Childhood Toys........What would you bring back....

[lwien]

 

[mvapes]

What you meant to say was "I'd step on my sagging balls, and break my face"

Anyone remember the Turbo Graphics 16?

I remember this kid at a birthday party, hopping on a big wheel that didn't belong to him, and riding it off a large hill, where he not only smashed the big wheel, but his forehead as well.

Of course I remember turbo graphics 16 - Bonk's Adventure was the shiz....

 

[Deadshort480]

Fuck yeah!! I've got at least three Silly Putty eggs floating around the house right now. Love it. Awesome stress reliever.

 

[vapomancer]

Started out with this:

Graduated to this:

And now these.........which I still fly today every once in awhile. I hope to God that I never grow up:

OMG , I love my Revolution ! Ultimate in control and fun , the big ones are so cool . Everybody should get to play with one of these on the next windy day . Of course , you don't really need wind ...
http://www.revkites.com/

 

[lwien]

One old man dancing with the wind with his three ladies:

 

[RUDE BOY]

lwien that's frickin' amazing ! I used to love to fly Kites.

 

[Seren]

Loved playing with my brothers' Boglins!

 

[lwien]

lwien that's frickin' amazing ! I used to love to fly Kites.

After posting up that vid, I am seriously thinking of dusting off my Gryphon and Revolution and taking to the skys again. I've been away for a little too long.

That guy flying 3 kites on 3 separate sets of lines at once blows me away (one set in each hand and one on his waist), and that last landing at the end of the vid was just icing on the cake. When I first saw that, I uncontrollably did this >>>>

 

[mvapes]

 

[Detonator]

I used to love these, I would set them up a jump one into the other. You had to make sure to find all the parts afterwards... now I have rc cars and truck and I'm still struggling to allways put them back together

 

[Tweek]

I had one of these:

And carved many bows and arrows.

 

[Havelock Vetenari]

That guy flying 3 kites on 3 separate sets of lines at once blows me away (one set in each hand and one on his waist), and that last landing at the end of the vid was just icing on the cake. When I first saw that, I uncontrollably did this >>>>

Me too,setting them down like that is just magic,not to mention i think he(Ray Bethell btw) was already in his eighties in that vid(late seventies at least).
I can only hope to be that active at that age!

 

[fluffhead]

All of these pics were taken today. @lwien I believe you mentioned a few of these. Still around if you want them. Although I'm sure the quality isn't the same. I know the barrels of monkeys are garbage.

 

[Deadshort480]

Yeah, but look at the Tinker Toys. All fucking plastic! That's not what I remember. Tinker toys always were and forever shall be made of wood to this guy.

They still make Monchichi? Why?

 

[Tweek]

Thank me later

http://www.puttyworld.com/

 

[fluffhead]

Yeah, but look at the Tinker Toys. All fucking plastic! That's not what I remember. Tinker toys always were and forever shall be made of wood to this guy.

They still make Monchichi? Why?

Why? Because someone can make money off of it. Same reason the tinker toys are plastic. Which I agree, is total bullshit.

 

[t-dub]

I Love this video, lots of cool old toys and memories when I watch it . . .

 

[Enchantre]

I had this one:

and, I also had this one, but I seem to recall that either a) I had no story books to go with it, or b) it stopped working very early on:

 

[Caligula]

Better than Randy Handy I suppose.

 

[basement farmer]

Rosebud...

 

[craZivn]

Coveted like a toy

YES.

Except we had the real army surplus ones because they were cheaper than the store-bought knockoffs. And they were too big, but who cares?

I'll never forget the day when my cousin and I discovered how to shoot welding rods out of our BB guns.