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Toys from your childhood (1 Viewer)

glock said:
Johnny Seven OMA Gun :goodposting:

This one is the best of the lot but is missing the pistol. My guess is that someone bidding has the pistol. ;)

Edited to add that, after looking through everyone elses memories...I am indeed an old boot. :confused:
The Johnny Seven was the first thing I thought about when I read the thread title. I had one of those babies when I was about ten. A toy gun so F'n big it needed a bi-pod. :thumbdown:
 
I'll try to find pictures of them later or a link to the TV show - nobody I know now seems to remember M.A.S.K.. (or maybe that's not what they were called?). They all had masks :eek: that shot lazers, etc.. and I think their vehiles changed a little too. Maybe I am making this crap up, as I am the only person I know that read The 3 Investigators and not The Hardy Boys. ;)

:goodposting: found a LINK - I am not insane after all....
Wow, talk about jogging memories....Cartoon introI'm pretty sure I had every single vehicle made. And, I'm sure my mom still has tehm all in her garage along with my He-Man figures, my transformers, and all my other stuff.

 
I used to watch M.A.S.K. and had a few of the figures, every once in a while the theme song pops into my head.

Also played this alot, and keep playing the easter egg that is hidden in the VBD software (is it still in the new versions??) although that one is much easier since it is on the computer.

 
I used to watch M.A.S.K. and had a few of the figures, every once in a while the theme song pops into my head.

Also played this alot, and keep playing the easter egg that is hidden in the VBD software (is it still in the new versions??) although that one is much easier since it is on the computer.
Wife got me the Mattel Classic Football 2 for Christmas this past year.
 
The Six Million Dollar Man & Jamie Sommers

Yes I had a Barbie Doll with a make believe bionic arm, legs and ears.
The Bionic man and the rocket ship is one of my prized possessions. I loved the Evel Knievel van and ramp but this is my favorite. And the one I still have. My grandmom searched high and low until she got it for me. God bless her soul. :confused:
14, you still have yours ??? You gotta post pics if you do.
Yes. I refused to let it go, just because I know we were not rich and that toy was way out of our budget but my grandmom still made it work out. My mom was against the purchase. Steve Austin is still in the rocket and rarely comes out. What I don't have are all those black wires that it came with to check the vitals on Austin. And I believe my cousin stole his bionic chip in his arm. The rocket is in decent shape. Sure, I will get some pics together and post them. No problem. Just give me some time this weekend or so. Does anyone recall the board game for Steve Austin "Bionic Crisis"? http://store2go.net/shop/vintagetoybox/?p=...;key=0510295966

 
I remember I had one of these when I was a kid... the thing was so big and made of steel - like all Tonka trucks were back then - that you could actually sit on it and ride it around the house!

 
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KarmaPolice said:
I started looking for them in used bookstores and collecting them a few years ago just to prove to people they existed. I have about 20 or so now and will look to complete the series and give them to my son sometime when he's older.
Let me know which ones you are missing and I can check my parents house to see what I still have, I read a ton of them growing up.
 
Three Investigator Books. I used to have a lot of these, I can't begin to remember what I did with them.

The Secret of Terror Castle (by Robert Arthur 1964)

The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot (by Robert Arthur 1964)

The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy (by Robert Arthur 1965)

The Mystery of the Green Ghost (by Robert Arthur 1965)

The Mystery of the Vanishing Treasure (by Robert Arthur 1966)

The Secret of Skeleton Island (by Robert Arthur, 1966)

The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (by Robert Arthur, 1967)

The Mystery of the Silver Spider (by Robert Arthur 1967)

The Mystery of the Screaming Clock (by Robert Arthur 1968)

The Mystery of the Moaning Cave (1968, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Talking Skull (by Robert Arthur 1969)

The Mystery of the Laughing Shadow (1969, by William Arden)

The Secret of the Crooked Cat (1970, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Coughing Dragon (1970, by Nick West)

The Mystery of the Flaming Footprints (1971, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Nervous Lion (1971, by Nick West)

The Mystery of the Singing Serpent (1972, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Shrinking House (1972, by William Arden)

Secret of Phantom Lake (1973, by William Arden)

The Mystery of Monster Mountain (1973, by M. V. Carey)

The Secret of the Haunted Mirror (1974, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Dead Man's Riddle (1974, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Invisible Dog (1975, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of Death Trap Mine (1976, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Dancing Devil (1976, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Headless Horse (1977, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Magic Circle (1978, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Deadly Double (1978, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Sinister Scarecrow (1979, by M. V. Carey)

The Secret of Shark Reef (1979, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Scar-Faced Beggar (1981, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs (1981, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Purple Pirate (1982, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Wandering Cave Man (1982, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Kidnapped Whale (1983, by Marc Brandel)

The Mystery of the Missing Mermaid (1983, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Two-Toed Pigeon (1984, by Marc Brandel)

The Mystery of the Smashing Glass (1984, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Trail of Terror (1984, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Rogues' Reunion (1985, by Marc Brandel)

The Mystery of the Creep-Show Crooks (1985, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of Wrecker's Rock (1986, by William Arden)

The Mystery of the Cranky Collector (1987, by M. V. Carey)

The Mystery of the Ghost Train (unpublished/unfinished, by M. V. Carey)

Collecting: http://www.threeinvestigatorsbooks.com/

 
We used to play the #### out of a bunch of boardgames:

SolarQuest (which was like a solar system version of Monopoly)

Championship Baseball (which had a stadium, 1983 all-star teams and you played a game by rolling dice and looking on the back of the cards for what each player hit)

Torpedo Run ( a giant board with ships on it and you tried to shoot opponents ships)

Also baseball books were huge for me...some of the titles I remember were Way to Go Teddy, My Father the Coach, Matt Gargan's Son and some book about a Jewish kid who loved baseball but his father didn't understand it.

