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In reply to the discussion: What Was Your Favorite X-mas Present as a Kid? [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)59. I got this really cool electronics kit
It had all kinds of stuff, no solid state transistors or anything like that, but I could hook up all kinds of switches, lights, and etc., and it kept me entertained and educated. It was in the late 1960's, as I recall.
Mom and Dad indulged my science interests with a chemistry set and a microscope, among several other tech-oriented gifts. Did I become a scientist? No, but I've always had an interest in things like that.
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My blue and white JC Higgins bicycle. It opened up a whole new world for me. n/t
monmouth4
Dec 2018
#1
The Atari computer designers moved on to Commodore to create the Amiga...
targetpractice
Dec 2018
#40
Circa 1956(?). My brother and I got these cool machine guns on tripods, battery operated and also
dameatball
Dec 2018
#20
Video games...couldn't wait for everybody to leave so I could hole up. nt
UniteFightBack
Dec 2018
#28
A game called NFL Strategy. My friends and I spent countless hours playing this game!
Va Lefty
Dec 2018
#32
My favorite Christmas present ever was not a toy and not the favorite at the time.
PufPuf23
Dec 2018
#39
I had one of those!!! I made just about every project and created some of my own.
LakeSuperiorView
Dec 2018
#82
"My brother promptly walked him up to a cherry pie on the table, and nose-dived him into it."
ProudLib72
Dec 2018
#80