Favorite Toys

Stargazer · 12-08-2003, 07:09 PM

We've been shopping for toys for my daughter and it made me nostalgic for toys from my childhood. Some of my favorite toys when I was younger (at least before PONG and Atari

) were:

Toss Across (This was a TIC-TAC-TOE board. You would use bean bags to get the X's and O's to turn over)
Hungry, Hungry Hippo
Dukes of Hazard Slot Cars
Twister
Lincoln Logs
Light Bright
View Master

I also was a girlie-girl and liked dolls, Barbies, etc. Strawberry Shortcake, My Pretty Ponies, and Glamour Girls were just a few.

So, what were *your* favorite toys when you were little? I know I'll think of a thousand more, but I'm curious as to what everyone else remembers fondly

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chirospasm · 12-08-2003, 07:24 PM

Toss across!!! OMG I loved Toss Across!

And hungry hungry hippos! Oh, and Lite Brite!!!!!

at Dukes of Hazard! A lot of my family lives in Conyers, GA where it was filmed. I used to love that show!

Okay, on thread (now that I'm almost teary from reminiscing):
Lite Brite

Chutes and Ladders

Candyland

LIFE

Tinkertoys

Anything and everything He-Man or ThunderCats

Those little 45s you used to read along to books with (I remember Disney's, Flintstones, and good ol' ST)

Great thread, SG!

Unklescott · 12-08-2003, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stargazer401

I also was a girlie-girl and liked dolls, Barbies, etc. Strawberry Shortcake, My Pretty Ponies, and Glamour Girls were just a few.

My daughter is your age star and I bought her a Strawberry Shortcake lunch box and doll this past year.

I also have a SS glass from when she was a kid I'm giving her when her first child is born.
Check out the Strawberry Shortcake stuff here. http://www.toyshoppingdeals.com/stra...ake-dolls.html

**waywyrd** · 12-08-2003, 07:40 PM

I absolutely loved my Easy Bake oven....I kept my little brother well fed!

My other favorites were:

Lincoln logs
Legos
Tinkertoys
Lite Brite
my Barbie/Skipper dolls
lots of matchbox cars
and Rock em Sock em Robots (I think that's what they were called!)

I seemed to like a lot of "boy" toys, LOL.

eldee · 12-08-2003, 07:40 PM

I liked Trouble and Operation.

Stargazer · 12-08-2003, 07:45 PM

Oh, you guys are bringing back even more great memories

I *loved* my Easy Bake Oven, Tinkertoys, and Operation.

I also had a remote control Batmobile and tons of Star Wars stuff.

BTW- My Mom sold most of my Star Wars stuff in a yard sale once when I was at a summer thing. :mad: It would be worth a good deal of money today.

chirospasm · 12-08-2003, 07:47 PM

You, Star Wars stuff? Never

Now I feel OLD; thanks Stargazer!!!

AJane · 12-08-2003, 08:04 PM

Ohhhh, I so wanted a Lite Brite when I was little...my mom thought it was too dangerous

but she was OK with the Easy-Bake...

And I still have my Superstar Barbie and a Barbie van, which is yellow vinyl with all these groovy orange swirly things on it - oh, the '70's...

I remember playing Toss Across at birthday parties!

My 4-year-old has a Hungry Hungry Hippos game but very quickly managed to break one of the hippos. She also has a Candyland game which she makes me play EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!! (at least 3 games at a time!!)

And Silly Putty, we thought it was so cool that you could smush it on the Saturday comics from the newspaper and it would pick up the picture.

One more, just because the preschool has one - those Viewfinder thingies that you put a disk with slide pictures in and hold it up to the light to see the pics? All of us parents were playing with it the other day - hey, someone has to show the kids how to use it

eldee · 12-08-2003, 08:06 PM

Playdo, unless your a fan of AI2, then it's Claydo.

scarlett530 · 12-08-2003, 08:08 PM

I get all nostalgiac about Fisher Price Little People. I still have some of the original wooden ones.

