classic toys while growing up

[Christmas_Ape]

I had a cool brown box.

 

[TallCowboy]

Hot Wheels and GI Joes

 

[ChefChiTown]

Reading this thread is making me want to build a fort in my bedroom with sheets and pillows.

 

[dave_rhino]

Action Man, slightly more cool than GI Joe, much more of a ladies man.

Mighty Max as well.

 

[holdol]

Tonka Toys and Creepy Crawlers

Oh, a mention for anything Rat Fink

 

[KungFuDude]

The slinky.

You couldn't actually use one without singing the slinky song either for some reason.

 

[D-rock]

Don't forget about the paddle with the ball attached to it. Those were always fun for about half a day. Then the rubber band the ball was attached to inevitably broke in short order sending the ball someplace to smash into something else and break it.

 

[saint]

gi joe, circa 1982, not the barbie rapers(am i the only one who did that?)
transformers
hot wheels
i had star trek action figures til i got caught having the guys run the train on lt uhura

 

[anomaly]

These toys actually belonged to my older brother but I played with the G.I. Joe action figures and Transformers. When I was a kid Sega Genesis was the hot thing.

 

[icerfan]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots! :fight:

 

[D-rock]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots! :fight:

It was amazing how much time and use kids could get out of something so simple. I used to like them.

I feel sorry for children now. I look back on what there was when I was a kid and what they have now and I have come to the conclusion that almost all toys and cartoons made today suck. Maybe it's just nostalgia but the things we had then blow it away.

 

[senob44]

It was amazing how much time and use kids could get out of something so simple. I used to like them.

I feel sorry for children now. I look back on what there was when I was a kid and what they have now and I have come to the conclusion that almost all toys and cartoons made today suck. Maybe it's just nostalgia but the things we had then blow it away.

I agree. Back in the day, kids had to use their imanginations alot more. I wonder what this will mean when today's kids grow up to be adults?

For me, I loved Tonka trucks (bulldozer, crane, 2 dump trucks, steam shovel, backhoe) Then I had about 500 Matchbox and hot wheels cars. Most of which I still have to eventually give to my future son. I remember I didn't get the nintendo for awhile after it was popular, so I played alot of Atari too.

 

[Christmas_Ape]

So nobody else played with boxes? :crying:

 

[Ben Jakinoff]

Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle

from the 70's

 

[geraldhp42]

I still buy Transformers left and right.

 

[D-rock]

So nobody else played with boxes? :crying:

No, but I built forts out of couch cushion and bed sheets.

 

[nothingandless]

Spinjas
muscle men
lincoln logs
M.A.S.K.
battle beasts
He-Man
GI Joe
TMNT
etc...

 

[Legzman]

Spinjas
lincoln logs
M.A.S.K.
GI Joe
etc...

M.A.S.K. YES!!! Loved that! Those vehicles were crazy! Lincoln logs were fun. I also had a lot of GI joes but most of them ended up as dog excrement! That fuckin dog ate all my toys!

 

[BlueBalls]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, He Man........ahh good times

 

[slowhand]

For me, I loved Tonka trucks bulldozer, crane, 2 dump trucks, steam shovel, backhoe

Yep I used to have them to. :thumbsup: