What was in your toybox?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 4:55 pm

Full List - All-TIME 100 Greatest Toys - TIME

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Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:01 pm

along-for-the-ride;1358088 wrote: Full List - All-TIME 100 Greatest Toys - TIME

my favorite was my etch a sketch, people were amazed the things that I could draw.:guitarist

then my Barbie and Ken dolls, the originals of course with tons of clothes and accessories.

another was my Dr. Kildare shirt:-4:yh_rotfl

and my cowgirl outfit.

what were yours AFTR?

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:15 pm

I have brothers and sisters, so we had a communal toy box in our basement.:wah:

In it were little cars, play dough, a couple hoola hoops, plastic soldiers, balls, a jump rope, yo-yo's, toy cowboy guns.....all kind of small toys. We girls kept our dolls and paperdolls in our bedroom so that they would not be sabotaged by certain over zealous brothers.

Once in awhile we found a fossilized cookie or a candy wrapper.

Delorean · Post by **Delorean** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:00 pm

I had a Strawberry Shortcake, a Cabbage Patch doll, and my favourite - a Punky Brewster doll!

It's hard to recall what other toys I had, we didn't have many. But we had more than most of todays kids - imagination! With that, anything could become a toy! I had a hobby horse made of poly pipe and baling twine :wah: I loved it!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:41 pm

Not many we had bikes, skates mostly outdoor toys I grew up in the 50's I did have a "Tiny Tears Doll".

Scrat · Post by **Scrat** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:53 pm

Tonkas, BB guns, sling shots and a Big Wheel. That list is suspect, no Bigwheels.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:09 am

CARLA;1358095 wrote: Not many we had bikes, skates mostly outdoor toys I grew up in the 50's I did have a "Tiny Tears Doll".

Yes, bikes and skates, the kind you put on your tennis. Always outdoors whenever possible as a child.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:32 am

along-for-the-ride;1358090 wrote: I have brothers and sisters, so we had a communal toy box in our basement.:wah:

In it were little cars, play dough, a couple hoola hoops, plastic soldiers, balls, a jump rope, yo-yo's, toy cowboy guns.....all kind of small toys. We girls kept our dolls and paperdolls in our bedroom so that they would not be sabotaged by certain over zealous brothers.

Once in awhile we found a fossilized cookie or a candy wrapper.

oh yes, play dough and a yo-yo, how could I forget?

I kept my stuff in my room to just so my bro couldn't get at it:sneaky:

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:33 am

Delorean;1358093 wrote: I had a Strawberry Shortcake, a Cabbage Patch doll, and my favourite - a Punky Brewster doll!

It's hard to recall what other toys I had, we didn't have many. But we had more than most of todays kids - imagination! With that, anything could become a toy! I had a hobby horse made of poly pipe and baling twine :wah: I loved it!

:yh_rotfl

I loved the cabbage patch dolls!

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:34 am

Scrat;1358096 wrote: Tonkas, BB guns, sling shots and a Big Wheel. That list is suspect, no Bigwheels.

Tonkas were the best!:-6

Post by **spot** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:41 am

I didn't have a toy box. Had I had a toy box it would of necessity have been empty.

I did have a book and a cap. And boots, I had a pair of boots too.

The cap was new-bought, so I was told.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:11 pm

along-for-the-ride;1358090 wrote: I have brothers and sisters, so we had a communal toy box in our basement.:wah:

In it were little cars, play dough, a couple hoola hoops, plastic soldiers, balls, a jump rope, yo-yo's, toy cowboy guns.....all kind of small toys. We girls kept our dolls and paperdolls in our bedroom so that they would not be sabotaged by certain over zealous brothers.

Once in awhile we found a fossilized cookie or a candy wrapper.

Two of my sisters and I safely playing with our dolls.....in our bedroom. :wah:

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:14 pm

spot;1358132 wrote: I didn't have a toy box. Had I had a toy box it would of necessity have been empty.

I did have a book and a cap. And boots, I had a pair of boots too.

The cap was new-bought, so I was told.

An earnest young fellow

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Post by **spot** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:23 pm

Cor they look nobby.

I suspect I do have a photo of me from back then on this hard drive. It's not a pretty sight. With, quite possibly, one of my toys.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:06 pm

My brother had a cool slinky in his toybox, I borrowed it quite often.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:28 pm

spot;1358132 wrote: I didn't have a toy box. Had I had a toy box it would of necessity have been empty.

I did have a book and a cap. And boots, I had a pair of boots too.

The cap was new-bought, so I was told.

Not sure a Lee Enfield would have fitted in a toy box :-p

Post by **spot** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:21 pm

I wasn't the sort of child you'd want living next door, certainly.

Speaking of which I came close to eviscerating my elder boy this afternoon. I showed him all the controls on my angle grinder including the stay-on switch setting, gave it to him, he took it to the plug point, tucked it against his stomach with his left hand and plugged it in with his right. Guess which position I'd left the switch in? His pullover has a 15 inch cut where it wrapped itself round the wheel and just - only just - stopped it from spinning up. I'm glad I only had the 600W motor. Thinking about it, he's equally lucky to still have all four fingers on his left hand. He ended up with an ungrazed red mark from one kidney across to the other and a startled look.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:11 pm

spot;1358207 wrote: I wasn't the sort of child you'd want living next door, certainly.

