I've got Editions 2 through 39, all in good condition, I played with them ALL the time. So........what was your favorite toy? "ED........be NICE!"
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Favorite childhood toy
I think most of had one favorite toy(s).........I know I did, it was "Matchbox Cars and Hot Wheels!" This came to mind today after being over at my fathers house sorting through things, I came across my Matchbox Collection I thought my EX WIFE took I've got Editions 2 through 39, all in good condition, I played with them ALL the time. So........what was your favorite toy? "ED........be NICE!"
Dennis
I've got Editions 2 through 39, all in good condition, I played with them ALL the time. So........what was your favorite toy? "ED........be NICE!"
Dennis
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I had this little pedal push white & pink car. It would have to be parked next to my bed when i took my nap. Later years it would definately been Barbie. Oh how I loved my Barbie dolls. I played with them for years and could spend hours upon hours playing with them. Today i regret trading in my original Barbie for the twist & turn Barbie...at Montgomery Ward! I can still picture that day in my mind.
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Great topic, Dennis! I don't think that I had one favorite toy, but building sets were probably my favorite. Do you remember erector sets? The ones with the steel shapes and nuts and bolts. That was a lot of fun. I'd make cars with steering and suspension, and bridges that I could walk across. That was my downfall, though, I'd test things to destruction and end up with a lot of bent-up pieces.
I always wanted a sandbox (this was when I was really little) but my mother wouldn't have it because she didn't want sand to be brought into the house. They got us a box full of SAWDUST, which was really lame. So instead I'd take my matchbox cars out into the driveway and dig in the dirt and gravel with them. Once I made a road from one flower bed to another. Of course it required that all the grass in between be "cleared" like a forest. Lets just say that my parents didn't appreciate the construction requirements for that project. My matchboxes got a lot of hard use, so there wouldn't be much left of them.
I always wanted a sandbox (this was when I was really little) but my mother wouldn't have it because she didn't want sand to be brought into the house. They got us a box full of SAWDUST, which was really lame. So instead I'd take my matchbox cars out into the driveway and dig in the dirt and gravel with them. Once I made a road from one flower bed to another. Of course it required that all the grass in between be "cleared" like a forest. Lets just say that my parents didn't appreciate the construction requirements for that project. My matchboxes got a lot of hard use, so there wouldn't be much left of them.
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Oh, one more.....
My cardboard, fold out Barbie house. When you opened it, it had 3 sides, built ins and came with furniture. When you closed it, it had a handle, and could be carried around like a suitcase. I loved that simple-simple Barbie house!
Like you Ed, I had many faves.....but these two (EB Oven) were probably my favorites.
*Edit.....found a Barbie house on eBay, just like the one I had! Toys sure have become complicated....just ask my husband, he spent hours putting together a Barbie house and camper, different years, but they were awful things to put together. Then your child would bring items to you, one by one, a steering wheel, a door, a table, that should have stayed together!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=15967
Mary
My cardboard, fold out Barbie house. When you opened it, it had 3 sides, built ins and came with furniture. When you closed it, it had a handle, and could be carried around like a suitcase. I loved that simple-simple Barbie house!
Like you Ed, I had many faves.....but these two (EB Oven) were probably my favorites.
*Edit.....found a Barbie house on eBay, just like the one I had! Toys sure have become complicated....just ask my husband, he spent hours putting together a Barbie house and camper, different years, but they were awful things to put together. Then your child would bring items to you, one by one, a steering wheel, a door, a table, that should have stayed together!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=15967
Mary
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I had a dollhouse with electricity and running water that was very cool. It looked like a real house, you had to pull it open and when I was little I could actually sit in it.
Etch-a-Sketch was also cool because you didnt have to share...
and I remember my Fisher Price Circus which is now a collectible and worth a mint!
Etch-a-Sketch was also cool because you didnt have to share...
and I remember my Fisher Price Circus which is now a collectible and worth a mint!
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feederband wrote:I had those little army men..100's of them with tanks a cannons...Had 2 different armys set up on dressers on different sides of the room...Every day they would do battle...Never did find out who won that war.....
Man oh MAN....talk about memories, "Thanks!" Yeah.....I had MAJOR war games with my army men, when I received my first BB Gun......I would set them up and shoot them, got pretty good too
I could take the head off an infantry guy at 5 yards "LOL!"
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azsnowman wrote:feederband wrote:I had those little army men..100's of them with tanks a cannons...Had 2 different armys set up on dressers on different sides of the room...Every day they would do battle...Never did find out who won that war.....
Man oh MAN....talk about memories, "Thanks!" Yeah.....I had MAJOR war games with my army men, when I received my first BB Gun......I would set them up and shoot them, got pretty good too
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Yeah sometimes I would take the battle outside...I would shoot a tank round at about 20 of them that are sitting in dirt with fresh gasoline dumped on the dirt ..When I would shoot the tank I would throw a lit match at them and watch them melt....I would use a magnify glass to inflict bullet holes in them for the infantry hospital ....
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