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Today I remembered about the little red View-Master.
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?
i dunno.. im dutch.. i played with wooden toys :)
and nintendo(R) of course
As a child I played with tigers and knives.
I played with matches
It's slinky, slinky! Goes down stairs!
For recreational purposes, my parents gave me scissors and told me to run.
I remember view-masters! They made me feel educated without knowing it. I don't like sneaky education.
etch a sketch.
I still have my mom's Light Brite. Now they're all thin and efficient... whatev.
I had a view master! I loved that thing...It was Pocahontas =]
Why has nobody mentioned LEGO?
I loved that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill
Edit: Also, LEGOS were a big part of my childhood.
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.
The question I was wondering. LEGO is my childhood in a nutshell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Behold the Void
I wanted LEGO blocks when I was a kid, but neither of my parents bought them for me. =(
I still play with LEGOs and I still play with my Light Brite.
If I could have feasibly brought all my LEGOs to college, I would have.
Use them to loft your bed, or building a cooling tower for your computer.
That's child abuse! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall banana
I mostly played with barbies, though. :D
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!
Dolls, stuff animals and a kitchen/dryer and washer play set.
I see no female stereotypes here -_-
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.
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.
Action Man THE GREATEST HERO OF THEM ALL!!!
you say that like its a bad thing =PQuote:
Originally Posted by Faded Tears
lol no, I'm not a feminist or anything :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Aerith's Knightyou say that like its a bad thing =PQuote:
Originally Posted by Faded Tears
Besides, I had a tonka truck and squirt guns too :D
I played army.
GI Joe's were a mainstay of my childhood.
say that all you want, but you're not going to erase a chidlhood of conditioning 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
You seem to have changed a 'lifetime' username, Rubah. And I disapprove. Oh, I disapprove so much!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rubah Lapahsay that all you want, but you're not going to erase a chidlhood of conditioning 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
Lego, transformers, TMNT, Go-bots, slinky, skip-it (never owned one but played it), marble works, view masters, duh, pogs....
Seriously I must stop. I could spend the rest of the day on this thread.
hey, you can change it! It's not like I was specificQuote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoBYou seem to have changed a 'lifetime' username, Rubah. And I disapprove. Oh, I disapprove so much!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rubah Lapahsay that all you want, but you're not going to erase a chidlhood of conditioning 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony BoB
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."Quote:
Originally Posted by Pureghetto
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?Quote:
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.Quote:
pogs....
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.
i played with sex toys
I can't imagine how screwed up and unfulfilling your childhood must have been for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by LanceOfTime
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.
When i was younger i played with cars ^^ from trucks to sports cars XP
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
I remember nothing of my childhood so I have no idea what toys I had.
This is my favorite toy "Defender Dan"
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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.
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
POLY POCKETS!
Ohhhh the memories come back...
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
Seriously, Legos. I was introduced to D&D at the ripe old age of 5. Legos were like D&D with visuals, man!
I played with Pogs (we had glow-in-the-dark ones called Glo-Caps in NZ), chatter rings, basketball cards, yoyos, marbles and Dr. Dread chemistry sets. :D
Good description!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by oddler
It was the same for me,but with playmobils.:p
I never played with any DOLLS when I was a kid. Lego, K'Nex and cars were good enough for me! Vroom vroom~
Haha same here. The little doll people would have to sit/lay where they were suppose to sit. xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Rubah Lapah
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.