nope never had anything more than the matchboxes Larry. Never had a video game til I met my wife. Our first date we went to dinner then back to her apartment and opened up the present she got for her brother and we played Super Mario for 6 hours that night
I don't remember the karate chop, I had alot of clothes for them though. Big Josh was his buddy
They had a commando camper with wheels and a back that folded down and that was awesome. I can remember playing with those in the basement pretty well. I got into scouts and somewhere around 10 I got interested in radios and electronics so everything else was no fun by that point. Space Invaders after school at Corrados Pizza there was a kid that could do scores like you never seen.
Kids don't like that stuff nowadays though I got to say my 5 year old loves his legos, lincoln logs, and he's got a train set that fills the entire room with tracks and buildings and that is a definite hit. Those are timeless toys...and ones that build on creativity and thought
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Originally Posted by BigFish
Scott.....I had the "Billy Blastoff!" He had all those conveyors and stuff that moved when you stood him on the stands??? He was cool!! Had a "Big Jim" too! Press his back and "Hiy-aaaaa"....karate chop! Bet you had AFX Slotcars too?? Jackie Stewart edition with "Magnasonic" sound??!  We had the first TV video game too.....Atari's "Pong"!!! Riveting, non-stop action....2 speeds.....slow and slower!  Hey it was a big deal at the time! Johnny Bench "Pitchback".......ahhhh simpler times! |