The only toy I ever had was the Mainway Bag-O-Glass
Posted on 09/28/2005 5:58:42 PM PDT by pissant
For many of us, being a child was no picnic. Without the resources to take opulent family vacations, we instead spent our youthful summers painting fences, mowing the lawn, weeding gardens, washing the dogs, cleaning our rooms and picking berries to earn a pocketful of change.
When School started back up in September, the joy of seeing our friends again was quickly doused by the 2 hours of homework each night (Parochial School..ya know).
But the one thing we could rely on to put that spring back in our little feet was the trunk full of TOYS. Yes, those magical toys. Here at the Pissant Institute for Toy History and Youth (PITHY) we've compiled the definitive list of the coolest toys with which we pleasantly whiled away our precious free time. Sorry girls, none of your toys made the list (though a little Pissant did cut the hair off of his sister's Barbie).
Top 7 Childhood Toys
7. Major Matt Mason
The astronaut doll. With space helmut and rocket capsule! Inspired by NASA (or was it David Bowie?)
6. Stretch Armstrong
A goo filled, stretchable man. Good exercise, but the real joy was cutting him open to see what was inside...
5. Little Green Army Men
Countless hours setting up the armies for the ferocious rubber band wars with your brother.
4. Radio Flyer Wagon
The best part was loading 2 into the wagon and heading down a hill, only to realize how poorly they steered!
3. Legos
You could build some pretty nifty forts for your Little Green Army Men
2. Hot Wheels
Oh, the pride from having the fastest car in the neigborhood. Unfortunately, the orange track pieces made a fine whip for mom to beat us with!!
1. Tonka Toys
From the Road Grader to the Steam Shovel. Playing in the dirt and mud was every boys favorite pastime!
Cap gun! Put a roll of red caps in the thing and have at it. They were generally chrome plated and looked like Colt single actions. There were fancy holsters too!
The only toy I ever had was the Mainway Bag-O-Glass
And of course Barbies, and books.
Slime was cool too, although you are probably too old to remember that.
Chatty Cathy
easy bake oven
Shogun Warriors, and any of the Mego action figures of the '70s...JFK
Not really a toy, but my all time favorite was my daisy BB gun
Skittle Bowl
Risk
Avalon Hill Wargames
Anyone remember Chrissy? I got her as a Christmas gift when I was 8. Not a baby doll, but not a Barbie, either, she was bigger than a Barbie but looked more like a teen. She had red hair in a fashionable short bob. Or was it short? Surprise! When you turned a knob on her back, her hair grew longer, down to her ankles (and wound back in). One of my most memorable toys.
Check out this catalog. It has all sorts of oldie-but-goodie toys.
I always wanted a gree-machine, but frowing up rural it was not even practical (dirt roads.) They sure looked cool though. Any Freepers actually have one of the much coveted green-machines? Can't complain to much though as I did have what a lot of city-kids wanted - A Horse!!
LOL...easy mistake. I also had the knob and rod controlled hockey rink where you'd flip the puck around on the miniaturized rink by twisting the controls and sliding the players around on the table. That and the, lame by todays standards, electric vibrating football field. You'd line up your players and turn on the power and hope the guy with the little foam football vibrated his way to a touchdown.
I knew I like you Tax-chick! ;o)
ROFL. My neighbor got pinged in the head with a lawn dart!!!
frowing = growing
I was very happy on my fourth birthday when I got G'Nip G'nop.
I had a Chrissy! I had forgotton about her, and her orange lacy dress!
Lincoln logs.
I remember that doll! I had one, too.
I never had Major Matt, but I had all of the others!
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