Topic: Name old toys you remember as a kid
TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:25 PM

Rock-em Sock-em Robots


Hey, I still have my Rock-em Sock-em Robots game...!!

Redsoxfan1's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:26 PM


Rubix cube!! I could never figure out how to get 'em all together (the colors):tongue:



I pulled it all apart and re-assembled it ... worked like a charm Red laugh flowerforyou
Only thing is, I hate cheating!!laugh :tongue:

tngxl65's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:28 PM

I also had an evil kenieval motorcycle that you pulled this plastic zip line and it would do stunts...


I think this was part of the SSP racers line. I loved those cars.

TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:30 PM
The Verti-Bird flying helicoptoer... mine was the one with the long styrofoam Coast Guard ship, an Astronaut, a life raft, and a spcae capsule... each with a wire loop that was used when you picked each object up and flew them back to the deck of the ship.

I still have it, box and all... probably worth the price of several house payments now.. haha.

And... I'd like to thank whichever one of my relatives stole my 48-car collector case of Hot Wheels cars from my old bedroom at my parents house. As a kid, I always took excellent care of my toys, and some of the cars in that case were worth around $1,000 each or more.

It was probably my brother, he has hated my guts all my life, and wrote me an e-mail pertaining to my always playing with Hot Wheels cars about the time they disappeared.

Celticfc1888's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:31 PM
Old remote control cars that had the cable attached to the car, u had to walk with car at the same time

GRIFFIN_LIZZARD's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:32 PM
Edited by GRIFFIN_LIZZARD on Thu 10/01/09 01:33 PM
I believe it was SST motorcycle.

robert1652's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:34 PM
Didn't see "as a kid" part of the thread better shut up before I put my foot in it.


TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:35 PM
Edited by TelephoneMan on Thu 10/01/09 01:36 PM
Another type of Hot Wheels cars I had were called "Sizzlers" they were actually little battery-powered, rechargeable race cars that were the same size as the regular Hot Wheels cars.

I had a race set for the Sizzlers called a "Fat Track". So did two other of my friends in the old neighborhood, and we could link all the track we had together and make one huge, long triple-wide race track.

I still have all of my regular Hot Wheels track. Probably several dozen of the yellow 2-foot pieces, curves, the "power boosters" which were the battery-powered plastic houses that set in-line with the track and launched the die cast cars with internal sponge rubber rotating motors.

I actually still have all of my toys from when I was a boy in the 1960s. My parents never threw anything away. I also have several of the full-sized Tonka trucks, a Tyco AMF electric slot car race track, a Tyco H-O scale train set, and a ton of board games.

TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:37 PM
The "Mouse Trap" game.

I still got mine from the 1960s, with all the intricate parts you put together as you play.

TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:38 PM
Tinker Toys

..don't have these anymore, probably wore them slap out... I remember playing with these at Grandma's house... and I was very little... probably less than 10 years old or littler

tngxl65's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:39 PM
Edited by tngxl65 on Thu 10/01/09 01:42 PM
SST racers by Kenner. I think the Evil Knievel bike, which was a similar toy, was by Ideal.




no photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:39 PM
Lincoln Logssmokin

TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:41 PM

Light Brite


still got my Lite-Brite, too... with all the little bulbs you plug in over a black paint-by-numbers type scheme

TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:42 PM

lawn darts


remember the days when you could throw giant darts in the general direction of others without getting into trouble? bigsmile laugh bigsmile


My parents still have a set of these in their camper, they were called "Jarts" (the brand they have)


TelephoneMan's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:46 PM

clackers....


oh man, I remember these... you hold like a fob, and it was connected to two cords. One the end of each cord was a plastic ball. The idea was to make an up and down motion to make them smack together.

Howbeit they usually beat the living hell out of your forearm when first learning how to use them. And as kids got more adventuerous, they could be tossed at someone if you wanted to pretend they were Australian Bolos...

I'm, sure some "mom friendly" human service group outlawed those suckers for good...

GRIFFIN_LIZZARD's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:46 PM


Like this one I had this as well. Note the zip cord.

Ladylid2012's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:46 PM
I got one of these one year for Christmas!



Celticfc1888's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:53 PM



Like this one I had this as well. Note the zip cord.
I remember them to, they didnt work most of the time

GRIFFIN_LIZZARD's photo
Thu 10/01/09 01:58 PM

I got one of these one year for Christmas!





LAVA LAMP woohoooo!!! sexy with a black light and felt posters.

GRIFFIN_LIZZARD's photo
Thu 10/01/09 02:44 PM
Remember Stretch Armstrong?