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Did you have an Etch-A-Sketch? (Original Post) Ptah Jan 2022 OP
Yep. highplainsdem Jan 2022 #1
A big ol' black&white one from the 50s. TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #2
Yep and a View-Master, both very cool... wcmagumba Jan 2022 #3
I had a Viewmaster, too EastMeetsWest Jan 2022 #12
Sure did. How about Play Doh Fun Factory! NewHendoLib Jan 2022 #15
I LOVED MY ETCH A SKETCH crud Jan 2022 #4
Absolutely nevergiveup Jan 2022 #5
We got one every few years rustysgurl Jan 2022 #6
Yes! Anybody remember LiteBrite? Was that the name? BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #7
Yes! I remember spending hours on Lite Brite. Laffy Kat Jan 2022 #8
Some of the toys I coveted I never had lol. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #16
Yuppers Bayard Jan 2022 #9
After one day, it lost its multigraincracker Jan 2022 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author multigraincracker Jan 2022 #11
Yes, I forget whether it was really mine or my brother's - but "we' had one. Rhiannon12866 Jan 2022 #13
Yes to all three :) :) :) BlueGreenLady Jan 2022 #14

wcmagumba

(6,179 posts)
3. Yep and a View-Master, both very cool...
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 01:19 AM
Jan 2022

Ours wasn't red but loved that thing. I still have a couple of old View-Master reels from a garage sale....


 

EastMeetsWest

(191 posts)
12. I had a Viewmaster, too
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:46 AM
Jan 2022

It was gray. I don't remember all the reels I had, but I do remember having "The Sword In The Stone", and "Peter Pan". I wish I could remember the others. All from the '60s.

NewHendoLib

(61,857 posts)
15. Sure did. How about Play Doh Fun Factory!
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 09:53 AM
Jan 2022

Real Tinker Toys!

Kenner girder and panels construction sets!

Loved those types of toys from my youth,

and so many chemistry sets!

rustysgurl

(1,098 posts)
6. We got one every few years
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:24 AM
Jan 2022

because my brother always tried to take them apart to see how they worked. Finally Mom & Dad laid down the law and the last one we got stayed intact.

Laffy Kat

(16,952 posts)
8. Yes! I remember spending hours on Lite Brite.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 03:08 AM
Jan 2022

Playing in the dark. I thought it was so cool.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
16. Some of the toys I coveted I never had lol.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 12:09 PM
Jan 2022

When I began babysitting at 15, I had a blast with some of those toys.

Response to Ptah (Original post)

BlueGreenLady

(2,887 posts)
14. Yes to all three :) :) :)
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 09:41 AM
Jan 2022

This post is very "age outing", but I had an etch-A Sketch, a View Master and a LiteBrite. All shared among 4 siblings. Things got scrambled, mangled and lost quickly but they were fun while they lasted.

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