Posted on 09/28/2005 5:58:42 PM PDT by pissant
LOL, my sisters and I had the GI Joe (my mom, always the conservative!) with scuba accessories. Our Barbies swam with Joe. I'll be he liked that! And we built with Lincoln Logs all the time. Houses for Barbies.
the goo inside was corn syrup...supposedly you could rip his skin and place a bandage on it and it would "heal" cool huh?
1) One large nerf ball plus one wire hanger bent into a circle. Pinch the hanger between the top of an interior door and the door frame....instant basketball, even when it's below zero outside!
2) Spirograph
These were daytime toys. the rest of the stuff, Army men, Legos, Hot Wheels were evening toys.......left on the floor to toughen up Dad's feet.
We had scads of them. My sisters and I. And we played with them, too. We had lots of 'boy toys'.
My uncles worked in Detroit, in the car industry. So we had all the coolest, newest model toy cars. Pull back racers, too. I wish my mom had saved them.
I never really liked Barbie that much, but I remember the Samantha doll and her beautiful dress (I didn't get one either). I remember having a Chatty Cathy when I was little...she talked in a really disjointed voice, but I loved her :)
oh yeah. battle creek michigan cereal toys.
lots o fun
They still make and sell the green army men. We get ours at the Dollar Store. My 8 and 11 year olds love playing with them...and I can easily and affordably replenish the troops if our dog gets ahold of any.
I loved my etch-a-sketch, and a set of blocks my Grandpa made from bits of spare wood, brightly painted. And Play-doh.
Oh, I know! And a good thing. For a while, they were hard to find, but now, everywhere! I bought some for my nephew, 4. My sister didn't want him to have them, so I saved them. But he turned everything into guns and army guys, so she acquiesed.
They sell cowboys and Indians too!!! And the boys make Lego forts and teepees out of computer paper :)...I love the dollar store!
Now that I see this in print, I now know why my house is such a wreck...
I can still remember the smell of those insects you could make
Best toy I ever had was a large cardboard box left over from the delivery of a refridgerator. Turned it into a Mark V army tank.
Second best was Mr. Robot. Took him apart and reassembled him. Never worked quite the same after that.
Third best: the Erection Set.
It would be interesting to compare some of the older toys to the new version to see how they have adapted to try to prevent lawsuits.
That's all I'll add... ;)PaMom
I love legos! I would still enjoy them! Your boys are young enough, these toys are finally back (and you can 'help' with the legos, too!). For a number of years, it was impossible, ok very hard, to find cowboy hats and Indian headdresses. All PC and such. It was enough to find the errant sword! I remember my older nephew, now almost 11. My sister insisted no guns or army men. She's come around.
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