Favorite childhood toys and shet...

[onedef92]

The StingRay bike thread got me thinking. What were your favorite childhood toys from back in the day?

Post pics, even if they didn't make your wish list for birthdays, Christmas, Hanukah, etc...

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/josp1_zps62b2d1a0.jpg

One of my favs was Johnny Speed Jaguar by Topper Toys (1966). It was dope, "remote" controlled and battery-operated via a big, honkin' 6 volt lantern battery for extended life. And, at 22" long and 9" wide, it needed it!

Very cool looking! All in Carmen Red and with its seductively curvaceous lines it looked like a '63 Corvette StingRay Coupe. It ran forward, backward, left or right and accessories could be purchased. Absolutely badass!!! :cool:

[Ol Timer]

I think I was born with my favorite toy!

[onedef92]

Another one I cherished nearly two decades was Mattel's Vertibird Rescue Helicopter (1971 - early 1980s).

The helicopter is attached to 21" rod which goes in a central spinning hub, and takes 4 "D" cell batteries.

You use the controller to fly the copter around in a circle and make it swoop down to retrieve items or figures with the hook beneath the helicopter.

Mattel made several versions, mostly with a rescue theme. I had the "Artic Adventure" set, with the hidden hangar. I would play with that joker for hours. Would still have it to this day if the PTO shaft hadn't broken. Mattel stopped offering tech support, so there were no replacement parts available.


http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/vertibird.jpg http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/vertibird-1_zps88246c98.jpg

[Grey Ghost]

Early years was Matchbox cars. I liked them even better than Hot Wheels. You would go into the store, spin the display, and tell the clerk the number of the one you wanted. She would open the display and hand you a cool blue/yellow matchbox container with the car inside. I started collecting them again a few yrs. ago. Price range $30 up with box :leaving:

I tried train sets...too slow and kept falling off the track. I kept trying to run them to fast, I guess.

Got a slot car track. I played the crap out of it.

Tonka Toys - my dad had a landscaping biz. I had Tonka dump trucks, loaders, tractors, etc...I think I kept the back of his truck full with my Tonka toys. There was always huge piles of dirt, sand, etc...at the job sites to play in.

Model kits - every Fri. after school, dad would pick me up and our first stop was a supermarket with a huge model section. I would build it over the w/e. I learned a lot about history from reading the first page of the instructions.

Evil Knievel motorcycle wind up. I had the truck and motorcycle. Played the crap out of it, too.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/attachments/general-chat/67213d1196548512-evel-knievel-rip-evel-toys.jpg

http://p2.la-img.com/610/22779/7976658_1_l.jpg

[Grey Ghost]

Another one I cherished nearly two decades was Mattel's Vertibird Rescue Helicopter (1971 - early 1980s).

I remember that. I wanted one, never got one :cry: The big Sears store about 30 miles away had one on display in the toy dept. They also had a huge crane setup type thing, too.

[ApexOversteer]

Obviously my Hot Wheels, but I also cherished this...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/Gen%20II/godzilla_detail.jpg

[Bucwheat]

I always love my Gunsmoke holster and guns,just a little trivia:"For many years all the TV shows and movie studios in Hollywood got their guns from "Stembridge Gun Rentals" They were around since the 1920`s and furnished props on many movies and tv shows. They went out of business in the late 1990`s and their inventory of guns was sold in a special auction.The gun Matt Dillon used in "Gun Smoke" was among those sold along with guns used by Dan Blocker as "Hoss" on "Bonanza" and "Little Joe"`s gun as well. And many others. They are all in the hands of private collectors now. The last i heard Little Joes`s and Hoss`s guns are on display at the "Buffalo Bill Museum" in Wyoming.
For the record Dillon packed a Colt single action model 1873 71/2 inch barrel in 45 caliber. It was an actual antique made in 1895, not a modern day copy. When it sold at auction along with the gun and holster were papers from Stembridge stateing it was the gun used in the series along with an afadavit from James Arness himself. It sold for $15,000.00."
http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx217/bucwheat706/gunsmoke-matt-dillon-double-holster-and-halco-marshal-cap-guns-1955-60-c8-cond_121098893302_zps1b5f7118.jpg

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/ATHelicopter_JPG.jpg

The G.I. Joe Adventure Team Helicopter was bomb, too. Nearly three feet long and featured a working winch and spinning rotor that was mechanically actuated.

[Kevin_73]

Another one I cherished nearly two decades was Mattel's Vertibird Rescue Helicopter (1971 - early 1980s).
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/vertibird.jpg http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/vertibird-1_zps88246c98.jpg

:iagree:
I had the one pictured above, and I also had one that the central base was a big molded styrofoam aircraft carrier. I loved playing with those things. :dance:

[DAB]

Lego.

Made all kinds of stuff.

Back before they had themed sets. Just a box of pieces and your imagination.

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/sstocker.jpg


Those SSP (Super Sonic Power Racers & Smash-up Derby Sets) by Kenner were bomb, too! They were early 70's cars with nylon "ripcord" pullstrings that make the wheels rev super fast.

The Smash-up Derby set had ripcord racers that also broke apart upon impact and then went back together for the next run.

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/4248678239_8c3e32c36a.jpg

Those Star Trek phasers (early 70's) that shot those plastic discs were fun as feck to play with, too. We would take an X-acto Knife, carefully cut the glue seams holding them together, then mod the rubber band firing assembly with a thicker, sturdier one for increased "lethality" or so it seemed to all hostile alien life forms we encountered.

There was a high capacity rifle, too, with a longer barrel for improved accuracy.

[Grey Ghost]

VERY early 70s. We had a Sizzlers race car track. It was slot-less and you charged the cars up via a gas pump like the boy in the pic.

http://sizzlers.dezigndog.com/joescollection/supercircuitset.jpg

http://www.oocities.org/sizzlerking/newsizz/thomas1.jpg

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/hist7.jpg

My cousin had Mattel's Super Star Stunt Sky Show Plane, too. A battery-powered, free-flying marvel that worked by inserting a disc into it's fuselage that operated the plane's rudder and elevator for aerobatic manuevers like the loop-the-loop and Immelmans.

It was rugged, forgiving and just awesome to watch in flight!

[...Whitepower...]

Big wheel with the E Brake.

[onedef92]

VERY early 70s. We had a Sizzlers race car track. It was slot-less and you charged the cars up via a gas pump like the boy in the pic.

http://sizzlers.dezigndog.com/joescollection/supercircuitset.jpg

http://www.oocities.org/sizzlerking/newsizz/thomas1.jpg

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af320/pcesser/ebay/P8102020.jpg

I loved those things. Hell, Sizzler's were even better than the Hot Wheel's Super Charger Power Station 2 a battery powered device that featured rotating, foam-padded plastic rollers hidden inside a "service station" that whisked the cars around the track via inertia.

