Seperate the Men from the Boys - Favorite Toy from childhood

[Josh]

I just walked up into my attic and saw my favorite toy from when I was a young chap. So heres what I am looking for in this thread. What were your favorite toys from your single digit years. Heres mine.

1) Voltron
2) Nintendo
3) Legos

Josh

[oldslowchevy]

match box cars, legos, atari

[ToUtahNow]

A piece of stone we fashioned into a sphere which became the first "ball".

Mark

[Woussko]

Tinker Toys set that I still play with when in the mood. When in a more grownup mood then it would be my old all steel "Buddy L" tow truck and I'm sure I have it in the attic somewhere along with far too much other junk. :eek: Just more proof I'm a basket case

[BadgerDave]

Baseball, football and bicycle.

[res057]

Legos, Lincoln Logs, Radio Flyer Wagon, Lots of Tonka's, Matchbox Cars, plastic car models that were "frankensteined" into something totally different.

[mspaugh24]

Green Machine, it was my 1st big wheel. Mom said i used to terrorize the hood with it.Those were the days!!:D

[apf]

Lincoln logs,erector set,bike,anything sports

[plumberscrack]

Kenner Easy Bake Oven

Shrinky Dinks

Lawn Darts :eek:

Lite Brite

Super Elastic Bubble Plastic

Hot Wheels (wish I had saved this collection $$$$)

[ToUtahNow]

Kenner Easy Bake Oven



That's very sweet but the question was men from the boys.

Mark

[MrsSeatDown]

I think he is trying to tell you real men bake:confused:

[mrs. westcoast]

I think he is trying to tell you real men bake:confused:


Not a man,but mine was Barbie and Ken until my Barbie lost all the hair from my brother molesting her:eek::(

My brothers nintendo.

That's it. Pretty much watched the tv most of the time. That was my toy.

[Drain Medic]

Mine was

1. GI Joe
2. Transformers
3. Matchbox cars
4. Nintendo
5. Original WWF figures

GI Joe was my ultimate favorite...i had them all, the jets , the bases, tanks...YOOOO Joe

[papadan]

Easy bake oven, and yes I baked a lot of good stuff. Second was my skateboard, before most knew what they were. One old strap on metal skate, taken apart and nailed to the ends of a 2x4! Still have one somewhere in the attic.

[garager]

Trading Card on Bikes. All sports, Rock em Sock em Robots, Matchbox Cars, Train Sets, Tree Houses/Forts, Cap Guns (chromed of course), Lego's, Stretch Armstrong, Archery Set...

Later on I went for Charlie Angle's Posters and of course the most famous of them all Farrah Fawcett Poster, she had to have been cold that day of the shoot...:D She still looks hot, when she's not beat up... :eek:

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa136/garager62/farrah.jpg

[plumberscrack]

lmao

I forgot I had a Stretch Armstrong too :cool:

We would always play Twister when my girl cousins came over :)

Poor Farrah, going through some real tough times lately :(

[Evil Gopher]

pelet gun..would spend hours shooting tin cans in the back yard.

[Josh]

2 easy bake over users... so are you still baking stuff today?

I almost forgot about my pellet gun. After I was old enough to have one thats all I did was walk around my grandpas farm shooting at stuff. To this day the rat and mouse populations arent even 1/4 of when I started.

Ladies are allowed to post on this thread to. I was mostly trying to say.. older vs not as old... ya know for those who played with rocks instead of nintendo ;) jk Mark.


pelet gun..would spend hours shooting tin cans in the back yard.

[papadan]

I roasted a turkey a couple days ago, and baked some fish yesterday. :D

[ToUtahNow]

Josh,

I believe we are starting to see a seperation between the men and boys. While I agree real men do cook real men don't admit to it.

Mark :D

[mrs. westcoast]

Josh,

I believe we are starting to see a seperation between the men and boys. While I agree real men do cook real men don't admit to it.

Mark :D


Speaking about cooking..rob never does unless i'm sick...he makes his signature soup:eek:

Looks like a mooshy food for babies or people that don't have teeth...

