What were/are your favorite toys?

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The discussion revolves around nostalgic memories of childhood toys, with participants sharing their favorites and reminiscing about their experiences. Popular toys mentioned include classic items like Superballs, Lincoln Logs, Etch A Sketch, Lego, Barbie, and board games such as Monopoly and Scrabble. Many participants express fondness for toys that allowed creativity, like Creepy Crawlers and Erector Sets, while others recall the joy of simpler toys like Slinkys and Play-Doh.The conversation also touches on the playful rivalry between siblings, with anecdotes about toy destruction and sibling pranks, highlighting the sometimes tumultuous but humorous nature of childhood interactions. Participants reflect on the evolution of toys, comparing past favorites to modern options, and express a sense of nostalgia for the more hands-on, imaginative play of their youth. The thread concludes with light-hearted banter about the nature of play and the enduring appeal of classic toys, suggesting a longing for the carefree days of childhood.
  • #61
Ivan Seeking said:
Uncle Miltons Ant Farm anyone? Not a toy but a favorite. I was really into the S. Ca, large, red ants. Potato bug ant wars were also great fun!

I caught my first boyfriend in Kindergarten when I helped him catch bugs for his bug jar (he had a very elaborate looking plastic one, not just a mayonaisse jar with some holes poked in the lid). :approve:
(Yeah, I guess I started pretty young).
 
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  • #62
Ivan Seeking said:
What did the bull say when asked why the cows all fell over but not him.

"We-bulls wobble but we don't fall down."
:smile:

I had an ant farm! Do they sell those anymore?
 
  • #63
Moonbear said:
Are you sure you were a girl? :-p
LOL! :smile: Just a southern redneck girl. Fireworks could be bought about 10 minutes away just north of the state line.
 
  • #64
Evo said:
:smile:

I had an ant farm! Do they sell those anymore?

They DO! I saw them in the store today too...Uncle Milton's Ant Farm, so even the same brand! I decided I need to be patient and wait another few years before my nephew will appreciate that as a gift.
 
  • #65
Slingshots were fun.

Who here (as a child) had a

- microscope

-telescope

-invisible man or woman model that they built
 
  • #66
Evo said:
:smile:

I had an ant farm! Do they sell those anymore?
Wait til next summer, Evo, and I'll send you all the ants you want!
 
  • #67
Evo said:
...

-invisible man or woman model that they built

I had an invisible dog. A boxer, I think the breed was. The outer skin was clear plastic. I obsessed over what color to paint the various organs. :biggrin:

You know, some websites use a flaming pie (?) icon to indicate an ultra-hot thread.
 
  • #68
Math Is Hard said:
Wait til next summer, Evo, and I'll send you all the ants you want!
Don't forget skunks will take care of that problem!
 
  • #69
Evo said:
Slingshots were fun.

Who here (as a child) had a

- microscope

-telescope

-invisible man or woman model that they built

I had a microscope. Didn't understand the concept of stuff needing to be really thin to let enough light through to see it. It was an old one, one my dad had from when he was a kid, with a mirror instead of a lamp. I should ask my mom if she still has it around somewhere...it would be cool to display in my office now.
 
  • #70
Thinking about my childhood reminded me of "fizzies", fruit flavored carbonated tablets that you dropped into a glass of water to make a drink.

I don't remember the invisible dog. :frown: I would have liked one.
 
  • #71
Evo said:
Thinking about my childhood reminded me of "fizzies", fruit flavored carbonated tablets that you dropped into a glass of water to make a drink.

Sounds like Alka Seltzer. :smile: I was in the Pop Rocks generation.
 
  • #72
Moonbear said:
Sounds like Alka Seltzer. :smile: I was in the Pop Rocks generation.
You kids missed out on some neat stuff. :biggrin:
 
  • #73
Evo said:
Slingshots were fun.

Who here (as a child) had a

- microscope

-telescope

-invisible man or woman model that they built
When I was 10, my aunt bought me an "edu science" set. It came with a microscope and a telescope. The telescope was powerful enough to see craters on the moon. But both aren't that powerful though.
 
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  • #74
play doh when I was about 6 or younger, but I was all about lego up until 6th grade. lol
Lego is THE BEST toy ever.
 
  • #75
Fizzies were AWESOME! :biggrin: So were Pixie Stix.

Anyone mention Operation yet?

Jacks, jump rope, bike, skateboard, any surfboard I could get my hands on.
 
  • #76
Moonbear said:
I caught my first boyfriend in Kindergarten when I helped him catch bugs for his bug jar (he had a very elaborate looking plastic one, not just a mayonaisse jar with some holes poked in the lid). :approve:
(Yeah, I guess I started pretty young).

Once you've played doctor, jacks just never seemed as interesting.

I got my first kiss from a pretty girl while under the pig at nursery school; from Donna Butler. [I can't believe I still remember her name. It must have been love]. :!)
 
