OT: Favorite toys while growing up....

[HCCForever]

Besides "The Duke" football, glove, basketball and hoop my favorite toy was this Johnny Seven gun. Back when you could have such toys. Grenade launcher and rubber bullets. Another favorite was my tabletop ice hockey game with the Canadiens and Maple Leafs. The newer games are not as good as the old ones which had metal rods and players. Three pucks the regular, magnetic and puck with a ball bearing.

Johnny Seven OMA complete Gun 1964 in box | #400910884

Here's a great example, although not quite perfect of the Johnny Seven OMA Gun with the original box and cardboard insert as well. And if you are digging for Trivia, that is a young Ron Howard picture

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[Doheny]

Summer sledding on the road when I was nine years old. Still recall the screech of brakes. Don't know how I survived.

 

[jleves]

Tonka trucks in the sandbox!

 

[AreBee1969]

I still remember the Christmas I got Smash-up Derby. Still remembered the song almost word-for-word.

 

[87Xfer]

Remember spending whole hours pouring over every page of the Sears "Wish book" Christmas catalog? I never did get the go-cart or minibike I asked for every year.

 

[HCCForever]

Remember spending whole hours pouring over every page of the Sears "Wish book" Christmas catalog? I never did get the go-cart or minibike I asked for every year.
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My father was a letter carrier in those days. He hated the days Sears, Montgomery Ward and Spiegals mailed their Christmas catalogs. Sears was the biggest. We spent all of time looking over the catalogs to create our lists.

 

[UConn2SF]

Lego's, baseball cards, and by far my favorite......


Nintendo NES

 

[dvegas]

kind of shocked no yarder has yet to post "my-ding-a-ling" . ..

 

[HuskyHawk]

Loved Mouse Trap!

But my favorite was this:

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Anyone remember these?

We all ran around the neighborhood and woods with those. Today the police would come, probably SWAT and take us out with snipers.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Head ro head baseball from Coleco

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Oh, that reminds me of this fave:

I had both. We were so easily amused back then.

 

[Vancat]

Mine.

 

[uconn13]

hours of my childhood spent with one of these

 

[wheelerdog]

 

[Hoophound]

Evil Knivel stunt cycle baby!

I just told someone last week, this toy was one of the few that actually performed like it did in commercials. That thing was great.

 

[B1GEast]

I had one of these bad boys

 

[Dove]

Head ro head baseball from Coleco

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Holy crap yes!!

 

[Chin Diesel]

...and:

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No wonder I wanted to be an architect. (I did not become an architect)

I got one of those sets from a yard sale and when we opened it up, there was a big metal file inside. For years my dad convinced me I stopped someone from smuggling that set in to prison as a gift and I was responsible for preventing a prison break. To this day I haven't been able to disprove his theory.

 

[tennmike]

Rock'em Sock'em Robots

 

[UConnDad]

Had a Fireball XL5 set. I believe it came with five space rockets.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Atari 2600, Transformers, waffle ball, Nerf basketball, Matchbox cars, Star Wars figures, baseball/basketball card (had three Michael Jordan rookie cards but traded two away like an idiot)

I also had a Dyno BMX bike that I couldn't do any tricks on but it was cool as he!!. Gave it away to my brother-in-law's neighbor who had young kids about 10 years ago. Fast forward to last Christmas, we do Secret Santa and that same brother-in-law wrapped it up and gave it back to me as gag gift. Brought back some great memories.

 

[HobokenHusky]

 

[HobokenHusky]

 

[Castlevania]

Hess trucks, Tonka trucks, Legos, mighty ducks and ninja turtles action figures, micro machines toy cars, Atari - Super Nintendo - Gameboy

 

[SoFla Steve]

I liked building stuff, but I never got the really, really big set to build everything in the brochure

 

[mauconnfan]

I grew up in the woods of East Hampton, CT. This was my fave toy...

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The Daisy BB Gun with the The Rifleman cock loader thing.

Dove the picture of a kid in the woods acting like Chuck Connors but wearing satin shorts? Just don't see it sorry.