Favorite Toys - Page 16

gabriel · 04-29-2006, 10:35 PM

I was too old to be playing with toys in the 80s, but I was definitely playing with boys.(legal ones).

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nilesgirl · 04-29-2006, 11:11 PM

So does anyone know the toy I'm trying to find? It was sort of like etch-a-sketch except instead of it being a flat rectangle, it had a dome. It was a little smaller than the etch-a-sketch and had knobs on the front. If anyone knows what I am talking about and can remember the name of it, please post.

doxie · 04-29-2006, 11:17 PM

Spirograph was a favorite of mine too. They still make it - I got one for my nephew for Christmas. I also loved Parcheesi and still have all of the pieces to my game - I think I got it for Christmas in about 1978.

Do any of you remember Baby Alive??? It was a doll that "ate" and then (to put it nicely) "relieved itself"...... I think it also chewed and did some other bodily functions but I got this thing when I was about 5 years old and I distinctly remember being horrified by it.

nilesgirl · 04-29-2006, 11:31 PM

My cousin actually had Uncle Wiggly. I also remember (and still see) Ants in the Pants, Tiddly Winks, Trouble, Hungry, Hungry Hippos (which I promptly lost almost all the marbles within about 2 weeks of getting it), Pound Puppies, Connect 4 and Clue. I actually just bought Clue not too long ago and can't wait to dig into it again if I can remember how to play.

gabriel · 04-30-2006, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by nilesgirl

So does anyone know the toy I'm trying to find? It was sort of like etch-a-sketch except instead of it being a flat rectangle, it had a dome. It was a little smaller than the etch-a-sketch and had knobs on the front. If anyone knows what I am talking about and can remember the name of it, please post.

Doodle dome.

nilesgirl · 04-30-2006, 12:41 AM

Gabrielle, no. That looks similiar but not exactly what I was looking for. Sorry.

misskitty · 04-30-2006, 04:08 AM

nilesgirl: Yes. Silly Putty. That was it! Sorry can't help you with the other toy ??? Loved my easy bake oven too.

Did anyone else have that plastic goop kit? It had metal plates that you fill with colored plastic goop and place in an open burner. It made a variety of shapes. You bake them, let them cool, peel them out and put them together. We had ones with flowers, dragons, bugs, ..... We LOVED that thing. Oh, and the SMELL.... nothing like it.

queenb · 04-30-2006, 06:21 AM

Misskitty, yep, loved those... actually the Plastigoop was what you put in there to make Creepy Crawlers, Fun Flowers, etc.

Gutmutter · 04-30-2006, 08:25 AM

Funny thing is - we still have most of the toys mentioned in this thread! I have a Creepy Crawler set and Easy Bake oven up in the attic and DOXIE - my mom still has our Baby Alive. Freaky little thing. Made the weirdest face when she's "going". Her face changes from arm up (eating) to arm down (going). I think the arm motion actually pumped the gunk through. My teenaged kids still get silly putty and slinkies in their Easter basket and also caps which we hit with a hammer - very seldom get around to locating a gun for them. My favorite toys at the moment are a Tibetan singing bowl, a wooden frog drum, and a hexaflexagram made popular in the movie Toy Soldiers. The most popular classroom "toy" is a wooden tictactoe game and chess. Does anyone remember the edible goop for Creepy Crawlers? That stuff was nasty!

myrosiedog · 04-30-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by nilesgirl

My cousin actually had Uncle Wiggly. I also remember (and still see) Ants in the Pants, Tiddly Winks, Trouble, Hungry, Hungry Hippos (which I promptly lost almost all the marbles within about 2 weeks of getting it), Pound Puppies, Connect 4 and Clue. I actually just bought Clue not too long ago and can't wait to dig into it again if I can remember how to play.

Loved Clue, but my daughter had hungry hungry hippos. That game somehow ended up at my parents and my dad, bless his soul would play endless games of that with her. But he always played tons of games and cards with me growing up too.

