What were your favorite childhood toys?

[Generals64]

i grew up in the 1980s..we had the best toys of the entire 20th century, barnone!

....transformers, the 3 inch posable action figure g.i. joes (not the 12 inch dolls from the 60s/70s), thundercats, m.a.s.k., teenage mutant ninja turtles, gobots, masters of the universe, battle beasts, m.u.s.c.l.e., flipsiders, rocklords, rubik cube, light bright, etch-a-sketch animator, micro machines, and just about any toy coming out of a fast food "happy meal", esp mcdonalds

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You sound like one of my kids....The worst thing in the world to step (next to jacks) was a micro machine. They left endible Scars marks forever....Still have my sons Micromachines and The Masters of the Universe.....

[Generals64]

I saw this thread and began wondering about it again. Whatever happened to the Paddle Balls....Wooden Tops.....Wonder where all of those model cars ended up I know the Village Idiot has some of his left and he keeps them hidden. How about the old Electric Trains????the VI still has some of the smoke pellets...wonder how much they would bring on ebay?...Fanner 50's?...I still have one of those....but, some of this stuff is probably still hidden in a warehouse along with Indiana Jones' stuff.....You new guys and gals...."What was your favorite Toy?"

[Prunepicker]

Those paddle balls show up every now and then.

I've been looking for a wooden top. I got to where I could scoop one up and
have it spin in my hand. The modern ones with the plastic tip were great
because we could play with them in the house when we couldn't go outside.

I still play with a yoyo.

Jacks are still fun. The hard part is getting up from being on the floor.

Prunette got me an N scale train a few years ago. Lots of fun.

[papaOU]

Does anyone play marbles anymore?

Chinese Checkers?

Lincoln Logs?

Simple Kites?

Electric Football?

One good thing that is gone; CLACKERS!!!!

[SOUTHSIDE GIRL]

What about the hula hoop

[Jesseda]

My favorite childhood toy was

the super soaker

[decepticobra]

i wont say anything cause my avatar should give it away.

[twinkles]

My husband's favorite birthday present was a Johnny Astro.

I loved my Chatty Cathy doll.

[grantgeneral78]

Great toys today at the meeting Frisky , sure brought back a ton of memories and the year books did too.....AWESUM!

[FRISKY]

Great toys today at the meeting Frisky , sure brought back a ton of memories and the year books did too.....AWESUM!

Glad you liked them. I will try to bring different ones next time.

[papaOU]

Little Girls.......

What else????????

[Generals64]

My husband's favorite birthday present was a Johnny Astro.

I loved my Chatty Cathy doll.

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In my adventures weekly a few years ago, I found a "Perfect" Chatty Cathy.....she even spoke well when you pull her string.....My mother-in-law collected dolls and I gave it to her for Christmas one year.....Two sister-in-laws almost got into a fight over it.....they're both over fifty years old. Mother-in-law laughed and put it in a showcase.......She enjoyed the possession of the doll more than anything and she still had it when she passed away in '05...don't know what happened to the doll...suspect one of the others got it...Oh well, just a toy.

[PennyQuilts]

My dog.

[Generals64]

My dog.

what about old paint?????

[papaOU]

My Mom was so strict that she didn't allow my 2 sisters to let Kim and Barbie spend the night in the same room...........................

[grantgeneral78]

Thank goodness now I know the name....WHEEL-O

[grantgeneral78]

Found this site thought maybe it would bring back a few memorys.
Welcome to the Classic Toy Museum - Whee-lo

[TaoMaas]

The toy that made the biggest impact on me was a unicycle that my uncle made for me for Christmas when I was in the 3rd grade. The next best "toy" I had was 50 ft. of rope and a pulley. It sounds pretty simple, but we used that for all sorts of stuff!

[rowdy55ok]

NONE
Had too many siblings & cousins to play with.

[grantgeneral78]

there was some cars we used to play with they had a plastic strip with teeth you put into the car from the top and jerked it out fast and set it down andit would take off....cannot remember the name for the life of me.

[SE-76]

there was some cars we used to play with they had a plastic strip with teeth you put into the car from the top and jerked it out fast and set it down andit would take off....cannot remember the name for the life of me.

something "SST" ? had a big drive wheel like a gyroscope?

[CCOKC]

I was a huge jigsaw puzzle fan. I even had the big puzzle caddy so I could do a 3000 piece puzzle and put it away when I wasn't working on it. Truth be told I still have the puzzle caddy but have not worked on it in years. My dad and I used to give each other the hardest puzzles we could find for our birthdays to try and stump each other. But I even love easy puzzles and will on occasion do my little nephews puzzles if given a chance. But my absolute favorites are landscape puzzles that have sky, flowers, a building of some sort and either grass or a lake.

[PennyQuilts]

what about old paint?????

You would be referring to Starr. My horse. He was no toy, he was the love of my life. Well, until I hit puberty at which point he became my buddy.

[Generals64]

This is a great thread to shake your memory "Cobwebs". Does anyone remember the Dick Tracy .38 snub nose with shoulder holster. I got a set for Christmas in the fourth grade along with my Cub Scout shirt. Thought I was so cool when we drove to Ardmore for Christmas and wore them both....Dork City I know.....Service Station attendent in Purcell didn't give us any problems. Pumped tht 23 cent gass and told us to be careful....How about a Radio Flyer Wagon. Did any of you have a Wagon. I know PapaOu did cause he says he keeps falling off the wagon.......Red Ryder B-B gun???????? Put your eye out? Man, that was the only protection we had...many B-B gun fights....

[stick47]

This is a great thread to shake your memory "Cobwebs". Does anyone remember the Dick Tracy .38 snub nose with shoulder holster. I got a set for Christmas in the fourth grade along with my Cub Scout shirt. Thought I was so cool when we drove to Ardmore for Christmas and wore them both....Dork City I know.....Service Station attendent in Purcell didn't give us any problems. Pumped tht 23 cent gass and told us to be careful....How about a Radio Flyer Wagon. Did any of you have a Wagon. I know PapaOu did cause he says he keeps falling off the wagon.......Red Ryder B-B gun???????? Put your eye out? Man, that was the only protection we had...many B-B gun fights....

Had the Dick Tracy set and also the Red Ryder. No wagon but we made our own Hot Wheel. Parents didn't throw out my long unused 16" tricycle so we took it apart, inverted the frame, put the fork back in and w/a rope, tied a board across the rear axle to sit on. That would have been about 1955. A few years later Mattel made a Bazillion dollars off their version.