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In reply to the discussion: What was a memorable thing Santa brought you as a kid? [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)55. I don't think I ever played with them in the tub
I preferred to play with my boats instead. And little plastic hair-dye bottles that my mom's hairdresser would give me.
On edit: The box did say "plastic" but they were actually styrofoam, and the nibs on the blocks would easily come off
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Christmas '68 I was 5, and my oldest brother was on leave from the army via Germany-
MerryBlooms
Dec 2013
#1
LOL! Yeah, pretty much, but with a buzz cut. Who here remembers Butch Wax?
Adsos Letter
Dec 2013
#12
When I was seven I wanted a US Army bugle (must have been those old cavalry movies)
panader0
Dec 2013
#15
It came with everything but I preferred to get my own stuff like hair, phonograph needle, grass..
BlueJazz
Dec 2013
#44
I loved Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and Trixie Belden and the Bobwhites of the Glenn....
Rowdyboy
Dec 2013
#65
My brother used to regift as a kid. I once got a used spirograft set from him complete
applegrove
Dec 2013
#37
Yes. He was about 11 and I was 8. I don't think I used the set once. But the story is great.
applegrove
Dec 2013
#56
My Smokey, the Bear. Looked like this. I still have him, minus the hat and
sinkingfeeling
Dec 2013
#69