04-29-2006, 11:11 PM	#152
nilesgirl Go Pats! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 37 Posts: 4,760	So does anyone know the toy I'm trying to find? It was sort of like etch-a-sketch except instead of it being a flat rectangle, it had a dome. It was a little smaller than the etch-a-sketch and had knobs on the front. If anyone knows what I am talking about and can remember the name of it, please post. __________________ Hurley: (holding up a Jesus statue) I don't know. I thought there might be a prowler or something. Mrs. Reyes: (grabbing the statue) Jesus Christ is not a weapon! - LOST "There's No Place Like Home Pt. 1

04-29-2006, 11:17 PM	#153
doxie In My Nest Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sweet dreams are made of cheese.... Posts: 1,233	Spirograph was a favorite of mine too. They still make it - I got one for my nephew for Christmas. I also loved Parcheesi and still have all of the pieces to my game - I think I got it for Christmas in about 1978. Do any of you remember Baby Alive??? It was a doll that "ate" and then (to put it nicely) "relieved itself"...... I think it also chewed and did some other bodily functions but I got this thing when I was about 5 years old and I distinctly remember being horrified by it. __________________ Click here to automatically donate FREE kibble to homeless dogs and cats in shelters.

04-29-2006, 11:31 PM	#154
nilesgirl Go Pats! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 37 Posts: 4,760	My cousin actually had Uncle Wiggly. I also remember (and still see) Ants in the Pants, Tiddly Winks, Trouble, Hungry, Hungry Hippos (which I promptly lost almost all the marbles within about 2 weeks of getting it), Pound Puppies, Connect 4 and Clue. I actually just bought Clue not too long ago and can't wait to dig into it again if I can remember how to play. __________________ Hurley: (holding up a Jesus statue) I don't know. I thought there might be a prowler or something. Mrs. Reyes: (grabbing the statue) Jesus Christ is not a weapon! - LOST "There's No Place Like Home Pt. 1

04-30-2006, 12:41 AM	#156
nilesgirl Go Pats! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Massachusetts Age: 37 Posts: 4,760	Gabrielle, no. That looks similiar but not exactly what I was looking for. Sorry. __________________ Hurley: (holding up a Jesus statue) I don't know. I thought there might be a prowler or something. Mrs. Reyes: (grabbing the statue) Jesus Christ is not a weapon! - LOST "There's No Place Like Home Pt. 1

04-30-2006, 04:08 AM	#157
misskitty Got Cattitude Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In the Kat House in Kanada Posts: 7,695	nilesgirl: Yes. Silly Putty. That was it! Sorry can't help you with the other toy ??? Loved my easy bake oven too. Did anyone else have that plastic goop kit? It had metal plates that you fill with colored plastic goop and place in an open burner. It made a variety of shapes. You bake them, let them cool, peel them out and put them together. We had ones with flowers, dragons, bugs, ..... We LOVED that thing. Oh, and the SMELL.... nothing like it. __________________ Live simply ~ Love generously~ Care deeply~ Speak kindly

04-29-2006, 10:35 PM	#151
gabriel Dorito, Nacho flavor Dad. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: At home Age: 52 Posts: 8,233	I was too old to be playing with toys in the 80s, but I was definitely playing with boys.(legal ones).

04-30-2006, 06:21 AM	#158
queenb Miz Smarty Britches Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: drinkin' muddy water, sleepin' in a hollow log Age: 49 Posts: 5,838	Misskitty, yep, loved those... actually the Plastigoop was what you put in there to make Creepy Crawlers, Fun Flowers, etc. __________________ Tell your mind to stay cool brother man, seek the truth and don't be no fool

04-30-2006, 08:25 AM	#159
Gutmutter volcano goddess Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: about to erupt Posts: 6,166	Funny thing is - we still have most of the toys mentioned in this thread! I have a Creepy Crawler set and Easy Bake oven up in the attic and DOXIE - my mom still has our Baby Alive. Freaky little thing. Made the weirdest face when she's "going". Her face changes from arm up (eating) to arm down (going). I think the arm motion actually pumped the gunk through. My teenaged kids still get silly putty and slinkies in their Easter basket and also caps which we hit with a hammer - very seldom get around to locating a gun for them. My favorite toys at the moment are a Tibetan singing bowl, a wooden frog drum, and a hexaflexagram made popular in the movie Toy Soldiers. The most popular classroom "toy" is a wooden tictactoe game and chess. Does anyone remember the edible goop for Creepy Crawlers? That stuff was nasty! __________________ Count your blessings!