All the noodles absorbs the soup...:eek::eek:

[plumberscrack]

I do believe the Easy Bake Oven inspired my passion for cooking.
Does that make me effemimite or a metro sexual :confused:

It just so happens that I like to eat...alot

My wife couldn't understand my enthusiasm over our new microwave that cooks with light :cool:

[Josh]

I can make breakfast with the best of em. Beyond that I grill.

[oldslowchevy]

i cook i cook well i hate the dishes though

[Drain Medic]

I cook whatever can go in the micromave and oven;)

I do make my own homemade Chilli though...You guys that come to the Kentucky show, ill cook yas up a batch *WARNING* not for people who dont like it hot

[yasudaplumbing]

Jacks, Barbie Dolls, Jump Rope. Just kidding :D


Bicycle
Skateboard
Pong (Atari wasn't made yet)Tracy

[Orange Apron]

Matchbox cars (hotwheels were to unrealistic for me)
Model Cars (would build them right, then rebuild them later, eventually I started leaving parts loose so I could play engine swap with them)
My first woodworking project was making a cap for my Tonka Ford pickup. Made it out of scrap lathe

[wwsmith]

Fishing pole
Bicycle
GI Joe

[wbrooks]

Meccano
Lego
Matchbox
and when at grandfathers, Daisy, Pinball game he made, red push gocart down the driveway made out of wood, black pipe and 10" wheels

[cellardoor]

I think I'm the youngest one here besides Aaron. I have to say Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers, Legos, K'nex and all sorts of computer games.

[gear junkie]

I had one transformer-he was the stegasauros and legos. I also loved He-Man. I always used to make things as a kid. Forts, bows and arrows were always fun. I think I hunted the same rabbit for 3 years with my stick and string. Elmer Fudd had nothing on me.

[drtyhands]

A box of matches!

[mrs. westcoast]

I had one transformer-he was the stegasauros and legos. I also loved He-Man. I always used to make things as a kid. Forts, bows and arrows were always fun. I think I hunted the same rabbit for 3 years with my stick and string. Elmer Fudd had nothing on me.

Lol,

Did you get the rabbit?

I have a bunny...her name is dumbo:)

[gear junkie]

He always got away. He's probably still there in the woods taunting some 8 year old kid right now.

[drtyhands]

Lol,

Did you get the rabbit?

I have a bunny...her name is dumbo:)
WOW,
You and Robert have some pretty unique roll playing.
I'll give you 50 bucks for a picture of him in that outfit:eek:

[gear junkie]

See Mark, it's not just me. Adam is in on it to.:D

[ToUtahNow]

See Mark, it's not just me. Adam is in on it to.:D

....and here I thought you guys were our hope for the future.

Mark :eek: :D

[CWSmith]

Reading through all the previous posts and I'm trying to seriously think of my favorite toys. I can't say that I had anything that I particularly favored. I did have three different Buddy-L toys, a jeep, a Mobile gas truck, and this big white 4-engine airplane. I think my mother sold those after I moved away, but looking back, I don't really remember playing with them... they were just "BIG", heavy steel things.

So too are the memories of puzzles, Hopalong Cassidy pop-up books, and other such stuff. I'm sure I spent some time with all of them, but mostly they're just memories of stuff I had, not stuff I particularly played with a lot or anything like that. My memories of "play" are mostly of neighborhood kids and just out in the neighborhood, playing hide and seek, kick the can, etc. In our family, your nineth birthday was when you got your bicycle. I think I also got clamp-on skates that year too. But the following year we moved out of the city and into the country, where sidewalk skates were useless.

Soon after moving to the country, I remember getting a hatchet and a canteen, and my "play" was changed to the adventures of discovering the "woods". My uncle gave me an old pair of wooden skis when I was around 11, and that let me wander the hills and fields in the winter too. I think those are my fondest "play" memories.

CWS

[smorris]

Favorite toys were erector set and a similar building kit called "panels and girders", which were plastic I-beams that built the structure, and vacuum flrmed panels that skinned it for strength.

Other than that, camping out in the woods, exploring the nearby farms, streams, and abandoned buildings.

Plus the pellet gun was good for income (as were $.02 bottle returns.) I got a dime for a rat, penny for house sparrows, and a nickle for a starling. Thing is, I don't ever remember getting paid, but that's OK, 'cause it was fun. Especially the rats in the corn crib.