[ApexOversteer]

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af320/pcesser/ebay/P8102020.jpg

I loved those things. Hell, Sizzler's were even better than the Hot Wheel's Super Charger a battery powered device that featured, rotating foam rollers disguised as a service station that whisked the cars around the track via inertia.

Chargers are awesome. Sure, three runs through one and any racin' stripes or numbers, or flames were wiped off the side of your car, and those flash chrome rims were black, but if you put three or four of them in series before a jump, you could get a Hot Wheels to jump over a full size pickup truck with a bedcap on it.

[onedef92]

Chargers are awesome. Sure, three runs through one and any racin' stripes or numbers, or flames were wiped off the side of your car, and those flash chrome rims were black, but if you put three or four of them in series before a jump, you could get a Hot Wheels to jump over a full size pickup truck with a bedcap on it.

Plus, they were compatible with most Matchbox and Johnny Lightning vehicles, too! :seasix:

[Torqaholic]

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4536916710850728&pid=1.7

I was a killing machine :D

[ApexOversteer]

Plus, they were compatible with most Matchbox and Johnny Lightning vehicles, too! :seasix:

Yeah, but not the Matchbox Lamborghini Countach or the '63 Corvette Grand Sport...

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/toyhunter-chiller-time-alien-blaster_zpse05f8a3f.jpg

To this day, the only toy that terrified the ever-lovin' stool outta' me is the Alien Blaster Target Set Game (1979) by Parker Brothers I think.

This is a huge, heavy, cardboard target game that you shoot with a ping pong ball gun. Its black, knobby, hinged, bio-mechanical claws are worth 50 points and if you pop the alien in its chest, an eerie bell sounds and you cop 100 points.

This game must've been demonically possessed from the get-go, because I was afraid to even look at it on Christmas day when my older brother got it in 1979, but I couldn't stop playing it.

The panel artwork is absolutely mesmerizing. I would go to bed nightly for months afterward only to wake with fright from visions of dripping, slime-lubricated jaws ripping through my flesh like the doomed crew of the Nostromo (save Ripley and Jones the cat).

I think it's in the attic of my parents house, what remains of it anyway. The gun fell into disrepair and got tossed. I think the board and instructions are still intact. Maybe someday I'll summon the courage to go up there and investigate....

[onedef92]

Yeah, but not the Matchbox Lamborghini Countach or the '63 Corvette Grand Sport...

Nor the coveted Matchbox Double Decker bus! :D

[Grey Ghost]

Anyone have a Cox glo-powered string control plane ? Man, those things were pretty dangerous looking back now :lol: I still remember the funky smell of the gas/oil stuff in the can, big azz battery (never could find one in my small town) for starting it. And the things would scream in speed and sound ! And burn the crap outta' your fingers on the engine.

http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/2/4/3/8/8/3/t4635513-246-thumb-pt19cl01_big.jpg

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/cox_2_zps3b2ae346.jpg

Yup. I had the Cox Super Sport Trainer. Got it for my 13th birthday. Line controlled, loud, and would make you dizzier'n a mofo, from going around in circles, but fun as all get out!

I took my little brother's toy Evel Knievel helmeted, decapitated head (another post) and glued it in the cockpit for added realism.


http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/AP835.jpg

I think Cox made a line-controlled F-4 Phantom, too, but I never owned that one.

[ApexOversteer]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/toyhunter-chiller-time-alien-blaster_zpse05f8a3f.jpg

To this day, the only toy that terrified the ever-lovin' stool outta' me is the Alien Blaster game (1977) by Parker Brothers I think.

Can you think of another r-rated movie franchise that successfully marketed toys to pre-teen kids?

I'm trying to, but I don't think there is one.

[Yamma]

While I was still one for playing with Barbies from time to time, hands down my biggest obsession was Hot Wheels. Wish I still had my playsets, but I still have all my cars....and some of my dad's redlines from the 60's......and hundreds more have been acquired since.

A few toys I had:

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/1Hot_Wheels_City_005.jpg

http://hwvette.com/images/80/Dscn6392.jpg

http://www.dollinfo.com/images/80misc/sschousefnt350.JPG

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5002/5241906782_0043297043_z.jpg

[ApexOversteer]

GI Joe, Transformers, Voltron, MASK... I had lots of favorite toys when I was growing up.

Anyone remember these guys?

http://geekleagueofamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/muscletoys.jpg

OMG... M.U.S.C.L.E. Men! I can SMELL them in my mind's nose right now...

[onedef92]

Can you think of another r-rated movie franchise that successfully marketed toys to pre-teen kids?

I'm trying to, but I don't think there is one.

R? No. Plenty of PG-13 offerings, though. I think Parker Bros. was focused on capitalizing on the success of the movie and the synergy from Star Wars which was released two years earlier.

[Yerf Dog]

http://www.outriggercanoe.com/mypics/HO_019.jpg

http://www.outriggercanoe.com/mypics/HO_020.jpg

[NeedSpeed]

Loved AFX.

http://thesmatter.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jarts.jpg?w=610

:leaving:

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/rrt_corvette_black.jpg


We used to mod the feck outta' those Stomper 4x4 toys by Schaper (1980) and pull them in mechanical shop class when I was in high school. These toys were battery-powered vehicles with working headlights that ran on a single AA battery and featured full-time, four-wheel drive. They were driven by a single motor that turned both axles.

[onedef92]

Loved AFX.

http://thesmatter.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jarts.jpg?w=610

:leaving:


http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk45/rossobantam/Rest/Toys%20and%20Games/IdealTCRracingsetBattleAction23Sep7.jpg

Ideal's Total Control Racing (TCR) sets was bomb, too. Remember the "Jam Car" the independently-controlled car that ran about 1/3 slower than the other racers and would intentionally try and feck you up when attempting to pass and shit?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXTEMSC_w0

[Yerf Dog]

http://www.lionel-train-set.com/images/Lionel%201953%202207W%20Santa%20Fe%20A-B-A%20set%20with%20Freight%20Cars.jpg

[Thunder22]

Tonka Trucks
Lionel Trains (O-gauge)
AFX
LEGO's
Hot Wheels
Matchbox
Assembling every plastic model I could get my hands on.

[Grey Ghost]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk45/rossobantam/Rest/Toys%20and%20Games/IdealTCRracingsetBattleAction23Sep7.jpg

Ideal's Total Control Racing (TCR) sets was bomb, too. Remember the "Jam Car" the independently-controlled car that ran about 1/3 slower than the other racers and would intentionally try and feck you up when attempting to pass and shit?

I seem to remember the name...but, can't remember the actual toy.

