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Old 08-02-2004, 12:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What was your favorite toy when you were a kid?

Forgive me if this was ever posted before...

But I was wondering this past weekend, since I am no longer young, but not exactly old, about my childhood and I began to think about the toys I had as a kid. I really loved to play with Legos. Man, I could spend hours with those things. But when I wanted to hang out with my friends, it was G.I. Joe.

What was/were your favorite toy(s) as a kid?
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Old 08-02-2004, 12:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'd say Legos are probably the number 1. I played with lots of toys as a kid, but I definitely played with Legos more than any other. I also liked Exo-Squad action figures, Crash Dummies, and Micro Machines.

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Old 08-02-2004, 01:07 PM   #3 (permalink)
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(I never got along with my older sister, and everyone else in my neighborhood was all boys - so I never quite grasped my girlness)

A Yellow Tonka dump truck that was made out of metal

I somehow got my dad's Lionel train set, that was setup on a big table in the basement- the set got added to over the years... and also set up with it was a racecar set -- i wish i could remember the name - - that used to cross over the train tracks occassionally - if timed right - -I'd have some spectacular collissions.

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Old 08-02-2004, 01:07 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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A vote for Lego from me as well. That and My Little Pony or Quints, model railroad set, and my Commodore 64
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Verti Bird. Any older folk remember that. It was a helicopter on a cable that you controlled and flew and did cool stuff with.
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:27 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Definitely LEGOs. Heck, even as an adult I some times feel like making something cool.

I actually half-built a PC case out of LEGOs once, but I had issues with mounting the mobo and PSU, so it did not fly. But it was fun to make while it lasted
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:35 PM   #8 (permalink)
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My favorite was an Evel Knievel motorcycle and wind-up motorcycle launcher. Hours of fun...
Then Legos, and thn this toy plane on a string that flew by swinging it around your head.
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:37 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Definitely LEGOs. Heck, even as an adult I some times feel like making something cool.

I actually half-built a PC case out of LEGOs once, but I had issues with mounting the mobo and PSU, so it did not fly. But it was fun to make while it lasted
Can't you make a Lego shell with an existing case?
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:39 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Verti Bird. Any older folk remember that. It was a helicopter on a cable that you controlled and flew and did cool stuff with.
Verti Birds were awesome!



http://www.whirlybirdcentral.com

my favorite toy as a kid was my mind I had a really good imagination so anything was a toy and everywhere was a playground.
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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the viewmaster. i had so many of those card thingies for it.
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:40 PM   #12 (permalink)
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http://members.cox.net/richw/lego.htm

It's a really cool idea - I wouldn't have the patience to do it... but someone had some fun with Lego - -there are a bunch more as well
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:40 PM   #13 (permalink)
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and we had this little robot thing called 2XL and it had 8 track tapes..It was a trivial pursuit type of game.. anyone remember that?
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:47 PM   #14 (permalink)
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My imagination. Sounds trite, but it's true.

We didn't have much money when I was growing up, so I got to play with myself a lot.

Hang on a sec...


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Old 08-02-2004, 01:50 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Legos
and we had this little robot thing called 2XL and it had 8 track tapes..It was a trivial pursuit type of game.. anyone remember that?
I loved it too... but after a while the tapes were repetitive. and I didn't care for the new version of 2XL that came out in the early 90s
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Old 08-02-2004, 01:55 PM   #16 (permalink)
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My imagination. Sounds trite, but it's true.

We didn't have much money when I was growing up, so I got to play with myself a lot.
Playing with yourself? You were an advanced youngster...


We also had tons of made up games in the neighborhood, or games that the neighborhood parents passed on to us -- I lived in a pretty subarban area, but most of our parents came from the 'hood. They learned us some damn fine games. Kick the can, about 100 different versions of tag, hide and seek -- who needed an actual toy.
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Old 08-02-2004, 02:40 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Legos & an Atari 2600.

