I was looking through old photo albums with my mother and found a bunch of me playing with some of my favorite toys. I had Rock 'em' Sock 'em
Robots, Legos, a chemistry kit (where I learned how to make a stink bomb with a pea-sized piece of wax and sulfur in a test tube) and this huge magic set by
Mr. Blackwell or Harry Blackwell (I forgot the actual name) but it had a huge plastic top hat with a load of secret compartments to pull out balls and a fake
bunny rabbit.
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Posts: 4938 (12/31/08 9:00 AM) Registered user |
Lego
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Posts: 2725 (12/31/08 9:08 AM) MESS member |
There was this huge lego competitor named Zakks which had triangular hinge-chips instead of blocks; leave me alone with at least a hundred of these buggers and
I'd be having fun for hours.
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Posts: 646 (12/31/08 9:16 AM) |
two GI Joes and Legos = a gay couple live in West Hollywood Condo
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Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, Atari 2600, Colecovision, Megos, Big Wheel, Megabug Gladiators, Wacky Wallcrawlers and that furry orange worm on a string. I never
did figure out Rubik's Cube.
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Posts: 2727 (12/31/08 9:23 AM) MESS member |
I also had a Real Ghostbusters Peter Venkman action figure.
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Posts: 2518 (12/31/08 9:26 AM) Registered user |
Lincoln Logs (I still love them)
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Posts: 81 (12/31/08 10:01 AM) |
Ooh, I had a Stretch Armstrong too but I was curious about what was inside so I took out a steak knife from my kitchen and cut him open to look at the goo.
Does anyone else remember a toy from the 70's that looked like a bird and when you winded it up and stuck it to a wall or any smooth surface it would climb up about 4 feet then jump off and flap its wings? I can't remember the name of it but I had one. |
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Posts: 8530 (12/31/08 10:10 AM) Registered user |
I've shared this pic of me and my Chrissy doll a few times in OT. She was my fave!
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Posts: 1093 (12/31/08 10:22 AM) |
I had a strech armstrong too, man I wish I still had it!
I liked the creepy crawler machine, to make creepy crawlers. Spirograph, is that what it was called? Where you used these plastic circles to make cool designs, I loved that. I had a baby chrissy too, and a baby alive, baby alive was not one of my favorites but I loved baby Chrissy. Also those dolls with the big eyes and you could pull a string and their eyes changed colors, very 70's but almost like an early Bratz type doll without the hoochie clothing.. I also liked my rock tumbler to make pretty shiney rocks. |
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Posts: 1094 (12/31/08 10:25 AM) |
Almost forgot, I had Starsky and Hutch, dolls/figures, I used to love them and that show, they were shorter than my barbies but my barbies still dated them.
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Posts: 1352 (12/31/08 10:26 AM) Registered user |
Barbie, Playschool people, Weebles- I had the weebles Haunted House!
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Posts: 1355 (12/31/08 10:27 AM) Lost soul |
We had the same gold drapes when I grew up tarzan groupie! When I was really young I had a pink cardboard kitchen set with the dishes and pots and pans, and a
wide assortment of Barbies and other dolls. I inherited my older sister's Chatty Cathy, but didn't play with it too much. The influence must not have
stuck because I hate cooking and never had any kids. When I was a little older my favorite was my bike and Big Wheel.
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Posts: 11645 (12/31/08 10:34 AM) this won't end well.
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guns and small woodland creatures.
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Posts: 15730 (12/31/08 10:39 AM) I want "this won't end well" too. |
Lawn darts and small woodland creatures was more of a challenge.
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dang... wish I'd thought of that.
it's never too late to have a happy childhood. ::goes to look for darts on ebay:: |
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Posts: 8533 (12/31/08 10:50 AM) Registered user |
IFY0USEEKATE wrote: Totally '70's kitsch, isn't it? And notice the ashtray LOL |
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Posts: 50 (12/31/08 10:58 AM) |
StatelyWayneManor wrote:oh i love that stupid toy - they were called Squirmles. And I just found them on line. i may have to buy some now. |
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The 70's baby.....what a great time to be a little girl! |
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