  Eastburn Member Username: Eastburn Post Number: 20 Registered: 03-2008 |
My wife claims that she was so poor as a kid that all they had to play with was a cabbage. 1st one up in the morning got the cabbage. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5924 Registered: 10-2003 |
Erector Set... Also known as "Destroy your fingertips with this little wrench and nuts and bolts". Still, it was fun. | ||
Karl_jr Member Username: Karl_jr Post Number: 240 Registered: 06-2007 |
Marx Big Bruiser tow truck: http://cgi.ebay.com/MARX-BIG-B RUISER-WRECKER-MUST-SEE-LOOK_W 0QQitemZ260225884254QQihZ016QQ categoryZ719QQssPageNameZWDVWQ QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 969 Registered: 11-2007 |
The Hasbro Merlin was one of the first electronic games with a PROM chip that I can remember.  And the Whamo Air Blaster would always keep the pets on edge!  Great thread for the Tuesday Blues. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 953 Registered: 10-2003 |
Two words. Mr. Machine. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2141 Registered: 12-2005 |
Matell's Thingmaker | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4979 Registered: 12-2005 |
We had something like that Air Blaster only it was longer and shaped like a bazooka. It would fire a vortex of air like a smoke ring. I believe it was one of the first safety-obsession toys. It was cool though. My erector set almost ate my finger. For some reason I stuck my finger in the gearbox of the motor. The blood blister lasted for a month. We used Dad's block & tackle to run a homebrew elevator up into the tree. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5927 Registered: 10-2003 |
I had this wax car factory. You dropped some wax into a crucible, and it was heated by a light bulb. When it was melted, you put some axles and wheels into a mold, and turned a crank which moved the mold under the crucible, and tilted the crucible so it would pour the wax into the mold. Wait a few minutes for it to cool, and you had yourself a toy car you made yourself! Get tired of your car? Break it into pieces, melt it down, and make a different one! That was a killer toy. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 971 Registered: 11-2007 |
56 - Had that and also the vacu-form plastic toy making machine, remember that? Hot stuff, and I mean HOT!  | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 972 Registered: 11-2007 |
Jimaz - Found this on my Whamo search. It's on the Consumers Report hall of fame site. Looks like a little sister killer.  | ||
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass Post Number: 602 Registered: 01-2007 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L awn_darts#Banned_from_sale_in_ the_U.S._and_Canada My best friend & I used to chuck darts at each other. He got me in the thigh, I got him in the kneecap! | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5931 Registered: 10-2003 |
When will they learn.. When Jarts are outlawed, only outlaws will have Jarts. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4980 Registered: 12-2005 |
Bigb23, thanks! That's it. Wow. That would be a shocking picture if you didn't know it was a toy! I saved it. It's bound to come in handy some day. Do you know the name of that gun? | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 973 Registered: 11-2007 |
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Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5932 Registered: 10-2003 |
My dad and I used to play "Over the house Bocce". The name explains it all. Mom didn't care for the game. | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 208 Registered: 02-2008 |
Over the house bocce, thats great. We had the 300 yard croquet course up north with a long shot across US 23...yeah, mom hated it. | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 99 Registered: 02-2008 |
 everybody knows this one | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 232 Registered: 09-2006 |
Who wants to play the outlaw way?   Was $6.99 from Montgomery Ward | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5933 Registered: 10-2003 |
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Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 233 Registered: 09-2006 |
Everyone seems to have had some Matchbox cars, I still have a few!   | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4981 Registered: 12-2005 |
It was a Mattel Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster 5530! | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 100 Registered: 02-2008 |
 STAR TREK SET | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 209 Registered: 02-2008 |
Whittier70, What's Hugo? I bought just the puppet piece at a garage sale because I saw Pee Wee Herman use it in a skit in his HBO special. He called it Dr. Mondo. | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 101 Registered: 02-2008 |
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Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 102 Registered: 02-2008 |
HUGO was a master of disguise figure from the 70's. | ||
Whittier70 Member Username: Whittier70 Post Number: 103 Registered: 02-2008 |
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Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 777 Registered: 07-2007 |
Oh I loveeeeeeeee this topic. I recently sold my entire Mego doll and playset collection and along with my tv toys from the 50's 60's and 70's . Wow,, I just love toys and all of the fond memories that go along. I know everyone here is a fan of the Sears Christmas Wishbook that all kids looked through for hours on end. | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 210 Registered: 02-2008 |
Hugo as Dr. Mondo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =L3Bmx_ifDNU | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 4982 Registered: 12-2005 |
Here's a toy I still have. Dr. Nim was a mechanical computer that used marbles to play the game of "21 Matches" astonishingly well. The box:  Dr. Nim in action (click him):  As a child I totally mastered every aspect of this machine independently discovering modular arithmetic in the process. The only purpose of that central "Nike swoosh" switch was to force Dr. Nim to make a mistake because, otherwise, he's too damn good at the game! There's a simple trick to beating him though. You can win a lot of money playing this game in a bar.  (Message edited by Jimaz on April 03, 2008) | ||
Ragtoplover59 Member Username: Ragtoplover59 Post Number: 234 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jimaz I have never seen that before, Interesting to say the least. |
