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ST Poll: Toy you had growing up that is no longer available. -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Oct 29 '20, 11:22

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Mr. Machine (an erector set with far to complicated shit for my age) mom saved and scrimped for it, I was too scared of it, played with the box -- nm - ⏲👻 Oct 29, 12:02
Battle Mountain -- (pic) - Remlik Oct 29, 11:49 [Attachment] 1
- I had that -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:49
My favorite toy was the Big Trak. But I had a lot of toys that are no longer available: Jarts, steel dump trucks and other construction vehicles ... - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:48 [youtube] 5
- guns without bright orange tips. -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:49 1
  - Had a couple of those, too. And while they weren't exactly "toys," 13-year-old RC received a full set of shuriken and a ninja outfit for his birthday. - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:51
- I loved programming loooooong series into it. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:49 2
  - Me too. :-) - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:52 1
    - LOFL -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:52
They still make them, but I had the shitty vibrating football game. I had the Dolphins vs Cowboys Superbowl edition. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:47 2
- and you liked to sit on it. -- nm* - groiny Oct 29, 11:48 1
  - No, that is not how you used it. But you thinking that does explain your fantasy football teams. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:53
I also had the Marx Fort Apache playset (plastic cavalry and Indians) and a Marx Pacific War playset. I think they are non PC nowadays -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:45
Supremacy (it's a board game like Risk but with nukes) -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:42 5
- I had that game, too. One of the best designed maps (and a cool blue color) from what I remember. - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:49 2
  - I'll bring the pizza bread if you find it :) -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:50 1
    - Deal! -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:52
- Geesh. Pretty dark for 12 year olds -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:45 1
  - At least I'm not Baron and impaling children with metal darts -- nm - kilboooooo 👻 Oct 29, 11:48
honorable mention: Chutes Away game -- (link) - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:42
Also, spent a lot of time building with construx. Like, a *lot*. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:41
Dark Tower game -- (link) - 🧛 pfm in an Banksy mask 💀 Oct 29, 11:34 2
- Good call. That was a fun game. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:45
- I recall that but I never got to play it -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:39
This -- (link) - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:32 6
- I had the Mattel handhelds in the four major sports, and the Coleco baseball as well. I bought the original Mattel football nostalgia reissue - crash davis Oct 29, 11:38 2
  - I have a Mattel Football 2 handheld here at my desk - decline Oct 29, 11:40 1
    - ooh, the one with the passing. That is a good client, take care of them. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:41
- Nice! I had that and a bunch of other handheld games -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 11:34
- My brother had the football one. i always had it. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:33 1
  - Me too. When I was a kid I broke my leg and was in the hospital for surgery on it. I shared a room with an older guy who was also going in for - pmb Oct 29, 11:39
Fisher Price little people that were small enough to choke on. -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:32 12
- Did anyone else have the Fisher Price airport with parking garage? -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:35 6
  - I had the garage but not the airport. This... -- (link) - Krusty Oct 29, 11:40 [Image]
  - I think we did, actually. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:37 4
    - It had a little gas station. Did the plane come with it? -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:38 3
      - I had the gas station -- with the parking deck and car elevator -- but never had the airport. -- nm - aRCynic (and Old Lace) Oct 29, 11:53
      - I don't think it did. As I recall that was separate. I may be wrong though -- nm - Remlik Oct 29, 11:47
      - I have no idea, I just remember playing with it as a kid. -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:39
- Remember Weebles? -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:33 4
  - The dog was my fave. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:46
  - They wobble, but they don’t fall down! -- nm - znoooooooo!!! Oct 29, 11:35
  - yes! -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:35
  - I loved those -- nm - ty97 Oct 29, 11:33
Mattel Creepy Crawlers -- (pic) - PumpkinheadPete Oct 29, 11:31 [Attachment]
Monkey Division. Helmet, guns, bazookas, walkie talkies. - zunkskunk scared stupid ♻ Oct 29, 11:31 1
- I don't recall those -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:39
Creepy Crawlers. -- nm - pmb Oct 29, 11:29 2
- they smelled so good -- nm - groiny Oct 29, 11:42
- I had that too. Nowadays, I imagine it would be a lawsuit waiting to happen. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:35
Merlin the hand held electronic game -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:28 4
- i loved my Merlin soooo much. played it to death. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:30 1
  - So enjoyable. It’s seems down right primitive now. -- nm - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:31
- The last one I had my German Sheppard chewed up for some reason. - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:29 1
  - Maybe it was talking when you weren’t around - Pippy’s Brew Oct 29, 11:32
Slip n Slide -- nm - Jovian Oct 29, 11:26 2
- They still make them. No one I knew had enough grass to use one but they look like fun. -- nm - Krusty Oct 29, 11:31
- Slide slide slippity-slide - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:29
Spock helmet. -- nm - 💀SPAWN💀 Oct 29, 11:26 3
- You actually had one of those? You ARE the man! -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:29 2
  - as featured on Star Trek Lower Decks! -- (link) - Remlik Oct 29, 11:42
  - My friend and I both got the plastic model kit where you assembled a phaser, a communicator, and a tricorder. We took planetary scans of the - crash davis Oct 29, 11:34
i had a microscope with glass slides that i LOVED. My nephew has it now. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:24 2
- I had one of those! But I have no idea what happened to it. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:26 1
  - I still have mine! -- nm - 💀 Skully 💀 Oct 29, 11:32
Jarts. -- nm - Bar N Furter 🧛‍♀️ Oct 29, 11:23 1
- this -- nm - decline Oct 29, 11:25
Me: A chemistry set that Walter White would approve of; My best friend: Lawn Darts with the sharp metal spikes. -- nm - crash davis Oct 29, 11:22 1
- ah, lawn darts. -- nm - Andie Oct 29, 11:24

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