Toys When You Were A Kid!

[redcrbbr]

we used to make our own big wheels out of tricycles. tonka trucks that were made from real metal. One of the best toys I remember having when I was a kid was probably about a 4-6 yard pile of sand that my Dad dropped in the yard one day. took about a year to move it with the tonkas. matchbox or Hot wheels when they first started coming out. wish i had those now.
Another toy if you want to call it a toy were roof shingles. had this old shack that had been torn down. whoever tore it down left a huge pile of shingles. boy could those things fly a long way, also used to play war using specially crafted sticks for guns, and not to mention the actual rock fights with kids from another neighborhood. ahhh the good ol days

[gone fishin]

Homemade slingshot made from auto inner tubes, leather pouch and a tree crotch. Could break a bottle at 25 yds.
Red Ryder bb gun.
Kiddie Kart
Flexable flyer sled.
No TV ( color wasn't out yet!)
No Nintendo or video games.
etc.............

[Crafty Angler]

Hmm..one memorable Christmas I got:

A Roy Rogers bedspread and a pair of RR six-gun cap pistols - guess that's why I've always found A Christmas Story so funny

The Visible Man model - I ended up painting his liver the wrong color when I was building the model

A gas-powered model airplane, it was a Navy Corsair, damned near took my first 2 fingers off with that one, started it up right in the kitchen...

And a trumpet...

In retrospect I suppose my folks were trying to inspire me to pick a career - either a doctor, a cowboy, a pilot or a...musician, I guess, although they were widely known to smoke a lot of reefer at the time...I dunno...

So in spite of all that I ended up being...honestly, I'm not sure what really.

Guess I'm still trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up...