Nostalgia - Childhood Toys

[CascadeClone]

That was the item that taught me the concept of status symbols.

 

[CascadeClone]

Lol, my dad played with these w my son when he was like 4. Dad would sit in his recliner and toss them to my son, and he would chase them all over hell. But eventually figured out how to catch!

 

[CascadeClone]

Lego space was the best. I had a couple big sets and a couple small ones, and it feels like I had a ton. My parents still have them and realize that my son has like 10x as many over the years.

Had a bunch of lego space sets. Probably a major factor in my Aerospace Engineering degree!

 

[Die4Cy]

That was the item that taught me the concept of status symbols.

No doubt. I got the Big Wheel, my sister (!!!!) got the Green Machine. What a ripoff.

 

[diaclone]

1960's Tonka trucks. I still have a blue one with the original box.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

the liquid plastic was quite toxic
Is this the reason for some of your responses on this board?
JK

I didn't EAT them!

 

[Jer]

80s erector set. Would never fly now with all the tiny nuts and bolts.

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I loved erector sets.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

I loved erector sets.

TMI

 

[Jer]

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Forgot all about this one:

 

[CtownCyclone]

We lived at the top of a hill with a cul de sac at the bottom.

Yee haw!

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

the liquid plastic was quite toxic
Is this the reason for some of your responses on this board?
JK

Ha ha. I loved the incredible edibles, although they didn't taste nearly as good as I thought they would. We had more fun swirling lots of colors of the goo into the molds.

 

[Ms3r4ISU]

I loved erector sets.

Ah, so that's why you have so much fun on this site

 

[cydnote]

Looking back we did some really stupid things with our toys that seemed like the right thing to do at the time: We played "cowboys" in the hayloft when we were dressed with winter clothes using our daisy BB guns. We went as far as taking the guns apart and stretching'the propulsion spring to see if we could get more power out of them. I mean how could you make a welt on your brother when he was wearing all those layers? Another game we played when we got our first fiberglass bow was to stand in a circle we scratched in the dirt, launch an arrow as straight up as we could with our end goal to see if you could get it to land in the same circle as you were in. The wooden target arrow would disappear out of sight before reappearing with no time to react. Rather exhilarating! We played basketball in our haymow when it was so cold the ball wouldn't bounce. Solution? Fill a vegetable can with gasoline and light the top. You then had a place to warm up hands over the flame--no such thing as hand warmers back then and who shoots with gloves on? What could possibly go wrong with a fire burning in a haymow?

 

[cyclones500]

Forgot all about this one:

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I was gonna ask if you had Spirograph ... you're roughly my sisters' age, and they had it.

I got the relegated version:

 

[engineer_doug]

I had the yellow motorcycle one of these. Lots of fun, as long as you didn't care about steering.

 

[Jer]

Lol, my dad played with these w my son when he was like 4. Dad would sit in his recliner and toss them to my son, and he would chase them all over hell. But eventually figured out how to catch!

Fondly remember those and nerf balls back in the day. We actually got a new set of these during COVID for the kids.

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

moon rocks/clackers were fun until they started murdering school children.

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

I had the yellow motorcycle one of these. Lots of fun, as long as you didn't care about steering.

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[mkadl]

Hours and rs and hours of hot wheel, yes I still have most of them. Pretty beat up though.