Favorite childhood toy?

[stoopified]

My favorite was the Snake-Mongoose Dragstrip set by HOT WHEELS.Couple this with my TV thread and yes I admit I am WAXING nostalgic for bygone days.

[sooner_born_1960]

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/TracerGun.jpg

[OKLA21FAN]

Hot Wheels 'fire mountain' race set


hot wheels were da bomb. i must have had over 200 cars (combine that with my friends cars) and we would spend most of the summer hand drawing up double elimination brackets and determining a true national champion. ;)

[MamaMia]

Its a tie between my Easy Bake Oven, the Barbie Dream House and my BB gun.

[OKLA21FAN]

BTW

Hot Wheels > Matchbox




and oh yeah

Tulsa > OKC ;)

[Norm In Norman]

1. (tie) Bike\3 wheeler\motorcycle
4. Star Wars Toys (including the Millennium Falcon)
5. Hot wheels of every sort

[royalfan5]

My 1/16th scale farm equipment, and my 1/64 scale farm equipment. My General Lee, and He-Man with the dentable chest.

[OU4LIFE]

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/images/memorabilia/toys/evel-knievel-stunt-cycle.jpg

Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle, bitches.

awwww yeah.

[OU4LIFE]

and by "stunt" I mean "shoot out aways and fall over"

[Norm In Norman]

6. This rip cord motorcycle thing that would go wicked fast.
7. Air Jammers

[Petro-Sooner]

hot wheels
tonka trucks
plastic handcuffs
GI Joes

[OKLA21FAN]

and the 'real' GI Joes (not those itty bitty ones)

http://www.feelingretro.com/toy_img/gi_joe.jpg

[C&CDean]

I don't think I ever got any toys when I was a kid. I got 2 bicycles growing up - a Schwinn Stingray and a Schwinn 10-speed. I do remember getting a couple airplane models that were cool. Overall, my best "toys" growing up were:

1. My 03 Springfield 30-06 (a WW-I sniper rifle I got from my grandpa)

2. Leftover 2x4's and steel roller skate wheels we made skateboards out of

3. An old 55-gallon drum we used to barrell walk on, get inside of and roll down hills, and fill with water and go swimming in. We used to also get on the roof with the dog and drop her into the 55-gallon drum full of water.

4. Any old piece of cardboard we could slide down the hills on.

5. Making water balloon launchers out of old inner tubes and the dog's dish.

[Norm In Norman]

Oh yeah, Dean reminded me:
8. Sticks
9. Rocks
10. Dirt

[yermom]

Legos

it's not really that close

next would be the Joes and Hot Wheels, which did indeed pwn Matchbox

ooh, and Transformers

various and sundry bikes and such as well, responsible for more fun and pain combined than about anything i can think of

[C&CDean]

Oh yeah, Dean reminded me:
8. Sticks
9. Rocks
10. Dirt

And I bet you had more fun with those than the other toys.

[Petro-Sooner]

I forgot about Legos.
And Lincoln logs.

[Norm In Norman]

I never owned:
Logos
Etch-a-sketch
jack-in-the-box
building blocks

hmmm - there is another biggie I can't think of right now.

[CUinNC]

http://www.redwagonsonline.com/images/products/Med_Classic-Red-Wagon-lg01.gif
Radio Flyer - making fun since 1917...

I don't know how many of these we went through, but in one summer I know we trashed at least 4 of 'em & had to buy them with money we made mowing...
used to pull someone in these with a rope to a bike, and we would whip curves & hills like no tomorrow to see how bad we could flip each other out of them...we even designed some brakes on the wagon so that the person riding could try & not get slammed....

bloody knees, arms, all that good stuff, but no broken bones...good times!

[Condescending Sooner]

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/TracerGun.jpg

Sweet! I had one of those and it was awesome.

[I_SMELL_FEAR]

Some not mentioned that I had and enjoyed

Some bombing game, where the land turned in a circle and you had this scope above the land that you looked through a scope and tried to bomb certain areas. The scope would move back and forth for adjustment.

Stretch Armstrong...thing had to have weighed 10 pounds.

Six Million Dollar Man, skin on the arm would flip up to show electronic circuitry, and you could look through his head and out his eye.

Lone Ranger and Tonto..I had the mess wagon, horses the whole nine yards.

