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rubah
02-10-2008, 05:42 PM
Today I remembered about the little red <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View-Master">View-Master</a>.

And I remembered how creepy it was.

I had inherited it from my brother or sister so I had several reels at my disposal, including (I think) mary poppins and the cabbage Patch kids.

Those few still images in 3-d creeped me out quite a bit, but they were so enticing; what were these characters? Why were they in a garden?

Aerith's Knight
02-10-2008, 05:54 PM
i dunno.. im dutch.. i played with wooden toys :)

and nintendo(R) of course

Captain Maxx Power
02-10-2008, 05:56 PM
As a child I played with tigers and knives.

leader of mortals
02-10-2008, 06:28 PM
I played with matches

Vermachtnis
02-10-2008, 07:01 PM
It's slinky, slinky! Goes down stairs!

Shiny
02-10-2008, 07:28 PM
For recreational purposes, my parents gave me scissors and told me to run.

LunarWeaver
02-10-2008, 07:29 PM
I remember view-masters! They made me feel educated without knowing it. I don't like sneaky education.

Caraliz
02-10-2008, 07:34 PM
etch a sketch.

Shlup
02-10-2008, 07:48 PM
I still have my mom's Light Brite. Now they're all thin and efficient... whatev.

~*~Celes~*~
02-11-2008, 12:34 AM
I had a view master! I loved that thing...It was Pocahontas =]

Behold the Void
02-11-2008, 12:46 AM
Why has nobody mentioned LEGO?

Marshall Banana
02-11-2008, 12:47 AM
<center>http://www.JEREMYTIME/mondatime/supertrollislands.jpg</center>

I Took the Red Pill
02-11-2008, 12:48 AM
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XSADDZBML.jpg

Fonzie
02-11-2008, 12:56 AM
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XSADDZBML.jpg

I loved that game.

Edit: Also, LEGOS were a big part of my childhood.

rubah
02-11-2008, 01:41 AM
Magnadoodle
Lite Brite
Legos
I think we had don't break the ice in the closet but I never played it much
BARBIES (this was a big one)
Our etch-a-sketch was broken in one of the knobs so it wouldn't turn right.
also roller blades.

Ouch!
02-11-2008, 01:46 AM
Why has nobody mentioned LEGO?
The question I was wondering. LEGO is my childhood in a nutshell.

Marshall Banana
02-11-2008, 01:49 AM
I wanted LEGO blocks when I was a kid, but neither of my parents bought them for me. =(

Tavrobel
02-11-2008, 01:50 AM
I still play with LEGOs and I still play with my Light Brite.

Ouch!
02-11-2008, 02:04 AM
If I could have feasibly brought all my LEGOs to college, I would have.

rubah
02-11-2008, 02:14 AM
Use them to loft your bed, or building a cooling tower for your computer.

BardTard
02-11-2008, 04:07 AM
I wanted LEGO blocks when I was a kid, but neither of my parents bought them for me. =(

That's child abuse! :(
I mostly played with barbies, though. :D

Araciel
02-11-2008, 04:24 AM
LEGO
GI Joes
Ninja Turtles
He-Man
(seeing a pattern here?)
Also Star Trek Micro Machine ships..omg I'm so the nerd, my best friend Billy and I made up a very technical space war game with them, each ship had stats like range, sensors, offensive and defensive power, it was so awesome!

Faded Tears
02-11-2008, 08:13 AM
Dolls, stuff animals and a kitchen/dryer and washer play set.
I see no female stereotypes here -_-

Tasura
02-11-2008, 02:10 PM
Transformers
NES
TMNT
Other assorted action figures
Lego
Kinex
Other assorted assembly type things.

there as this really cool one I had, it was fake welding with plastic rods, you basically welded parts onto a car, then rammed it into walls until they broke off, then repeated the process.

Loony BoB
02-11-2008, 02:51 PM
For the love of God, the plural of Lego is Lego. >=O None of this "Legos" crap. It reminds me of Argos!

"Got my Lego, got my Hot Wheels, GOT MY VIEWMASTER"

Transformers were always the ultimate toy, though.

Sergeant Hartman
02-11-2008, 02:55 PM
Action Man THE GREATEST HERO OF THEM ALL!!!

Aerith's Knight
02-11-2008, 03:02 PM
Dolls, stuff animals and a kitchen/dryer and washer play set.
I see no female stereotypes here -_-

you say that like its a bad thing =P

Faded Tears
02-11-2008, 03:20 PM
Dolls, stuff animals and a kitchen/dryer and washer play set.
I see no female stereotypes here -_-

you say that like its a bad thing =P

lol no, I'm not a feminist or anything :P

Besides, I had a tonka truck and squirt guns too :D

escobert
02-11-2008, 03:32 PM
I played army.

GI Joe's were a mainstay of my childhood.

rubah
02-11-2008, 03:45 PM
For the love of God, the plural of Lego is Lego. >=O None of this "Legos" crap. It reminds me of Argos!


say that all you want, but you're not going to erase a chidlhood of conditioning 8)

Loony BoB
02-11-2008, 04:08 PM
For the love of God, the plural of Lego is Lego. >=O None of this "Legos" crap. It reminds me of Argos!


say that all you want, but you're not going to erase a chidlhood of conditioning 8)
You seem to have changed a 'lifetime' username, Rubah. And I disapprove. Oh, I disapprove so much!

