Best old toys...
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id have to say...lego, the simple lego, when it was just blocks and random little tidbits from loads of other sets of lego, just, invent.
Oh god that sucks.Joe said:
I'd have to agree with the Legos, Lincoln Logs, and other building things. I never was able to grasp the whole building things that are practical or that would work, but I just loved to put them together and just keep going and going until I ran out of pieces.
Transformers ( Gen 1 )... He-Man... Star Wars... and LEGOs ( i still have most & it's fun to play with them nowadays with my son )
I still have MY Optimus Prime. I love Transformers and still buy the occasional Transformer (Alternators series.) I can't help it, they have 3 that are based on the car I drive. Keep in mind those high priced eBay sales are usually for in-box-sealed toys. I don't know about you, but I played with my toys when I was little. 
Castle Legos were my favorite. Anyone remember MASK? I had a ton of those too.
Castle Legos were my favorite. Anyone remember MASK? I had a ton of those too.
* Shakes his fist in anger at Joe *
Damn you! I knew you looked familiar!
I actually hated Star Wars toys with a burning passion. No good reason either. I liked the movies. But I wouldn?t touch the toys if I got one as a present or something. Somehow I still have a Boba Fett that I either didn?t realize was Star Wars, or was given to me as a gift and then ignored until I found it years later.
Damn you! I knew you looked familiar!
I actually hated Star Wars toys with a burning passion. No good reason either. I liked the movies. But I wouldn?t touch the toys if I got one as a present or something. Somehow I still have a Boba Fett that I either didn?t realize was Star Wars, or was given to me as a gift and then ignored until I found it years later.
I've done amazing things with Legos.
But if we want to get real old about it, my mom collects wooden toys, most of which are going to be made in that authentic old style. They're simple mechanical devices, meant to do one thing and one thing only. Frequently, the way they're decorated and the thing that they do have some relation - a paddle with a ball connected by strings on one end, and on the other end, the strings come up through little holes to connect to the beaks of several pigeons, so that when you twirl the ball around, they peck at the ground.
I get a sense from them that, from the right perspective, they could be academically fascinating. Don't get much opportunity to play with them, though.
But if we want to get real old about it, my mom collects wooden toys, most of which are going to be made in that authentic old style. They're simple mechanical devices, meant to do one thing and one thing only. Frequently, the way they're decorated and the thing that they do have some relation - a paddle with a ball connected by strings on one end, and on the other end, the strings come up through little holes to connect to the beaks of several pigeons, so that when you twirl the ball around, they peck at the ground.
I get a sense from them that, from the right perspective, they could be academically fascinating. Don't get much opportunity to play with them, though.
The Weeble.
I was always an easily amused kid, give me a toy with a low centre of gravity that bobs around and the hours would fly by.
It's the simple things, in the end.
I was always an easily amused kid, give me a toy with a low centre of gravity that bobs around and the hours would fly by.
It's the simple things, in the end.
Couldn't agree with you more on the Rock'em Sock'em Robots, it doesn't matter how old you are, everytime I bring a friend up to my room to play on a console or guitar, they always reflexively go for the set of Robots sitting in my cuboard...and those games can go on for hours...
Another toy I liked as a child were all the Power Rangers merchandise. Well naturally you'd buy the toys of your favourite TV series (hell it funded the freaking Japanese mega series rip-off mega series), but there was something strangely satisfying about shouting "It's morphing time!" with that toy...whatever it was...and expecting something to happen.
Another toy I liked as a child were all the Power Rangers merchandise. Well naturally you'd buy the toys of your favourite TV series (hell it funded the freaking Japanese mega series rip-off mega series), but there was something strangely satisfying about shouting "It's morphing time!" with that toy...whatever it was...and expecting something to happen.
OH!!! you mean that wrist thing with the gold looking bits that separated! that was awesome, i still stand by lego, i am also favourable towards lazer pensProdigs said:
Crossbows and Catapults. Interestingly, my brother called me from some store last night saying he'd found the modern update of this game on the shelf. We used to "upgrade" the catapults with extra rubber bands. Several windows were broken. Good times ...
Heh, my older brother and sister were Power Ranger megafans in their youth. We still have boxes full of costumes, action figures, zords, gadgets etc.
The toys I hated the most were those dam Scaletrix sets! No matter what speed you went, or how you took a corner, it always ended up derailing, stalling or getting stuck. Plus, it was a hassle to store and it broke so easily and... *goes off into a childhood rant*
The toys I hated the most were those dam Scaletrix sets! No matter what speed you went, or how you took a corner, it always ended up derailing, stalling or getting stuck. Plus, it was a hassle to store and it broke so easily and... *goes off into a childhood rant*
I used to love the old Power Rangers.
yeah I know they still make them, but not the old 'Mighty Morfin' ones, they were epic! Yes I was about 5-6 years old, but it was still pretty cool.
I had the Green Ranger's massive Dragonzord thing, it was awesome, it had light up eyes...LIGHT UP EYES?!
The Green Ranger just owned everything; One: he was green. Two: He played some kick ass little tune on the flute thingy, and he'd still look pretty stylish. Three: HE HAD A DRAGON FOR A MEGA ZORD!!
I never really had the patience for those model train sets that your grandparents always end up getting you one day, I always expected an explosion and fireballs when it derailed, but nothing ever happened...*sob* NOTHING EVER HAPPENED!
yeah I know they still make them, but not the old 'Mighty Morfin' ones, they were epic! Yes I was about 5-6 years old, but it was still pretty cool.
I had the Green Ranger's massive Dragonzord thing, it was awesome, it had light up eyes...LIGHT UP EYES?!
The Green Ranger just owned everything; One: he was green. Two: He played some kick ass little tune on the flute thingy, and he'd still look pretty stylish. Three: HE HAD A DRAGON FOR A MEGA ZORD!!
I never really had the patience for those model train sets that your grandparents always end up getting you one day, I always expected an explosion and fireballs when it derailed, but nothing ever happened...*sob* NOTHING EVER HAPPENED!
G.I. Joe. Seriously I couldn't get enough. Like any good child of the 80s I was also into He-Man, and the Transformers, but G.I. Joe was king for me. I had it all. Except for one thing.
The Defiant. When this thing was released in 1987 I thought it was the Holy Grail of toys. I never had any illusions of owning it. It was just too big, and too expensive, and existed only in catalogs. Then one day I found it sitting at the end of an aisle in some random toy store. I remember the box being taller than me, but I don't know if that is accurate. I was enthralled. I begged my parents to buy it for me, but it was a hundred dollars; an amount of money of which I had no concept at the time. They of course refused. I didn't make a screaming scene like some kids, but I was bitterly disappointed that I should find something so awesome by what seemed the merest chance, and not be able to obtain it.
It's crazy I still remember that so vividly twenty years later.
The Defiant. When this thing was released in 1987 I thought it was the Holy Grail of toys. I never had any illusions of owning it. It was just too big, and too expensive, and existed only in catalogs. Then one day I found it sitting at the end of an aisle in some random toy store. I remember the box being taller than me, but I don't know if that is accurate. I was enthralled. I begged my parents to buy it for me, but it was a hundred dollars; an amount of money of which I had no concept at the time. They of course refused. I didn't make a screaming scene like some kids, but I was bitterly disappointed that I should find something so awesome by what seemed the merest chance, and not be able to obtain it.
It's crazy I still remember that so vividly twenty years later.