Some 2-3 foot tall battle robots things. There were like 3 or 4 different ones, and different things would shoot from them...I think mine had missiles that shot from his arm...another one I think had missiles that shot from the chest.

[CobraKai]

1. Daisy 880 Pellet Gun
2. The pellets
3. Bread (to lure bird to our backyard)

[OKLA21FAN]

1. Daisy 880 Pellet Gun
2. The pellets
3. Bread (to lure bird to our backyard)

you will shoot your eye out, kid

[OKLA21FAN]

yard darts (best picnic game evar)
http://www.roudybob.net/images/jarts2.jpg

and when it rained and no one wanted to play Hot Wheels
there was always the Verti-bird
http://www.retrocrush.com/archive/deadly/vertibird.jpg

[Mjcpr]

I don't think I ever got any toys when I was a kid. I got 2 bicycles growing up - a Schwinn Stingray and a Schwinn 10-speed. I do remember getting a couple airplane models that were cool. Overall, my best "toys" growing up were:

1. My 03 Springfield 30-06 (a WW-I sniper rifle I got from my grandpa)

2. Leftover 2x4's and steel roller skate wheels we made skateboards out of

3. An old 55-gallon drum we used to barrell walk on, get inside of and roll down hills, and fill with water and go swimming in. We used to also get on the roof with the dog and drop her into the 55-gallon drum full of water.

4. Any old piece of cardboard we could slide down the hills on.

5. Making water balloon launchers out of old inner tubes and the dog's dish.

This is cracking my *** UP!

[OU4LIFE]

Some 2-3 foot tall battle robots things. There were like 3 or 4 different ones, and different things would shoot from them...I think mine had missiles that shot from his arm...another one I think had missiles that shot from the chest.

aww yeah Shogun Warriors. nice.

http://www.alandeleon.com/The_Shogun_Warriors.jpg

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

http://www.worldwideslides.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/mod_l_red.jpg

I still have it. Along with KISS, Sleeping Beauty, Laverne & Shirley, The Aristocrats and a lot of others I can't remember right now reels.

Freakin' KISS Viewmaster reels. I'll bet Gene Simmons marketed that himself. Heh.

[TMcGee86]

Legos and hot wheels were definitely teh bomb.

giJoe's were pretty sweet as well but I used to get ****ed at how the kids on the commercials somehow had elaborate cave type bases built right in their backyard, complete with landing strips, bunkers, sinper towers, repel lines, mini trees, roads with working stoplights, convenient stores, etc.

All my lousy back yard had was grass, and the occasional pile of dogstuff.

[MamaMia]

I never owned:
Logos
Etch-a-sketch
jack-in-the-box
building blocks

hmmm - there is another biggie I can't think of right now.
Lincoln Logs?

[Petro-Sooner]

Legos and hot wheels were definitely teh bomb.

giJoe's were pretty sweet as well but I used to get ****ed at how the kids on the commercials somehow had elaborate cave type bases built right in their backyard, complete with landing strips, bunkers, sinper towers, repel lines, mini trees, roads with working stoplights, convenient stores, etc.

All my lousy back yard had was grass, and the occasional pile of dogstuff.

Tell me about it. Those commercials with that cool set up where they were playing ****ed me off cause I didnt have anything like that. All I had was my stinking imagination. :rolleyes: :D

I do remember making roads and stuff in the sandbox for my hot wheels. That was always fun.

[Fugue]

I was the youngest sibling so by the time I was at toy playing age the sets weren't complete anymore. It was Lego and Lincoln Log. :mad:

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Fugue, I brought you a barrel.

With no monkeys.

[Mjcpr]

Fugue, I brought you a barrel.

Word. You can either ride it down a hill or swim in it, so STFU.

[yermom]

http://www.worldwideslides.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/mod_l_red.jpg

I still have it. Along with KISS, Sleeping Beauty, Laverne & Shirley, The Aristocrats and a lot of others I can't remember right now reels.

Freakin' KISS Viewmaster reels. I'll bet Gene Simmons marketed that himself. Heh.

i'll bet that one is awesome

[DoubleDown]

Some not mentioned that I had and enjoyed

Some bombing game, where the land turned in a circle and you had this scope above the land that you looked through a scope and tried to bomb certain areas. The scope would move back and forth for adjustment.

