What was your favorite childhood toy? [Archive]

pokerdirty

08-20-2005, 04:07 PM

My sister's 13th birthday was a couple of days ago, and she got a freakin iPod. I remember my birthdays growing up, and I got $50 worth of toys (if I was lucky) and some Hanes tighty-whiteys.

Which got me thinking about my favorite toy growing up. My Optimus Prime Transformer. Oh man I would play with that thing for hours.

What is 00t's fav?

imported_anacardo

08-20-2005, 04:16 PM

Really young = a rag doll that I was absolutely infatuated with. Yeah, whatever, [censored] you guys.

Less young = Sega Master System.

touchfaith

08-20-2005, 04:20 PM

Cool, I've been waiting all month to post the Hello Kitty Vibrator

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Dieting/pps/2000/00-02/hellokitty_vib.jpg

Voltron87

08-20-2005, 04:23 PM

legos.

before that i had a really dope erector set. and these cool wooden trains, i got to set out the whole track and then push the trains. i think it was brio or something. they were the [censored].

DukeSucks

08-20-2005, 04:31 PM

I liked the Matchbox car race tracks.
But we also played outside a lot more than kids do now.

Vince Young

08-20-2005, 04:33 PM

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legos.

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Good call.

bleu329

08-20-2005, 04:44 PM

yea legos were always my favorite christmas present

newfant

08-20-2005, 04:47 PM

I played with my penis a lot. I think I was molested (if not by someone else, then definitey by myself).

kerssens

08-20-2005, 04:49 PM

legos, micro machines, transformers

trying2learn

08-20-2005, 05:11 PM

a cousin of mine handed me down the millenium falcon which i thought was just about the coolest thing on the planet.

mmbt0ne

08-20-2005, 05:15 PM

LiteBrite

pokerdirty

08-20-2005, 05:28 PM

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Cool, I've been waiting all month to post the Hello Kitty Vibrator

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Dieting/pps/2000/00-02/hellokitty_vib.jpg

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I wouldn't expect this from a guy, but then i look at your avatar and see you are from the bay area.

zoomOut

08-20-2005, 05:29 PM

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Which got me thinking about my favorite toy growing up. My Optimus Prime Transformer. Oh man I would play with that thing for hours.

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Clearly the correct answer. Evidently you have good taste.

MrMon

08-20-2005, 05:30 PM

If I had to narrow it to one, it would probably be Hot Wheels. The kind with the orange track, not that stuff they have nowadays. Powered by gravity. Given a huge basement, scrap lumber, and a hot summer day, many an hour was spent in the cool basement, setting up awesome race tracks and having raceoffs between all the cars.

08-20-2005, 06:50 PM

The Evil Kneivel Stunt Cycle.

swede123

08-20-2005, 06:57 PM

Legos were definitely the coolest. Too bad they turned into pre-manufactured crap. That was the charm of legos, turning them into whatever you wanted, not being forced to build a lame pirate ship by putting together hull part 1 and hull part 2.

Swede

STLantny

08-20-2005, 06:57 PM

1. Big wheels
2. not so much a toy, but army clothes. We used to play war all the time
3. My assortment of Spy Tech stuff, ebay it, it was SOOOOO awesome

tworooks

08-20-2005, 07:02 PM

Pogs
http://ranneih.antimon.org/ranneispix/pogs.jpg

Soul Daddy

08-20-2005, 07:10 PM

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/soul_daddy/wwe2.jpg

pokerdirty

08-20-2005, 07:27 PM

looking back at pogs, this was clearly the dumbest hobby/toy ever.

DukeSucks

08-20-2005, 07:56 PM

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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/soul_daddy/wwe2.jpg

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Oh crap, I forgot about those. I had tons of those. The ring was pretty cool too.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics3/woof1.jpg

BOTW

08-20-2005, 08:03 PM

The Evil Knievel Stunt Cycle (+ sister's long hair = beatings from parents)

Lego is a very close second.

