show your age with a picture of a toy from your childhood

[balrog]

When young

During the all important pyro years

Once I got a job

 

[bleme]

 

[CKuhns]

I think the Jarts were introduced in the 50's and had them around in the early 60's and the Click Clack (Not sure if that's the name or just the noise they made) were some time in the early 70's

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Inkleg]

I think the Jarts were introduced in the 50's and had them around in the early 60's and the Click Clack (Not sure if that's the name or just the noise they made) were some time in the early 70's

What could possibly go wrong?

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We called them Clickity Clacks or bolas depending on how we were using them at the time.

 

[Kharnynb]

 

[AzOr]

 

[ChiknNutz]

And yet somehow, not one of us was ever injured by one of these clearly devilish toys.

 

[doug293cz]

Brew on

 

[Sammy86]

 

[d3track]

I miss some of these

 

[bleme]

 

[pvpeacock]

 

[3 Dawg Night]

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That doesn't narrow it down much. My kids got Mouse Trap for Christmas last year!

 

[duncan.brown]

I'm with @Kharnynb. Didn't have as much as in this image, though...

 

[3 Dawg Night]

That's a picture of $1000 worth of LEGO in today's market.

 

[pvpeacock]

 

[bleme]

My grandma had 4 dump truck loads of sand dumped in her yard. At the time, I figured it was because she loved me and my cousins and was giving us the BEST place to play with our Tonka's, Matchbox cars, and toy soldiers.

It was probably because she just didn't want to mow though.

 

[Kharnynb]

I'm with @Kharnynb. Didn't have as much as in this image, though...

the base was one of the first "space" things I got and started my collecting more and more.(I once checked the "value" of my stuff and it's rather a lot more than €1000,-), my most beloved one was the "blacktron base"

 

[balrog]

My kids had a single Barbie shoe one time that was worth over $375 USD.

That's how much it cost to fix the hole in my foot from stepping on the danged thing at ohmygod-o-clock in the am.

 

[Jayjay1976]

My dad bought us a couple of these for Christmas, springtime couldn't come fast enough. The first of many r/c cars which led to planes and eventually boats.

 

[Jayjay1976]

Almost forgot about this thing. I still think about this toy from time to time. There are some neat videos on YouTube.

 

[duncan.brown]

This was also one of the best presents ever:

 

[bruce_the_loon]

My uncle had a set of these that we played with.

 

[ChiknNutz]

This was also one of the best presents ever:

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Oh heck ya! I forgot all about these.

 

[InspectorJon]

 

[balrog]

and Sorry

 

[bracconiere]

i always thought it worked better upside down though......

 

[InspectorJon]

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I spent many hours playing Parcheesi with my grandmother and siblings at the summer cabin in the Santa Cruz mountains in California. The old house is under fire threat evacuation right now.

 

[day_trippr]

What's the age cut-off for "childhood" in this context?

Cheers! (I mean, I still buy "toys" )

 

[balrog]

My wife insists I am still very child-like. Or childish. I can't remember which one she calls me.

 

[Ayzala]

2015 was a sad year for me, the inventor of the pet rock died! I had pet rocks, and cared for them so well they lived a long time!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Did anyone have one of these?

My older brother had one, and it was his favorite toy. He's 11 years older than me, so it had basically gone away by the time I was a kid. Probably too many liability claims due to the exposed rotors lol...

A few years back I got him "Chopper Command" off ebay for Christmas. It was an update version with a ring around the rotors for safety. At the time he was a helicopter pilot in the USMC, so I knew it would bring back fond memories.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Here's one from my own childhood.

Not my actual childhood, because my parents obviously didn't love me enough to buy me a ridiculously expensive 7' plastic aircraft carrier that would dominate their house for 3 months until I got tired of it and didn't care any more and then collect dust and take up space for several years. But one of my friends had one, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever [for about a week].

 

[jcav]

http://www.theoldrobots.com/images114/Rudy-v12.JPG

By the way I had that space capsule and GI Joe when I was a kid!


John

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Here's one from my own childhood.

Not my actual childhood, because my parents obviously didn't love me enough to buy me a ridiculously expensive 7' plastic aircraft carrier that would dominate their house for 3 months until I got tired of it and didn't care any more and then collect dust and take up space for several years. But one of my friends had one, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever [for about a week].

My mother-in-law found a very similar aircraft carrier at a thrift store a while back, and my sons LOVE playing with it.

 

[Steveruch]

Not a toy, but a big part of my childhood.

 

[Deadalus]

This was also one of the best presents ever:

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Don't forget about the cart!

 

[Lagrange]

I don't remember much about the toys, but the box art is amazing

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Wish I knew whatever happened to the one I had, because they're collector's items now.

 

[bracconiere]

in this thread.....are we supposed to be guessing the last person toy's age?

(and i remember the rolly thing chest sorta, so i guess 48)