Remember These Toys?

Don't think I had any of those, but I do remember having...

Baby Alive Link

Chrissy Doll - who had red hair like me - could make her hair any length Link

Ken Link and Barbie Link Link

Barbie's Townhouse Link

Barbie's Corvette Link

And who could forget Shrinky Dinks?! The ability to shrink a perfectly good drawing in the oven...haha...we loved it. Link

I meant to add that the boys down the street had many of those toys. I was always jealous because Barbie didn't have a horse to ride on or guns & a holster. Guys' "dolls" (HA) were way cooler.

Remember the Johnny West action figures? They were big back then. Not like the little toys they make today. The GI Joes had real burr heads. LOL

My Barbie always liked GI Joe better than Ken.

I had the Barbie Airplane, the Pool, the Camper, the Van, Skipper, Ballerina Barbie. Oh, the good old days.

Remember Lincoln logs & Leggos?

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Originally posted by autumn1964:
My Barbie always liked GI Joe better than Ken.

Well, yeah.... Ken was always a little light in the loafers. Isn't he cutting hair these days?

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Originally posted by _Joy_:
Don't think I had any of those, but I do remember having...

Baby Alive Link

Chrissy Doll - who had red hair like me - could make her hair any length Link

Ken Link and Barbie Link Link

Barbie's Townhouse Link

Barbie's Corvette Link

And who could forget Shrinky Dinks?! The ability to shrink a perfectly good drawing in the oven...haha...we loved it. Link

lol joy those brought back some memories. I had all of the above. Gosh i miss those days

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Originally posted by CrustyMac:

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Originally posted by autumn1964:
My Barbie always liked GI Joe better than Ken.

Well, yeah.... Ken was always a little light in the loafers. Isn't he cutting hair these days?

LMAO Malibu Ken lol

I had the latest in technology, the fascinating, modern marvel.....Chatty Cathy!

and i remember my younger sis getting an Easy Bake Oven and a Lite-Brite when they first came out....then later a Spiro-Graph.

I forgot about Spirograph! I loved it. I had an Etch-a-sketch, too.

Etch-A-Sketch is a magical classic.

Wal-mart seems to be advertising plaid. Just say no...

Every Christmas time, I give this advice, and it's always good.

Whatever you buy the kids, put it in a fridge box. A big, sturdy cardboard box.

You can imagine what they'll get more joy out of.



DF

OMG! I had most of these toys mentioned! As a matter of fact I still have my Chrissy doll in her original outfit and the box!!

How about a Mrs. Beasly doll? I had Johnny West and his horse Thunderbolt. I also had Jane West.

I had a "Walking Barbie" and does anyone remember Dancing Dawn?

DeepFat, you are right about the fridge box! That used to be the BEST thing in the world! You could make a play house or fort and then when the box tore up you took it to the nearest hill to slide on! Oh, the good old days!! LOL

I never had any of those toys, but I remember buying most of them for my children...sweet memories.

Toys???? I had a Brillo Pad for a teething ring!! J/K

I did have the first Barbie Doll ,,,,she was in a swimsuit and of course you had all the clothes to buy separately !! Wish I still had her....may be worth a few bucks!! Oh well..........

Do you remember "PICK-UP-STICKS"....I can't believe how DANGEROUS those thing would be today. Well, seriously can you believe the things we got away with????

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Originally posted by Justasking:
I did have the first Barbie Doll ,,,,she was in a swimsuit and of course you had all the clothes to buy separately !! Wish I still had her....may be worth a few bucks!! Oh well..........

My first Barbie wasn't one of the first ones, but she was an early one.....bouffant hair and zebra striped swimsuit.

And i loved Pick-Up-Sticks!...it never occured to us that they were dangerous.

My sisters and brothers and I loved getting games for Christmas. One of our favorites was Mr. Mouth. I had a Star Trek Enterprise that had a little fan underneath and it would fly in circles. It came with a remote so you could swoop down and hook things.

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Originally posted by Eye-gor:
My sisters and brothers and I loved getting games for Christmas...

My foster son still gets kidded about the Christmas when he was little and one of his gifts was Tiddly-Winks. He unwrapped it and said, for all to hear, "Look, i got Titty-Winkles!"