 
There was an old program for mac's(mid 80's) called the Toy shop. loved it.

you would print out diagrams for building things like catapaults and cars and build them.

 
I used to love M.A.S.K and yeah, no one seems to remember that these days.

Being an old wrestling fan, I also used to love playing with the old WWF LJN rubber wrestling figures. I had a crap load of them, including the ring and cage. As time went on, I realized that the rubber figures didn't allow much flexibility, so I would move down the top and middle ropes and use AWA figures and He-man action figures to sub in for wrestling figures.

I also used to have the MUSCLE figures. I even had the ring that would allow you to pit two of them against each other, but if any of you know anything about that, you know it didn't last long and broke very easily. So, I'd create rings for my MUSCLE's using LEGO's. Everything from the rings, to cages, scaffolds, chairs, and even had two rings that I'd use for War Games. As I said, I was a huge wrestling :scared:

Of course, I did my share of playing with GI-Joe's, Transformers, SuperFriends, etc. but this was about lesser known toys. I'm sure there were others that I can't think of right now.

 
I loved Tinker Toys as a kid.

My mother found a ton of them at a garage sale, and my son and I play with these all the time. Great for delevoping fine motor skills :scared:
I think in my closet at my parents I still have all my Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Legos, and my dad's old rusty Erector Set from the 50s.
 
UOFI_316 said:
jdoggydogg said:
I loved Tinker Toys as a kid.

My mother found a ton of them at a garage sale, and my son and I play with these all the time. Great for delevoping fine motor skills :unsure:
I think in my closet at my parents I still have all my Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Legos, and my dad's old rusty Erector Set from the 50s.
I used to build Lincoln Log structures and then smash them with my toy dinosaurs.
 
Not really unknown...maybe to some of the whipper-snappers around here.

Sizzler Cars

Think Hot Wheels with actual power. I had a high-banked, figure 8 track for these babies. I loved it, the cat loved it, good time for everyone.
Saw these in Target the other day. I had some sort of three-piece mountain set up that the cars could race on from the early 1970s in the storage area next to the diesels. Bought two cars and pretended I was 9 again.
:fishing: I saw them at Target as well. Last year the wife and I were doing some Xmas shopping when I spotted them. I told my wife how I loved them when I was a kid. I thought she'd take the hint and throw a couple in my stocking. No such luck though. She can be a real ball-buster.

 
Back in the late 70's early 80's my parents got me some action figures of Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw. They were about 8 inches tall (as I remember it) and pretty adjustable in the main joints. Played with these constantly, no idea what happened to them. Been looking for them for years, have no idea who made them.

 
Back in the late 70's early 80's my parents got me some action figures of Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw. They were about 8 inches tall (as I remember it) and pretty adjustable in the main joints. Played with these constantly, no idea what happened to them. Been looking for them for years, have no idea who made them.
That’s probably 4” in adult measurements. When I recently found my Optimus Prime that I hadn’t held in at least 17 years, I had to double check and make sure it wasn’t a Go-Bot.
 
Back in the late 70's early 80's my parents got me some action figures of Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw. They were about 8 inches tall (as I remember it) and pretty adjustable in the main joints. Played with these constantly, no idea what happened to them. Been looking for them for years, have no idea who made them.
That’s probably 4” in adult measurements. When I recently found my Optimus Prime that I hadn’t held in at least 17 years, I had to double check and make sure it wasn’t a Go-Bot.
lol, you are probably right. Might be one of the reasons I can not locate them any more.
 
Back in the late 70's early 80's my parents got me some action figures of Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw. They were about 8 inches tall (as I remember it) and pretty adjustable in the main joints. Played with these constantly, no idea what happened to them. Been looking for them for years, have no idea who made them.
I had some of these that we ordered out of the Sears catalogue. But they weren't specific players. You could get a generic player (white or black) from any NFL team and they came with a big decal sheet so you could change the numbers.
 
Back in the late 70's early 80's my parents got me some action figures of Roger Staubach and Terry Bradshaw. They were about 8 inches tall (as I remember it) and pretty adjustable in the main joints. Played with these constantly, no idea what happened to them. Been looking for them for years, have no idea who made them.
That’s probably 4” in adult measurements. When I recently found my Optimus Prime that I hadn’t held in at least 17 years, I had to double check and make sure it wasn’t a Go-Bot.
lol, you are probably right. Might be one of the reasons I can not locate them any more.
Actually the size is about right. They were not the same scale as most action figures back in the day but they were bigger than the Star Wars stuff and Micronauts.
 

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