Am I so old that they don’t have history for my birth year? No toys back then?
Nope. No toys for us.
We got coal.
And we were glad to get it...
1962. A Stick
The Walkman didn’t make the list? It was the most desirable object of it’s time with several years of upgrades.
What are you old guys complaining about?
You guys had the best toy of all time.
“The stick”
At least you got to play outside.
Yepper, welcome to the club of Old Farts (I have the ID Card!) When we were kids, there was no demographic and thus no commercial thrust for toys that we would buy! I remember the "Gerald McBoing, Boing" book by Dr Suess, why, I really don't know! We were exterior, as an US Army Family, to Zone Interior (USofA) and as such were insulated from the machinations of MADison Avenue.
The one toy I do remember desiring as a child, came from the Sears Toy Catalog, and was the shoe with springs that would enable me to leap tall buildings with a single bound. My Dad sat me down upon the umpteemth expression of this desire to inform me that the shoes would not give me such ability. I regret to say that I willingly believed the ad copy over his sound advice. I still, however, did not get those shoes! Alas!
How lame.
Me either but, who needed toys as a newborn?
You and me both. I think I got a purple stuffed cow back in the olden days. LOL
No toys for us older folks back then. We played with sticks and rocks, remember?
Same here. Too old . I had a cat, I think. Does that count as a toy?
One of my favorites was around 1970/71. I believe it was just called Lunar Lander. A balloon with Lunar Lander looking cage attached to the bottom. You had a joy stick that controlled a fan. Basically you would control the fan to lift the balloon move it a few feet and land it on a table or what not. Even the adults liked playing with it.
We were deprived :(