National Toy Hall of Fame (w/ pictures) What were your favorite toys as a kid?

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[MotleyGirl70]

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[Billthedrill]

I had a "Shoot 'n' Shell" gun for years that I wish I'd retained - remember the swing-out derringer belt buckle that you shot by flexing your tummy? Very cool...

[sig226]

Stratego?

[Cagey]

Fröhliche Weihnachten!

[proud American in Canada]

Something I am giving my daughter this a.m.:

An Easy-Bake Oven!!! :)

Beyond that, the little car we got to drive on our own. It was always a production -- it ran on gas, I think -- so we got to drive it about 2 x per year. :)

[riverdog]

my favorite toys when I was growing up as kid in rural New England before the liberal invasion were a model 39A marlin .22 rifle , a backpack and a Randall Knife.
as a matter of fact as a "grown up" of 50 years old they are STILL my favorite toys!

[FreedomGuru]

"""I had a "Shoot 'n' Shell" gun for years that I wish I'd retained """

Wow, thanks for the memories, I had one of these also, forgot all about it. I also had a 6 shooter w/belt and holster, it had reusuable plastic bullets, that would shoot,but not very accurate. There was a new sheriff in town. Talk about putting an eye out.

[bert]

I'll never forget my first wheel......

[MotleyGirl70]

Jerry hangs up, there's a pounding on the door.

Jerry:  Come in.

More pounding.  Jerry opens the door and Kramer backs in carrying a board game.

Kramer:  Where can I put this?

Jerry:  What is it?

Kramer:  It's Risk, Jerry.  The game of world conquest. (brushing newspapers off
the table with his foot and setting the game board down)  Alright, that's
perfect.

Newman walks in.

Jerry:  Kramer, why do you have to (noticing Newman)  Hello, Newman.

Newman:  Hello, Jerry.  Will he take it?  I gotta go to work.

Jerry:  Take what?

Kramer:  The board, Jerry.  We've been playing at Newman's for six hours but
he's gotta go.

Jerry:  So why don't you leave it at Newman's?

Newman:  I wanted to, he won't let me.

Kramer:  We have to put the board in a neutral place where no one will tamper
with it.

Jerry:  So that's here?

Kramer:  Yes, yes.  You're like Switzerland.

Jerry:  I don't wanna be Switzerland.

Kramer:  Jerry, Newman and I are engaged in a epic struggle for world
domination.  It's winner take all.  People cannot be trusted.

Newman:  Don't look at me.

Kramer:  Oh, I'm looking right at you, big daddy.

Jerry:  Alright, soldier boys, let's fall out.

Kramer:  Alright, so you're gonna look after it?

Jerry:  Yeah, yeah.

Kramer:  Stay strong buddy.

Jerry:  Yeah.

Kramer: Watch it good.

Jerry:  Ok.

[Larry Lucido]

Etch-a-sketch.

But fear not! Just in time for Christmas 2006, here is the Digital Etch-a-sketch!

(As Harmless Teddy Bear said on another thread, that is just wrong!)

[MotleyGirl70]

An Easy-Bake Oven!!! :)

Your daughter will love it. My older sister and I shared one. It's a 'must have' for every little girl.

[tx_eggman]

had a "Shoot 'n' Shell" gun for years that I wish I'd retained - remember the swing-out derringer belt buckle that you shot by flexing your tummy? Very cool...

It shot the same little plastic bullets as my childhood favorite .. the Mattel Fanner 50 ...

[theDentist]

We used to gor "Snurfing"!

[Wormwood]

The best Christmas gift I ever received. Christmas 1983, Ultima II for the Commodore 64.

Eat your heart out, Red Ryder.

[marmar]

Digital Etch-a-sketch! I was wondering if someone would post it.

[xarmydog]

I got a new Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas.Not like the one I had as a kid but,I am just as happy as I was then!

[ushr435]

Mystery Date - Will he be a dream, hmmm, or a dud, ohhh?

[MotleyGirl70]

That we be Stratego

I'll need that in the form of a question, please. lol.

If I played Stragtego with my brother now he'd still beat me.

[potlatch]

Lol, looks like you get the same kind of email I do!!

[devolve]

[potlatch]