Speaking of which I came close to eviscerating my elder boy this afternoon. I showed him all the controls on my angle grinder including the stay-on switch setting, gave it to him, he took it to the plug point, tucked it against his stomach with his left hand and plugged it in with his right. Guess which position I'd left the switch in? His pullover has a 15 inch cut where it wrapped itself round the wheel and just - only just - stopped it from spinning up. I'm glad I only had the 600W motor. Thinking about it, he's equally lucky to still have all four fingers on his left hand. He ended up with an ungrazed red mark from one kidney across to the other and a startled look.

What frightens me is thinking what you might have wanted him to do with an angle grinder 8-0

Post by **spot** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:49 pm

Bryn Mawr;1358210 wrote: What frightens me is thinking what you might have wanted him to do with an angle grinder 8-0

Not without reason, it turns out. It finally emerged that he wanted to reduce several lengths of what proved to be asbestos pipes and guttering. I've dealt with it.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:36 pm

spot;1358213 wrote: Not without reason, it turns out. It finally emerged that he wanted to reduce several lengths of what proved to be asbestos pipes and guttering. I've dealt with it.

Just putting angle grinder and asbestos in the same sentence give me the heeby-geebies. I hope you called out the Council disposal team (great fun that - they come in full contamination suits if you even whisper the word).

Post by **spot** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:40 pm

No, I wetted it down and jumped on it instead. Brittle, asbestos. It's now at the municipal tip.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:48 pm

Perhaps someone should have had some of these in his toybox......if he had one.

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Wandrin · Post by **Wandrin** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:07 pm

My favorite "toy" was my chemistry set. I probably don't have to tell you how quickly it was taken away after I blew up the apple tree.:wah:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:55 pm

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:47 pm

bunp?

One Christmas my brother received a jack in the box similar to the one below. Did you ever have one? Did you reaaly like it? You wind the handle on the side to make cheerful music play, then all of a sudden......................

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Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:28 pm

along-for-the-ride;1358346 wrote: bunp?

One Christmas my brother received a jack in the box similar to the one below. Did you ever have one? Did you reaaly like it? You wind the handle on the side to make cheerful music play, then all of a sudden......................

I did have one AFTR, I loved mine!:-6

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 12:08 am

Headless Barbie Dolls.

Delorean · Post by **Delorean** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:55 am

I had a few barbies but wanted a ken to go with them, so I got one of my cheaper versions of barbie, made of softer plastic, and pushed its boobs in! :wah:

I had the first transexual barbie :yh_rotfl

Post by **Betty Boop** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:38 am

Sindy ruled in my toybox.

Along with Tiny Tears, lego, rubik's cubes, clackers, Mr Potato Head, trolls and Weebles are just a few I can remember.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:58 am

Nomad;1358364 wrote: Headless Barbie Dolls.

we knew you were into voodoo!

:wah:

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:59 am

Delorean;1358375 wrote: I had a few barbies but wanted a ken to go with them, so I got one of my cheaper versions of barbie, made of softer plastic, and pushed its boobs in! :wah:

I had the first transexual barbie :yh_rotfl

nothing wrong in going bothways.:wah:

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:53 pm

For those of us who used to play with paper dolls, I stumbled upon this fun website:

Liana's Paper Doll Blog

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu May 05, 2011 3:41 pm

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu May 05, 2011 5:06 pm

along-for-the-ride;1358878 wrote:

:wah:

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Thu May 05, 2011 6:42 pm

I also had these ones, I loved my Gumby and Pokey!

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Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Fri May 06, 2011 1:37 pm

Where's pogs?! that was like a big thing when i was a kid!

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Fri May 06, 2011 1:37 pm

odie;1358888 wrote: i also had these ones, i loved my gumby and pokey!

i loved gumby!!!!!!!!

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri May 06, 2011 3:04 pm

Omni_Skittles;1358931 wrote: i loved gumby!!!!!!!!

I loved Pokey!:-6

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri May 06, 2011 3:05 pm

Omni_Skittles;1358930 wrote: Where's pogs?! that was like a big thing when i was a kid!

show us a pic!

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Fri May 06, 2011 3:07 pm

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri May 06, 2011 3:39 pm

Still have a container or two of those pogs left over from the kids.................

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Fri May 06, 2011 9:19 pm

Omni_Skittles;1358938 wrote:

never seen those Omni.

Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Fri May 06, 2011 10:20 pm

Odie;1358974 wrote: never seen those Omni.

wow, they were huge in the 90's.

Delorean · Post by **Delorean** » Sat May 07, 2011 1:56 am

Omni_Skittles;1358938 wrote:

We called them Tazos here and we got them in chip (or crisp, depending where you live) packets. Wow, they were a massive fad.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Sat May 07, 2011 8:07 am

It was the late 30's & early 40's-----------this was my favorite (way before Legos) toy

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Omni_Skittles · Post by **Omni_Skittles** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:18 am

Lon;1358987 wrote: It was the late 30's & early 40's-----------this was my favorite (way before Legos) toyhaha i used to play with those too! i got to where i built entire villages... fun times

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:44 am

Lon;1358987 wrote: It was the late 30's & early 40's-----------this was my favorite (way before Legos) toy

I remember those Lon as my brother had them.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu May 12, 2011 9:43 pm

Matches.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri May 13, 2011 3:18 pm

Nomad;1359446 wrote: Matches.

A rather creative, yet intimidating playmate, eh?

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue May 24, 2011 5:05 pm

In my toybox was that narrow tube/box of pick-up stix. Did you play with them?