Thread: Favourite toys as a child?

What were your favourite toys as a child?

Some of mine were the same as most other boys, Star Wars figures and before that Action Man.

Did anybody have Stickle-Bricks? Ahhhh the days before games consoles eh!? Kids these days are getting so square eyed thanks to those things.

<loads Resident Evil 4 on his PS2 and begins to play>

Originally Posted by FPRob

What were your favourite toys as a child?

Some of mine were the same as most other boys, Star Wars figures and before that Action Man.

Did anybody have Stickle-Bricks? Ahhhh the days before games consoles eh!? Kids these days are getting so square eyed thanks to those things.

<loads Resident Evil 4 on his PS2 and begins to play>

I wouldn’t mind! But some of the action men I had are worth quite a bit now. Loved to remember what I did with them.

Chris.
PS,Rob! No confessing to your Barbie or Cindy ones on the forum?.

LOLOL the only confessing I will do when it comes to Barbie and Cindy is when the sister of a friend used to find her regularly blown up by Action Man hahaha

I agree, the original Action Man (mine were from the mid 70's) are worth a fortune. Do you remember Eagle Eyes with a little eye flicker switch in the back of his head?

Originally Posted by FPRob

LOLOL the only confessing I will do when it comes to Barbie and Cindy is when the sister of a friend used to find her regularly blown up by Action Man hahaha

I agree, the original Action Man (mine were from the mid 70's) are worth a fortune. Do you remember Eagle Eyes with a little eye flicker switch in the back of his head?

NO! Not off hand, the ones that I can remember from the 60/70s were. Dan dare, a great big Hornby train set & getting into loads of trouble with my 2 brothers if I used theirs.. Did have a petrol model plane once that you could only fly with 2 wires that were about 10 to 20 meters long & a handle. The only thing! Was you stood in an open space & had to turn your self round in circles & keep up with the plane. (makes you giddy) Remote control was to expensive then.

Favorite toys ...

GI JOE Figures and Vehicles...
Star Wars Figures
Transformers - First Generation - Also the Dinobots >:o)
After I outgrew action figures I got into building models. Hot Rods mainly.
I have an intense fascination for building military & fantasy battles in action, though being broke all the time doesnt help the hobby.
Now my toys are Tools, Computer, and Firearms. :o)

Ha ha .... as children we did alot of playing outside ... frogs were some of our favorite toys, we would dress them in bathroom tissue .... it ws great .....

Frogs in tissue :) niiiice :) Got to admit, I also spent a lot of time in the dirt and up trees etc.

Transformers.. How could I possibly have forgotten Optimus Prime and the rest of them :D

Barbie, Barbie, and more Barbies......

Hmmmm...I was a book worm but we enjoyed a lot of imagination games and played house and had mud fights ....hmmma.... oh yeah we used to paly 'jack' with tamarind seeds anda rubber ball....does anyone remeber 'jacks' ...the game with the star looking things you had to pick up beforeth the ball bounced twice....

No dont' remember Rubber jacks, but I did the mud cake thing....also had some neighbouhood water fights....lasted at least 4 hours or more...the whole block of kids.....and they would find you and get you everytime....splat, splat sometimes gang up splat not fair more boys than girls....they run faster and the whole bit...you got wet but was fun.

Yeah we had the water fights tooo...lol...it was so fun to be kids when we were growing up I think because we had to use our imagination more and less dependent on tv etc.....but I still love my TV now...I a big Buffy fan....lol

Jacks
Barbie and Ken Dolls
Pickup Sticks
YoYo
Mankala (Rock Game...now they play with marbles)
Slinky
Make and Eat Mud Pies

That's all this old brain can remember!!

Originally Posted by Dream Lady

Jacks
Barbie and Ken Dolls
Pickup Sticks
YoYo
Mankala (Rock Game...now they play with marbles)
Slinky
Make and Eat Mud Pies

That's all this old brain can remember!!

lol dream lady ... i think i tried one and only one of those mud pies too ... lol ....

Originally Posted by Costume Lady

No dont' remember Rubber jacks, but I did the mud cake thing....also had some neighbouhood water fights....lasted at least 4 hours or more...the whole block of kids.....and they would find you and get you everytime....splat, splat sometimes gang up splat not fair more boys than girls....they run faster and the whole bit...you got wet but was fun.

yes i still have a slight scar at the tip of my nose where you gave me the entire bucket there little sis .... hmmm ... did I ever pay you back???

Originally Posted by Dream Lady

Jacks
Barbie and Ken Dolls
Pickup Sticks
YoYo
Mankala (Rock Game...now they play with marbles)
Slinky
Make and Eat Mud Pies

That's all this old brain can remember!!

Yeeeaaaah Jacks...someone else knows it...lol...hi dreamlady...been awhile....good to see ya.

Originally Posted by LadyEye

yes i still have a slight scar at the tip of my nose where you gave me the entire bucket there little sis .... hmmm ... did I ever pay you back???

Now girls remember ...revenge best when the other ones doesn't know it's coming....lol....so no payback on the thread....