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I thought we all might take a break from the war, politics, global warming, The New World Order, and everything else that stressifies us and remember the fun we all had with the toys from our past!

I always liked the Mattel Fright Factory with the "Thingmaker" which used "Goobledygoop" to make things like creepy crawlies and picadoos and of course the Mattel "Vertibird":



What was your favorite?

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This was my favourite toy from the early 60's and I still have it

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Saint_;1291024 wrote: remember the fun we all had with the toys from our past!

[...] What was your favorite?


I had two favourite toys when I was growing up. One was coarse grass, taking a blade and holding it taut between a couple of fingers and blowing across it to get different sounds. The other was pliable clay mud, getting it to the right consistency and shaping it with the end of a twig and leaving it to dry in the sun.

Snowfire;1291032 wrote: This was my favourite toy from the early 60's and I still have it


That's an impressive robot - very Forbidden Planet looking. It's lasted longer than my bits of mud did.

The only robot I remember from back then was at other children's parties which is odd because I never got invited to them.

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spot;1291035 wrote: I had two favourite toys when I was growing up. One was coarse grass, taking a blade and holding it taut between a couple of fingers and blowing across it to get different sounds. The other was pliable clay mud, getting it to the right consistency and shaping it with the end of a twig and leaving it to dry in the sun.
You had grass and mud, all we had were sticks. Lucky fellow.

spot;1291040 wrote: That's an impressive robot - very Forbidden Planet looking. It's lasted longer than my bits of mud did.

The only robot I remember from back then was at other children's parties which is odd because I never got invited to them.


Magic Robot was another of my favouriotes. I was amazed watching the little robot flick round when placed on the glass disc, pointing to the correct answer. I've been toying for a while now, with buying one on the net.

The name of the robot I posted is Television Robot Man. When you depress the antennae, it walks and a space scene revolves round the tv in its belly. I loved it but the cat was terrified of it

Pre-technology -

60s style

Barbies

trolls

jacks

clackers

softball

Oh!

hula hoops!!!!

Bevdee;1291047 wrote: hula hoops!!!!


I never had a hula hoop but I did once manage to borrow four feet of string for a day. With the ends tied together it had a similar effect.

spot;1291048 wrote: I never had a hula hoop but I did once manage to borrow four feet of string for a day. With the ends tied together it had a similar effect.


Well that goes a long way to explain those child bearing hips of yours

Mud cool we used to make mud cakes, climb up onto the garage roof and line them all up on there to dry into hockey pucks!

Ok I loved "lite brite"

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I still have my first Frisbee I got in '58.

It still flies.

LarsMac;1291091 wrote: I still have my first Frisbee I got in '58.

It still flies.


Prolly still has the same design these days as it did back then :yh_rotfl

spot;1291048 wrote: I never had a hula hoop but I did once manage to borrow four feet of string for a day. With the ends tied together it had a similar effect.


Oh, I still have a hula hoop! And can do it too!

frisbee

slinky

tops

yoyos

lego

puzzles

firetrucks and dinky Toys

puppets

TROLLS...always had them with all the different hair colours.

@Bevdee

I had a wooden clothespin with a length of string tied to it. When I pulled it along on the ground, it was a car. When I twirled it around in the air, it was a airplane and when I pulled it through water, it was a boat. Three toys in one. And, when I twirled it around my head and whacked my brother with it, it was a weapon.:yh_rotfl

hoppy;1291139 wrote: I had a wooden clothespin with a length of string tied to it. When I pulled it along on the ground, it was a car. When I twirled it around in the air, it was a airplane and when I pulled it through water, it was a boat. Three toys in one. And, when I twirled it around my head and whacked my brother with it, it was a weapon.:yh_rotfl
I thought you were born before wood Hoppy.:wah:

YZGI;1291140 wrote: I thought you were born before wood Hoppy.:wah:


More and more I feel like it.:wah:

YZGI;1291140 wrote: I thought you were born before wood Hoppy.:wah:


he is the original Pinnochio????

minks;1291149 wrote: he is the original Pinnochio????


Yep. Wanna sit on my nose?:yh_rotfl

spot;1291048 wrote: I never had a hula hoop but I did once manage to borrow four feet of string for a day. With the ends tied together it had a similar effect.


amateur!

Cootie! :wah:

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/forum ... ost1278553

Hey! I remember that game!

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along-for-the-ride;1291185 wrote: Cootie! :wah:




Still have them?





Originally Posted by spot

I had two favourite toys when I was growing up. One was coarse grass, taking a blade and holding it taut between a couple of fingers and blowing across it to get different sounds. The other was pliable clay mud, getting it to the right consistency and shaping it with the end of a twig and leaving it to dry in the sun.


This is kind of sad spock.

If Id been your dad I would have gotten you a kite so you could play like the other kids.