Peegee
02-11-2008, 05:52 PM
Lego, transformers, TMNT, Go-bots, slinky, skip-it (never owned one but played it), marble works (http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6731/marbleworkswf7.jpg), view masters, duh, pogs....

Seriously I must stop. I could spend the rest of the day on this thread.

rubah
02-11-2008, 05:55 PM
For the love of God, the plural of Lego is Lego. >=O None of this "Legos" crap. It reminds me of Argos!


say that all you want, but you're not going to erase a chidlhood of conditioning 8)
You seem to have changed a 'lifetime' username, Rubah. And I disapprove. Oh, I disapprove so much!

hey, you can change it! It's not like I was specific

The Ceej
02-11-2008, 06:53 PM
Go-bots

So! I'm not the only one who remembers these. After the Transformers movie came out, I would joke, "When is the Go Bots movie coming out?" to which people replied, "What are Go Bots?" And there was no way of getting them to remember. I was starting to think I made it up in my head along with the theme song, "Mighty robots, mighty vehicles, Go Bots."


marble works (http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6731/marbleworkswf7.jpg)I had totally forgotten about that until you mentioned it. I remember having a set, but being disappointed when I went to the library and finding out they had a set that had a dozen different pieces that I didn't have. Where did you go about getting a set with all the pieces? Was it a deluxe set?


pogs....Shut up. Pogs aren't gone. I still have my book of pogs. They'll be back any day now. They're only on a short hiatus while they come up with new designs. Pogs are way too cool to disappear forever. Soon, your collectibles stores will be selling pogs once again. And I will be able to get thousands of dollars for my collection if I decide to sell. But I won't sell.

But.... But.... But, does anyone remember Alphie? No one? I'm certain I didn't make it up.

Well....

Maybe I did. And maybe I made up Go Bots too, and PG is just a figment of my imagination set up to further the illusion that I didn't.

LanceOfTime
02-11-2008, 06:55 PM
i played with sex toys

Tavrobel
02-11-2008, 07:56 PM
i played with sex toys

I can't imagine how screwed up and unfulfilling your childhood must have been for you.

Go down to City Hall, and turn in your "I get to live" voucher this instant. A life without Legos is fail. By the way, people, the plural of Lego is LEGOS. With an S, because you spell it like it sounds. No Jesus rule applied here.

Kanshisha
02-11-2008, 08:01 PM
When i was younger i played with cars ^^ from trucks to sports cars XP

Woodinator
02-11-2008, 08:41 PM
legos and k'nex pretty much made my childhood (anyone else build that k'nex coaster with the loop in it? :P)

marble works
transformers
hot wheels (i had a bunch of really old, metal ones that were fun to smash into eachother)

and then all those crazy few month long collecting fads that were around when i was in like 4th grade....ohhh crazy bones...haha

Blue Harvest
02-11-2008, 08:57 PM
I remember nothing of my childhood so I have no idea what toys I had.

Old Man
02-11-2008, 09:01 PM
This is my favorite toy "Defender Dan"

http://i8.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/d8/3a/c420_1.JPG

Nifleheim7
02-11-2008, 09:02 PM
My favourite toy by far was Playmobils!
I spent countless hours playing with them...I couldn't wait for summer to come so i could take them with me to my parents farm,and play with them outside.

KoShiatar
02-11-2008, 09:08 PM
http://www.kimsites.net/dreamvalley/graphics/2-stable.jpg

Aerith's Knight
02-11-2008, 09:08 PM
legos was awsome.. i use to make huge castles and play out huge battles with lots of mideavil armies.

and then when i grew older i made the armies star wars like.. because you have to go with your time you know ^__^

but the battle and stories i played in my mind while playing with lego could probably trump the LOTR movies :)

i had a big imagination :p

Faded Tears
02-11-2008, 09:11 PM
POLY POCKETS!

Ohhhh the memories come back...

rubah
02-11-2008, 09:39 PM
haha, I had generic polly pockets and they wouldn't fit into the real polly pockets houses and stuff so all my people had to like lay over on things

oddler
02-11-2008, 10:08 PM
Seriously, Legos. I was introduced to D&D at the ripe old age of 5. Legos were like D&D with visuals, man!

o_O
02-11-2008, 10:48 PM
I played with Pogs (we had glow-in-the-dark ones called Glo-Caps in NZ), chatter rings, basketball cards, yoyos, marbles and <b>Dr. Dread chemistry sets</b>. :D

Nifleheim7
02-11-2008, 10:51 PM
Seriously, Legos. I was introduced to D&D at the ripe old age of 5. Legos were like D&D with visuals, man!

Good description!:D
It was the same for me,but with playmobils.:p

Shauna
02-11-2008, 11:01 PM
I never played with any DOLLS when I was a kid. Lego, K'Nex and cars were good enough for me! Vroom vroom~

Faded Tears
02-12-2008, 04:38 PM
haha, I had generic polly pockets and they wouldn't fit into the real polly pockets houses and stuff so all my people had to like lay over on things

Haha same here. The little doll people would have to sit/lay where they were suppose to sit. xD

I remember pogs. I had some, the only one I remember was this metal one with a green skull on it, it glowed in the dark.