toys we had as kids

[AllaN01Bear]

mentioned earlier that i saw project moonbase on tubi tvi.
a person said the movie reminded them of their space base marks set . i had that too also and fort apache.
i went to a website and found a few of the toys i had .
https://www.timewarptoys.com/Products/Toys/1
i even had clackers when i mooved to tuolmne county ca in the late 80s . drove my mom nuts

i bet some of my neigbors @ tick tock base would appreciate the clackers .

[BOSSHOG]

1. My Grampa gave me an AM Transistor Radio for Christmas 1963

I cherished it. Got to listen to the Phillies Games even after bedtime. Under the sheets. Volume turned way down low. Not a toy, but a favorite.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. musta been great fun.

[diane in sf]

16. My grandpa was a banker and they had transistors for a promotion. He gave me one. A wonderful gift! My window on the

world, particularly for popular music.

[wnylib]

23. There was a "rocket" radio. It was shaped like a rocket

and had wires with connecting clips on the ends. You clipped the wires to anything metallic for it to work. It had an ear bud for listening to it. I remember that my cousins brought one to a family gathering at my grandfather's house and we took turns trying it out.

[debm55]

3. Easy Bake oven Didn,t cook as it only used a light bulb as a energy source. Loved my Barbies.and made clothes for them

[WhiteTara]

11. I had an easy bake and baked many a mud pie in it.

[wnylib]

28. My cousin had an Easy Bake oven.

I had a kids' tea set that I won in a bicycle race. My sister and I used to pour Kool-Aid into the tea set's pitcher and do imitations of society ladies at an afternoon tea. We asked we each other, in greatly exaggerated, solicitous tones with British accents, "Shall I pour for you?"

Then we collapsed into giggles.

[3catwoman3]

4. We loved Tinker Toys.

Are they still made?

[WhiteTara]

12. Lincoln logs and an erector set

early stem toys

Oh, and don't forget the periodic table game

[wnylib]

24. My brothers had a Lincoln log set.

[WhiteTara]

25. My parents believed in STEM for girls although

it wasn't called that of course. The periodic table game was tricky and I'm still not well versed. My dad was in the Signal Corp and was a code breaker and taught us codes, etc.

[wnylib]

32. I tried playing with the Lincoln Logs a few times when

my brothers weren't around. A couple times they saw me with them and took them away, complaining that they were not mine. My mother told them to share but they objected to sharing their toys with a girl.

OTOH, we did play "unisex" board games together like checkers. I also got asked to fill in when they needed another person for softball with their friends because I had good eye-hand coordination, could hit a ball far, and run fast.

[AllaN01Bear]

39. had been trying to get an cabin like we had as kids . i got everything else and found the cabin at a sams superstore

in kingman az. it was on sale for christmas.

[AllaN01Bear]

13. yes.

[surrealAmerican]

35. Yes, but ...

... they're made out of plastic now.

A big part of what I liked about them was their "woodenness".

[Mister Ed]

5. Super Ball 1966

It was about two and a half inches in diameter and musta weighed about forty pounds. Hurl it down onto the pavement with all your might and it would bounce over your two-story house, provided it didn't smash into your face.

Good times...

[BOSSHOG]

7. Super Ball was awesome

Very good times. Our times. A few years back a young man asked me if I’d like to be 18 again. I said yes. When I was 18, in 1972. Those were my good old days.

[rsdsharp]

36. The Super Ball is why we watch the Super Bowl

instead of the AFC NFC World Championship Game. Lamar Hunt’s (owner of the Chiefs) kids had a Super Ball, and that inspired the name change.

[AllaN01Bear]

40. super ball

https://www.wackola.com/product/original-superball/
i got whacked in the face with 1 whilst in elementary school.

[Sun-Moon]

6. Big Wheel, hot wheels, were my favorites

[dgauss]

8. The Hoppity Hop. Took a few trips around the block with that one.

[MFM008]

9. Toy heaven

Barbies, hula hoops, Etch A Sketch, Tinker Toys, Creepy Crawlers, Chatty Cathy, Easy Bake Oven, Super balls, Silly Putty, slime, slip and slide, Rock'em sock'em robots, wishing trolls, blocks, you know I can't think of hardly anything that we have today that will be remembered.

[dgauss]

14. I remember most of those. Always thought I would eventually produce a masterpiece on the Etch A Sketch.

Never happened. I was even intrigued by my sister's Easy Bake Oven. Was it really possible to bake a cupcake with a 100 watt light bulb? Turned out, not really. All fond memories though.