Jimbo

08-20-2005, 09:30 PM

http://www.robothalloffame.org/04inductees/images/robby2.jpg

Robby, the Robot

kerssens

08-20-2005, 09:32 PM

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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/soul_daddy/wwe2.jpg

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I had all those and more, they were awesome.

kerssens

08-20-2005, 09:32 PM

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Oh crap, I forgot about those. I had tons of those. The ring was pretty cool too.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/pics3/woof1.jpg

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The ring was cool but it sucked cause it'd always crack down the middle.

touchfaith

08-20-2005, 09:55 PM

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Cool, I've been waiting all month to post the Hello Kitty Vibrator

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Dieting/pps/2000/00-02/hellokitty_vib.jpg

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I wouldn't expect this from a guy, but then i look at your avatar and see you are from the bay area.

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How many chicks came to (or at) your house to use your Hello Kitty Vibrator?

That's right... /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Soul Daddy

08-20-2005, 09:59 PM

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The ring was cool but it sucked cause it'd always crack down the middle.

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Yes. I must have went through 4 rings because of this. Also, the steel cage add-on was a must, though it was pretty hard to move the figures with it attached.

Here was my favorite figure, Cpl. Kirschner. He was a nobody, but he was the star of my fed. Yes, I had a fed. Belts and all.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/soul_daddy/crpl_front.jpg

Dominic

08-20-2005, 10:02 PM

I had a working 2-foot tall replica of the robot from "Lost in Space."

man, I loved that toy.

kerssens

08-20-2005, 10:14 PM

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The ring was cool but it sucked cause it'd always crack down the middle.

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Yes. I must have went through 4 rings because of this. Also, the steel cage add-on was a must, though it was pretty hard to move the figures with it attached.

Here was my favorite figure, Cpl. Kirschner. He was a nobody, but he was the star of my fed. Yes, I had a fed. Belts and all.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/soul_daddy/crpl_front.jpg

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Ricky Steamboat and his "claw" always kicked the Cpl's ass.

Alobar

08-20-2005, 10:18 PM

the voltron stuff was the [censored]. Tinker toys were the bomb when i was like 5. Legos when I was older. I played with my transformers and He-men for hours at a time.

CCass

08-20-2005, 10:18 PM

My baseball glove.

Scotch78

08-20-2005, 10:20 PM

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legos.

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Soul Daddy

08-20-2005, 10:20 PM

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Ricky Steamboat and his "claw" always kicked the Cpl's ass.

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Crazy talk. I'm pretty sure I had Cpl shave Steamboat's head after a hair vs hair match. Maybe it was Tito.

Anyway, Macho Man's figure was the worst. You couldn't do anything with him in that pose.

Bradyams

08-20-2005, 10:21 PM

Legos, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures.

touchfaith

08-20-2005, 10:25 PM

No Lincoln Logs yet huh???? I'm disappointed in the 30+ croud

These things rocked and laid the ground work for my Legos days...

http://www.areyougame.com/images/items/KN00922.jpg

pokerdirty

08-20-2005, 10:26 PM

[ QUOTE ]
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Cool, I've been waiting all month to post the Hello Kitty Vibrator

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Dieting/pps/2000/00-02/hellokitty_vib.jpg

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I wouldn't expect this from a guy, but then i look at your avatar and see you are from the bay area.

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How many chicks came to (or at) your house to use your Hello Kitty Vibrator?

That's right... /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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the same amount as you. zero.

mslif

08-20-2005, 10:32 PM

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http://www.robothalloffame.org/04inductees/images/robby2.jpg

Robby, the Robot

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I cannot believe you have a pic of this.... Robby the robot was my favorite when I was little because it lit up at night!!! This is awsome.

hoopsie44

08-20-2005, 10:46 PM

Bop The Bear. The most popular gift for Christmas 1967.

pokerdirty

08-20-2005, 10:49 PM

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Bop The Bear. The most popular gift for Christmas 1967.

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holy [censored]! how old are you? how do you even remember that long ago? did you ever meet the dinosaurs? holy [censored] you are old!

ptmusic

08-20-2005, 10:57 PM

My first guitar - a Yamaha classical.

Also, stuff like the Dungeon Master's Guide brought out the nerd in me.

-ptmusic

AsiaKurosawa

08-20-2005, 11:12 PM

http://bending.hp.infoseek.co.jp/speak3.jpg

AncientPC

08-20-2005, 11:49 PM

Legos

Stellastarr

08-21-2005, 12:17 AM

Voltron and Transformers.

