Nostalgia thread

[Barbas]

When I was living among the dwarves of the eastern reaches, I had a big plastic box of toys. Inside this box were many wonders: wooden Brio trains and tracks; many, many Micro Machines; HotWheels cars with tires both working and borked; those sticky-footed bugs that tumbled down walls, and a multitude of Lego pieces that were separated from their original sets and muddled together in a tear-jerking display of diversity. My favourite toys were the MicroMachines, because I had a few big models of submarines and aircraft carriers that opened up into cool super villain bases, complete with two different colours of army men to fight each other. There were even little spring-loaded missile tubes on the top of the submarine, so you could escalate the Cold War in the comfort of your own living room! No, Brezhnev, you back your ships off!

Escapists, won't you join me in bitching and harping about things you used to have and enjoy in the past? You know you want to.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

The lost Pokemon games... T.T

Also I miss having the time to myself to just sit down for an entire day and play with LEGO. I still have a great many of my ships traveling with me because I like being reminded to revisit story ideas I've had for years but I don't really build anymore.

Also I used to Beyblade and Yu-gi-oh when those were big on the playground.

 

[CeeBod]

I'm just in the middle of boxing up a load of old board games for a move, (well obviously right now I'm in the middle of typing this, but in theory I'm packing!) - mostly old Games Workshop boardgames like Blood Bowl, Talisman etc, but also there's a load of old pen and paper RPGs: Dungeons and Dragons, Tunnel & Trolls, Runequest, Traveller, Cyberpunk, Car Wars, Judge Dredd, Paranoia, Middle Earth RPG - I still have them all, despite the fact I haven't even looked at them since I moved in to this place 3 years ago, they're just boxes I carry from house-move to house-move! I got into a bit of a nostalgia conversation about them with the guy moving in here after I move out, and he mentioned recently coming across one of these babies in mint condition:

I never had one but a friend of mine did and it had me jealous for years. The same kid also had all the best Star Wars toys too - I was always more into games than toys, but damn I always wanted an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle! (and maybe an AT-AT)

 

[dyre]

My parents were always a bit frugal when it came to getting me the cool new toys, but I did have enough toy soldiers to invade a small Middle-Eastern country, plus five tanks, two humvees, one truck with a missile launcher, and a toy monster truck.

My brother and I used to set up massive set-piece battles across the living room, with some primitive rules (grenades can kill through light cover, tank shells blow up an area you can cover with a plastic bowl, etc.) and a ton of fortifications built from household items. I usually pulled more clever tricks than my brother, but I'll never forget the first time he kept ten troops (including bazooka types) hidden in a pair of shoes, waited for my army to push his back, and then ambushed my force from behind and destroyed all my armor. GG little bro.

Later I found out there's this game called "Warhammer," but I've gotta say it's not as cool playing with only a few squads, no matter how well-painted they may be.

 

[Cycloptomese]

I had the He-Man castle grayskull playset. it was pretty cool, but could never compare to my friend's Snake Mountain. If any of you remember, Snake Mountain came with a microphone that could make any seven year old kid's voice sound like the fuckin devil. I was always jealous of that kid's Snake Mountain.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

Pogs, Little, round pieces of cardboard in a plastic tube, I wish I had thought of it.

 

[cathou]

thinking of what i had when i was young, i realise that in fact it didnt changed much in 30 years. i was paying with MLP dolls, (of course the original ones, not the the friendship is magic ones), Barbie dolls, Legos, and a few transformers. my 3 years old daughter have all that too...

oh an i had a mouse trap board game. but i think i never actually played a game. usually we were getting bored by the time we had finished the assembly of the thing, and the only thing we wanted to see anyway was the trap in action...

 

[Vendor-Lazarus]

I didn't really play with toys as a kid. I was out exploring the surrounding nature with it's forests, meadows and tiny rivers.
I played with sticks and evergreen cones. I also rode a pig once. Just because..You know.