[wnylib]

33. Don't forget the slinky.

We had several of the toys that you mentioned.

My favorite when I was 4 years old was a blackboard that I got for Christmas. It was attached to a seat and the top lifted up for a place to store chalk and an eraser. On the top of the blackboard the alphabet was embossed in white. On the right hand side the numbers from 0 to 9 were embossed in white.

I had colored chalk - blue, green, yellow, red, purple, orange, and white. I could not draw well, but loved creating colorful designs with it.

I had learned colors, numbers, and the alphabet song in preparation for kindergarten. I had no idea what the alphabet song was about until the day that my father saw me making a colored design and decided to teach me what the letters were. He pointed to each one while I sang the alphabet. Then he showed me how to print my name while explaining the sounds of each letter. He went over the sounds of the other letters and demonstrated with simple words like dog and cat.

I was fascinated. I started sounding out words everywhere, on cereal boxes, appliances, toys, and on the pages of children's storybooks.

And I believe that is why I ended up being a language major in college. If he had chosen to go over the numbers on the blackboard with me, what they represented and what you can do with them, I might have majored in math or science. He caught me at a point when I was ready to learn and gave me some basic tools. Since it was like a game, I kept playing the reading game ever after.

[LogDog75]

15. Many toy from the early 60s

I remember having a toy rifle like Lucas McCain had in The Rifleman. I even learned how to cock the rifle using his flip method.

[MontanaMama]

17. Same as above posts...

Easy Bake Oven was a favorite. Also a Chrissy doll…she had red hair that could be short or long…I loved that doll.

[patphil]

18. My first 2 wheel bike had a Hopalong Cassidy motif, complete with cap gun rifle in a scabbard.

William Boyd, as Hopalong Cassidy was in 66 movies in the 30's and 40's, and these movies were played on TV in the 50's.
He was my hero.

[FuzzyRabbit]

20. He is still my hero!

[Archae]

19. When I was a kid, I liked Matt Mason space toys and Marx's Johnny West.

I now own Johnny West toys again.

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[AllaN01Bear]

31. lol

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. Matchbox cars.

I still have most of them. I build displays for the good ones so I can put them around the house/office.

Also Hot Wheels, Johnny Lightening, Husky... I just love the tiny details and how they used to try and make them as real looking as possible.

[AllaN01Bear]

22. a soriety sister brought me match box cars before they were imported from england. aslo legos that way.

[no_hypocrisy]

26. Mr. Machine

I took it apart and had no clue how to rebuild it.

[AllaN01Bear]

29. that would be scarry if an army of them came marching down the street.

[rsdsharp]

37. I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[FM123]

27. I had a nurse Julia barbie doll that I loved!

It was based on Diahann Carroll's character from the tv show.

[kimbutgar]

30. In my senior move job yesterday a lady gave me a forklift that was made in the late 40's or 50's

Her Father owned a forklift company and it was a prop on his job that he kept on his desk. My adult son loves forklifts so I brought it home for his collection. Looking at it I found it needed batteries to operate. Today, I’m going to put batteries in it to see if it works.

Omg I looked it up on eBay after seeing your link and someone is selling it for $250 !

[WestMichRad]

34. Lawn darts, chemistry sets, model rockets

It’s miraculous some of us are still alive.

[rsdsharp]

38. Defender Dan. Because every 10 year old need a .50 caliber machine gun!

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[Niagara]

41. Barbies

I was about 4 or 5 years old when my love of Barbie's manifested.


From left to right is 2000 Fabulous Forties Barbie, 1979 Beauty Secrets Barbie, 1980 Golden Dream Barbie, 1998 Avon's Winter Splendor Barbie, and 1980 Happy Birthday Barbie. I was a naughty girl last week and replaced my childhood Golden Dream Barbie and I paid out the wazoo for her. I replaced my childhood Beauty Secrets Barbie back in January. Any Barbie's made in the 1980's would generally be from my childhood.





This is only some of my collection. I need to shoot another photo session soon.



Here's 1988 Malibu Ken wearing an Ivy Geranium leaf. I have located his original swim trunks for sale online for a little over $10 but I can't justify paying the cost over 2 stamps worth for shipping. I'm convinced that I can find the swim trunks at an estate or yard sale.

[AllaN01Bear]

42. nice collection.

[Niagara]

43. Thank you so much, AllaN01Bear!