How many of these toys did you know about as a kid?
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60stoys.html
Come on! Be honest. We're all old farts here!
I had about 8 of those items.... including the vintage rotary desk phone, in black, which is still in use in my workshop!
What the heck, those were all GIRLIE toys. I had toy firearms up till I was allowed to go hunting with my father which was around 10 years of age.
The toy firearms in those days looked like the real thing. Not the crap they put out for the girlie boys we have now. There were toy machine guns mounted on tripods, cannons that shot projectiles 30 ft. turretts with twin .30 cal machine guns, missle silos, nuclear subs that shot torpedos and missles, plastic knives you could practically kill someone with. Tripwire gernades with caps, and handgernades. Ahhh, those were the days that shaped boys minds toward manly things. ;D ;)
I had rocks.
Ok, just kidding. GI Joe, the original...hell yes! Tons of accessories, a locker filled with uniforms and weapons (kinda like Jarhead's house, no doubt!). A couple of the land vehicles. The accessory I wanted the most I never got, but there was a Gemini space capsule for your GI Joe astronaut. Seriously cool!
Legos, a phonograph record player, God knows how many Matchbox cars...the Spirograph was one of the few things my sister and I both played with. The Hot Wheels racing set had an additional bonus in that you and a sibling could each take a piece of the plastic track and swordfight (pre-Nerf days), beating the crap out of each other before Mom yelled for us to go outside.
I played with roughly half the toys listed on there, although I only actually owned a few of them. I had a bunch of Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, of course, and our family owned the CandyLand game.
However, for me, Legos easily dominates that list. Between your standard Basic sets, a bunch of Space and Star Wars sets, and a few City sets, I easily own (yes, present tense!) over 10,000 bricks.
Quote from: Martok on February 18, 2012, 03:50:02 PM
... I easily own (yes, present tense!) over 10,000 bricks.
>:( I'd have about the same if my mother had not given (not even sold! :P ) them all away when I was gone for my first year of university!!!!
Ihad had a fewof them, but my fav was the GI Joe jeep with the recoiless rifle. I loved that thing man ! I used to fill up the jeep and trailer with my GI Joes and Big Jim's - remember those !
OK, look, I wasn't born 'til 72, but I did play with a handful of those things - either in updated form or with ones laying around family houses.
Spirograph
GI Joe
Ideal Printing Press
Mousetrap
Legos
Commodore Amiga 500
Quote from: Keunert on February 29, 2012, 02:36:55 PM
Commodore Amiga 500
My first computer was the Commodore 64. When my brother gave me his Commodore 128 I thought I was in heaven 8)
You guys have me there - the first PC I used in any serious fashion was an 8086 with the groovy 5.25 drives.
My first computer my Dad and I bought was a Sinclair ZX80 1 kb of RAM. We splurged and bought the 16KB RAM upgrade for $200!
First computer I bought was a Commodor C64 with a cassette drive! Later added a floppy drive. Used that to the end of University, even writing my 4th year project on it....
Had one of these when I was just a lad. The great Mighty Mo Howitzer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svet_A0I65w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svet_A0I65w)
This was a game I use to play with my dad.
Sonar Sub Hunt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD-URVTvEyE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD-URVTvEyE)
These were the toy guns that I played with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8ex_Ems2o&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8ex_Ems2o&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCTJlADySQ&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCTJlADySQ&feature=related)
Anybody have the Big Jim Karate Studio ?
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or the Big Jim Sky Centre ?
http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2009/01/retro-toy-flashback-84-big-jim-sky.html
Or the GI Joe Training Centre
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or my fav - the GI Joe HQ
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51940189@N04/5600910446/
^ I remember the Field Training Center. They just don't seem to make toys like that anymore.
looks like Epee1 wins this competition. i had lots of Playmobil, mostly castles and knights. they constantly fought the us cavallery.
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Keunert,
I was extremely sick growing up, and in the hosptial constantly. I was given toys and books by all kinds of family members growing up who were very concerned as to whether I wold make it to being a teenager. Especially my grandpa, whom I miss dearly.
Sounds like you had a supportive family environment Dude !
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Oh...my...shit... I forgot all about these dudes - wasn't it Andy the Astronaut or something like that ? I had a bluish coloured robot and moon buggy too ! Ahhh.... the memories :)
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Yeah - that its Billy Blastoff - how could I forget that ! Kewl !
I had Billy Blastoff, lol! I was trying to remember the name of the toy. Nice find.
I had one of these eagles once - wish I hadda kept it now !
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That was a TV show? Cool toy.
Yes - another Gerry Anderson classic ! The nosecone and the rocket thrusters on the back used to come off so you could make a small little shuttle.....ahhhh.... the memories !
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Quote from: Keunert on March 02, 2012, 08:35:59 AM
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And here I thought he was going to say "dynamite" or something.