  • #77
GI Joe was by far my favorite toys. I had so many different guys as well as numerous vehicles. Great times!
 
  • #78
Evo said:
My absolute favorite was my Flinstone playset, it was the entire town of Bedrock, it was in mint condition until I gave it to my kids to play with and they destroyed it. :cry:

Haha... I remember that thing! It had the big plastic mat that had all the roads and grass, and you put the plastic "rock" houses in the lots... and yeah.

I don't remember destroying it, though. Lies! It's all lies!
 
  • #79
meowxorz said:
Haha... I remember that thing! It had the big plastic mat that had all the roads and grass, and you put the plastic "rock" houses in the lots... and yeah.

I don't remember destroying it, though. Lies! It's all lies!

Just blame it on your little sister. :biggrin:
 
  • #80
Hi Evo's daughter! I was out of town when you first popped in.

We all love your mom.
 
  • #81
...and some of the stories that we have heard about you are just too much to believe! You have a lot to explain.

:biggrin:
 
  • #82
Eeeh... well, I guess I'll have to address each anecdote as it arises. But for now I'll just go with "innocent until proven guilty."
 
  • #83
One of my favorites was a game called Run Yourself Ragged. I just looked it up and apparently, it's now sold as "Screwball Scramble".
 
  • #84
meowxorz said:
Eeeh... well, I guess I'll have to address each anecdote as it arises. But for now I'll just go with "innocent until proven guilty."
All I know is that I can only find a few pieces. The mat vanished. :cry:
 
  • #85
Remind me not to go to sleep in the middle of a conversation. You guys added 4 pages to this thread rather quickly. Here's a good make it yourself toy. Long cardboard tube carpeting comes on, inner tube, nails, walnuts. You want an amazing slingshot here it is.
Ivan, you kissed Donna Butler under the pig too? Actually my first was Teresa Jones. We were forced to kiss behind the school and I went the rest of my life with feelings for her. 4th grade-kiss, 6th grade dance, senior prom, sex after graduation about once a year for the first 5 years. It's probably a good thing she's a thousand miles away, she was trouble. I always remember her as the cute 4th grader, no matter how much she's changed. And I refuse to call her Jeff now.
 
  • #86
Evo said:
Slingshots were fun.

Who here (as a child) had a

- microscope

-telescope

-invisible man or woman model that they built
All of the above

My most anticipated toy was a Cap Gun for my birthday, since it was just a few days before the 4th of July, I was armed and ready!

There are lots of memories in this Thread!

Gokart & Forts! OMG

My best friend (our backyards were joined at a corner only, of course the field/orchard which we had to cut through to get back and forth was owned by the neighborhood witch, but that is another story!) Ok, now back to my friend! His dad was a logger/mechanic/inventor/drunk who had a shop stuffed full of amazing mechanical junk. Our go-carts started as EVO described boards with wheels (guess where we found some old soap box derby wheel!) we eventually went motorized with motors found in that wonderfully old shop!) Our neighborhood was a boys dream land, we lived at the top of a bluff, down one street was a steep hill with a 90 degree corner (or into the driveway and front door of a Ma and Pa Brady style shack).

Oh yeah, Forts! as I said my Buddy's dad was collector of amazing junk, this included a pile of 10'-12' long edges of "peeler cores" a peeler core is what is left of a log that has been peeled into veneer for manufacture of plywood. So someone must have squared off a bunch of these leaving boards were flat on side and radiused on the other. We used this to make forts of all sizes and shapes, these were forts could hold off attacks of dirt clods, apples, and well the imagination was king.. God what fun we had.


EDIT: Oh yeah, I think my buddy should be considered for co-inventor of the skate board. The first I ever hear or saw of one was a 2x4 and an old pair of skates (the key was long gone!) This was somewhere between 1960 and '63. I was never able to master them but Everette Alan was a master.
 
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  • #87
Integral said:
Gokart & Forts! OMG

EDIT: Oh yeah, I think my buddy should be considered for co-inventor of the skate board. The first I ever hear or saw of one was a 2x4 and an old pair of skates (the key was long gone!) This was somewhere between 1960 and '63. I was never able to master them but Everette Alan was a master.
I have not seen a single kid in this neighborhood attempt to build anything, ever. I rarely even see a kid outside anymore.
 
  • #88
Evo said:
I have not seen a single kid in this neighborhood attempt to build anything, ever. I rarely even see a kid outside anymore.
Same here, I guess I just grew up in a different era. 99% of my childhood memories are outside. Few involve store bought toys.

I was lucky to be brought up in, as I already said, a kid wonderland. Not in the country, but not in a city, open land and even a nearby river for fishing and swimming. If I could do it over again I don't think I'd change a thing.
 
  • #89
I only had a lump of coal to play with when I was a child :frown:
 
  • #90
jcsd said:
I only had a lump of coal to play with when I was a child :frown:
In my neighborhood that would have become a projectile!
 

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