What is the very best toy you had when you were a kid?

[Elwood70]

Elwood, check it out..

More here -- http://media.photobucket.com/image/schwinn stingray/Jakesensi/GEDC0110.jpg?o=19

Niiiice!!!

They look sooo much better with that seat and those bars!!


Here's a pic of what mine's gonna look like when I get done with it....or something close..

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g170/Jake-Blues-II/Sting-Ray20Apple20Krate.jpg?t=1320808991

 

[Rey C.]

Niiiice!!!

They look sooo much better with that seat and those bars!!


Here's a pic of what mine's gonna look like when I get done with it....or something close..

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g170/Jake-Blues-II/Sting-Ray20Apple20Krate.jpg?t=1320808991

One of the older kids, Leslie, had one like that. His family had money, so Leslie had that one (a 5 speed?) with the small front wheel, and I think the one his younger brother had was a 3 speed stick, with the regular front wheel. We heard (as kids) that they outlawed the small front wheels (this would have been early to mid 70's), so Leslie was Mr. Big cause he had something that was "outlawed". I wonder if that was true or if he was just bullshitting us? He was a big liar about lots of things, so... :dunno:

 

[darkwarrior3007]

Masters of the Universe and G.I. Joe

 

[squallumz]

my nes system.

 

[Rane1071]

My Galaxy Invader (couldn't find an actual pic, but it was something like this)View attachment 181718

That and my Daisy air rifle.

 

[KLSsw08]

Hot Wheels(had hundreds of them)
Tonka construction vehicles(made out of metal,not plastic).
Schwinn freestyle bicycle.


Scott

 

[ThatRedWing]

Balls

Footballs, baseballs, basketballs, wiffleballs, and about 12 the ones in my pants. It's been all downhill since then.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Creepy Crawlers.

SSP cars


Hot Wheels Sizzlers

Clackers

 

[Elwood70]

One of the older kids, Leslie, had one like that. His family had money, so Leslie had that one (a 5 speed?) with the small front wheel, and I think the one his younger brother had was a 3 speed stick, with the regular front wheel. We heard (as kids) that they outlawed the small front wheels (this would have been early to mid 70's), so Leslie was Mr. Big cause he had something that was "outlawed". I wonder if that was true or if he was just bullshitting us? He was a big liar about lots of things, so... :dunno:

The small front wheel wasn't "outlawed"; the stick-shifter on the frame was. It was deemed hazardous by the Consumer Products Safety Division; so Schwinn stopped making them in '74.


Leslie was bullshitting you.

 

[StanScratch]

For a while it would have been my Big Wheel, though the neighbors would have disagreed. Then it was my Crash Up Derby play cars...until I lost almost all of the pieces after crashing them so many times. Then came along my Hot Wheels and Thundershift 500. Then at 10, the baseball cards took over.

 

[hiropro]

Subbuteo.Played it all the time.

 

[katiekmodel]

I had a tent in my bedroom growing up, that was really cool! It was in the shape of a house and my friends and I use to play "going to the shops", where my friend would stay at my house (in th tent) while i went to the shops haha

 

[Facetious]

How many did you blow up with firecrackers?

We blew up everything with firecrackers! :glugglug:

We had tons of those too. My mother (bless her heart) cut up old sheets and made us some parachutes for those guys. We had to tie rocks to them in order to throw them up high enough for the chutes to open because they were too light otherwise. Some got hung up on the telephone wires. We thought that was KEWL!

Let me see if I can remember the cast of characters... there was the bazooka guy, a mortar guy, an upright rifleman (with M-14), a rifleman and a machine gunner (with tripod) both shooting prone (on their belly), a flame thrower guy, a land mine detector guy... who did I miss?

For a while it would have been my Big Wheel, though the neighbors would have disagreed. Then it was my Crash Up Derby play cars...until I lost almost all of the pieces after crashing them so many times. Then came along my Hot Wheels and Thundershift 500. Then at 10, the baseball cards took over.

What, no Rock em Sock em Robots? :dunno:

 

[Rey C.]

Let me see if I can remember the cast of characters... there was the bazooka guy, a mortar guy, an upright rifleman (with M-14), a rifleman and a machine gunner (with tripod) both shooting prone (on their belly), a flame thrower guy, a land mine detector guy... who did I miss?

The hand grenade guy and in the older sets, the sergeant with the pistol waving them forward. Still, that's a pretty good recollection - better than I would have done.

 

[luvsemlarge]

The hand grenade guy and in the older sets, the sergeant with the pistol waving them forward. Still, that's a pretty good recollection - better than I would have done.

Wasn't there a Radio Man too? You know, that big-ass bulky radio on his back.

 

[Deshawnj]

WWF Hasbro wrestling figures without a doubt.\

Vintage 1990 Commercial

 

[Facetious]

STAN!


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The hand grenade guy and in the older sets, the sergeant with the pistol waving them forward. Still, that's a pretty good recollection - better than I would have done.

Wasn't there a Radio Man too? You know, that big-ass bulky radio on his back.

By golly, I think we've covered all posts! :glugglug:

:ak47:

Also, remember there was a shitty quality brand and a better, more refined brand of army men? I do.

 

[domshooter]

hard choice. my GI Joes, my micro machines, legos, hot wheels.

but im gonna have to go with legos. i still whip em out once in a while. they were always good for school projects too. no cotton balls, toothpicks and whatnot. easy building all the time

 

[Facetious]

Adding to the box of toys... A 70's Smith & Wesson .22 Cal single shot air rifle Adult Image Hosting
Also there were those pistols and Tommygun rifles (real toys we're talkin here) that shot those penny sized plastic discs.... those were cool too! :glugglug:

 

[knowone]

Pinball machine