[Thunder22]

This was one of my favorites:

Johnny Express Trucks

http://www.mysite4u.com/toys/topper/johnny_express/box2.jpg

[Grey Ghost]

Tonka stuff I played the crap out of. Funny, I thought they were made and imported from Japan (by name, I guess)but, label says MN.

http://image.europeancarweb.com/f/features/epcp_1010_tonka_toys_icon/30451252/epcp_1010_01_o%2Btonka_toys%2Btruck.jpg

http://www.kitfoster.com/images/2006-11-8_TonkaDD-008Web-Large.jpg

http://realpriceguides.com/tonka/04.jpg

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/1216_2504_1312139146077_Mattel_Battlestar_Galactica___Space_Al_zps5b1fee28.jpg

The Head-to-Head sports line prolly' got the clock from most of ya'll, but I always had a thing for Mattel's Battlestar Galactica Space Alert Game (1978) personally.

[onedef92]

I seem to remember the name...but, can't remember the actual toy.

TCR Ideal TV commercial about slotless racing - YouTube

Take this romp down memory lane, then. :seasix:

[Torqaholic]

Anyone have a Cox glo-powered string control plane ? ...

Sorta but not really. Dad bought me the P51 Mustang and crashed it into a million pieces trying to show me how it worked :issues: :rofl:

[MEC5LADY]

Tonka stuff I played the crap out of. Funny, I thought they were made and imported from Japan (by name, I guess)but, label says MN.

http://image.europeancarweb.com/f/features/epcp_1010_tonka_toys_icon/30451252/epcp_1010_01_o%2Btonka_toys%2Btruck.jpg

http://www.kitfoster.com/images/2006-11-8_TonkaDD-008Web-Large.jpg

http://realpriceguides.com/tonka/04.jpg

These were some of my favorite along with my matchbox cars and my guns and holster. My Mom still has my Tonka trucks and some of the matchbox cars but the guns are long gone and all I have left are memories and a picture.

[Grey Ghost]

These were some of my favorite along with my matchbox cars and my guns and holster. My Mom still has my Tonka trucks and some of the matchbox cars but the guns are long gone and all I have left are memories and a picture.

My mom sold mine to a local junkman in my teenage years. They were pretty beat to crap. I played with them hard. Still wish I had MY dump truck and loader. I had some smaller ones, too. But, those were my favs. :seasix:

[BADRACR1]

[quote=Grey Ghost;954430]Early years was Matchbox cars. I liked them even better than Hot Wheels. You would go into the store, spin the display, and tell the clerk the number of the one you wanted. She would open the display and hand you a cool blue/yellow matchbox container with the car inside. I started collecting them again a few yrs. ago. Price range $30 up with box :leaving:

Got a slot car track. I played the crap out of it.

Model kits - every Fri. after school, dad would pick me up and our first stop was a supermarket with a huge model section. I would build it over the w/e. I learned a lot about history from reading the first page of the instructions.
quote]

I still have a lot of my original Matchbox (black wheels) and Hot Wheels Redlines. Also have three AFX slot car tracks (Darlington, Riverside, and I don't remember the other one) and about 25 cars. I have a four way intersection that provided lots of thrills and spills! Also an old Aurora Stunt set with speed bumps, a teeter-totter and jump ramp. We used to make aluminum foil bodies and race them. They weren't any faster, but when crashed really "dented" or crushed like a real car. Still have a bunch of my model cars. The models, Hot wheels, Matchboxes, and slot cars are stored in a dilplay case.

[MEC5LADY]

My mom sold mine to a local junkman in my teenage years. They were pretty beat to crap. I played with them hard. Still wish I had MY dump truck and loader. I had some smaller ones, too. But, those were my favs. :seasix:

I know mine were pretty beat up but my Mom decided to keep them anyway. My Parents would always "test" toys before buying them so I can only imagine them "testing" them in the stores.:rofl: Hmmmm now that I think of it maybe they aren't on the attic anymore and they are "testing" them again.

[Grey Ghost]

Our local feed and seed store always had a cool selection of diecast farm toys. John Deere, Ford, etc...I always looked, but never got any...seems like they were pretty pricey when compared to Tonka or some reason.

http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mSJEDDj7SIeySUAYnxiyIng.jpg

[BADRACR1]

The [I]G.I. Joe Adventure Team Helicopter was bomb, too. Nearly three feet long and featured a working winch and spinning rotor that was mechanically actuated.

I had the six wheel buggy (Mummy's Tomb) with the winch on the back. My brother had the helicopter, and our neighbor had the Jeep with the big gun trailer. We also had two of the GI Joe Headquarters sets. Lots of fun with GI Joe, especially since the neighbor's sister and her cousin had Barbies...

[RED-85-Z51]

Had alot of RC cars...as a kid.

One i wore out ws "6X6 Scorcher"..that SOB was fast as all hell, could do 360's...and all kinds of crap. I wore the tires off of it...

Old School 90's Scorcher Commercial Tyco Remote Control Car - YouTube

Then i had my Street Sprinter II...which had a 2 speed gearbox, it was cool to thrash around with...unbreakable and good suspension.

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/308/picture057sx2.jpg

Then I had one called the EVADER...wasnt as fast as Id hoped, but it had a great top speed, batteries didnt last long enough, sucked..

http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/ebay/images/2011/260790346400.jpg

Then I got a NITRO truck...Traxxas T-maxx TRX-2.5. I dumped about 350 into it, replaced everything I could that was plastic, with aluminum...and then proceeded to crash it at about 40mph into the LF tire of my vette....parts went everywhere.

[NeedSpeed]

These were fun

http://www.ilovethe80s.com/air_jammer.jpg

[BADRACR1]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/sstocker.jpg


Those SSP (Super Sonic Powered Racers & Smash-up Derby Sets) by Kenner were bomb, too! They were early 70's cars with nylon "ripcord" pullstrings that make the wheels rev super fast.

The Smash-up Derby set had ripcord racers that also broke apart upon impact and then went back together for the next run.

Yep, had some of the SSP's, and the Derby cars. '57 Nomad wagon and '57 Fairlane. Hoods, doors, trunk or tailgate, and wheels popped off on impact.

[BADRACR1]

VERY early 70s. We had a Sizzlers race car track. It was slot-less and you charged the cars up via a gas pump like the boy in the pic.

http://sizzlers.dezigndog.com/joescollection/supercircuitset.jpg

http://www.oocities.org/sizzlerking/newsizz/thomas1.jpg

Had a Sizzlers track, and still have the '69 Trans Am car. I bought a reissue track about ten years ago with a '67 Camaro and another car plus and extra clear body. Never opened it, still stored upstairs.

[BADRACR1]

Nor the coveted Matchbox Double Decker bus! :D

I remember shooting these with bb guns and even burned a couple. Ahh, if I only knew then...:slap:

[BADRACR1]

Anyone have a Cox glo-powered string control plane ? Man, those things were pretty dangerous looking back now :lol: I still remember the funky smell of the gas/oil stuff in the can, big azz battery (never could find one in my small town) for starting it. And the things would scream in speed and sound ! And burn the crap outta' your fingers on the engine.

http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/2/4/3/8/8/3/t4635513-246-thumb-pt19cl01_big.jpg

I had the P51. "Sweet Cindy." I think I flew it three times before it was destroyed.

