OT: Toys from when Toys were Cool!

[Thomas Rogers]

Okay, sure toys are still cool and the price has just gone up as I have become an adult, but I still get nostalgic when it comes to the toys "we" had when I was a kid. They seemed much more cool than today's toys.



If ready for a walk down memory lane, here you go below (oh, and chime in if you had any of these and let us know which ones):

 

[Mark Grumpy]

# 93 Rubiks cube.

# 90 Mastermind (Still have it - same box)

# 84 Buckaroo

# 72 Stylophone

# 4 TopTrumps (loads of different sets)

# 1 Who didn't. But mine looked EXACTLY like the one in the picture.



Damn I'm old.



grump

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Does having 30 of these make you a brat, because here is my list:



#93 Rubik's cube

#90 Mastermind

#89 Walkie-talkies

#86 Sorry

#81 Merlin

#79 Viewmaster

#74 Stay Alive!

#72 Stylophone (my folks had this)

#71 Connect 4

#70 Tonka Truck

#69 Twister

#68 Perfection

#64 Vertibird

#63 Kerplunk

#61 Rock'em Sock'em Robots

#58 Stretch Armstrong

#48 Silly Putty

#47 Operation

#43 Slime

#41 Simon

#38 Etchasketch

#37 Clue

#35 Spirograph

#31 Screwball Scramble

#24 Computer Battleship

#19 Evil Knievel

#15 Six Million Dollar Man

#11 TCR

#8 Sea Monkeys

#1 Bike

 

[Wes Davis]

I also had the exact same bike. LOL I am 38 years old now, had the bike maybe around ten years old or so.

 

[Todd Cloutier]

Yikes! I must have been a spoiled kid:

99,97,93,92,91,90,89,87,86,81,79,71,70

68,65,64,61,58,56,54,51,48,47,44,43,41

39,38,36,35,28,25,11,2,1

 

[TJ Tatum]

Sea Monkeys a kids best friend

haha

-Tater

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Okay guys, from your lists, and NOT including your bike, which was your FAV, or maybe TOP 3?



For me:



Evil Kneivel, Merlin, Six Million Dollar Man

 

[Shawn Hennessy]

93 Rubik's Cube

89 Walkie-talkies

86 Sorry

79 Viewmaster

74 Stay Alive!

71 Connect 4

70 Tonka truck (still have most of mine from the late 60s early 70s)

69 Twister

64 Vertibird (this was one of my favs)

54 Mousetrap

47 Operation

11 TCR (actually mine was an AFX)

1 A bike (1970 Schwinn Stingray...red of course)

 

[Rich Stern]

Good list, but missing some top entries:



Easy Bake Oven

Creepy Crawlers

Magic 8 Ball

Green Army Men

Table Top Hockey

Slip-n-Slide

Lite Brite

King Oil

among others...



What was the name of that thing, put on the end of the lawn hose, that would chase you around the lawn and whack you upside the head? That was a good one.

 

[Michael Cacioppo]

You guys had electric toys when you were kids?



I had a branch that I made believe was a gun.

A sock used as a pupet

and a Cardboard box as a club house.

:wacko:

 

[Doug Watts]

97 Weebles

93 Rubik's Cube

92 Transformers

91 Electronic Project kit

87 Guess Who?

86 Sorry!

81 Merlin

79 Viewmaster

71 Connect Four

70 Tonka Trucks - several

64 Vertibird - I think it was named something else though

62 Kerplunk

61 Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots

58 Stretch Armstrong

48 Silly Putty

47 Operation

41 Simon

35 Spirograph

19 Evil Knievel

1 a Bike, of course



I played with everal other of the toys on the list, but between me, my brother, and my sister we had a bunch of them.

 

[Deleted deleted]

Boy did some of those bring back memories...



Rock-em-Sock-em Robots

Crossfire (I put a dent in my brother's forehead when one of the steel balls richocheted off the edge of the board and smacked him square in the forehead. I had to then let my 5 year younger brother play with my GI Joe hang glider!



I get the impression this is a UK list since I never heard of some of those toys.

 

[TomT]

I loved the sea monkeys. They went great with BBQ sauce.

 

[Chris Joyce]

:blink:What about Linclon Logs? Those were awesome!!!

 

[Fudged Undies]

"Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down."



The Guess Who has still been being sold, even recently. The newer commercials have a disclaimer that states the pieces don't actually talk. Gotta love it.



Loved my evel kinevel, couldn't live without my lego's, and I'm surprised Hot-wheels/Matchbox type cars weren't mentioned. Loved those too. Still have'em with my Star Wars figures in my closet. Not to mention my <a href="http://www.babyuniverse.com/pro/baby/34998/BigWheels-16"TheOriginal.html"target=top>Big Wheels</a>.

 

[Travis Munday]

Some of those aren't that old...as I had quite a few of them, wish I still had em. My Pocketeer race track and quicksilver maze would drain hours of my life away....

 

[Gerald Pierce]

where is the erector set? the one with all metal parts, including the motor and tranny w/metal gears?



HO trains?

 

[Fred]

I still have Merlin. Didn't have a smokin' monkey, but I did have a smokin' dog.

 

[Gavin Allan]

We were so poor that I only had one thing to play with when I was a kid...

 

[Todd Cloutier]

I loved my Merlin. I'm suprised there isn't a train set in the list. I still have my Lionel set.



How about Lincoln Logs? Legos?