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What toy(s) every child should have?
Posted on 06/28/2018 5:55:26 PM PDT by MNDude
Everyone has a memory of their favorite toys they grew up with. Which toy or toys do you think every child should grow up without? GI Joes for boys? A doll for girls? what do you think?
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To: MNDude
Junkyard-refrigerator playhouse.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:34:25 PM PDT
by
fruser1
To: MNDude
Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army)
And G.I Joes. Lots of them.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:34:28 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
To: MNDude
A crystal radio. Get a 100 ft coil of copper wire for the antenna.
An Erector Set. Or the modern equivalent, enroll the kid in a local “Maker” place and build real mechatronic stuff.
For teen boys, they need to protect the most important weapon of all. Trojans will do.
To: MNDude
Don’t forget Pick Up Stix. We had a lot of family fun with those.
To: txnativegop
A Tonka dump truck. When I was about two years old, my favorite toy was a ride-on dump truck. I don't know if it was a Tonka or another brand but it could've been a Buddy L. I also had a very large Olive Drab Tonka U. S. Army dump truck that had a air cylinder to operate the dump box. I imagine it would be worth a couple of bucks now. Also, my father was an electrician in Detroit where we lived and he used to set up stores for a company named Wisconsin Toy and Novelty Company. Every Christmas season, they would open toy stores named Union Co-op Toy Sale in Detroit. Only union members could shop there and I helped my dad set up the stores with the register drops and alarm photo-cells. I literally had my pick of any of the returned toys that could not be salvaged. I had the complete set of G.I. Joe nationalities, including the German soldier, the Japanese soldier, the Australian soldier, the British soldier, and the French soldier, who wore a beret and sweater. They would be worth some pretty big bucks now if they were still around.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:36:53 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: MNDude
Books, a climbing tree, a dog, walkie talkies
To: SkyDancer
I still have my father's single shot .22, and each of my kids learned to shoot with a bb gun and then that .22 before they moved on to other firearms.
That's not mine, but it's almost the same - a simple classic.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:38:06 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: PAR35
I hit an WHOLE roll of caps with a big sledge hammer when I was 8. On the garage concrete floor. I think that was the day my tinnitus started. Ears are still ringing.
To: MNDude
Lincoln Logs and an Erector Set...and a Slinky.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:39:09 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: dfwgator
Did you say log?
To: gigster
Also, Cox .049 Gas-powered cars and airplanes with the smelly fuel and glow-plugs. I had a dune buggy and a programmable Van.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:44:32 PM PDT
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Sounds like good fun. I never used anything bigger than a regular 16 ounce hammer.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:44:41 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: MNDude
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:46:15 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: gigster
I wished I still had the toys from my youth, but oh well . . .
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:47:09 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: MNDude
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:47:39 PM PDT
by
semaj
(U\)
To: MNDude
Legos, Art Supplies (including sidewalk chalk), Puzzles, easy family games like Uno, Old Maid, Memory, Sorry, Connect 4 ...
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:49:21 PM PDT
by
twyn1
To: PAR35
I used a regular claw hammer then got the “AHA!” moment to go all the way. I still remember how loud that explosion was. I’m surprised the neighbors didn’t come running and the fire department didn’t show up.
To: Chainmail; heartwood
Hells yeah to the Legos and the Estes rockets.
They have Legos for girls now. 3 different shades of pink. Its crazy.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:49:47 PM PDT
by
T-Bone Texan
(Get off my lawn and GTFO of my country.)
To: All
Every boy should have a Mattel Fanner 50 and holster....
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:51:36 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Lawn Darts, Thing Maker,Wood Burning Set, Ronco Glass Bottle Cutting Tool, BB Guns, Time Bomb, Chemistry Set (for black powder), Hammer & Saw AND Stingraw Bike with Bannana Seat.
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posted on
06/28/2018 6:51:50 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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