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12-03-2008, 09:21 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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I had Johnny West too! Man that brings back memories! I had all the action figures! Anyone remember "Action Jackson"???  |
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12-03-2008, 09:30 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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Aurora !! yeah that was it....
we had this train tunnel over the track and we'd let the cat chase the car into it and stop.... cat would look in other end...and we'd back up.... cat would switch to front and we'd speed ahead....
freekin cat would go so mental that it was tons of fun...
as much as fishing for cats with a catnip mouse and then some...
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12-03-2008, 09:35 AM
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#33
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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I still got my older Brothers Aurora cars too!!  |
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12-03-2008, 09:37 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Uh-Oh!
SPIN OUT!
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12-03-2008, 09:40 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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We built our share of go karts! Dozens of tree forts too! I can still hear my Dad yelling at me for getting into his tools!!  |
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12-03-2008, 09:41 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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my brother figured out how to cheat those cars...
first he'd take a razor blade and slice little slots into the
tires for more traction like tire tread....
then he'd sand the pancake gear i think... to make them lighter... special oil for wheel axels and the whole bit...
got to be a real down in the pits competition for awhile
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12-03-2008, 09:43 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Crafty....I had the "Visible V-8"!  Do kids build models anymore?? |
Damn, BF, I had that too!... 
Boy, this is a trip in the Wayback Machine! |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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12-03-2008, 09:43 AM
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my Dad had everything outlined... in white on pegboards
and everything had it's place....
when you were a bad boy... your sentence was to organize the shop until it sparkled like a treasure room
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12-03-2008, 09:51 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Lets Lube em' up Raven!!
This the stuff?
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12-03-2008, 09:53 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Aurora Cars
My Brothers....vintage mid-60's! I remember the oily smell from running them for hours on end!! Our basement was a myriad of slotcar and train setups on plywood on top of our old pool table and ping pong table! Those were great days!
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12-03-2008, 09:55 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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If you guys got em'....lets see um!
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12-03-2008, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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don't shake the table man
i'm trying to operate HERE !
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12-03-2008, 09:57 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Ja ever notice that guy was missing the most important "bone"? |
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12-03-2008, 09:57 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
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God, I just remembered my Dad and my step-grandfather Harold making me a complete set-up for a Lionel train set on plywood that Pop painted and put the little trees and people on it and everything, it was pretty detailed, Pop did a beautiful job- big Christmas surprise for a 7 year old!
It had the log-loader and everything, nice transformer, two different engines and you could put the pellets in one of the engines to make it smoke...and the whole thing was on casters so it would slide under my bed.
Man, I used to love that set-up, wish I had it today.
Sorta got in trouble one time...  ... me and my cousin Richard got caught staging head-on train wrecks...
Pop wasn't real happy with me, either.
"For Chrissakes, what the hell is wrong with that kid?" |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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12-03-2008, 09:58 AM
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yeah..... and there was never a female version either 
women didnt have operations.....just babies lol |
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12-03-2008, 09:59 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Chuck...that last line is priceless! I think we all heard that one!  |
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12-03-2008, 10:05 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-03-2008, 10:06 AM
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Crafty there was this guy that lived across the street that was insane with model trains
i mean really wacky insane... he was like 7'4 inches tall and only weighed like 160 to 180 ...like a spider
and he'd cruise the railroad tracks just to see them...
he wore a train engineers hat most of the time....
he could take one step and you'd have to almost run to keep up...
he walked with one hand out palm up always for his pet white rat to sit on and he went everywhere
because when he walked ...you'd have to be on your bike..... to stay with him... or forget it...
he was quite harmless but his train set up occupied the whole basement and it was done in such detail that it should be in the Smithsonian museum...
it was every train lovers dream.... seeing it...
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12-03-2008, 10:22 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
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Location: Hanover
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Good morning Mrs. Bullock! Can Scott come out to play?? |
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12-03-2008, 10:23 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
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Green Machine  |
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12-03-2008, 10:24 AM
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#51
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i have to have my maypo cereal
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12-03-2008, 10:28 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-03-2008, 10:40 AM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
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I have an original Lionel O27 gauge train set from the early 60's all stored. It's ALL metal. 3 track rails. All the buildings to go with it too. Pristine condx. Needs a transformer only which was never affordable back them when it blew. They're everywhere now.
Raven...operation roflmao My sister had that |
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12-03-2008, 10:53 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Lets race!! Here is my set....I still got it! My favorite car was always the yellow 55 Shoebox! I can see them heading into the turn now! Best part....it still works and I have all the parts!  |
I had 400' of HO race track. we would build race tracks, rewrap motors etc. |
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12-03-2008, 10:57 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Quote:
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!
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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 |
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12-03-2008, 11:01 AM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
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I had an AFX Change the lane, the one with no slot.
erector set, there was another one with clear globes and motor
Rubiks cube
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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12-03-2008, 11:06 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSpecialist
erector set, there was another one with clear globes and motor
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Those were awesome.....greatest toy going....can't buy them anymore, they're "Too Dangerous" WTF  .....what good is a toy if there isn't an element of danger |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-03-2008, 11:07 AM
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#58
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Erector sets were the balls!!!
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12-03-2008, 11:31 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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A stick
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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12-03-2008, 12:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Quote:
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
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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. |
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