[RED-85-Z51]

I had the P51. "Sweet Cindy." I think I flew it three times before it was destroyed.

holy shit, I had "Sweet Cindy" too, it kicked ass, my dad flew it while I watched for a year or 2...then one day, it ran out of gas too high and nosedived hard....broke to pieces.

My dad felt bad so he went out and dropped some serious coin on a larger model with a huge ass remote control, had about a 4 foot antenna, big control box, about 8X8", all kinds of levers and buttons.

He put it together, put the starter box to it and it fired off..went up...and came down hard, actually burned for a few moments....as I recall it was quite large, but I was not very old, Id say it was 36" across.

[onedef92]

Major Matt Mason - Boxed Space Crawler - YouTube

I loved my Major Matt Mason and his Space Crawler, too (Mattel). In addition to his Space Platform I think he had a Lunar Module and an Environmental Robot, too.

[Doug28450]

You guys had some fun looking stuff.

[xXBUDXx]

These were fun

http://www.ilovethe80s.com/air_jammer.jpg

The air pump could make some realistic fart sounds if the air hose was placed in the bend of your knee.


This biatch was my pride and joy. I still have it, too.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmASwaFR59oyN8nLm1VFcr3PRITjaYmOg0jHr09wZuBDqqr7aG

[8Up]

Those green plastic army men a few plastic jeeps and a 10x12 sandbox covered every summer from the time I was 4 until I was about 13. Then it was bikes.

[sasnglass77]

These were mine:

http://www.dollinfo.com/images/60misc/dancbox.JPG

and

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4exxH_yNwc0/S-hvhMBOokI/AAAAAAAAAFA/GJVj836lbmQ/s400/lite-brite.jpg

[Kerrmudgeon]

I got this exact bear (just no pic of mine) for my 8th birthday. you put machine oil in his mouth and he raises his foot, shines his shoe, and puffs smoke from his mouth. Pipe lights up when he raises his head. I still have it, and it still works.:D

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4630654341876289&pid=15.1

[...Whitepower...]

win..

http://store.imaginechildhood.com/images/balsa2.jpg

[JRD77VET]

I had the Evel Kinevel wind up motorcycle ( he lost his head from running under the console TV one too many times )

but this was it ( got it when I was 6 )

http://www.serioustoyz.com/LotImages/3/MOMtexacoFireHelmetMIB_lg.jpeg

[...Whitepower...]

http://bmxmuseum.com/image/88_gt_pro_performer_lg.jpg

[Kerrmudgeon]

I also have my Strombecker slot car set from way back when. It's the one with the Daytona raised bank corner, and my favourite car was the Cheetah, like this one, but of course I had to paint it like a.....Cheetah, spots and all! :rofl:

http://img3.etsystatic.com/004/0/6508815/il_fullxfull.353594087_qvee.jpg

[NeedSpeed]

http://bmxmuseum.com/image/88_gt_pro_performer_lg.jpg


I had a Haro. Similar to this

http://www.fatbmx.com/uploads4/2009Q4/wk44/harosport.jpg

[NeedSpeed]

Also had one of these

http://socalskateshop.com/images/products/detail_32106_VisionGator2GreenblackMiniCompleteLTn.jpg

[BondiBlue]

http://i42.tinypic.com/33adhsn.jpg

[BADRACR1]

Ideal's Total Control Racing (TCR) sets was bomb, too. Remember the "Jam Car" the independently-controlled car that ran about 1/3 slower than the other racers and would intentionally try and feck you up when attempting to pass and shit?

TCR Ideal TV commercial about slotless racing - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxXTEMSC_w0)

I still have one TCR car, the Ferrari 308GTB.

[BADRACR1]

win..

http://store.imaginechildhood.com/images/balsa2.jpg

I have some of these upstairs that are over 40 years old. One is a Fokker D7 biplane. I'd be afraid to fly them now.

[BADRACR1]

Also had one of these

http://socalskateshop.com/images/products/detail_32106_VisionGator2GreenblackMiniCompleteLTn.jpg

I forgot about those! I had a Hobie 24" fiberclass flat deck, and the cool one was a Banzai 27" aluminum, dual kicktail, ACS 651 trucks, and Road Rider 4 wheels. I later added Hobie #6 wheels, and painted the raised letter script on the sidewalls white to give me white letter tires! The boards are one of the few things I actually lost and don't know where they went. Most of my stuff I stored in my parents' attic.

[MrPeabody]

Lincoln Logs and Erector sets.

[Kerrmudgeon]

http://store.imaginechildhood.com/images/balsa2.jpg

They still sell these in a store up here called Lee Valley Tools, made by the original company. Exactly the same as that. Also in the aviation museum. :thumbs:

[DukeAllen]

This. I still have it in the attic, with all the figures.
http://www.plaidstallions.com/images/trekmego.jpg

Runner up. Wi$h I $till had thi$ one.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zYmZ4EHSDhA/SZ8wdwgHkLI/AAAAAAAAAaA/gZ4LASFBEHU/s400/SMDM2.jpg

and
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSqOYLmhQToF1u1c4JpwmFu8Ups_0LP0MQqmQVcmyflmdXvyyFc

And the one I died waiting for when they first came out. Still have the figures.
http://thissortofthing.com/storage/T2eC16FHJHoE9n3Kd3VrBQHyhtQBQ60_59.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1344323269041

[RED-85-Z51]

I had one of those Ghost Busters toy sets, with the backpacks, cannons, and the little box you threw out and stomped on a plunger and the trap doors sprang open...shit was so cash.

[RED-85-Z51]

http://allgeektomeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/film_video_of_the_day_84397_ghostbustersprotonpack.jpg


Proton packs kicked ass....

[Thunder22]

Way before the little blue pill stole it's name ;)

http://www.eliwhitney.org/sites/default/files/erector-set_0.jpg

[island14]

Sorta but not really. Dad bought me the P51 Mustang and crashed it into a million pieces trying to show me how it worked :issues: :rofl:

Dad got me a string controlled airplane that looked like a Cessna for Christmas one year.

I couldn't wait to go outside and try it!

Dad decided he needed to teach me first also,

it went up,

and up some more,

and then he corrected it

it went nose first

straight down..

into the dirt..

hard..

it was killed. :(

[RED-85-Z51]

Dad got me a string controlled airplane that looked like a Cessna for Christmas one year.

I couldn't wait to go outside and try it!

Dad decided he needed to teach me first also,

it went up,

and up some more,

and then he corrected it

it went nose first

straight down..

into the dirt..

hard..

it was killed. :(

Reminds me of one christmas, I got a kickass huge train set. I was so excited...my dad and my great uncle set it up, took all day...I wanted to play with it so bad.

My dad turned it on, everything seemed to be going great, then something happened, as I recall my great uncle had the idea of attaching the rails to the board with staples, something shorted out, there was smoke....and everything went dead...

its in a box, in the attic...

[ApexOversteer]

Judging by this thread, control line aircraft are similar to model trains and boobies...

