The Nostalgic Toy Thread...

[Anotherlover]

We didn't have much growing up but I remember my mom would come home with these for me and my brother every now and then.

Loved playing with them till they broke.

We had similar things, they were great toys

Oh kinda just reminded me, I got one of the very first kites made from parachute material in South Africa
I spent a day helping out at a stall selling them then still paid in more than half the kite value but it was an awesome toy.

 

[gioua]

I loved these things.. there was not much you could do with it.. but it was fun back then

also always wanted this..

 

[BarnBuster]

 

[gioua]

these were so much fun too..

 

[Grojak]

I loved these things.. there was not much you could do with it.. but it was fun back then

also always wanted this..

LOL I got that rock tumbler, never used it!!

 

[Grojak]

You guys are making me feel young with all these 1950's toys.. this is what we rocked in the 80's

Gi Joe battleship, complete with cb radio I had that shit!!

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Between my brother and I we had probably every Star Wars figure / toy in the early 80s, including this and the Ewok playlet, we even had Han in the Carbonite, most useless toy.

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

posting so i'm subbed, i'll get some pics later.

 

[gioua]

These were mine and my sisters' pretty much every Christmas.

Some of us like silly putty a bit too much still..

not saying names or anything... but.....

I had purchased countless containers of putty.. I even went as far as researching the Dow Corning silly putty slab of 50lbs you can purchase for about $400
but you have to order 100 lbs min
(how to order.. http://vern.com/putty/ordering/dow.html )

http://www.dowcorning.com/applications/search/products/details.aspx?prod=01512137&type=PROD



Interesting read too..

http://www.metafilter.com/110845/Dilatant-Compound-3179

Also... History of Silly putty video..

http://on.aol.com/video/the-history-of-silly-putty-517132980

and what happens if you drop 50 lbs of it I only have about 20lbs


[video=youtube;uWYxc8xhihg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWYxc8xhihg[/video]




I ordered under the name of therapy putty on ebay for Carpal tunnel exercises about $10 per 6oz is what I was paying

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trk...y+putty&_nkw=therapy+putty&_sacat=0&_from=R40

 

[Silly String]

Loved those rockets! My best friend and I were the ONLY girls who were in the rocketry club in elementary school. The instructor used to play The Beatles, Abbey Road album all day. I can't hear that album now without thinking of that glue smell, and blowing shit up into the sky on the school playground.

 

[BWG707]

We didn't have much growing up but I remember my mom would come home with these for me and my brother every now and then.

Loved playing with them till they broke.

Damn those were fun! I liked the ones with the landing gear, always tried to get them to land right. I hated when we would have to settle for the non powered ones that you just threw. I liked to wind up the rubber bands.

 

[Sunbiz1]

We didn't have much growing up but I remember my mom would come home with these for me and my brother every now and then.

Loved playing with them till they broke.

Lost a LOT of these on neighbors rooftops.

 

[Sunbiz1]

We used to duct tape the engines to all sorts of other objects, then ignite with canon fuse...

 

[Silly String]

4 rocket engines inside a terra cotta flower pot. My first encounter with "shrapnel".

 

[greenlikemoney]

We didn't have much growing up but I remember my mom would come home with these for me and my brother every now and then.

Loved playing with them till they broke.

Oh, hell yeah.....

 

[gioua]

never used the gun... just a nice round rock and few rolls at time

 

[cannabineer]

We didn't have much growing up but I remember my mom would come home with these for me and my brother every now and then.

Loved playing with them till they broke.

Every summer at the beach! One Sky Streak and one Gayla delta kite! Taught me a thing or two about where structures were and were not strong!

 

[greenlikemoney]

never used the gun... just a nice round rock and few rolls at time

Ew Ew, that smell....can't ya smell that smell, hell yeah !!!!!!

 

[cannabineer]

ooo ... I "customized" mine!

 

[gioua]

I loved D&D back in the 80's

 

[BWG707]

The Zeroid I have and Big Loo that I wish I still had.