Quote from: Steelgrave on February 29, 2012, 02:38:02 PM
Quote from: Keunert on February 29, 2012, 02:36:55 PM
Commodore Amiga 500
My first computer was the Commodore 64. When my brother gave me his Commodore 128 I thought I was in heaven 8)
My first was a 128. :P
Quote from: MIGMaster on February 24, 2012, 01:29:02 PM
Ihad had a fewof them, but my fav was the GI Joe jeep with the recoiless rifle. I loved that thing man ! I used to fill up the jeep and trailer with my GI Joes and Big Jim's - remember those !
I had lots of GI Joe stuff and some Big Jim as well! A neighbour had a GI Joe Jeep (circa 1970) with a .50 cal. It was awesome! Another kid had a GI Joe space capsule, also friggen awesome!
From the original list on the website, I also had:
the Matchbox car city
Legos
Viewmaster 3D
a Lionel train set
Spirograph
lots and lots of Hotwheels & tracks
I also had lots of these space toys and action figures from the mid-late 1960s. I don't remember the name of them, but I loved 'em!
Quote from: Epee1 on February 29, 2012, 08:52:27 PM
Had one of these when I was just a lad. The great Mighty Mo Howitzer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svet_A0I65w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svet_A0I65w)
Cool!
Quote from: Epee1 on February 29, 2012, 08:59:43 PM
These were the toy guns that I played with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8ex_Ems2o&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g8ex_Ems2o&feature=related)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCTJlADySQ&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCTJlADySQ&feature=related)
I used to have a black snub nose revolver like that six-shooter. But that Gung-Ho commando stuff... WOW!!!
Quote from: Keunert on March 01, 2012, 05:31:21 AM
looks like Epee1 wins this competition. i had lots of Playmobil, mostly castles and knights. they constantly fought the us cavallery.
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Looks awesome! A friend had lots of Playmobil stuff, but nothing that cool!
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 02, 2012, 10:33:40 AM
I also had lots of these space toys and action figures from the mid-late 1960s. I don't remember the name of them, but I loved 'em!
Found it!
Major Matt Mason!!
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I had them too ! I feel like I'm going back in time..................... cue going back in time music
My greatest love was Legos.
I can remember when we finally got Legos angled at 45 degrees. That was huge.
I used to build spaceships with them and then draw the blueprints on graph paper.
Guess maybe I should have been a naval architect of something.
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 02, 2012, 10:43:11 AM
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 02, 2012, 10:33:40 AM
I also had lots of these space toys and action figures from the mid-late 1960s. I don't remember the name of them, but I loved 'em!
Found it!
Major Matt Mason!!
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Me too! Did you have the zipline jetpack? Only problem was the wire in the Major's joints quickly broke rendering him poseless. :(
I didn't have Lego or Mechano sets but was the proud owner of a Girders and Panel construction kit. I wonder why I never became an engineer?
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Quote from: LongBlade on March 02, 2012, 11:34:05 AM
My greatest love was Legos.
Same. Transformers were a close second for me (at the time), but Legos were so damn versatile that they won out in the end.
I was always building spaceships, complete with detachable fighter craft and land vehicles. In addition, I loved building "Transformers" (of my own design), including so-called "combiner" teams. Hard to believe now I did all that!
I had this Shogun Warrior and bought all the comics:
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GI Joe was number one for me. Transformers and LEGO were up there, but it was all about Joe. It didn't hurt that a few friends also had a crap ton of GI Joe stuff. We would pick someone's basement and begin these absolutely epic battles that went on for weeks. Hundreds of Joe and Cobra characters, tanks, jets, helicopters, the aircraft carrier, EVERYTHING. Led to some interesting discussions...
Mom : Why are there strings going everywhere?
Me : DON'T TOUCH THOSE, MOM! My special ops guys need those zip lines to get behind his base!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom1231/232292157/
Anyone have any of the Marx Playsets? Got the Robin Hood set when was about eight and it sold me on miniatures. Loved the big size of the Marx figures, over two inches in height.
Then when the TV show, "The Untouchables" hit it big, Marx brought out a play set for that.
Really kind of odd to put Al Capone and Frank Nitti into a kids playset.
My favorite figure was the gangster who was shot and his pistol was dropping out of his fingers.
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 02, 2012, 10:43:11 AM
Quote from: Centurion40 on March 02, 2012, 10:33:40 AM
I also had lots of these space toys and action figures from the mid-late 1960s. I don't remember the name of them, but I loved 'em!
Found it!
Major Matt Mason!!
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Nice find! I got the Major and the round bubble thingie one Christmas. Anything space or sci-fi always caught my attention.
Great idea for a thread.
Here's just one of the toys I had as a kid. Believe it or not I never had the actual action figure. But I put this puppy to good use in other ways.
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Quote from: LongBlade on March 02, 2012, 11:34:05 AM
My greatest love was Legos.