They're all meant for kids, but it's Dad that ends up playing with them.

[island14]

Reminds me of one christmas, I got a kickass huge train set. I was so excited...my dad and my great uncle set it up, took all day...I wanted to play with it so bad.

My dad turned it on, everything seemed to be going great, then something happened, as I recall my great uncle had the idea of attaching the rails to the board with staples, something shorted out, there was smoke....and everything went dead...

its in a box, in the attic...

Should have buried it.

In it's box.... :D

[island14]

Judging by this thread, control line aircraft are similar to model trains and boobies...

They're all meant for kids, but it's Dad that ends up playing with them.



But it's Dad that ends up breaking them... :lol:

[NikiQ]

I earned my way through college working 3 summers at the Tonka Toy factory in Mound, MN. Summertime was when Tonka made their Christmas toys, so they'd hire a lot of college kids to work the assembly lines, therfore, I could claim that I was one of "Santa's helpers". Wish I had some of the Mighty Tonkas that I built.

Tonka stuff I played the crap out of. Funny, I thought they were made and imported from Japan (by name, I guess)but, label says MN.

http://image.europeancarweb.com/f/features/epcp_1010_tonka_toys_icon/30451252/epcp_1010_01_o%2Btonka_toys%2Btruck.jpg

http://www.kitfoster.com/images/2006-11-8_TonkaDD-008Web-Large.jpg

http://realpriceguides.com/tonka/04.jpg

[erickpl]

I think Cox made a line-controlled F-4 Phantom, too, but I never owned that one.

Yep, they did. Mine made it exactly 1 flight before lawn darting into the street at Mach 2. :)

Then my dad let me try.

Um, dad, parts don't fly. I kinda need that engine over in the neighbor's yard. LOL

[erickpl]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/rrt_corvette_black.jpg


We used to mod the feck outta' those Stomper 4x4 toys by Schaper (1980) and pull them in mechanical shop class when I was in high school. These toys were battery-powered vehicles with working headlights that ran on a single AA battery and featured full-time, four-wheel drive. They were driven by a single motor that turned both axles.

Had several of those! I liked the waterproof 4x4 pickups. We'd try to regear them to make em faster or climb more stuff. They worked in the pool too! I REALLY wish they'd release them again!

Other toys:
Models (of course) - I had a USS Constitution model. My sister knocked it off the stand and broke the masts! Old Ironsides was never the same, so we put it in the pool with some ballast (and a few cherry bombs), lit it up on fire and set her adrift. I was helping clean melted plastic and copper coloring from that pool the rest of the day and most of the next.

My neighbor had fullsize GI Joes. And LOTS of accessories (guns, tents, Jeeps, etc), so we spent many days stamping out the enemies.

Green Machine
http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/media/trus/Aplusplus/2012/12835620/huffy-16-inch-green-machine-junior-12835620-01.jpg

I had a few AFX racers that we would also regear or try to find better magnets to make em faster.

Loved my Tonka Trucks. GI Joe used them frequently too to haul crap.

My dad gave me his 50's era Erector set and we'd build all kinds of bridges, cranes, etc. I also had his 40's vintage Lionel train. I still have that one. :)

For Christmas one year, I got one of these:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/285081870_4ab67ac2af.jpg

I think they were trying to tell me to become an engineer: Trains, Erector sets, Electronic circuit...

[Grey Ghost]

I earned my way through college working 3 summers at the Tonka Toy factory in Mound, MN. Summertime was when Tonka made their Christmas toys, so they'd hire a lot of college kids to work the assembly lines, therfore, I could claim that I was one of "Santa's helpers". Wish I had some of the Mighty Tonkas that I built.

Very cool ! :seasix:

I have a box of those balsa glider planes. The marketing dept. at a company I worked for had some made up with the company name, etc..printed on them and handed them out at trade shows. They were cleaning house one day and throwing the box out. I snatched it.

[Torqaholic]

Remember these? :rofl:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LfrJvnchL.jpg

[NeedSpeed]

Along with the AFX tracks, we had Tyco as well. I remember when these came out, magnets were strong so they hung the track better

http://spraysbymac.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tyco-plastic-track-from-the-80s.jpg

[markyerger]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/markyerger/ar121557585646443_zpsbd75b876.jpg


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/markyerger/star_bird_zps921969b9.jpg


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/markyerger/il_570xN_217594172_zpsa7f900dd.jpg

[CubSmurf]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y107/markyerger/star_bird_zps921969b9.jpg



OMG, my Great Uncle had one of these and I played the CRAP out of it. I LOVED this damn toy!!

http://allgeektomeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/mask01.jpg
These jokers were my favorite. Loved MASK!

[Yamma]

Along with the AFX tracks, we had Tyco as well. I remember when these came out, magnets were strong so they hung the track better

http://spraysbymac.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tyco-plastic-track-from-the-80s.jpg

nice! I still have this set, in the box:

http://blog.vibrantjourney.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/tycoboxcover.jpg

My dogs freakin' love it. :rofl:

Here's Taco chasing after a car on another of my slot car tracks:

Rocco & the slot cars - YouTube

[erickpl]

OMG I remember Star Bird!!! The front part would come off and be just that and the engine 'cone' from the back. Even the fat part in front would come off to be even smaller and the vertical fins came off 'to fly on their own' (read throw at my sisters!).

:D

[NeedSpeed]

Still break out this bad boy once in a great while.

http://www.classicgamepublishers.com/images/categories/934175intellivision1.jpg

[Yamma]

Who else had one of these?

http://gamester81.com/wp-content/uploads/28894coleco-vision.system.jpeg

I totally rocked some smurfs on it when I was 4. :D

http://www.screencuisine.net/nmd/images2/smurfs1.jpg

[C5SilverBullet]

Tonka made an updated version of this one. Got it for my son. He loves it!

He also has an old, big metal Tonka blazer I played with and loves it too.

Got one for my son too.

[C5SilverBullet]

I had the entire Thundercats collection. All these and way more.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu2ghqWMW01r49hc8o1_400.jpg

[Craig]

Legos was definately my favorite toy. I had a five gallon trash can full of them.

This it the old tv game console we had, a Fairchild; got it when I was in my late teens.

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/scale_small/0/26/10174-fairchild+channel+f.jpg

[onedef92]

OMG I remember Star Bird!!! The front part would come off and be just that and the engine 'cone' from the back. Even the fat part in front would come off to be even smaller and the vertical fins came off 'to fly on their own' (read throw at my sisters!).

:D

Starbird was DOPE! One of my best buds in grade school, Alex Dixon, had one. He'd bring it to school and I loved the way it emitted electronic ascending/descending sounds depending on the angle of attack. It also made cool laser cannon noises. :seasix:

[onedef92]

Big Bertha Deluxe Reading Corp 1965.wmv - YouTube

Ya'll recall the "Big Bertha" Toy tank made by Deluxe Reading Corporation in 1965 and shit?

