[MotleyGirl70]

Etch-A-Sketch and Weebles are where it's at. :)

[general_re]

Weebles are where it's at. :)

I got mine to fall down once. I hit it with my dad's hammer - I should sue the Weebles people for false advertising ;)

[Xenalyte]

And don't forget the Fisher-Price people!

[Revelation 911]

Etch-A-Sketch and Weebles are where it's at. :)

no way - corgi batmobile model #267 (1966 version) - now THAT was a toy ! -lets not forget lincoln logs, erector sets and Evil Knievel stunt motorcycle with action figure, Stretch Armstrong, and Duncan yo yo's

[jenny65]

Etch-A-Sketch rocked, but TINKERTOYS were the best. My grandma would buy a new can every summer (this was in the 70's), so we had a HUGE box of them in the attic to build some monsterous stuff. My brother was the best at it. He'd build whole amusment parks in the flower garden.

A lot of them got lost in the back yard. Every time my grandpa would mow the lawn, he'd invariably hit a piece - THWUMP!

The "modern" Tinkertoys suck. All plastic, and nothing like the kind we used.

It's fascinating that we could get so much pleasure as kids out of the simplest of toys. To make something using your own imagination was so satisfying. Today, kids have it all done for them. Video games require no imagination whatsoever. Even the toys are boring to them after a while. I went to a toy store a while back to get a box of Legos for my nephew, and all I could find were the "kits" that built into a plane or a spaceship or whatever. No "generic" Legos at all. No wonder there's such an edidemic of kids being diagnosed with ADHD and other behavioral problems. I think it's the instant gratification that's the problem.

I suppose though, that toys like Tinkertoys and Legos aren't a big money-maker for the manufacturers. After all, who would need to buy anything else when a kid can make it all himself?

[Hap]

I personally preferred Spyrograph and Lite Brite. :)