Toy memories

[WindwardOahuRN]

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My parents were a trip, too. And I have really crazy hair to prove it! But it isn't pink. Your hair is adorable. You look like you could be a doll. Just don't be a BRATZ. Those things are banned from my house! Besides, they have no FEET!

Ooo. Obake.

An idle thought---isn't Star Jones looking more and more like a BRATZ doll?

[lavagal]

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Of course I do! More than they need LOL

Just because I had a marred childhood, I would never allow that to happen to my sweet boys.

Thanks for the concern...my parents were just pretty messed up. I don't carry on the tradition of no toys, or the other things that would scare the pants off ya!

My boys have toys

My parents were a trip, too. And I have really crazy hair to prove it! But it isn't pink. Your hair is adorable. You look like you could be a doll. Just don't be a BRATZ. Those things are banned from my house! Besides, they have no FEET!

[cezanne]

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Wheel-O was that U-shaped handle that a magnetized wheel would ride on.

That's the guy I'm talking about. I remember having contests among my siblings to see who could make it go the fastest.

Speaking of being an older brother to a kid sister... isn't it in the job description for us to torture our kid sisters? lol... I remember getting in trouble for lining all my sister's dolls up on her dresser so that it looked like they were all ready to jump on her when she woke up... of course this is after I tell her a bed time story of the "Curse of the Dolls haha. She always brings that up even to this day.

[cezanne]

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What was the name of those really weird model kits?? Whacky vehicles with grotesque cartoonish figures---anyone remember?? I built a bunch of those when I was a kid. I think they were by Revell?

Yeah I built those too! I think it was Revell. The name of one of them was Drag Nut... I think . The model itself looked cartoony but they did look cool back then.

[damontucker]

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Well we have 2 and another kind also. Maybe I will have to see if it is worth something. Thanks for the tip Manoa.

Geez if you have 2... I send you one box of macadamia nuts for one of em

[blueyecicle]

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Well we have 2 and another kind also. Maybe I will have to see if it is worth something. Thanks for the tip Manoa.

[damontucker]

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We actually have that football game in our closet from my husbands childhood toys. Still works!

Hold onto it pinkeyecicle -

Might be worth some cash!

[blueyecicle]

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We actually have that football game in our closet from my husbands childhood toys. Still works!

[damontucker]

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Oh Hellbent...your picture gives me nightmares...

I wanted one of those for my Birthday in September when I was a kid...and didn't get one... then I wanted it again for x-mas and didn't get one...

When I finally asked my mom why she never got me one... she said was cause it made to much noise...

I wanted one of those for so long... and I finally got one...when I was 12.... I played that thing for ages...until it dropped on the ground and broke.

just blips on a screen...but those that had one...were addicted to it.

And I wasn't allowed to play it around my mom.

[Hellbent]

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i remember the smurf game on coleco. ive been thining about the how games have been thru the years. my mom used to buy me the 2600 cartridges which were what? $40? Now you can play something 100000x better for free on your cell phone, interweb, pc, psp, etc.
remember this?

or this

[blueyecicle]

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OH! and does anyone remember COLECO vision! I think Commodore 64's beat them out of business. I played that when we went to visit auntie!

[blueyecicle]

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Don't mean to pry, but, children not permitted to have toys? Do you allow your children to have toys, Blue?

Of course I do! More than they need LOL

Just because I had a marred childhood, I would never allow that to happen to my sweet boys.

Thanks for the concern...my parents were just pretty messed up. I don't carry on the tradition of no toys, or the other things that would scare the pants off ya!

My boys have toys

[WindwardOahuRN]

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lol! I'm sure you could use any object such as coins as "players". Heads vs. tails. Come to find out, the proper name of it is ELECTRIC FOOTBALL.

Alot of my "toys" were actually plastic model kits that I got into building from a very young age (starting around 6). Never got into painting and detail for static display until my teens. I must've built every single kit from Revell and Monogram collectively over those past years.

Our house had a pool, so naturally the kits of choice were battleships. Had to add weights in the hull on most of them, as they weren't seaworthy out of the box. Also built lots of planes that I would pretend to crash - and when I say crash, I mean CRASH. Broke da' wings off and all. Even go as far as lighting them on fire. lol

Kinda' sad how it seems to be a dying hobby. Most kids today rather finish the final level of Halo than put the finishing touch of personal pride on a model kit.

What was the name of those really weird model kits?? Whacky vehicles with grotesque cartoonish figures---anyone remember?? I built a bunch of those when I was a kid. I think they were by Revell?

[Pomai]

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He's down is he hurt? I don't know but he's still vibrating so that's a good sign!

lol! I'm sure you could use any object such as coins as "players". Heads vs. tails. Come to find out, the proper name of it is ELECTRIC FOOTBALL.

Alot of my "toys" were actually plastic model kits that I got into building from a very young age (starting around 6). Never got into painting and detail for static display until my teens. I must've built every single kit from Revell and Monogram collectively over those past years.

Our house had a pool, so naturally the kits of choice were battleships. Had to add weights in the hull on most of them, as they weren't seaworthy out of the box. Also built lots of planes that I would pretend to crash - and when I say crash, I mean CRASH. Broke da' wings off and all. Even go as far as lighting them on fire. lol

Kinda' sad how it seems to be a dying hobby. Most kids today rather finish the final level of Halo than put the finishing touch of personal pride on a model kit.

[craigwatanabe]

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Similar to those green army men with the base...

Remember that NFL football game with playing field that had the vibrating base and the molded plastic painted players with bases? The "strategy" was to place your team in positions that would move you towards the goal line. Uh huh. Yeah.

Imagine when kids today are posting on HawaiiThreads.com in the year 2030 saying stuff like, "Remember Playstation 3? "Whoah das' old school! Da' graphics looked so fake."

Of course I had the original Atari Game Console with the woodgrain finish and joystick with red button controllers. Pong!

I've always wanted to see SNL (Saturday Night Live) do a skit where they bring in a real NFL broadcast team and do a play by play with one of those vibrating football game toys. That would be hilarious! He's down is he hurt? I don't know but he's still vibrating so that's a good sign!