Do you remember?

[Megameg]

I had a Mrs. Beasley doll that I loved.

I also LOVED my cap gun - do they still make those? Did anyone else ever take the caps out to the sidewalk and hit them with rocks to make them go off?

 

[sabbathstorm]

Of course they still make cap guns but I don't think they sell as much. My son has one but he doesn't play with it all that much. He'd rather a super soaker

 

[RTWudder]

I also LOVED my cap gun - do they still make those? Did anyone else ever take the caps out to the sidewalk and hit them with rocks to make them go off? [/B][/QUOTE]

They still make cap guns, not very real looking though. We never thought to try and hold up liquor stores with ours. A five pack of cap rolls was 25 cents and the real toughies would set them off by rubbing them together in their hands with small gravel to set the caps off.

Play yime never ended until someone was hurt, minor bruise, cut scrape or something, but there had to injury to stop play. A trip to the palyground was never complete without a major injury or blood letting. Going down a 20 foot long stainless steel slide head first onto the concrete at the foot of it was always a good way to end the day. That any of us lived to grow up is a miracle.

 

[someplace]

I too

had one of the thingies you cooked the goop in and made flowers and insects. Scared the pants off my grandmother with the insects. My parents gave me dolls, but I didn't play with them. My sister did and she still has her "Baby Secret" which still works when you pull the string. Amazing.

I remember having a lot of fun with a girls-kindof chemistry set to make all kinds of perfume. My mom must have been afraid I'd blow up the house if they gave me a real chemistry set. I had a toy microscope too.

I can't believe none of ya'll have mentioned action figures -- Star Wars or otherwise. My sons were lamenting the other day how they had a fortune invested in theirs and what they'd be worth if they still had them, etc. Legos were very popular in our house. Damn they hurt when stepped on with barefeet!

 

[metal_minx]

my little pony, carebears, and she-ra

they dont make good toys or cartoons nowadays

 

[Guest]

OMG Flashbacks

All of it's coming back....I'm sitting here hysterically laughing LOL
Creepy Crawlers is the thing that made the goo insects!!
Do you guys and gals remember:
Colorforms? Baby This n' That? Simon? Kerbangers (OUCH!)? Mr. Mouth (the so 70's version of tiddly winks)? The Little Professor Calculator? Gnip Gnop? The Magic 8 Ball? Omg, my brother's cool big wheel called The Green Machine...I loved that thing!! The Darci fashion model doll? Monchichi? Dolly Pops? (*sings jingle* Dolly Pops, Dolly Pops, Oh dolly, dolly, dolly, Dolly Pops!) Romper Stompers? God the mindless toys I found pleasure with...like the Rock'em Sock'em Robots...LOL red and blue plastic dudes punching each other..I was always convinced the red one was fixed to win. My brothers had the best toys, like Stretch Armstrong and Suckerman. Does anyone remember that red thing that looked like an old mobile phone...it was called Merlin? I remember having to press lots of blinking lights...but can't remember the concept of the game...was it like Simon? God I can't believe the things one can recall. I still have all of my Wacky Package and Garbage Pail Kid Stickers, Sunshine Family dolls, and Fisher Price little people village. Must of been that "I don't want to grow up" Toys R Us jingle we were subjected to...can you say subliminal messages? LOL This is a great thread!!

 

[daniella469]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

why do i always get marked as unregistered??? some please clue me in??

 

[sabbathstorm]

I remember Merlin. I still have mine kicking around my mother's place. I had that calculator too! One of these days I'm going up there and digging around the saved up toys. My 6 year old gets a kick out of a lot of them

 

[Hamletmaschine]

My favorite toy is and always has been the one between my legs.