Nostalgia: Things You Had Growing Up

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    A kid on my block had one of these! He was the coolest! I wonder if he's still alive :)
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Clipdat wrote: »
    If your family had a cat when you were growing up, this was always a great "toy" to drag on the floor as you walk/run away for entertainment:

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    So Drew, how long were you mesmerized by it? :smile:
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    One of the coolest board games we ever had....

    The Dark Tower!

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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    Infinitely better than the movie...
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,589
    Nearly every day, and twice on Sundays!
    verb wrote: »
    So Drew, how long were you mesmerized by it? :smile:

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,677
    I wanted one of these, but my father said: "Only hippies ride bikes like that!" :(

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,132
    Hermitism wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    I still have some of my original Micronauts
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    Great info herm..
    Mine are more common $160 to $200 for the set. 4 cool toys are worth that much, modern lego's are expensive. May just let the grandson decide later to either tear them up, or hold onto them...who knows
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited April 2018
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Msabot1 wrote: »
    Not a toy..but are any of you old enough to remember Bonimo Turkish Taffy?..Got em for a nickle in the corner store and even came in boxes of cereal..Put em in the freezer and slap em on the counter to break em up into bite size pieces...

    That's what Charleston Chews are for...

    https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/classic-candy-bar-sampler-bag-of-12-bars/product/70614

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    Only available in aggregate with other lost candy bars :p

    I found the Chocolate Charleston Chew and ALL of my other childhood favorites here last year:

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    They have Sugar Babies, those colored sugar dots stuck to wax paper, pixie stix, those little wax bottles filled with gross tasting syrup, every kind of candy bar I've ever seen and my favorite, candy cigarettes (in a little cig box) that send a puff of powdered sugar (smoke) when you blow on them! After going there last summer, I couldn't think of any candy from my childhood that I hadn't seen that day! One crazy place to visit!

    They had Razzles, Spree, Bottlecaps, Boston Baked Beans,

    They also claim to have the world's largest soda selection - Bacon Flavored Soda, anyone?


    Video - http://www.kare11.com/article/news/mns-largest-candy-store-expands-again/437994628

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,677
    I wonder if they have the "politically incorrect" version of "Sugar Babies"? :p
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    What about the "sugar momma", and for @Viking64, "sugar daddies"...?
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,677
    FestYboy wrote: »
    What about the "sugar momma", and for @Viking64, "sugar daddies"...?

    Are you implying that I am a homosexual?
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    FestYboy wrote: »
    What about the "sugar momma", and for @Viking64, "sugar daddies"...?

    The Sugar Babies are in a little bag/pouch and are little pebble-sized candies. One of my old time favorites!

    They did have the Sugar Daddy (a big sucker) too! I don't remember any Sugar Momma. Seriously, any candy I'd ever even heard of in my lifetime, they had. Pretty incredible! A "Must-Visit" for anyone with a sweet tooth who's spending any time in the Twin Cities!

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Lots of things growing up. Measles, mumps, chicken pox, tonsillitis, appendicitis, broken bones, and lots of road rash from bike crashes. Good times. :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,020
    had 'em all, 'cept mumps.
    Mrs H had one called Fifth Disease, too, when she was a kid. Apparently they'd run out of cool disease names. Must've been a New Yawk thing; I never heard of it growin' up in Baltimore (hon).
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,677
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Baltimore (hon).

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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Infinitely better than the movie...

    The game isn't related to the book series in any way, shape, or form
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  • Viking64
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    Viking64 Posts: 6,677
    edited April 2018
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,203
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Hermitism wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    I still have some of my original Micronauts
    http://www.micro-outpost.com/

    Great info herm..
    Mine are more common $160 to $200 for the set. 4 cool toys are worth that much, modern lego's are expensive. May just let the grandson decide later to either tear them up, or hold onto them...who knows
    There are three things I won't part with. My Star Wars toys, Micronauts, and my Atari. You can't put a price on my childhood. Plus, if I ever have a traumatic brain injury and find myself with the intelligence of a 7 year old, I'll have something to play with.

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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,322
    Spent hours with this - I still remember that ozone/electric smell, and cleaning the contacts with a pencil eraser...

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    But this is the one I always wanted:-)

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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,203
    daddyjt wrote: »
    Spent hours with this - I still remember that ozone/electric smell, and cleaning the contacts with a pencil eraser...

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    I had that! You're right, I had forgotten all about that distinct smell. And if you didn't have the track snapped together perfectly level, it would either stop the car as if it hit a brick wall or derail it. I forgot all about that toy.

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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    On the topic of old race track sets and stuff, here is a sale coming up.
    https://www.estatesale.com/sales/view/167227.html
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  • oldrocker
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    Rode the wheels off one of these.



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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Can't find the pics of the big go cart me and my daughter built many years ago.

    It was homemade and ugly....Ended up putting a Rupp 440 snowmobile engine on it which made driving it even more interesting.

    No live axle on it and damn near would pull the front tires up.

    GREAT memories just me and her tinkering on the dumb thing.
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    oldrocker wrote: »
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    Rode the wheels off one of these.


    Loads of fun and skinned up knees and elbows too!!...A Rupp??...

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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    halo wrote: »
    FestYboy wrote: »
    Infinitely better than the movie...

    The game isn't related to the book series in any way, shape, or form

    I'll still stand by my statement. That movie was a pile of horse dooky.
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  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    May have been a Kohler engine on a Rupp sled. Wish I could find the pictures of it.
    Msabot1 wrote: »
    oldrocker wrote: »
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    Rode the wheels off one of these.


    Loads of fun and skinned up knees and elbows too!!...A Rupp??...

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 6,677
    edited April 2018
    Nesmith98 wrote: »
    Had one of these as a kid. They were popular around here being close to Goodyear HQ.
    I remember those, but I never had one. The closest I got was The Hindenburg. This was BEFORE I realized there was a connection with Led Zeppelin. B) You couldn't make your own signs, but it came with those cool swastika decals. :p

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