Huge frikkin' toy! A 1/ 8 scale Sherman Tank!

It had a spring-operated cannon on one side that shot balls and had an adapter so you could shoot missles. On the other end was a double-barrel, crank-operated, machine gun that shot plastic BB's. The tracks were molded on and it had plastic wheels underneath.

My older brother had one and we played the ever-lovin' stool out of it. It was so rugged, we actually SAT on it while riding it. Indcredible toy! We built entire citites out of building blocks then pulverized 'em to the ground with Bertha's main cannon.

[C5SilverBullet]

Ok how many times did you play with it before giving to your kiddo? :funny:

I think I only did it a couple of times.

Only four or five. :lol:

I was walking through Toys R Us the other day, and just kept thinking, "Man, I can wait until he gets just a little older, and I get to play with all these awesome toys."

[NeedSpeed]

Who else had one of these?

http://gamester81.com/wp-content/uploads/28894coleco-vision.system.jpeg

I totally rocked some smurfs on it when I was 4. :D

http://www.screencuisine.net/nmd/images2/smurfs1.jpg

I used to play on my friends a lot.

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/maxmachine_zpse1f29b70.jpg

My younger brother had a "Max Machine." It was manufactured in 1977 by Scherpa Manufacturing Company. The van is "sound controled" (telesonic) whereby the controller emits a loud clicking sound and triggers a sensor which steers the front wheels.

[onedef92]

http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa324/maestrosatori/Micronauts%20Collection/107.jpg

The "Micronauts" (Mego Corp.) kicked ass!


http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx223/MrEBlack13/100.jpg

As did Rom the Spaceknight from Parker Bros. (1979).

[Madmikeee]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X4vjufljRR4/ToCQ4_b2gcI/AAAAAAAAAjM/wSSJCLHNZ8E/s1600/sw19.jpg

LOVED my shogun warriors

[Madmikeee]

Loved AFX.

http://thesmatter.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jarts.jpg?w=610

:leaving:


:willy::willy::willy::willy:

[onedef92]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X4vjufljRR4/ToCQ4_b2gcI/AAAAAAAAAjM/wSSJCLHNZ8E/s1600/sw19.jpg

LOVED my shogun warriors

Great Mazinga was dope! :yesnod:

[Madmikeee]

http://bmxmuseum.com/image/88_gt_pro_performer_lg.jpg

had that same bike, except mine was all white. LOVED that thing.

[Madmikeee]

Who else had one of these?

http://gamester81.com/wp-content/uploads/28894coleco-vision.system.jpeg

I totally rocked some smurfs on it when I was 4. :D

http://www.screencuisine.net/nmd/images2/smurfs1.jpg

oh man I had the colecovision AND the ADAM!

http://oldcomputers.net/pics/adam-box.jpg

[Madmikeee]

Great Mazinga was dope! :yesnod:

Had ALL of them including Godzilla and Rodan. Wish I had them now, those were the ones that launched the missles that would REALLY take an eye out at 20 feet LMAO!

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/pedal_cars_tractors_from_1971_zps1a9f96b4.jpg

The one toy I wanted (but never got, in fact NO ONE I know got) was that battery-powered Jaguar sports car with Phillips 66 petrol pump.

The one in the pic is the cheaper pedal-powered one.

We would see it in the Sears and J.C. Penney Christmas Wish books, but all we could do was fiend over it desperately like a sucker gnawing on a bone when it could have been steak....

[onedef92]

The air pump could make some realistic fart sounds if the air hose was placed in the bend of your knee.


This biatch was my pride and joy. I still have it, too.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmASwaFR59oyN8nLm1VFcr3PRITjaYmOg0jHr09wZuBDqqr7aG

We had the "Flying Aces Attack Carrier" (Mattel) when the Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show craze on NBC (1975) was in vogue....

Mattel Flying Aces Attack Carrier Flagship - YouTube

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/shown_zps22598ac9.jpg

Of course, when playtime was "over" we wound down with, what else?

Educational/recreational toys like the Show N' Tell Record Player/Slide Show (and shit) from General Electric 1964-1970s.

Very cool record player with a "TV" screen to view slide movies. The record player plays 45 or 33 rpm records. Also played slides from Picturesound Program sets which were records and slides telling various children's stories.

While the record was playing, the slide would move up to the next scene. Many different Picturesound sets were made: i.e. Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, History, Science, Religion, Disney, later Sesame Street, etc.

[Grey Ghost]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/pedal_cars_tractors_from_1971_zps1a9f96b4.jpg

The one toy I wanted (but never got, in fact NO ONE I know got) was that battery-powered Jaguar sports car with Phillips 66 petrol pump.

The one in the pic is the cheaper pedal-powered one.

We would see it in the Sears and J.C. Penney Christmas Wish books, but all we could do was fiend over it desperately like a sucker gnawing on a bone when it could have been steak....

What year was that ? I swear, I remember they had one on display in our local Sears store in the front window. You COULDN'T help but see it when driving by. I think they had freakin' spotlights on the thing or I had that deer in the eye look. Man, I lusted hard for that car, too. I never saw it up close. Just in that window and I couldn't take my eyes off it.

[Torqaholic]

Never played with one of these myself (too scary)
but I've seen them in action -

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-STLRUpIo_jw/TyasUSYtmBI/AAAAAAAAAaA/yj9uUgKqpnU/s1600/rocket.jpg

[MrPeabody]

Never played with one of these myself (too scary)
but I've seen them in action -

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-STLRUpIo_jw/TyasUSYtmBI/AAAAAAAAAaA/yj9uUgKqpnU/s1600/rocket.jpg

Cool toy. When I was a kid my friend almost had his finger cut off by the fin on the rocket as it launched. Lot's of blood.:seasix:

[NeedSpeed]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X4vjufljRR4/ToCQ4_b2gcI/AAAAAAAAAjM/wSSJCLHNZ8E/s1600/sw19.jpg

LOVED my shogun warriors

Reminds me of my Voltron

http://www.collectiondx.com/gallery2/gallery/d/488528-1/SDCC09voltron18.jpg

[The_Dude]

Never played with one of these myself (too scary)
but I've seen them in action -

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-STLRUpIo_jw/TyasUSYtmBI/AAAAAAAAAaA/yj9uUgKqpnU/s1600/rocket.jpg

I used to have one of those. It was amazing how high they'd go.

[JRD77VET]

Never played with one of these myself (too scary)
but I've seen them in action -

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-STLRUpIo_jw/TyasUSYtmBI/AAAAAAAAAaA/yj9uUgKqpnU/s1600/rocket.jpg

I had a couple of those. They went pretty high, cool toy :yesnod:

[TripleBlack]

Mattel Fanner 50. This was my favorite from my cowboy stage. I didn't have the exact set shown in the pic, but similar. Still have it - in working condition.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j61/catman253/Fanner50adj.jpg

As I got older I needed more firepower. Just had the Tommy gun w/out the revolver stuff.

http://www.nicholscapguns.com/graphics/scrapbook/mattel/d-set.jpg

Later it was Strombecker slot cars. Never really outgrew slot cars and had a routed track several years ago. Still have some nice commercial stuff though haven't raced in several years.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/TripleBlackxTwo/slots/SlotCar10004.jpg

[beadist]

Never really had a favorite toy except for my first bicycle.