Stretch Armstrong...thing had to have weighed 10 pounds.


I'm pretty sure the bombing game was "Bombs Away." I had the night-time version that you played in the dark and only had a tiny light to illuminate the targets. Hours and hours of fun.

The Stretch Armstrong was teh awesome. I can't begin to count how many my brother and I went through after we discovered the "jelly" inside.

[OU4LIFE]

Legos and hot wheels were definitely teh bomb.

giJoe's were pretty sweet as well but I used to get ****ed at how the kids on the commercials somehow had elaborate cave type bases built right in their backyard, complete with landing strips, bunkers, sinper towers, repel lines, mini trees, roads with working stoplights, convenient stores, etc.

All my lousy back yard had was grass, and the occasional pile of dogstuff.

it's ok, you can say 'poo' here.

[Fugue]

Word. You can either ride it down a hill or swim in it, so STFU.

Nope, I'm gonna get on the roof and drop my missing one eye stuffed Lassie into it. :mad:

[sanantoniosooner]

http://images.google.com/url?q=http://www.anglersworkshop.com/aw/images/manu/Lamiglas_image.jpg&usg=AFQjCNG98HBo2-2HrPgff15D7ZpAhp0ThA

[I_SMELL_FEAR]

aww yeah Shogun Warriors. nice.

http://www.alandeleon.com/The_Shogun_Warriors.jpg

Shogun Warriors! yes. i had the second from the right

[I_SMELL_FEAR]

I'm pretty sure the bombing game was "Bombs Away." I had the night-time version that you played in the dark and only had a tiny light to illuminate the targets. Hours and hours of fun.

The Stretch Armstrong was teh awesome. I can't begin to count how many my brother and I went through after we discovered the "jelly" inside.

Im thinking ours might have had a light too...

As far as the hot wheels go, we used to have a large plastic terrain thing we played on. Had roads, and houses and hills to drive the hot wheels on. We wore that thing out.

[Pricetag]

He-Man with the dentable chest.
Battle Armor He-Man! My quest for that figure lasted for most of 1984. I never did find the damn thing. My aunt saw it in a store and bought it for me.

[stoopified]

I don't think I ever got any toys when I was a kid. I got 2 bicycles growing up - a Schwinn Stingray and a Schwinn 10-speed. I do remember getting a couple airplane models that were cool. Overall, my best "toys" growing up were:

1. My 03 Springfield 30-06 (a WW-I sniper rifle I got from my grandpa)

2. Leftover 2x4's and steel roller skate wheels we made skateboards out of

3. An old 55-gallon drum we used to barrell walk on, get inside of and roll down hills, and fill with water and go swimming in. We used to also get on the roof with the dog and drop her into the 55-gallon drum full of water.

4. Any old piece of cardboard we could slide down the hills on.

5. Making water balloon launchers out of old inner tubes and the dog's dish.
C&C you was deprived as a child.

[C&CDean]

C&C you was deprived as a child.

Deprived? I don't think so. Depraved? Perhaps.

[royalfan5]

Battle Armor He-Man! My quest for that figure lasted for most of 1984. I never did find the damn thing. My aunt saw it in a store and bought it for me.
I don't remember getting it, I just know I had as soon as I can remember having toys to play with.

[TUSooner]

BTW

Hot Wheels > Matchbox

WRONG.

Matchbox cars had much style and coolness; HotWheels were cheap, springy-wheeled pieces of crap. As soon as the springy-wheel busted, they were just crap.

Actually, that's a bit overboard. Let put it this way: Matchbox cars were toys of imagination; HotWheels were toys of short-lived action. I liked imagination a little better, though we did set up some bitchin Hot Wheel tracks around the house.

My cousin and I had some little cowboys & Indians and a fort and a tin town that sorta looked like the Gunsmoke set. We called the whole thing "the Ranch Set" and played with that for hours at a time. That's #1, tied with Matchbox cars.

Lincoln Logs at #2 were sometimes included in the ranch set action.

Honorable mention:
Little toy soldiers (I had some great WWII GI's vs Krauts stuff. They also worked with with Lincoln Logs)
Tinker toys

[OKLA21FAN]

WRONG.