Nothing worse than the sound of a lego brick being sucked up into the vacuum cleaner
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Old 08-02-2004, 03:09 PM   #18 (permalink)
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A peice of wood that looked like a gun. I'm serious too, lol.
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Old 08-02-2004, 03:15 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Barbies and Toy Guns! I guess I was a girly tomboy.
Oh...and I had a pretty good imagination so about half of my games were me making up stories that I had me and my friends act out.
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Old 08-02-2004, 03:59 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Old 08-02-2004, 04:15 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I remember playing a lot of neighborhood games with all the other kids. We played kickball and a game called boxball which was sort of like handball, played with a tennis ball inside a chalk court that you drew on the street. It was a lot of fun and it taught us how to relate to one another and to behave fairly, even when the adults weren't there to watch over you. I feel sad when I go back home and you don't see little kids out playing together on the lawns or out in the dead end street. It seems all their activities are much more organized and supervised now.

For solo play, Lite Brite was the coolest.
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Old 08-02-2004, 04:16 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Can't you make a Lego shell with an existing case?
Yea, but it just wouldn't be the same

As for that link maleficent posted... Yea, thats exactly what I was going for. I'll have to read up on how they mounted the internal guts. Maybe I'll make another stab at it.
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Old 08-02-2004, 04:17 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I think I still have that in my parent's basement

Legos, Micro Machines/Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars and the rubber-band guns my grandfather made for me (and a double-barreled one I bought ) were my favorites.
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Old 08-02-2004, 05:03 PM   #24 (permalink)
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I NEVER had any toys when I was a kid, couldn't afford any, which works rather great since I don't find any fun in playing legos, action figures, tanks, hellicopters etc....Although I really wanted a remote control car when I was a kid, but I didn't get that either. Oh well.
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Old 08-02-2004, 06:09 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Old 08-02-2004, 08:20 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I loved my star wars action figures. I would lie down on the floor for hours and pretend I had 2 football teams playing. I'd also take them out in the yard and play in the bushes ... pretending they were climbing a huge tree.

I also loved collecting fire ants and army ants in a jar and watch them go at it. You would think being named "army ants" would mean they could fight good ... but it's not so.
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Old 08-02-2004, 08:22 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Legos were probably my favorite.. That was usually all I got for birthdays since they were relatively cheap.

My best friend had Exo Squad action figures and toy soldiers, and I thought those were the shit, but my mom said they cost too much.
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Old 08-02-2004, 09:04 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Hotwheels and Legos. Hotwheels untill I was 4 or 5, and then Legos all the way up till about 12 probably.

Edit: Oh shit how could I forget about MicroMachines Star Trek and Star Wars ships? I collected them and played with them a ton in elementry school.
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Old 08-02-2004, 09:16 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Old 08-02-2004, 09:20 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Pogo-stick while chewing sunflower seeds.

Or knockers (boulders) where one tries to hit 2 hard glass balls on a divided at center string both travelling 180 degrees to impact over and over. Hurt the knuckles a bit when they miss..

Forgot the yoyo. Remember Walk the Dog and The Cradle Will Rock.
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Old 08-02-2004, 09:36 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Old 08-02-2004, 09:55 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Old 08-02-2004, 10:15 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Mighty Max, the Skull Mountain playset. I'm telling you, that thing fucking rocked.


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Old 08-03-2004, 12:01 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Old 08-03-2004, 12:13 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Mighty Max, the Skull Mountain playset. I'm telling you, that thing fucking rocked.


Dude I had the same one. That thing is fun now that I think about it.
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Old 08-03-2004, 12:39 AM   #37 (permalink)
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I had <b>most</b> of those toys. Shit I shoulda kept em....taken better care of em. They'd be worth a little bit now.

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Old 08-03-2004, 12:51 AM   #38 (permalink)
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I had a toychest full of toys but as a child more concerned with ways to have fun/kill myself I found myself playing with the big blue plastic lid of the toychest more often than the toys. I remember putting it at the top of a staircase, standing on the lid, and riding it down the stairs until it shot out from underneath me and I went head first into a wall....

I found myself playing the "Make The Vacuum Suck Up Pennies Until It Starts Smoking" game as well as the "Nailpolish + Wood Flood = Cool" game far too often. I'm living proof that a hard head makes for a soft bottom...

Out of the toys that were actually made to be toys, Lite Bright was probably my favorite. It was quite possibly the dumbest invetion ever but then again - I wasn't exactly the smartest child.
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Old 08-03-2004, 05:02 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Old 08-03-2004, 05:13 AM   #40 (permalink)
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