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!
Yes, definitely the green army men. My bearded GI Joe with the scuba accessories and fake shark was great plus my Lincoln Logs and Rockem Sockem Robots. Those were all great
That big frikkin top with the metal screw top you would pump up and down...man I loved that! BTW I didn't see any girl toys in that lists.
I had a Thompson sub-machine cap gun and a bazooka that lauched little blue payloads.
They were the best.
Army men! My brother and I had green, blue, and gray men, so we could have three-sided battles if we had a friend over.
Damn! I forgot about Rockem Sockem Robots!!!!
Lawn Darts. My grandparents bought those for me when I was seven. It took them about 1 minute to realize how dangerous they were. The lawn darts disappeared.
I remember this one fondly...
http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=24
You mean boys toys don't you?
You mean boys toys don't you?
You could get hip-mo-tized watching that top!!
Sorry, I didn't play with any girls toys. LOL
Slinky
Remco Frogman
Mattel Derringer Belt Buckle
Lincoln Logs
Hula Hoop
I got one at 11 and gave one to my kid when he was 9, so it's a childhood toy.
So9
yeah, i always got underwear for Christmas...but Fruit of the Loom was a LOT more fun than Haynes ... wheeee!
When I was a kid we would go on field-trips to the Tonka toy factory. It was the best dang trip ever. You got a free dune-buggy at the end!
Nancy, Robin, Grace, etc...
Flexie, for sure.
I had a wrist-rocket slingshot. Birds hated me! LOL
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