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Boy does that bring back memories! I had the creepy crawler, which was just a low powered oven and a finger smashing vise! We are such weenies that they would NEVER sell something like that. I also had the wonderful SST cars, which was a car with a big wheel in the middle and a ripcord that you pulled. And hot wheels, which you charged up with a battery powered pump and then they raced for about 5 minutes. And the whirly choppers, which was pretty cool, a working helicopter that was attached to a rotary base by long wires, good way to learn about flying.

I still have football cards from 1969...sigh..7 cents per pack! And lots of that sheetrock style bubble gum..

I used to have them too. I was born in 1966, BTW. I might still have a few SST cars somewhere. That helicopter you are talking about, that's called a "Vertibird." I used to have one too, it was the coolest. Wish I still had it, it would be fun to spook the cats with. B-)

Speaking of toys, did anyone ever have the Evil Kenievel where you would attach the cycle to it's base, crack it, and when you stop cranking, you send him on his way? I might still have that too.

Speaking of toys, did anyone ever have the Evil Kenievel where you would attach the cycle to it's base, crack it, and when you stop cranking, you send him on his way? I might still have that too.

Born in 1965, and yeah I had that toy. That one had longevity for all the abuse it took.

On a side note my mother never passes up an opportunity to tell folks about the time my grandfather took me to the grocery store and I said "Hey Grandpa, look at that 'Foxy Lady!'"

He demanded to know what my mother had been letting me listen to. I guess grandpa wasn't into Hendrix.