I liked to read and do crafts. The best gift I remember was my dad getting me my own blowtorch. Loved that thing....and I never burned down the house.:D

(I was @ 10 years old)

[island14]

Yep, they did. Mine made it exactly 1 flight before lawn darting into the street at Mach 2. :)

Then my dad let me try.

Um, dad, parts don't fly. I kinda need that engine over in the neighbor's yard. LOL


So far..

Dad's have killed all of our string fly planes.. :sadangel:


I wonder if anyone here ever got to crash one themself? :island14:

:lol:

[Norm]

Divco milk truck. Used to make dirt roads in the back yard and play with that hours on end.

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac46/nkiaunis/favtoy_zps8681b8dd.jpg

[onedef92]

What year was that ? I swear, I remember they had one on display in our local Sears store in the front window. You COULDN'T help but see it when driving by. I think they had freakin' spotlights on the thing or I had that deer in the eye look. Man, I lusted hard for that car, too. I never saw it up close. Just in that window and I couldn't take my eyes off it.

Sometime in the early 70's. That Jag was definitely the holy grail of toydom. It had a rediculously high price tag, too. No kid I knew ever got one.

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/oma1_zpsd0c4a7ad.jpg

For gun toys, nothing we ever got could top (or stop) my cousin's Johnny Seven 7 O.M.A. - One Man Army Gun - (Topper Toys 1964)

He lived about 10 miles from us, but we begged him to bring it with him every time he came to visit. We would pretend to be soldiers in the Vietnam War in the woods behind my parent's house and all the kids wanted him in their platoon or squad as "point man" for obvious reasons.

The best selling boy's toy of 1964! Seven guns in one, which included: Grenade Launcher, Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher, Anti Bunker Missile Launcher, Armor Piercing Shell, Rifle fires 10 Bullets, Slide Bolt Action Machine Gun, Detachable Cap Pistol which fires shells. Detachable Stock & built in Bi-Pod. Over 3 feet long!

[onedef92]

So far..

Dad's have killed all of our string fly planes.. :sadangel:


I wonder if anyone here ever got to crash one themself? :island14:

:lol:

My Dad never killed any of my string planes, I crashed them all by myself. Including my first R/C model trainer, a Cox Piper Turbo Arrow III. Fortunately, it was foam and easy to re-glue and commit to the skies again.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/Cox-Piper-Turbo-Arrow-3-RC-Plane-Dollard-des-Ormeaux-20120725170209_zpsc64b8368.jpg

[NeedSpeed]

Anyone have one of these? They were the shit too :D

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/Mattel-FootballI.jpg

[island14]

My Dad never killed any of my string planes, I crashed them all by myself. Including my first R/C model trainer, a Cox Piper Turbo Arrow III. Fortunately, it was foam and easy to re-glue and commit to the skies again.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/Cox-Piper-Turbo-Arrow-3-RC-Plane-Dollard-des-Ormeaux-20120725170209_zpsc64b8368.jpg

Mine was plastic, and there was not enuff Testors Glue on the planet to fix it after my Dad was done with it...


It was a memory I will never forget, and to be honest, I would love to have that wonderful day back just one more time... :yesnod:

[onedef92]

Mine was plastic, and there was not enuff Testors Glue on the planet to fix it after my Dad was done with it...


It was a memory I will never forget, and to be honest, I would love to have that wonderful day back just one more time... :yesnod:


http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/H1138-L07812496_zps0e57948d.jpg

Speaking of "glue" I ordered a Cox Star Cruiser Gas-powered Free-flight UFO from Johnson Smith Co. one summer when I was 13 or so. Remember those ghetto assed ads on the back of your comic books and shit?

It took me more than two months to scrape up the money mowing yards to get it, plus I had to wait and agonizingly long four weeks or so for shipping.

Well, when I finally got it, it had a fuel tank leak. I never was able to keep fuel in it long enough to start the engine. I tried putting a dab of model (and other glue) over the hole, but the corrosive nature of the fuel dissolved the glue.

Plus, it was awkward as hell to connect the glow plug to its .049 engine or tweak its needle valve due to its central location in the fuselage. So, it never flew. I don't know why I never returned it. Guess I didn't want to bother with the shipping hassle. Besides, it flew just fine in my fertile imagination...

[onedef92]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b327/j00wish/SU%202007/water-pistol.jpg

Of course, our toys weren't all elaborate, big or expensive. A dime store variety water pistol on a hot summer's day easily provided hours of adventure.

And on the last day of school, the bus drivers even allowed us to have water gun fights on the bus provided we did not shoot them.

It was a treaty we were all too happy to oblige....

[island14]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/H1138-L07812496_zps0e57948d.jpg

Speaking of "glue" I ordered a Cox Star Cruiser Gas-powered Free-flight UFO from Johnson Smith Co. one summer when I was 13 or so. Remember those ghetto assed ads on the back of your comic books and shit?

It took me more than two months to scrape up the money mowing yards to get it, plus I had to wait and agonizingly long four weeks or so for shipping.

Well, when I finally got it, it had a fuel tank leak. I never was able to keep fuel in it long enough to start the engine. I tried putting a dab of model (and other glue) over the hole, but the corrosive nature of the fuel dissolved the glue.

Plus, it was awkward as hell to connect the glow plug to its .049 engine or tweak its needle valve due to its central location in the fuselage. So, it never flew. I don't know why I never returned it. Guess I didn't want to bother with the shipping hassle. Besides, it flew just fine in my fertile imagination...


I'm thinking the most remembered toy I ever had was a BB gun that took me all summer of mowing lawns, painting mail boxes (great hustle for a $1 back then) and collecting pop bottles along side the road @ 2 cents each.

It was about $18...

A neighbor kid went with me the same day to get one with me also, but his Mom just gave him the money.. WTF! I worked all summer for mine..

For some reason I always knew mine meant more to me than his did to him.. :yesnod:



Speaking of ads on the back of your comic books..

Remember the adds for the X-Ray glasses that could see through clothes?

I never bought any.... but bet BUDXX would have back in the day.. :lol:

[63C2splitter]

I loved my hoop and stick.

[onedef92]

I'm thinking the most remembered toy I ever had was a BB gun that took me all summer of mowing lawns, painting mail boxes (great hustle for a $1 back then) and collecting pop bottles along side the road @ 2 cents each.

It was about $18...

A neighbor kid went with me the same day to get one with me also, but his Mom just gave him the money.. WTF! I worked all summer for mine..

For some reason I always knew mine meant more to me than his did to him.. :yesnod:



Speaking of ads on the back of your comic books..

