The Nostalgic Toy Thread...

[Commander Strax]

Does anyone remember the rubics cube thingy
It was a flat shape with around 8 or 12 plastic squares joined together with string
There was a picture of like olympic rings on it , i think it was black with the colored rings
You had to fold and swap the squares to make the picture

for the record I do not remember this

 

[Anotherlover]

South African, We kinda made our own toys back then (Sanctions and propaganda/government tended to prevent many things from entering the country).



We made them out of old 5l oil cans as well.

 

[Commander Strax]

any toy that has a warning label that says "Fatal Injury" ^^^

(This was supposed to be under the lawn darts!!)

 

[Singlemalt]

OMG your wagon bent the tie rod on an old '48 Buick!! But things were made to last, over engineered is the term as I recall. How funny, how long was it before you could comfortably sit again?

I recall getting spanked; the ol' drop pants and bend over and the sound of his belt whipping thru the loops on his pants before WHAP!; but I remember vividly the month in the jail of my room. Wasn't allowed out except for school and bathroom. God that was a long month. Getting spanked wasn't that unusual...the imprisonment had the best influence

 

[clint308]

for the record I do not remember this

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what's it called , whats it called
finally someone else knows what i'm talkin about!

 

[Sunbiz1]

http://www.erector.us/brand/history.html

Anyone else have an erector set?.

 

[gioua]

I do recall one year when I was about 13.. I wanted a chain saw soooooooooo bad.. (we had a forest in our backyard and I wanted to make a cabin) my folks bought me this instead

cabin was not built of coarse.. and many tree's were saved

 

[Commander Strax]

what's it called , whats it called
finally someone else knows what i'm talkin about!

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/rubiks-magic-rings

 

[MojoRison]

We were given every toy deemed to dangerous for children
Clackers {or bolo weapon}

Woodburning Kit

A Pocket knife {preferred choice lock blade, for our safety }

And the stuff that went boooom!

 

[Singlemalt]

They had great stuff when I was a kid..good on any size or thickness of window

 

[randybishop]

[video=youtube;atVBK1uG7To]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atVBK1uG7To[/video]



Anyone remember these? Team America Super Stunt Dirt Bike
One badass toy that could take a beating! I launched mine off
my parents house landing on the cement driveway when I was
a kid and it kept going.

 

[Commander Strax]

My Mom used to whip us with Hot Wheels track

 

[Silly String]

Yeeouch. I remember Hot Wheels track sword fights with friends. That stung SO much on bare legs!

 

[Silly String]

 

[BWG707]

I still have my "Zeroid" toy robot in mint condition. I used to have "Big Loo". Some of you children of the 60's might remember them.

 

[Sunbiz1]

We were given every toy deemed to dangerous for children
Clackers {or bolo weapon}

Woodburning Kit

A Pocket knife {preferred choice lock blade, for our safety }

And the stuff that went boooom!

*Opens chemistry set, and immediately looks for potassium perchlorate and powdered aluminum...

I had at least 3 chemistry sets, then my middle school science teacher taught us how to make flash powder and the real fun began.

I would imagine they don't teach those sort of things to children anymore in our public school systems.

 

[Skuxx]

I was pretty fond of these things:

 

[Commander Strax]

I think your gonna want to stay away from Uncle Wiggly, I'm just saying.

what is the deal with the wolf in the lower right corner

 

[Rawrb]

I had that knife (to whittle countless sticks), and matches (to ignite random fires).

I was a evil little fucker lol.

 

[dirtyho1968]

*Opens chemistry set, and immediately looks for potassium perchlorate and powdered aluminum...

I had at least 3 chemistry sets, then my middle school science teacher taught us how to make flash powder and the real fun began.

I would imagine they don't teach those sort of things to children anymore in our public school systems.

My go to chemical was the sulfur. Rotten egg potion, then dump it on the asshole neighbor's porch.