I can remember when we finally got Legos angled at 45 degrees. That was huge.
I used to build spaceships with them and then draw the blueprints on graph paper.
Guess maybe I should have been a naval architect of something.
I should take a shot of the current lego assemblies I've got on the display case behind me at this moment. I played when I was young, and I play now to stay young. (And poor. Damn they aren't cheap.)
I promise I post this not to torture you, LB. The link is a youtube video of construction of a stealth submersible aircraft carrier in Lego as a college application to the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The guy got in, btw.
(ok, I don't know how to embed youtube)
http://youtu.be/RpZPtgFOKes
Quote from: meadbelly on June 07, 2012, 09:32:34 AM
I promise I post this not to torture you, LB. The link is a youtube video of construction of a stealth submersible aircraft carrier in Lego as a college application to the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The guy got in, btw.
(ok, I don't know how to embed youtube)
http://youtu.be/RpZPtgFOKes
Awesome. Now I'm aroused.
I think this probably condemns me to some knobby plastic ledge in nerd heaven (if I'm lucky), but I've built custom lego sets to use in my Shadowrun, Traveller, and GURPS campaigns. As recently as this year.
Spaceships for Traveller (the Strong Persuader), combat and civilian vehicles for Shadowrun, and Martian ground and v/tol craft for GURPS Moderns.
I'm currently contemplating building a lego 3d DnD dungeon. I've already got some trolls and ork lego minis, but the LOTR sets are going to be a big help for mobs.
Shout out for Girders and Panels! I had a whole drawer filled with those! And shout out for the Six Million Dollar Man spacecraft that W8 posted. I had that, too. There was G.I. Joe and Legos. Board games. Matchbox and Hot Wheels. ALL that stuff!
Quote from: meadbelly on June 08, 2012, 01:28:01 AM
I think this probably condemns me to some knobby plastic ledge in nerd heaven (if I'm lucky), but I've built custom lego sets to use in my Shadowrun, Traveller, and GURPS campaigns. As recently as this year.
Spaceships for Traveller (the Strong Persuader), combat and civilian vehicles for Shadowrun, and Martian ground and v/tol craft for GURPS Moderns.
I'm currently contemplating building a lego 3d DnD dungeon. I've already got some trolls and ork lego minis, but the LOTR sets are going to be a big help for mobs.
I really hope you have some pictures of some of those that you have made. I know I would like to see them, they sound awesome!
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we had several of these, basically the only 'game time' i shared with my father. he helped me and my brother building it and then we went to fly it by pulling it up with a thin fisher cord.
the only technical equipment on it was a timer that prevented it from flying endless. still we lost one once.
Tonka trucks back when they were made of metal and covered with lead paint.
Bolt action 1903 style rifle with the fake shell and the working metal bolt
GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip
I STILL have the Marx Fort Apache playset at my parent's basement
http://www.thestrong.org/online-collections/nmop/1/32/93.923 (http://www.thestrong.org/online-collections/nmop/1/32/93.923)
Also still have these:
Legos. No minifigs, no special scifi-looking pieces, just bricks, wheels, and clear parts at a 450 angle.
Before that, mud and sticks. And rocks.
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 12, 2012, 08:54:33 PM
Legos. No minifigs, no special scifi-looking pieces, just bricks, wheels, and clear parts at a 450 angle.
Before that, mud and sticks. And rocks.
and a pet gopher on a twine leash....
Quote from: Windigo on November 13, 2012, 11:28:18 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 12, 2012, 08:54:33 PM
Legos. No minifigs, no special scifi-looking pieces, just bricks, wheels, and clear parts at a 450 angle.
Before that, mud and sticks. And rocks.
and a pet gopher on a twine leash....
Now you're just projecting...
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 13, 2012, 07:20:52 PM
Quote from: Windigo on November 13, 2012, 11:28:18 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 12, 2012, 08:54:33 PM
Legos. No minifigs, no special scifi-looking pieces, just bricks, wheels, and clear parts at a 450 angle.
Before that, mud and sticks. And rocks.
and a pet gopher on a twine leash....
Now you're just projecting...
LMAO... I am soooo fucking busted on that one +2
... and it was a baby porcupine
We collected a bounty for gopher (Richardson's Ground Squirrel) tails.
You could have amazing "gopher fights" with the gophers on the strings
you snared them with. After they were put to death the bounty went
to buy those 48 cent boxes of airfix 1/72 soldiers from the hobby shop.
Took a lot of tails though. When we lived in USA i got several hundred Marx
plastic figures. Back around the turn of the century my Mom found them
and without telling me sold them to their paper boy for a couple of bucks.
I told her what they were worth and she said in Mom fashion 'Tough shit."
cheers
I had one GI Joe Action figure, the Hot Wheels City, the games Mouse Trap and CandyLand, and a Spirograph at the very least. I never got the Spirograph to work, I'll admit...