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snappyturtle

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6. I was four months old on my first Christmas in 1947...how that hurts to say! ha!

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Mon Dec 22, 2014, 09:30 PM

Dec 2014

Anyway, my guess would be dolls, maybe Raggedy Ann types and Lincoln logs and Tinker Toys....Legos were my kids toys in the late 70's and early eighties....well, at least that's what I garnered from my vacuum sweeper!

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What was a very popular toy the year you were born? [View all] Kaleva Dec 2014 OP

The Cuban Missile Crisis onehandle Dec 2014 #1

Twister! NewJeffCT Dec 2014 #2

This: femmocrat Dec 2014 #3

In the early fifties my brother set his bedroom on fire with a snappyturtle Dec 2014 #7

:rofl: femmocrat Dec 2014 #9

Irwin Mainway would be proud pinboy3niner Dec 2014 #20

Barbie got a boyfriend the year I was born! nt DawgHouse Dec 2014 #4

Koosh ball (1987) sakabatou Dec 2014 #5

I was four months old on my first Christmas in 1947...how that hurts to say! ha! snappyturtle Dec 2014 #6

Rocks, probably. I'm pretty old. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #8

1949 and I am guessing�toy six guns rurallib Dec 2014 #10

1956 popular toys - xmas benld74 Dec 2014 #11

Mr. Potato Head adirondacker Dec 2014 #12

We had a Mr. Potato Head game with just the eyes and feet, etc. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #18

That's funny! I hadn't realized there was a more organic Mr.Potato Head prior to the adirondacker Dec 2014 #19

I remember that. The aroma... 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #28

1976: Stretch Armstrong Recursion Dec 2014 #13

Mostly pipi_k Dec 2014 #14

Can't remember! ha ha I was six months old Christmas 1939. oldandhappy Dec 2014 #15

1968 d_r Dec 2014 #16

Sparkle Plenty doll (from the Dick Tracy comic strip) frogmarch Dec 2014 #17

1956 it appears to have been......... mrmpa Dec 2014 #21

fire ,it was a new invention us kids played with olddots Dec 2014 #22

HAHAHAHA! elleng Dec 2014 #23

Damn, I AM getting older! mimi85 Dec 2014 #24

And my husband - yikes! mimi85 Dec 2014 #25

How would I know? I was born in 1939. n/t RebelOne Dec 2014 #26

Me, too. I'm sure some toys were invented that year. I dunno, tho... CTyankee Dec 2014 #33

I won't say the year but this was popular.... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #27

1951 3catwoman3 Dec 2014 #29

We used to spend hours looking at the View-Master. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #30

Operation sharp_stick Dec 2014 #31

It may have been Scrabble, 1948. murielm99 Dec 2014 #32

Terri Lee Dolls swilton Dec 2014 #34