fantasticsound Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Originally posted by Mark Zeger: 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... In addition to the HO scale electric cars, we also had a small track of the larger slot cars. I remember, instead of solid copper brushes for electrical connection to the track, the older, large slot cars had what amounted to "copper-wool" attached to the shoes. My brother bought a GP body styled large slot car and we used to drive to Evanston, a half hour's drive, to race it on a huge track at a game room. In addition to the full size GI Joe, I had J.J. Arms. You could substitute a fake arm for a variety of weapons and tools. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GY Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Chamberlin M1. http://www.gymusic.com/pix/Chamberlin.jpg GY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.WOW Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 That green stretch dude, the one filled with jelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimatter Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 http://www.editricegiochi.it/catalogo/img/stratego.jpg http://tablehockeygames.com/bobhull.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymar Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 My first amp, a '64 black face Fender Champ with Vibrato. I actually chucked it in the trash! Steve You shouldn't chase after the past or pin your hopes on the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Hepworth Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 You know, the last few years I've been recollecting toys that I had when I was a kid, or wanted before and never had. There's a small amount of satisfaction it it, but a small amount of room left for it. Maybe I'll post up some pics of my collection. No matter how good something is, there will always be someone blasting away on a forum somewhere about how much they hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTick Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 http://www.tonymason.com/casio/images/sk5.jpg http://www.route21.com/stompers/dreamworks/dw_folder_back_closeup.jpg http://histoire.info.online.fr/images/col-atari2600.jpeg 0096 2251 2110 8105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Sorry I can't post pics. Don't have 'em to begin with... Two of my favorite "childhood" toys(and yes, this WILL date me!)were; 1. A replica "jerry Mahoney" puppet with a working mouth and ventriloquism instruction booklet. Never got anywhere with the ventriloquism. 2. My Western Flier electric trains. One toy I REALLY lusted after was a holster and cap gun set that was a replica of the ones used by Palladin from the "Have Gun, Will Travel" TV show that was popular at the time. I was about seven or eight years old at the time. Saw it in some catalog, and drooled over it forEVER! It even had the hidden pocket for the little Derringer, just like on TV! Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dementia13 Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 http://bellsouthpwp.net/S/e/SeanQuinn/matches.jpg http://bellsouthpwp.net/S/e/SeanQuinn/mag-glass.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed A. Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 I used to love this show . I had this same model back in 1965: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/IMG/fireball-playset-1.jpg http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/IMG/fireball-playset-2.jpg http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/GA/IMG/fireball-playset-3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Here's a couple of classics from my youth... http://www.cold-sweat.net/gumby.jpg http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/hotwheels/supercharger912a.jpg http://www.channelcraft.com/yoyo.gif http://members.aol.com/fredmoney/drugs/medium_spliff.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Jeeb's favorite toys, not necessarily in chronological order. http://www.toydreams.co.uk/images/motu/loose/heman.jpg http://oldcomputers.net/pics/C64combo.jpg http://www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/4-2-PET.jpg http://www.pianohouseburlington.com/upright/images/Kawai-TP125.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Dog Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 http://www.robotnut.com/gallery/0311rob12.jpg http://www.robotnut.com/gallery/0311rob02.jpg Yum, Yum! Eat em up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 http://www.toydreams.co.uk/images/motu/loose/heman.jpg Isn't that Gonad, The Destroyer? Did you have his sidekick, Chesty Morgan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 (Laughs) Gonad the Destroyer...(HAHAHA)... Remember "Greenie Stick-em caps"? I had a Mattel "rifle" that shot plastic "bullets" that you'd put Greenie Stick-em caps on the back of. Other than that: http://www.athearn.com/Locomotives/locomotives/pic/PA1.gif http://www.revell-monogram.com/store/img/prods/m/340m.jpg http://www.revell-monogram.com/store/img/prods/m/193m.jpg http://www.revell-monogram.com/store/img/prods/m/61m.jpg "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix. Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 http://www.ragbone.net/shop/corgi/007director/cc04512_lotus550_346.gif http://members.aol.com/rdbtrek2/megophasers.jpg ...And long before that, http://buy.overstock.com/images/products/P17961.jpg I actually left it out one night, neglecting to put it away, and the Garbage truck backed over it. I still miss my fire truck to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Originally posted by Tedster: Remember "Greenie Stick-em caps"? I had a Mattel "rifle" that shot plastic "bullets" that you'd put Greenie Stick-em caps on the back of. Oh man...forgot all about Greenie Stickem Caps...I'd spend the whole allowance on those things down at the 5 and dime Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 I had that same 007 car! Forgot all about it. Probably worth something now. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fendercaster Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/fendercaster/slinkyandbox.gifhttp://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/fendercaster/logssetup.gifhttp://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/fendercaster/erectortower.gifhttp://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v36/fendercaster/tinkertower.gif Some of my early toys. Remember, I was a child of the 50's, before electricity was invented! My gear: http://fendercaster.freeservers.com/guit3.html If you own two Lexus cars, do you have Lexi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Damn, Fendercaster! I had all those! Erector set (sounds like it had something to do with Viagra)...Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, all of it! I remember when Legos first came out. Here's a question for y'all...what board games did you have? I think the first game I played as a small kid was Candy Land...and Chutes and Ladders. I did like a bunch of games back then... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ani Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 http://www.anetsource.com/Web_Orders/ANS_Store/ALL_images/30699.gif http://www.antiquesetc.net/toys/images/ti041s.jpg http://www.vyverberg.com/images/Ann+andy_box_sm.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fendercaster Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 The Viagra Erector Set had to be my favorite, I especially loved that little blue motor that really did run on electricity! My gear: http://fendercaster.freeservers.com/guit3.html If you own two Lexus cars, do you have Lexi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ani Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Also I had one of these growing up, which I inherited when I moved out on my own.... but lost to a whole house file after divorce while storing it at a friends home because I didn't have room in my apartment. Mine actually had carved wood appliques and was solid cherry wood. Somewhat between these two images.... http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:1ooyhvWyQ0gJ:www.masterpiece.cc/crafts/pianos/walnut2.jpghttp://www.piano-uk.com/siteimages/antique/piano3.jpg I truly wish I had that piano back again, it had a beautiful tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Peasley Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 http://www.buyoldtoys.com/forsale/slots/images/P7060059_JPG.jpg Plus I had about 600 Marvel comics from 1960 to about 1969. My mom kept pressuring me to grow up and get rid of the comics. Eventually I threw all away except for the oldest. Some day I'll get them appraised. M Peasley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanmass Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 No pics, but... Evel Knievel Stunt Bike, 6 Mil Man, Revell Models, some honing air drivewn organ and my mom's mexican guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Originally posted by Tedster: Damn, Fendercaster! I had all those! Erector set (sounds like it had something to do with Viagra)...Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, all of it! I remember when Legos first came out. Here's a question for y'all...what board games did you have? I think the first game I played as a small kid was Candy Land...and Chutes and Ladders. I did like a bunch of games back then...Hey, I remember the Erector set, and I'm only 28. I remember Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs too. Mom also had a player piano at the house when I was little (maybe 3 years old?). That was the coolest piano I've ever seen! It had a big brass drum in it that rotated, kinda like a big music box. 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...
Duhduh Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 I had the "Cassette" drive. Anyone remember those? http://www.i-m.de/home/compmuseum/detailbilder/atari_800xl_gr.jpg "Meat is the only thing you need beside beer! Big hunks of meat and BEER!!...Lots of freakin' BEER." "Hey, I'm not Jesus Christ, I can't turn water into wine. The best I can do is turn beer into urine." Zakk Wylde http://www.hepcnet.net/bbssmilies/super.gif http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/15_1_109.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 8 Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 I sure do remember the cassette 'drive'... I had one with my TRS-80 Color Computer. Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 We used cassettes for our Commodore Vic-20, then for some C-64 applications. Then came... (horn fanfare:) 5 1/2" floppy disk drives! (The crowd "ooh's" and "aaahhs"! We thought that was amazing. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 8 Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Originally posted by fantasticsound: Then came... (horn fanfare:) 5 1/2" floppy disk drives! (The crowd "ooh's" and "aaahhs"! We thought that was amazing. Compared to cassettes???? Non-linear storage??? Much faster. Yup! Pretty damn amazing! I never had drives for my TRaSh-80, though. Those suckers were damn expensive! The cassette worked just fine for storing all of my programs....and of course Mom's recipes... Super 8 Hear my stuff here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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