Willluck

08-21-2005, 12:35 AM

http://sites.buythisdesign.com/tng/acatalog/999758_th.gif I'm surprised it took so long.

I also really liked legos, too and when I was 12 or so I liked Star Wars action figures a ton.

Isura

08-21-2005, 12:58 AM

Any mini indoor basketball hoop. i owned like 12 in my childhood.

hoopsie44

08-21-2005, 09:31 AM

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Bop The Bear. The most popular gift for Christmas 1967.

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holy [censored]! how old are you? how do you even remember that long ago? did you ever meet the dinosaurs? holy [censored] you are old!

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Thanks for the uplifting words.

-Skeme-

08-21-2005, 09:40 AM

Tinker Toys were the real deal. I liked my Mad Max and Tonka truck.

NutzyClutz

08-21-2005, 05:34 PM

Playing cards.

Jersey Nick

08-21-2005, 05:46 PM

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The Evil Kneivel Stunt Cycle.

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Dex

08-21-2005, 07:48 PM

http://www.vgmuseum.com/systems/2600/2600.jpg

DukeSucks

08-21-2005, 07:54 PM

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/archives/snackeru/superg/slipslide.jpg

daryljobe777

08-22-2005, 01:06 AM

Wrestling figures, Hot Wheels, and Creepy Crawlers.

Reef

08-22-2005, 01:09 AM

transformers

kurosh

08-22-2005, 01:13 AM

my wee-wee

YourFoxyGrandma

08-22-2005, 01:18 AM

http://www.lunchboxpad.com/home/home/lbpcollection/images/nes.jpg

Publos Nemesis

08-22-2005, 01:28 AM

http://www.naked-molly.com/hello.jpg

It retails for 200 yen.

08-22-2005, 02:08 AM

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Just looking at that picture arouses great happiness within me

imported_anacardo

08-22-2005, 02:25 AM

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To hell with your NES. Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Wonder Boy, Zillion, Phantasy Star... Master System ownz0rs.

meleader2

08-22-2005, 02:31 AM

Battle Beast

Punker

08-22-2005, 02:35 AM

Etch a sketch. I can still play with it for hours. Atari is also a contender.

CrashPat

08-22-2005, 02:38 AM

Tonka

Now even they are plastic and crappy. Not sure how you can use a plastic earth mover.

plaster8

08-22-2005, 03:16 AM

Atari is definitely up there for me.

One I haven't seen mentioned is the Raw Power. You put it on one side of your handlebars in place of the grip, and you could rev your bike and make it sound like a motorcycle. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Oh yeah -- Tonka trucks. The ones made out of metal. We used to have demolition derbies in the garage -- just ram them together from about 15 feet apart. Those things were tanks.

Vavavoom

08-22-2005, 04:13 AM

Lego/Thundercats/Atari...

They were the good old days....1987-1991....

Blarg

12-04-2005, 12:48 AM

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My sister's 13th birthday was a couple of days ago, and she got a freakin iPod. I remember my birthdays growing up, and I got $50 worth of toys (if I was lucky) and some Hanes tighty-whiteys.

Which got me thinking about my favorite toy growing up. My Optimus Prime Transformer. Oh man I would play with that thing for hours.

What is 00t's fav?

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50 bucks was my top end, if I was lucky, too.

Favorite toys: the, big all metal capguns that looked very realistic. The ones that looked like old cowboy six-shooters. Those things were insanely cool. Cap gun shoot-outs with and raids on other kids was unbelievable fun, and so were quick-drawing contests. Total gas.

Matchbox cars were also really great.

And G.I. Joes and other posable dolls. There were some astronaut ones that were incredibly cool.

Of course, nothing beats a bicycle, except maybe a puppy, but you only get so many of those; once you've got one, you're set for a long time.

astroglide

12-04-2005, 01:08 AM

i used to enjoy running around outside in the smoke after the bug fumigator trucks would drive by

jokerthief

12-04-2005, 01:10 AM

Heman action figure.

buffett

12-04-2005, 01:24 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tomthedog/Mattel-FootballII.jpg

BigSoonerFan

12-04-2005, 01:49 AM

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Wow, Buffett, I forgo all about that one. I think I had a few of those.

Legos was it though....hours upon hours of fun

(I had a boring childhood)