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Old 05-15-2013, 8:31pm   #61
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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 )
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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!

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Old 05-15-2013, 9:04pm   #64
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I had a Haro. Similar to this
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Also had one of these
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Old 05-15-2013, 9:50pm   #67
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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
I still have one TCR car, the Ferrari 308GTB.
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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.
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Also had one of these
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.
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Lincoln Logs and Erector sets.
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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.
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Old 05-15-2013, 11:35pm   #72
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This. I still have it in the attic, with all the figures.


Runner up. Wi$h I $till had thi$ one.


and


And the one I died waiting for when they first came out. Still have the figures.
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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.
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Proton packs kicked ass....
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Way before the little blue pill stole it's name

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