Time to date yourself: Items from your childhood (picture thread)
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KIM: Have i told you lately how much i love you?
Is that a Barbie pedo-van?
We had a pink Barbie van but I can't find images of that, or the Barbie kitchen. I did, however, find the office, gym, and ice cream parlor!
My turn to be old! 
Before LEGO was invented, I played with these, oddly enough I never had an Erector set:
When I lived in Norfolk, Virginia, my house was on the beach and my two favorite toys where these;
I used to go up and down the beach collecting hermit crab shells in my wagon. *sigh*
It's no wonder I grew up to enjoy all the new multimedia things we have today since I played with these as a kid, though I only had TOS Trek at the time.
I, the Terror of Barret St., used to zip around on this, often standing on the crossbar, what a daredevil I was; This isn't me in the pic, btw, found on the web.
Before LEGO was invented, I played with these, oddly enough I never had an Erector set:
When I lived in Norfolk, Virginia, my house was on the beach and my two favorite toys where these;
I used to go up and down the beach collecting hermit crab shells in my wagon. *sigh*
It's no wonder I grew up to enjoy all the new multimedia things we have today since I played with these as a kid, though I only had TOS Trek at the time.
I, the Terror of Barret St., used to zip around on this, often standing on the crossbar, what a daredevil I was;
This isn't me in the pic, btw, found on the web.
This was actually my very first Lego:
Other things that I used to play with:
Playmobil
Allegro Chirurgo:
I don't even know the name of these:
This was nothing more than a heavy rubber ball with a piece of metal inside, but not in the center of it, on one side so that every time you made it bounce it would go all over the place and be difficult to catch:
There were many other things but I can't find images of them. So sad.
Other things that I used to play with:
Playmobil
Allegro Chirurgo:
I don't even know the name of these:
This was nothing more than a heavy rubber ball with a piece of metal inside, but not in the center of it, on one side so that every time you made it bounce it would go all over the place and be difficult to catch:
There were many other things but I can't find images of them. So sad.
Come to think of it, I can't remember many of the toys from my childhood. This springs to mind, though:
I had one just like that one. Mine had a darker finish, though.
I had one just like that one. Mine had a darker finish, though.
For a while I had these:
OMG! The Commodore 64 with a tapedeck was the first home computer I ever saw. My Dad had one when I was in high school in the mid 80's
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):
Very cute pic!
I had a metal pedal car similar to that in the very early 70's. It was a bright red fire engine with a bell and real wood ladders that hung on the side. And no - I don't want to think about what it would be worth now. It's just too painful. OMG! I haven't seen one of those in years. I had one too. A record album and a film strip and I thought it was the coolest thing. My two children each have a DVD player in their room and will never understand how mind blowing it still is to me that with DVD players you can watch your favorite movie in your home when ever you want.
Warmest Wishes,
Whoa Nellie
My very first console/computer:
One of my first dolls- Baby Beans:
I lost mine. Somewhere I have a picture of me holding her.
When I was older, I had a ton of the gimmicky dolls- Baby Alive, Whoopsie! and Dancerella:
Of course I had Barbies, too, but I really loved Darci:
I had the redhead Darci, too, and a bunch of outfits. Wish I'd held on to them.
One of my favorite toys that I still have- Kermit the Frog!
My favorite Barbie was the Superstar from 1977- I got a replica for my birthday:
And this isn't really a toy, but it's a little trinket from air travel that I wish I still had- Junior Wings. I had them from Eastern Airlines:
When I was little, I wanted to be a stewardess for Eastern Airlines, because it was my family's favorite airline to fly! Of course, that dream died in 1991...
I lost mine.
Somewhere I have a picture of me holding her.When I was older, I had a ton of the gimmicky dolls- Baby Alive, Whoopsie! and Dancerella:
Of course I had Barbies, too, but I really loved Darci:
I had the redhead Darci, too, and a bunch of outfits. Wish I'd held on to them.
One of my favorite toys that I still have- Kermit the Frog!
My favorite Barbie was the Superstar from 1977- I got a replica for my birthday:
And this isn't really a toy, but it's a little trinket from air travel that I wish I still had- Junior Wings. I had them from Eastern Airlines:
When I was little, I wanted to be a stewardess for Eastern Airlines, because it was my family's favorite airline to fly! Of course, that dream died in 1991...
My first video game
Hours of fun with blinking dots
They would totally fuck the Transformers up
One of the sacred shrines for future nerds
Hours of fun with blinking dots
They would totally fuck the Transformers up
One of the sacred shrines for future nerds
My first video game
My god how did i forgot the viewmaster, unfortunately not having any built in light meant it never worked under the covers when you are supposed to be sleeping for school in the morning.
Here's an item from my childhood:
I also had ViewMaster-- I even had talking ViewMaster.
Anybody remember Major Matt Mason?
How about the Outer Space Men?
I also had ViewMaster-- I even had talking ViewMaster.
Anybody remember Major Matt Mason?
How about the Outer Space Men?
I had that! Well, my dad had one and it was still around when I was little. I had completely forgotten about it till I saw it just now.Hours of fun with blinking dots
So, first off:
I had Lego blocks too but aside from those, some of my favorite toys from when I was little were:
And those I wouldn't use with the regular figures for it, I used those with my little 4 inch GI Joes that my Uncle gave me for my birthday one year. They were his from when he was younger. My favorite one:
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S.A.W. Viper
Another item from my childhood that really sticks out in my memory was Big Frank:
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I loved Big Frank sooo much and I was upset when my mom told me I was too old for it and made me get rid of it.
And of course I have like 8,463,584,734,860,873,403 of the Playmates 5" Star Trek action figures, but I don't have any pictures of those at the moment, and I'd rather not go looking for a bunch of pictures of them...
J
Jetfire
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Had one of those too...My Pet Monster.
Z Force, part of the UK toyline Action Force. (all my original toys, still got them)
had this too, Hardcastle and McCormick car and McCormick figure
had Joes as well...
and Transformers, but i've got no pix of them.
