Some things that instantly spring to mind from my child hood in the 70s.
I remember those things.
For a while I had these:
But the C-64 was actually my dads, so I got myself the C-128:
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I remember those things.
For a while I had these:
But the C-64 was actually my dads, so I got myself the C-128:
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My first game system.
My most sophisticated toy.
OMG Click clacks!!!!! I was never very good with those. They were a lethal weapon in my hands!
I did A LOT of reading: Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown (even back then i preferred mysteries) and Agatha Christie.
Toys and games:
Mostly barbie, which i still collect to this day:
Green Ghost:
Clue, Mille Bornes, Password, Twister and Mystery Date to name a few.
Fellow ladies of the Stone Age, do you remember playing Mystery Date and screaming everytime you got stuck with Poindexter????
"Colonel Mustard, with the lead pipe, in the Conservatory!"
"The word is......"
I did A LOT of reading: Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown (even back then i preferred mysteries) and Agatha Christie.
Toys and games:
Mostly barbie, which i still collect to this day:
Green Ghost:
Clue, Mille Bornes, Password, Twister and Mystery Date to name a few.
Fellow ladies of the Stone Age, do you remember playing Mystery Date and screaming everytime you got stuck with Poindexter????
"Colonel Mustard, with the lead pipe, in the Conservatory!"
"The word is......"
What is this, exactly? I remember having something very similar - possibly the same thing - but I have no idea what it is.
Madballs!!!
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvfYcZ8GAVM[/yt]
The cover looks like "The 69 Game."
We played Mille Bornes *a lot* in grade school. The game is still available and I believe I have one tucked away in a box that I bought about 7 years ago.
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[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0zflekvaZM[/yt]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0zflekvaZM
Those were big when I was a kid...lost all mine though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0zflekvaZM
Those were big when I was a kid...lost all mine though.
Yeah, it was a fun game. We were so easily amused long ago.
Talk about dating ourselves....here's one that will make you weep. Or at least, make ME weep. Me in what would be worth a fortune today (it's the Ferengi in me):
Clackers were a lethal weapon in just about anyone's hands, Yeomani Randi. Can you imagine them selling those to kids today?
All I can say is...OW.
Simon was so cool
I carried this style of turntable around the house in its own box so I could listen to my music in different rooms. The 70's ipod!
Nicest set of wheels I ever owned. Banana seat and Sissy bars! Mine had streamers. This is actually an old ad, but it is so full of 70's win I had to post it.
Chinese Jump Rope was a recess favorite. Those kids look really dorky. I'm sure I looked much cooler playing it.
Barbie and the GI Joe I constantly nicked from my big brother spent many hours together in my barbie camper
Dorothy was my fav. It was a sad day when she lost some limbs and mom had to throw her out. Actually, I took her apart to figure out how she worked. Even her wrists, elbows and ankles moved; it was a mystery I just had to solve.
All I can say is...OW.
Simon was so cool
I carried this style of turntable around the house in its own box so I could listen to my music in different rooms. The 70's ipod!
Nicest set of wheels I ever owned. Banana seat and Sissy bars! Mine had streamers. This is actually an old ad, but it is so full of 70's win I had to post it.
Chinese Jump Rope was a recess favorite. Those kids look really dorky. I'm sure I looked much cooler playing it.
Barbie and the GI Joe I constantly nicked from my big brother spent many hours together in my barbie camper
Dorothy was my fav. It was a sad day when she lost some limbs and mom had to throw her out. Actually, I took her apart to figure out how she worked. Even her wrists, elbows and ankles moved; it was a mystery I just had to solve.
Is that a Barbie pedo-van? 
Is it sad that I had a skip-it and never mastered the damn thing?
I could use it. I just never mastered it. Of course, I had coordination problems as a kid.
A blue A-10? Well, it's close. The engines are different though. But it's still cool. Green, then later Grey A-10s used to rule the skies above my childhood hometown.
I didn't realize there was much of a difference. I mean, it's a Skip-It. How much mastery can there possibly be?
Think of it this way. I can use a paint brush, but I can't paint the Mona Lisa, being able to do so would require mastery of the paintbrush.
I could use it, but never could use it very long before messing up the count or whatever.
Mostly barbie, which i still collect to this day:
Yeay Barbie! *YeomanRandi* You're so cute!
Dorothy was my fav. It was a sad day when she lost some limbs and mom had to throw her out. Actually, I took her apart to figure out how she worked. Even her wrists, elbows and ankles moved; it was a mystery I just had to solve.
My barbies got buried in the back yard - I was hoping for 1/6 skeletons! No skeletons - just moldy barbies!