12-08-2003, 07:09 PM	#1
Stargazer RESIDENT JEDI MASTER Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On a Rocky Mountain High Age: 33 Posts: 11,824	Favorite Toys We've been shopping for toys for my daughter and it made me nostalgic for toys from my childhood. Some of my favorite toys when I was younger (at least before PONG and Atari ) were: Toss Across (This was a TIC-TAC-TOE board. You would use bean bags to get the X's and O's to turn over) Hungry, Hungry Hippo Dukes of Hazard Slot Cars Twister Lincoln Logs Light Bright View Master I also was a girlie-girl and liked dolls, Barbies, etc. Strawberry Shortcake, My Pretty Ponies, and Glamour Girls were just a few. So, what were your favorite toys when you were little? I know I'll think of a thousand more, but I'm curious as to what everyone else remembers fondly __________________ "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."- Yoda "I'll just see where Providence takes me and try to look like I got there confidently." - Craig Ferguson

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chirospasm Resurrected Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I'm baaaa-aack! Posts: 1,044	Toss across!!! OMG I loved Toss Across! And hungry hungry hippos! Oh, and Lite Brite!!!!! at Dukes of Hazard! A lot of my family lives in Conyers, GA where it was filmed. I used to love that show! Okay, on thread (now that I'm almost teary from reminiscing): Lite Brite Chutes and Ladders Candyland LIFE Tinkertoys Anything and everything He-Man or ThunderCats Those little 45s you used to read along to books with (I remember Disney's, Flintstones, and good ol' ST) Great thread, SG! __________________ If God is a DJ--life is a dance floor Click here to team up with FansOfRealityTV to help fight cancer! Watashi wa, sekai wo kaeru.

12-08-2003, 07:45 PM	#6
Stargazer RESIDENT JEDI MASTER Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On a Rocky Mountain High Age: 33 Posts: 11,824	Oh, you guys are bringing back even more great memories I loved my Easy Bake Oven, Tinkertoys, and Operation. I also had a remote control Batmobile and tons of Star Wars stuff. BTW- My Mom sold most of my Star Wars stuff in a yard sale once when I was at a summer thing. :mad: It would be worth a good deal of money today. __________________ "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."- Yoda "I'll just see where Providence takes me and try to look like I got there confidently." - Craig Ferguson

12-08-2003, 07:47 PM	#7
chirospasm Resurrected Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I'm baaaa-aack! Posts: 1,044	You, Star Wars stuff? Never Now I feel OLD; thanks Stargazer!!! __________________ If God is a DJ--life is a dance floor Click here to team up with FansOfRealityTV to help fight cancer! Watashi wa, sekai wo kaeru.

12-08-2003, 08:04 PM	#8
AJane Provoked Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Learning to fly Posts: 7,274	Ohhhh, I so wanted a Lite Brite when I was little...my mom thought it was too dangerous but she was OK with the Easy-Bake... And I still have my Superstar Barbie and a Barbie van, which is yellow vinyl with all these groovy orange swirly things on it - oh, the '70's... I remember playing Toss Across at birthday parties! My 4-year-old has a Hungry Hungry Hippos game but very quickly managed to break one of the hippos. She also has a Candyland game which she makes me play EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!! (at least 3 games at a time!!) And Silly Putty, we thought it was so cool that you could smush it on the Saturday comics from the newspaper and it would pick up the picture. One more, just because the preschool has one - those Viewfinder thingies that you put a disk with slide pictures in and hold it up to the light to see the pics? All of us parents were playing with it the other day - hey, someone has to show the kids how to use it __________________ All my life, I have felt destiny tugging at my sleeve. ~ Thursday Next The truth, like humor, is where you find it. - Henry Rollins

12-08-2003, 07:40 PM	#4
waywyrd dazed and confused Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Carolina Posts: 11,166	I absolutely loved my Easy Bake oven....I kept my little brother well fed! My other favorites were: Lincoln logs Legos Tinkertoys Lite Brite my Barbie/Skipper dolls lots of matchbox cars and Rock em Sock em Robots (I think that's what they were called!) I seemed to like a lot of "boy" toys, LOL.

12-08-2003, 07:40 PM	#5
eldee FORT Fogey Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 7,545	I liked Trouble and Operation.

12-08-2003, 08:06 PM	#9
eldee FORT Fogey Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 7,545	Playdo, unless your a fan of AI2, then it's Claydo.

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scarlett530 FORT Fogey Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 918	I get all nostalgiac about Fisher Price Little People. I still have some of the original wooden ones.