favorite toy as a kid?

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thebestMAX

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I always liked to build stuff as a kid so not counting my bike I would have to say:

Tinker Toys
Lincoln Logs
Erector sets _ Build a great circus wagon/cage and the cat was my tiger. :)

Anybody else have/remember the above?

Wish Leggos had been available then!
 

Electric Amish

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Originally posted by: thebestMAX
I always liked to build stuff as a kid so not counting my bike I would have to say:

Tinker Toys
Lincoln Logs
Erector sets _ Build a great circus wagon/cage and the cat was my tiger. :)

Anybody else have/remember the above?

Wish Leggos had been available then!

I had tinker-toys and Lincoln Logs too. :)

amish
 

Bobomatic

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GI Joes...

My Dad used to work for the company that imports them... so I got tons of them when I was a kid....
if only he imported transformers too, you would be in toy heaven.
 

spidey

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Legos, various Transformers, and assorted A-Team/Knight Rider/Dukes of Hazzard toys. Oh, and a toy plane from The Fall Guy.
 

js1973

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Hey MichaelD, were micronauts those figures that had transluscent bodies and silver heads? Or is what I'm smoking really, really good?
 

idNut

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Tonka trucks and street cones. I used to play on the road and pretend I was a construction worker. I had my own real helmets, reflective vests and signs. I loved it even though I didn't do anything except clip branches off overgrown plantlife. The good old days of not worrying about anything except yourself and frolicking in happiness, but now nothing but perturbing about money; no happiness subsists with me now.
 

JC

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Lego, Matchbox/Hot Wheels, Vertibird, Hairy Canary, slot cars, model trains.....

.....still have the Lego, slot cars, trains, got a replacement Vertibird :)

Why stop being a kid?

JC
 

MojoJojo

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Micronaut fans will be happy abouth this.

Read the Newsflash!

The Time Traveler was my favorite.

I also liked G.I. Joe and Transformers.


Who here remembers Adventure People?

They were Great.
 

deerslayer

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Originally posted by: thebestMAX
I always liked to build stuff as a kid so not counting my bike I would have to say:

Tinker Toys
Lincoln Logs
Erector sets _ Build a great circus wagon/cage and the cat was my tiger. :)

Anybody else have/remember the above?

Wish Leggos had been available then!

Yep, all of them. They used to be my brother's.

 

ViRGE

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Oct 9, 1999
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I suppose I'll be the first to say this:

Power Rangers

ducks and covers

Hey, I was 7 or so when the show came out, that was the "in" thing at the time.:eek: Other than that, there was my Transformer set, and what had to be a closet's worth of Tinkertoys, Legos, and Lincoln Logs. Of course, then I got a computer...;)
 

PhoKing

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Other than matches? Hmmmm....

Transformers
MASK
Legos
Play-Doh
Those electronic race tracks with the little cars on them and the trigger gun-thingy.
He-Man
 

bulldawg

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Originally posted by: BeerGod
That rev em up Evil Kneivel motorcycle thing, where you placed it on this stand, and your turned the big black wheel, then launched him..
followed by this football dude, where you hit him on the head hard, and he would kick field goals...

Man, you read my mind. I still have the Evil Kneivel motorcycle, and now my 6 yr old is playing with it.

 

XCLAN

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Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
G.I. Joe by far was my favorite toy. Every week I'd get my allowance and go straight to Toys R Us and get a new G.I. Joe toy.

tru dat!. i have the original 1984 voltron lion set in the baox still. ahhhhhh soooooo many more to mention. paid 100$ for it 3 years ago for memories.