Toys When You Were A Kid!

[UserRemoved1]

matchbox racing set. Big Jim, Big Josh (hey whatta ya want I had two sisters with barbies) Legos, Lincoln Logs, Etchasketch, Billy Blastoff-and I still got all the original stuff like the spacecrawler , pitchback

The best one though was working in my dads wood shop.

[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!

[UserRemoved1]

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

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!

[redcrbbr]

thought about a couple of other ones.
the water propeled rockets, rockem sockem robots

[bassackward]

Larry and Salty reminded me of Big Jim and his rescue rig which brings back memories. He had a band you put on his triceps that when you bent his arm it would explode off.

How about the Evil Knievil action figure with wind up motorcyle and ramp. That thing was indestructable.

Did anyone have the Six Million Dollar Man with the eye you could look through? A part of his arm would pop off, exposing the bionic arm. I had many battles with Gi Joe, Big Jim and Steve Austin.

Stretch Armstrong. You could pull him into riduclous lengths without him breaking.

Real cap guns!

[UserRemoved1]

haha! The arm band! I do remember that

Originally Posted by bassackward

Larry and Salty reminded me of Big Jim and his rescue rig which brings back memories. He had a band you put on his triceps that when you bent his arm it would explode off.

How about the Evil Knievil action figure with wind up motorcyle and ramp. That thing was indestructable.

Did anyone have the Six Million Dollar Man with the eye you could look through? A part of his arm would pop off, exposing the bionic arm. I had many battles with Gi Joe, Big Jim and Steve Austin.

Stretch Armstrong. You could pull him into riduclous lengths without him breaking.

Real cap guns!

[BigFish]

Rockem Sockem Robots was the best!!! I had that Evel Knievel.....that was fun! I do remember the arm band!

Salty......I do not believe for a second that you were looking at "the sky" with that telescope!! You naughty boy!

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by bassackward

Did anyone have the Six Million Dollar Man with the eye you could look through? A part of his arm would pop off, exposing the bionic arm. I!

I had that! too cool!

My fav toys and big christmas presents for me were star wars toys, I remember that if you collected the first 12 figures and sent in the proof of purchase, you got the Boba Fett figure free.

Funny, these toys are still popular over 30 years later

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

My fav toys and big christmas presents for me were star wars toys, I remember that if you collected the first 12 figures and sent in the proof of purchase, you got the Boba Fett figure free.

Funny, these toys are still popular over 30 years later

I had a bunch of those Star Wars figures and the space ships, X-wing fighters, etc... I remember pulling the arm off Luke Skywalker and telling everyone that Darth Vader cut it off with the light saber.

I also had the Lincoln Logs, Legos, Rock Em' Sock Em's, the Evil Kenevil motorcycle and bus and half a garage filled with sporting goods.

But the thing I liked playing with most was the little girl who lived diagonally across the street. She was so cute with her little white knee highs and pig tails. If I only had half a clue as to what I should have been doing. Oh, the good old days.