Remember the adds for the X-Ray glasses that could see through clothes?

I never bought any.... but bet BUDXX would have back in the day.. :lol:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/1_zpsa997c5c9.gif

Yes, Lord! Those Johnson Smith Co. ads are permanently ingrained in my psyche. :yesnod:

[ApexOversteer]

I loved my hoop and stick.

Family Guy - Ball in a cup (video) - YouTube

[Madmikeee]

I had a couple of those. They went pretty high, cool toy :yesnod:

OMG I completely forgot about those. They were the balls!! (Especially when you angled them just enough to hit your friends :leaving:)

[TripleBlack]

Anyone have one of these? They were the shit too :D

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/Mattel-FootballI.jpg

I didn't have one but both my kids did! :yesnod:

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/mEWFYb3AhuRZoD0O6UixYUQ_zps00d7f451.jpg

Remember those toy microscopes you used to get out of Cap'n Crunch Cereal and shit? Those were bomb!

[The_Dude]

All of these fancy toys, but you know, I think these are what I had the most fun with for the longest time.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4zc6AROmZfo/Td0odrbl_dI/AAAAAAAAFGg/tX5rOeGDQoY/s1600/wood-blocks-advanced.jpg

[DukeAllen]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/mEWFYb3AhuRZoD0O6UixYUQ_zps00d7f451.jpg

Remember those toy microscopes you used to get out of Cap'n Crunch Cereal and shit? Those were bomb!

:yesnod: I collected real ones back in the day. Science geek...wonderful toys to expand young minds.

[onedef92]

All of these fancy toys, but you know, I think these are what I had the most fun with for the longest time.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4zc6AROmZfo/Td0odrbl_dI/AAAAAAAAFGg/tX5rOeGDQoY/s1600/wood-blocks-advanced.jpg


http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p102/timeoutny/Live%20Gift%20Guide/CIMG0124.jpg


http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss191/basketofcandles/TOYS/capgun1.jpg


http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p523/SergeantTech-ComDN38416/0ef1eb3a.jpg



Hey, everytime I coaxed my Mamaw into buying me a toy cap pistol, a penny plane, or bag of 100 green army men at Marcum's 10 Cent Store I was happy.

[mrvette]

Way before the little blue pill stole it's name ;)

http://www.eliwhitney.org/sites/default/files/erector-set_0.jpg

I have maybe 3-4 of them in the closet not 20' away.....

10 1/2 Erection sets....

left over from my Lionel train daze, which got started in the mid 70's because I spotted an addy one sunday AM, and so started a hobby that lasted maybe ten years there, my kids and I built a layout in a single bay of my garage....~22' long 11' wide necked down to 8' wide for the control panel/transformers.....5 trains at once.....screaming, .....

sold it all off maybe 20 years ago....preparing to move south....

today, that collection would be worth nothing....

:sadangel:

[ApexOversteer]

I was walking through Toys R Us the other day, and just kept thinking, "Man, I can wait until he gets just a little older, and I get to play with all these awesome toys."

So I'm not the only dad who thinks that. I feel better. :funnier: :funnier:

You know, a good dad would have a certain proficiency with these toys before their children are old enough... it means less breakage and it just makes it easier to teach the children, our future. :D

[Chris Fowler]

Green Machine
http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/media/trus/Aplusplus/2012/12835620/huffy-16-inch-green-machine-junior-12835620-01.jpg

Loved mine!

[ApexOversteer]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/Gen%20II/11894_1000x1000.jpg

Available from Hammacher Schlemmer for just $75K (http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=11894)

[NeedSpeed]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/Gen%20II/11894_1000x1000.jpg

Available from Hammacher Schlemmer for just $75K (http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=11894)


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[Aerovette]

I was the only kid I know with one of these...

http://p1.la-img.com/1109/24875/9059936_2_l.jpg

Side by side launch up to the mountain and the winner was the first motorcycle to come down the single return track.

http://p2.la-img.com/1109/24875/9059936_3_l.jpg
http://www.youbulkit.com/content/images/thumbs/0001996_hot_wheels_rrrumblers_mean_machine.jpeg
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSM4scdRuD6FqTQ29DWOjmDdLiOL2zzXzPgiJTMyH_6wRLOXotvZFdaq7DUzA

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/rsrob1_zps4b3b6bf7.jpg

Rock'em, Sock'em Robots. One of the all-time favorites from the 1960s and '70s.

Marx first introduced this set in 1966. It came in a large display box with a boxing ring scene insert and score cards. Ring measures approx. 15" square. "Red Rocker" & "Blue Bomber" were the two robots names.

Later, in the 1970s, Marx re-introduced the robots. They were the same ring and robots but in a smaller box. You had to put this set together yourself.

[Yamma]

I was the only kid I know with one of these...

http://p1.la-img.com/1109/24875/9059936_2_l.jpg

Side by side launch up to the mountain and the winner was the first motorcycle to come down the single return track.

http://p2.la-img.com/1109/24875/9059936_3_l.jpg
http://www.youbulkit.com/content/images/thumbs/0001996_hot_wheels_rrrumblers_mean_machine.jpeg
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSM4scdRuD6FqTQ29DWOjmDdLiOL2zzXzPgiJTMyH_6wRLOXotvZFdaq7DUzA

never seen that before - that's awesome!!

[onedef92]

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/onedef92/Cool%20Toys/aj-bearded-lightblue-front_zps4920abbf.jpg

Action Jackon was "Mr. Joe Kickass" too! Jackson was an 8" jointed action figure made by Mego and distributed from 1971-1974. He was basically the first widely distributed Mego action figure.

Basically, the idea was you buy an AJ action figure, then buy different outfits to change him into. Sound familiar? You bet! Just like Barbie - but for boys!

Remember that catchy jingle and shit? "Action Jackson is his name! Bold adventure is his game!" :cool:

[onedef92]

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss191/basketofcandles/TOYS/stretch_armstrong.jpg

Stretch Armstrong was another cool toy. That mofo could definitely take a licking and keep on ticking. Once his skin was breeched, though, that was pretty much his noble end. And did anyone ever figure out what the red powdery substance was he was packed with?

We used to pretend it was some freaky, coagulated, powdery blood like out of those corpses in that sci fi movie "The Andromeda Strain" and shit...

[Aerovette]

http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss191/basketofcandles/TOYS/stretch_armstrong.jpg

Stretch Armstrong was another cool toy. That mofo could definitely take a licking and keep on ticking. Once his skin was breeched, though, that was pretty much his noble end. And did anyone ever figure out what the red powdery substance was he was packed with?

We used to pretend it was some freaky, coagulated, powdery blood like out of those corpses in that sci fi movie "The Andromeda Strain" and shit...

According to Wiki...

Stretch Armstrong is made of latex rubber filled with gelled corn syrup, which allows it to retain shape for a short time before shrinking to its original shape.[2] The later 1990s figures had small beads inside them.[Citation Needed]