[DallasBiff]

Tonight's episode was about Jenga and Tetris.

Jenga I could care less about, Tetris, along with Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, I spent my hard earned quarters in the machines.

[KC_Conspirator]

The Purple Saguaro?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

If they had only kept those Remington’s in the original plastic packaging, they would be worth millions!

[mewzilla]

I was thinking Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, erector sets...

[9YearLurker]

GI Joe.

[fruser1]

The toys that built America are all banned now.

It's all part of the decline.

[Ezekiel]

The Toys That Built America

"May the Schwartz be with You"

Adorable..

[Chainmail]

You're too young: we had Mattel crank-fired cap machine guns and Daisy pop rifles (and a neighbor's souvenir Japanese rifle) to play war with and we build Speedee-Bilt and Jigtime flying models and rocket-powered models using Jetex reloadable rocket motors. The chemistry sets had real chemicals and we made really interesting (and dangerous) stuff with them and if you had connections, we could get Hammerheads and Cherry Bombs to really shake things up.

Today's toys are sanitized, gender-neutral, and boring.

[imardmd1]

For me, hors and hours wit the second-hand Gilbert Erector set that Grandma and Grandpa gave me (my Dad and Mom simply could not afford one); and when i got tired of it, the Chemistry set.

On a later Christmas, a Chemcraft array of bbeakers, graduated cylinders, test tubes, and chemicals, but a little disappointing for lack of potassium nitrate that had been in the Gilbert one, with instructions. But from it, I learned how to make ammonium iodide that helped satisfy my need for excitement!

My Nurse Practitioner sister never forgot the little Doctor kit that I gave her in her pre-teen years, that made all her playmate friends her patients.

It's so amazing how those early influences affected our lives and careers!

[NetAddicted]

Read later.

[4yearlurker]

Me and my brother got the first Hot Wheels set one Christmas. It was 1969 (I think) We loved it and had lots of fun. Also I remember the first Mouse Trap and Operation games too. A few years back I bought a Mouse Trap game in its original box for a dollar. To my surprise it was all there in good shape. The grand kids love it!

[LS]

Sir Harold Evans had a great series in 2006 called “They Made America.” (Yes, the guy married to Tina (”New Yorker”) Brown. You won’t find a more pro-American, patriotic series EXCEPT the first two episodes of Russell Simmons and Ted Turner, each a half hour. (I spoke to Sir Harry around 2008 and he insisted those were added after he put the series together and had never even seen them, let alone produced them).

Otherwise, the episodes are about 20 minutes, and his episode on Ruth Handler’s Barbie is an absolute joy. Strong woman, great business sense, amazing toy that captured girls’ imagination.

[caver]

Great show!

[Conan the Librarian]

I am waiting for an episode on Tactics, Tactics II, PanzerBlitz, Squad Leader, and Advanced Squad Leader.

[rxh4n1]

Remco army toys, Matchbox, Corgi, and Tootsie Toys miniature vehicles; Minitanks, Kenner Girder and Panel, Aurora HO slot cars, Tonka, Erector Set, Flintstones Building Boulders (the Styrofoam squeaking was awful), Lionel HO trains.