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Originally posted by Justasking:
Do you remember "PICK-UP-STICKS"....I can't believe how DANGEROUS those thing would be today. Well, seriously can you believe the things we got away with????

YES!!! And Klackers!!

I had several pair of klackers made of glass. Can you imagine giving your child those to play with now? Child services would be down you in a heartbeat.

I had a pair of Klackers and after busting my hand for about the umpteenth time, my mother finally took them away from me.

Lego's were mentioned earlier. Legos are a lot different today than when I was a kid. Back then all I had was a big bucket of different sized blocks along with some axle blocks with wheels, propellers, windows, etc. But I determined what I was going to build. Lego sets today aare all designed to be something in particular whether it be something from Star Wars or whatever. There's no imagination in Legos today.

The G.I. Joe with the kung fu grip was a rip off. I had more fun with Major Matt Mason and my llunar crawler, as well as my erector set. G.I. Joe was cool, but after a while his life like hair started falling out and it looked like he had a ringworm.

i loved plain ol' Tinkertoys

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Originally posted by teyates:
The G.I. Joe with the kung fu grip was a rip off. I had more fun with Major Matt Mason and my llunar crawler, as well as my erector set. G.I. Joe was cool, but after a while his life like hair started falling out and it looked like he had a ringworm.

I always wanted one of those with the kung fu grip!
I had a Steve Austin 6 Million Dollar man action figure. I had to make that bionic sound eh,eh,eh,eh,eh myself.

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Originally posted by DeepFat:
Every Christmas time, I give this advice, and it's always good.

Whatever you buy the kids, put it in a fridge box. A big, sturdy cardboard box.

You can imagine what they'll get more joy out of.



DF

A fridge box - my FAVORITE toy of all. Ah the memories and imagination. Wonder where I could find one. They made a great hiding place.

A red wagon could be lots of fun too if you lived in a hilly place. Don't know how many times I turned that thing over trying to avoid either my horse or the briar patch or worse, the ditch.

I remember when my brother had a stretch arm strong. His arms weren't to strong after we tied it around a tree and all the stuff oozed out

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Originally posted by Eye-gor:
A red wagon could be lots of fun too if you lived in a hilly place. Don't know how many times I turned that thing over trying to avoid either my horse or the briar patch or worse, the ditch.

One of my funniest memories is of my foster son talking his half-sister (my step daughter) into getting in a red wagon after he had tied the wagon to the german shepard....he then threw the dog's ball and my SD was hanging on for dear life and screaming her head off as the dog took off chasing the ball across the neighbor's yard and down the hill.

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Originally posted by DeepFat:
Every Christmas time, I give this advice, and it's always good.

Whatever you buy the kids, put it in a fridge box. A big, sturdy cardboard box.

You can imagine what they'll get more joy out of.



DF

YES - big boxes and TONS of bubble wrap!!!!

linkin logs.

Stadium checkers, girders and panels, fanner fifty, vac-u-form, and anything by Whammo.
Do you remember getting pulled on a wagon by a bike? Then when you get up to speed and slack lets the handle drag on the sidewalk until a bump sends you flying.

Hi all,

Here's one I bet few recall -- the doll, Pitiful Pearl. She was so ugly she was cute. Around 1960, my daughter just had to have one. That was her favorite Christmas present.

When we were little, my brother and I got boxing gloves. Since he always won, he got to be Joe Louis. Not sure who I was; but, my boxer never won.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

I had a train that produced real steam when I was three. I still remember the stench it put off. It smelled like when you turn the heater on for the first time after the summer.

I also had something we called a spinning jenny. It had two seats and a place on it where you could hook up a hose pipe. The water pressure caused it to spin while you were showered with spraying water. That thing was fun!

Anybody have one of these? Perfect for sneaking to school in a back pack.

I had a Howdy Doody doll

Simple things---
I always liked getting a new coloring book and new box of crayons.
I still enjoy coloring...i find it relaxing.

Yes, buddy, the Stretch Armstrong did not last too long with my two boys, they loved to stretch him out as far as he could go, Then of course, they had to cut into him with scissors/knives, can't remember, but all that goo stuff came out, it was rally gross!! Thanks for the memories