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When you were a kid (< 12 y/o)...

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When I was really young I used to love my Big Wheel. Would ride that thing all over the place.
As I got older, it was GI Joe, Transformers, Star Wars toys. Used to build forts from lincoln logs for them.
 
Originally posted by: randay
Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Originally posted by: ryan256
For me... Legos! Hands down. I could take apart my toys and rebuild them all I wanted without pissing my parents off 😀
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Lucky one you were. My dad would flip out when I did that. He actually made me rebuild them from the manual...
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you think thats bad? my dad would give me a time limit to build them and if i didnt finish it in time or got one peice wrong he would beat me mercilessly with a baseball bat, then make me do it again but one minute faster.
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You were lucky to have a lake! There were 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road! 😉

I loved my K'nex sets. Also Legos. Also Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Also Barbie. Also Play-Doh.
 
Originally posted by: UncleWai
Micro-Machines
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Still got some of those, too.
We used to play "Monopoly helps the arms race", Monopoly board with various military Micro-Machines and extra rules 😛
 
Originally posted by: Uppsala9496
When I was really young I used to love my Big Wheel. Would ride that thing all over the place.
As I got older, it was GI Joe, Transformers, Star Wars toys. Used to build forts from lincoln logs for them.
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Instead of a Big Wheel, I had one of these.
 
At age 12 my favorite toys were my Rollerblades, ribbon dancer and my cassette of Nirvana Nevermind played on a My First Sony. Good times. 🙂
 
HO trains, Tonka trucks, AMT car model kits, Kenner Girder and Panel Bridge and Turnpike sets, Jensen steam engine.
 
When I was about 3, I had a little rag doll named Alice. I took her everywhere with me.

When I was about 5-7 my favorite "toy" was crayons and construction paper

When I was 8-12 Barbie was it.
 
My three favorites were:

G.I. Joe Hammerhead Text.

Voltron (third & fourth pictures) Text

And Optimus Prime. Text


Wow, those pics brought back memories. My sister purchased most of my toys and video games when I was kid; but my dad threw them out for no reason at all.

 
Originally posted by: Arcadio
If video games count, then my NES, and later my Sega Genesis.

If not, then my collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures.
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i had adventure people and NES. but my all time fave thing at 12 was my skateboard.
 
Originally posted by: UnderPantKnome
My three favorites were:

G.I. Joe Hammerhead Text.
Voltron (third & fourth pictures) Text

And Optimus Prime. Text


Wow, those pics brought back memories. My sister purchased most of my toys and video games when I was kid; but my dad threw them out for no reason at all.
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still have it stashed away in my parents rafters! 5 detachable vehicles, how can you beat that?!?!
 
Originally posted by: UnderPantKnome
My three favorites were:

G.I. Joe Hammerhead Text.

Voltron (third & fourth pictures) Text

And Optimus Prime. Text


Wow, those pics brought back memories. My sister purchased most of my toys and video games when I was kid; but my dad threw them out for no reason at all.
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I think I had that one. Probably broke it though cause all I could find were some of the bubble hatches and the mini-vehicle. Damn, I still remember how happy I was when my special order toys came from the Habro 'club'/points store.
 
Originally posted by: joesmoke
Originally posted by: UnderPantKnome
My three favorites were:

G.I. Joe Hammerhead Text.
Voltron (third & fourth pictures) Text

And Optimus Prime. Text


Wow, those pics brought back memories. My sister purchased most of my toys and video games when I was kid; but my dad threw them out for no reason at all.
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still have it stashed away in my parents rafters! 5 detachable vehicles, how can you beat that?!?!
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Lucky you, I'm jealous. Anyone remember how much it originally cost back then? I found a used one on ebay for $175.00 but I don't want to spend that kind of money. Still, I'd like to have for display.
 
Originally posted by: UnderPantKnome
Originally posted by: joesmoke
Originally posted by: UnderPantKnome
My three favorites were:

G.I. Joe Hammerhead Text.
Voltron (third & fourth pictures) Text

And Optimus Prime. Text


Wow, those pics brought back memories. My sister purchased most of my toys and video games when I was kid; but my dad threw them out for no reason at all.
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still have it stashed away in my parents rafters! 5 detachable vehicles, how can you beat that?!?!
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Lucky you, I'm jealous. Anyone remember how much it originally cost back then? I found a used one on ebay for $175.00 but I don't want to spend that kind of money. Still, I'd like to have for display.
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hope youre not being sarcastic lol. No clue about the price, though since I got it for christmas and we were quite poor Id have to say 40 bucks or less.

 
Commodore 64, with Lego's being a close second.

By 12 y/o I had already wrote my own sprite based 2 player game that accepted input from both joystick ports. The performance was crap, but by the time I was 14 I had optimized it by rewritting parts of it in assembly.

I could literally spend days working on it, and enjoyed every minute of it.
 
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