bunny.: (No, that's not me. Similar-looking, though.)You have a large black square where your face should be? Huh. I'd never have guessed. This came to mind first. Mine was the red 1973 version. Julie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://cache.lego.com/images/aboutus/info/content/img212x150timeline6.jpg http://www.gbg.ssf.scout.se/h-sjo/vara_batar/bilder/optimist.gif http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Sal and I must be about the same age because I had a lot of those toys too. And this: http://people.zeelandnet.nl/awolters/foto/oldies/Falcon.jpg BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://cougartown.com/graphics/erector-set.gif OK, so I'm REAL old Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.x-entertainment.com/liquor/toys/gijoe.jpg The real deal, not that little mini GI Joe they sell today. oops I see Sal has the butts of Joe above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 8 Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 I suspect I wasn't the only kid with one of these: http://www.decodesystems.com/games/sears-electronic-football-s.jpg I thought Micronauts were cool. http://www.bigreds.com/ALPHA.gif I see someone already posted G.I. Joe. I had a couple Joes, but I broke them. This is a pic of the last Joe I ever had. "The Atomic Man". I suspect he was influenced by the Six Million Dollar Man TV show. This was the only Joe I ever had that had "Kung-fu Grip"... http://www.robotnut.com/action/atomic-1.jpg I love these nostalgia threads. I'll have to think of some other stuff I had as a kid. Oooh wait! I almost forgot! One more pic... My first electric when I was eleven years old. Ah, the memories... http://home.insightbb.com/~emailpaulm/Pics/Me11sm.jpg Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlampson Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 John\'s Transformers This aren't all of the hundreds I had when I was a child, but thanks to eBay and a few local shops, I have recaptured a few of my prized collection. John ----------- John\'s Songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 i rode this until it died. i was the only kid that had one; i never saw another. EVERYONE wanted to ride it. http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/marx/greenmachine2d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.nostalgia.condoris.net/images/vertibird.jpg I remember that the blade of this thing could shred a cigarette to bits. Also, I knew TWO kids who were killed on Big Wheels as they flew out into traffic after using that handbrake. My dad put a huge goofy 1.5 meter flag on mine. A ND he cut off that little spring that made the hellacious noise off the back wheel. "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Odd Ogg, Odd Ogg... Half turtle and half frog. http://imagehost.epier.com/40097/tb01a.jpg Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 WHAT.....No Stretch Armstrong? (way after my time) Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 This was by no means my favorite toy 'spy' gun (I had the official Man from U.N.C.L.E. pistol, a Walther P38, if I recall correctly, with detachable silencer, scope, bipod, and shoulder-stock.) But I couldn't find a picture of that one. This one I bought at Pic'n'Save (yes, they had them way back then) for 99 cents or something. At the time it was a "spy pistol" -- but, as you can see from this photo, it was apparently "repurposed" as a laser pistol. (Or maybe my memories are all muddied. I forgot I had one until I saw the picture.) http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.com/img_lib/LIS%20Spy%20Pistol.jpg bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 8 Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Originally posted by Mr. Nice Crass Coaster Guy: i rode this until it died. i was the only kid that had one; i never saw another. EVERYONE wanted to ride it. Yeah, I remember the Green Machine. Those things were cool! There was only one kid who had one on our block. He had brain tumor when he was young and wasn't expected to live very long. We always figured his parents bought him the Green Machine because he was going to die, and they were giving him anything he wanted -kids are so shallow-, we were just jealous. the sad thing is that the tumor did leave him with some brain damage. But the good news was that he didn't die. He had to take special classes in school, but graduated, and has basically lead a fairly normal life. But yeah, the Green Machine rocked. Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Originally posted by Super 8: I suspect I wasn't the only kid with one of these: http://www.decodesystems.com/games/sears-electronic-football-s.jpg I thought Micronauts were cool. http://www.bigreds.com/ALPHA.gifYou suspect right! I absolutely loved Micronauts! These were great, too: http://www.walthers.com/prodimage/79959591/76214262992669.gif HO scale, of course! http://www.slotcargarage.com/images/57tb.jpghttp://www.slotcargarage.com/images/57black.jpghttp://www.slotcargarage.com/images/super.jpg These are some of my favorites, but my all time favorites will always be the matching '63 split window, Corvettes my brother and I had. They were our first slot cars. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.vaiden.net/mighty_mo.jpg Mighty Mo! I had one of these. Spring loaded, would shoot black plastic balls 50 ft. or more with quite a bit of force. Could be fired manually or with a wired remote from 4 ft. away. The summer after I got it for Christmas, they sent B52 bombers over Atlanta dropping pellets to kill Fire Ants. The bombers came over at tree top level. Of course I had to take The Mighty Mo out and shoot at the planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.alexandergrover.com/tonka/wall-construction-tonka.jpg I had the top five and a few of the bottom ones. Kcbass "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOKUMDANO Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Mattel Vac-U-Form. Ahh, the smell of burning plastic in the morning. Remember the feeling when you stuck your hand onto the hot plate? I'd always forget to unplug mine. It's amazing that I never burned the house down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Neil: I was a big Aurora/AFX fan! Probably had 30-40 cars and enough track to make a layout that covered half a basement. I remember having a book that showed track layouts based on famous road race courses (LeMans, Laguna Seca, Watkins Glen, etc.). The most unique slot cars I had were AFX snowmobiles with riders. The set came with white tracks, with "esses" that were a frosted blue plastic to look like ice. Speaking of GI Joe, did anyone else have the GI Joe Mercury space capsule that came with a 45rpm record narrated by John Glenn? That would be worth a few bucks today, if I only still had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraceOfTheWitch Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Megatron was, and is, the ultimate bad guy! http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/01/9d/78/a0_1_b.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBBPaul Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Between Legos, Hot Wheels and Vertibirds, I was set for hours. My friends had GI Joes but I had this guy: http://www.majormattmason.net/gif/mmflare.jpg Complete with the space crawler. http://www.majormattmason.net/catalogs/catalog1/m3c1p05.jpg And his alien friends. http://www.wildtoys.com/MMMPage/MMMplayers/callidet.jpg http://www.wildtoys.com/MMMPage/MMMplayers/CaptLazer.jpg Our new and improved website Today's sample tune: Lonesome One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc taz Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://home.comcast.net/~jvram2/images/hahaha.JPG Kids, don't do this at home! sevenstring.org profile my flickr page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baileyrecords Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Most everything I liked as a child is still groovy to me today! My recording studio is chock full of vintage & modern Star Wars toysa, Transformers, Masters of the Universe, THe Matrix, and many, many comic books & novels! - Stratos Bryan K. Borgman (aka: Stratos) Bailey Records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosh Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 I don't think anyone is interested in my favorite( in proper english favourite) childhood toy... Funny thing by the way : My wife plays with it every day. Fan, nu pissar jag taggtråd igen. Jag skulle inte satt på räpan. http://www.bushcollectors.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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