Matchbox cars had much style and coolness; HotWheels were cheap, springy-wheeled pieces of crap. As soon as the springy-wheel busted, they were just crap.


prove it on the FAT TRACK!!!!!!!! :pop:
http://www.hot-wheels.org/sizzlers/fattracksets.jpg

[HskrGrl]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/jessisfarks/jessi_beer.jpg

[Petro-Sooner]

Transformers and their cheap knockoffs the Autobots.

[Okieflyer]

http://www.classictoysnyc.com/imagesthumb/GAM.jpg

Just a big ole' bag of Army men

[HskrGrl]

Actually my favorite toy was my bike. I was on that all the time. If I wasn't outside playing then it would be Barbies and Teddy Ruxspin.

[OU4LIFE]

you had a banana seat, didn't you.

[C&CDean]

you had a banana seat, didn't you.

You mean like BSG? Hers was the "hymenator."

[HskrGrl]

You mean like BSG? Hers was the "hymenator."

:eek:

[C&CDean]

:eek:

Indeed. She needs to tell the story again.

[OU4LIFE]

I thought that was her pet name for you.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

I hate that bike.

[soonerinabilene]

Transformers, He-Man, Micro Machines, and my Red Ryder BB gun.

[I_SMELL_FEAR]

http://www.classictoysnyc.com/imagesthumb/GAM.jpg

Just a big ole' bag of Army men

so what was your preferred ammuntion? rubberbands or broken crayolas was mine.

[OKLA21FAN]

so what was your preferred ammuntion? rubberbands or broken crayolas was mine.


black cats

[Okieflyer]

black cats

Yes but that was only a certain time of year. Most of the time it was rubberbands and dirt clods.:D

[MamaMia]

You mean like BSG? Hers was the "hymenator."
:eek:

[Norm In Norman]

aww yeah Shogun Warriors. nice.

http://www.alandeleon.com/The_Shogun_Warriors.jpg
I still have a metal one of those. It shoots it's fist on one side and an axe on the other.

[critical_phil]

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36830&highlight=custer

http://www.actionfarmtoys.com/pictures/1866.jpg

[Pricetag]

Transformers and their cheap knockoffs the Autobots.
I think you mean the Go-Bots. I had another fruitless quest involving those, for the "new" Leader-1, with the blue color scheme.

[Norm In Norman]

I had transformers and go-bots. Autobots were the good transformers, decepticons bad. I have this big go-bot storage thing that is itself a go-bot.

[HskrGrl]

My husband got in his mom's attic a couple years ago and found all his old transformers and he-men. He sold them on ebay and ended up making over $500 total I think.

[Norm In Norman]

I still have a metal one of those. It shoots it's fist on one side and an axe on the other.
Actually, I just found it online:

http://wildtoys.com/shogun/ShogCol/3dragun.jpg

[blueyedsooner]

Lemon twist -place around your ankle and jump over the lemon at the end?? I can't remember what it was actually called.

Roller Racer
http://www.school-tech.com/scooters3.html


Clown Sprinkler
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-FUN-FOUNTAIN-CLOWN-WATER-TOY-WHAM-O-SPRINKLER_W0QQitemZ260127529026QQcategoryZ145993QQ rdZ1QQssPageNameZWINQ3aPOST0Q3aRECOQ3aBIDQQcmdZVie wItem

[Rogue]

Bikes. Tonkas like the one below. I had some Tonka Jeeps that were great too. BB Gun. Rockem Sockems. Tyco electric race tracks and cars. Winter in Idaho was the best...sleds, snowmobiles, horses, 3-wheelers, and skis.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p99/cjrogue/tonka.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p99/cjrogue/B00005BY8V.jpg

[olevetonahill]

Toys ?
I didnt get No toys , I had to work
Unless you count a cotton sack as a toy :pop:

[rufnek05]

i'm gonna have to to with Lego's. entertainment for hours on end.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/194869010_9ce5e88b9b.jpg
I had nearly 100 of these FP Little People at one time including a Sesame Street set. After nieces and kids I babysat playing with them, it's down to about 8 and a school bus. These were the ones you could use as finger puppets.

[Sooner Born Sooner Bred]

This was my favorite doll. She is Mrs. Beasley from Family Affair. I still have her, but her arm is almost ripped off.
http://www.timewarptoys.com/mrsb.jpg

[critical_phil]

oh yeah, FP Adventure People kicked ***.

http://www.toyzdollz.com/images/FPadve40.jpg