I do remember always reading a book or magazine a day. Either Donald Duck or something about Dinosaurs.
Oooooh. I remember some toys now. Dino Riders ones. Great show!

I also enjoyed folding paper-planes and trying out new designs. Made some great ones actually.

 

[FalloutJack]

Most of my nostalgia is easy to recapture. I want Skies of Arcadia back, dammit, and not via having to buy another system.

 

[DeliveryGodNoah_v1legacy]

I had a pretty considerably large collection of Star Wars toys and figures. Most of them were worthless, more modern electronic toys from the late 1990's-early 2000's. A few of them were actually considered important collectibles, even back then but I didn't know it. But I sure did know how to beat the hell out of them...

Easily my favorite was a rather large X-wing toy that had buttons that made sound. I would toss the thing through the yard and pound it into the dirt. I even left it outside a few times. In the rain. Any bit of metal on it (screws, components, details) were completely rusted. The battery compartment was useless.

Another, if I remember right, was a collectible scale model of the Millennium Falcon, with a highly detailed interior. Of course, I was REALLY young when I had it.

I also treasured my copy of Pokemon Gold on Gameboy color. I mean treasured. I played it almost religiously after getting it one Christmas morning. It hardly left my Gameboy for very long. But, for some reason, one day, my dad went on a rampage about how messy our "toy room" was, and started throwing away toys and things he thought we wouldn't play with anymore. One of the items was a quick blur, but I swear it was my copy of Pokemon Gold. I even stopped my father, and asked, "You didn't throw away my Pokemon game, did you?" He kind of peeked a bit in the bag, and then said no. I never saw the game again. I looked for literally an entire day trying to find it, and I never did. I swear my dad threw it out on purpose though, as he always complained about how much he hated the amount of time I played it, wasting untold amounts of batteries.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

My collection of G.I. Joes, pretty much. Too much of my tender young imagination went into those guys. The biggest variety of violent scenarios one could possibly think of. I love mixing them up with other toys as well, such as die cast cars, Lego, Mechano (my brother and I made a huge metal steam-powered ship for these guys to battle on). Making various terrains out of the bed covers for them to beat each other up and shoot and cover from. It was marvelous.

Other than that, I had a pretty awesome collection of Micro Machines and Hot Wheels. And a gameboy, which I played Double Dragon games to death on.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I had a huge collection of GI Joes... well a few Joes but mostly Cobras. I had an impressive army of faceless Cobra characters, a few platoon's worth of the various Vipers including my favorite: Alley Viper. I had the USS Flagg which I converted into a Cobra base, landing nothing but Cobra planes on it and surrounding it with Cobra naval vessels.
Loved those toys and am still miffed my parents gave them away without ever asking me if I still wanted them. There were so many useless junk toys I'd have given up to keep those GI Joes, especially since those junk toys ended up taking up storage space through high school which was the excuse my parents gave for getting rid of the Joes...

 

[HybridChangeling]

My Kenner model Jurassic Park Raptor Pack. i had 4 of em and they could take over anything, whether it be my friends GI Joe headquarters or my Hotwheels City.

 

[Saltyk]

Well, I had a bunch of Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comics. I threw them out years ago and kinda miss them. There were some good stories in there. Like the one where Sonic got turned into a machine and unleashed on the Freedom Fighters. Or the End Game story-line where he was framed for killing Princess Sally. And the Knuckles series had some interesting one, too.

Sure, they weren't all good, but the best ones were great.

Also, I have no idea where my old grey brick Gameboy is. I swear that thing would still work if I could find it. It's probably somewhere in my parent's house. Also has Final Fantasy Legend 3 in it and I quite enjoyed that little game.

My old Sega Genesis. I let my sister take it to college as I had newer systems at the time, and I have no idea what she did with it. But I sort of miss my old games. Sonic 3, Comix Zone, Earthworm Jim, The Lion King (don't you judge me!), and the like.

Yeah, these are some things I miss from yesteryear.