Toys From Our Childhood

[tamor]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Now the Honda XR 75 was a real motorcycle and it flew like a eagle.

I had a Honda 70. Loved it!!

[tamor]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

My wife still has her Misses Beasley.

I remember the clackers. That was before people held others responsible for their own safety.

Probably my favorite... I had the whirly bird helicopter

• Rock'em Sock'em robots.
• There was a game where you all started your tops spinning and they battled in an arena.
• Stretch Armstrong
• Hot Wheels
• Etch A Sketch

Misses Beasley! I had one. She was great. I also remember what fun we had with clackers, slinkys, and etch a sketches!

[tamor]

Originally Posted by WyoPastor

I bought my wife one for Christmas last year. She had one as a kid and always wished her mother hadn't given it away.

How sweet of you!!

[rgcraig]

My favorite was a Thumbelina doll. She moved just like a real baby.

Of course, I love playing army nurse (Barbie) with my brother and his G.I. Joe's. He had the whole army theme going on - - tent, jeep, etc. We played for hours in the backyard making an army camp. Years later when we extended our patio - dad dug up all sorts of plastic army men we had used!

[iceniez]

Originally Posted by keith4him

GI Joe Dolls, Evel Kneviel Toys, A large set of Army Men, Hot Wheel Bendable tracks.

Evel Kneviel motorcycle, GI Joe .I had the astronaut and the Navy one.

[Ritamuffin57]

Ah, I remeber Thumbelina. I loved that doll! Lincoln logs, tinkertoys and erector sets....

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Ron

I was just thinking about all of the toys we used to play with when I/We were kids.
Remember Clackers? I use to bang up my arms with that thing.
Hands Down, Cherry Pick, Kerplunk?
Kenner toys?

My daughter has an Easy Bake oven that I know was around when I was a kid.

Do you remember any other toys that you use to play with?

I had these plastic space alien monsters that I used to play with when I was about 3 or 4.

I was very fond of my LEGO's, generic linkin logs, "Construx", frisbees and Matchbox Cars. I loved breaking rocks with rocks too.

[ronharvey]

Lost in Space was my Favorite TV show.

I made a Jupiter2 from cardboard and a Space Pod from balsa wood and cardboard.

I wrote my own comics (my art was awful).

I made clothes for my GI Joe and my sister's Barbie.

I had a real Erector set with motors and gears.

My sister and I had real Dam Dolls, not Wishniks but the ones that had Dam carved into the doll's back.

We built cities out of cardboard and made elevators out of milk cartons!

Army men!!!! Shot with my Daisy BB gun!

Major Matt Mason, I wrangled a barter with some kids for these two and a partial space station!

I got a Mattel's THING MAKER and made MORE Army men to shoot!!!!

[tstew]

And to bring this thread into the post-Industrial era:

Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl, Legend of Zelda, Bulls vs. Blazers....yeah I know, the beginning of the end.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by tstew

And to bring this thread into the post-Industrial era:

Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl, Legend of Zelda, Bulls vs. Blazers....yeah I know, the beginning of the end.

Yes, and the Commodore 64 with the 1541 5 1/4 Disk Drive!
(And the first game disk I ever inserted into it..... Zork III)


Ahhhhh, memories!