What was your favorite childhood toy?

[CrashPat]

Tonka

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

[plaster8]

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]

Lego/Thundercats/Atari...

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

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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]

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

[jokerthief]

Heman action figure.

[buffett]

[BigSoonerFan]

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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)

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The Evil Kneivel Stunt Cycle.

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Best Toy Ever. And it's not close.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

"Heroes in a half-shell...TURTLE POWER"