Nostalgia: Things You Had Growing Up

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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,160
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    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    Consequences...
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Jody, I had that too!!
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    So I did not know this, until recently (love the internet) that my little Estes Command Copter was based off a real machine! The Hiller Hornet!
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    Powered by 2 small ramjet engines at the ends of the rotors! All the rage back in the 50's as it was considered to be a very simple, and low cost helicopter. But, never came to fruition.

    Many variants exist, including a few developed for the military!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiller_YH-32_Hornet
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Didn't they just use a light bulb as the heat source or am I remembering incorrectly?

    Pretty sure it was a light bulb!
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited December 2019
    I had one of these! :smile:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    My grandfather gave this to my dad, and dad gave it to me... long thought lost, my dad rediscovered it and is sending it to me to give my son this year for Christmas. The pictures are not of the same one, but you get the idea...

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Been a while for this thread (one of my favorites), but restoring my late brother's Cox P-39 Airacobra brought this to mind. The NOS decals I got lost their adhesive, so I may have to look for some repro's ...

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  • soundfreak1
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    Mine was purple.
    Delivered the Washington Post for years on it. The papers folded just right between the bars. I still had to stabilize them with my hands but hey, I made money.

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    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited December 2021
    Mononucleosis, twice
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,774
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  • TEAforONE
    TEAforONE Posts: 1,026
    One of my favorite toys

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    See my profile for list of gear.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785


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    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    edited December 2021
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »

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    Was that fast?

    I think I remember the commercials about it.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    Mononucleosis, twice

    Hopefully you've learned your lesson. Or at least everyone else who's known you has. :D
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,108
    edited December 2021
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
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    I built that LARGE red baron. That was one of my all-time favorites, along with the T-rantula and S'cool bus.
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    I built this one too. It's long gone BUT, I have an "original" still unbuilt one in its' box. That was also a favorite of mine.
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    I also built some car that was orange and had a big bubble top over the interior.

    I just remembered another GREAT model I liked when it was done. It was a Crysler imperial with a TEXAS motif about it. Bull horns up front and guns for door handles. Suff like that It was super detailed. That just reminded me of the Jaguar XKE LARGE model I built. That was a special one too. Working head lights. Real working steering linkage. :p

    Then there was the LARGE HUEY copter with sounds and turning blades too I think. That was when I built just before or after the Huey, the SUPER LARGE B52 Bomber. 4' wing-span. It had motor sound too.


    I also believe I built these 2 models when I was very young. Maybe the first 2 I built. :smile:
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    I also definitely remember building the one in the middle. :D
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    I just looked at some George Barris models looking for that futuristic bubble top car which I haven't found yet.

    I built a few of his models too.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    I'm finding more... :D
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    The bubble top car could've been this;
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    I built this HUGE bike too. That was cool!
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    Built this too. But I think mine was more detailed. It worked by batteries. The spark plug area flashed in time. :D
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    Built most of these too. I know I also built Frankenstein, who's not in this photo.
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    These models were why I delivered those newspapers for all those years.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    edited December 2021
    I believe this version is the one I remember building. I know Frankie was chained to a chair or wall. This might be a newer solid figurine, but it rings the bells of my memory.

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    Well, this night was filled with years of my modeling memories. :p:)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    The horned car could've been this one. I think it's a Lincoln though.
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,958
    edited December 2021
    Tony M wrote: »
    Mine was purple.
    Delivered the Washington Post for years on it. The papers folded just right between the bars. I still had to stabilize them with my hands but hey, I made money.

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    I had this in blue with a sissy bar and a blue head pad!
    I delivered the Medina Gazzette to earn it!! $62.00??
    Best bike in the shop.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Wow Tony you were quite the model builder! I built a Red Baron back in the day. Always wanted to build (still may) the Rommel's Rod, still in production!

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    edited December 2021
    It seemed every time my parents moved to a new place; my models probably disappeared. :o

    I have 0 memories of what happened to all my models. :'(
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,602
    I walked through midsouth hobbies last weekend with the mrs and my older son.
    TRAINS, TRAINS AND TRAINS. All sizes used and new with several great layouts on
    Display. Anything you can think of they had it. Slot cars and a huge racetrack.
    Rc planes and cars. Models, collectables, games. And drones.
    Wife wasn't that hot on it other than the trains. She called the place messy.
    The son and I were in awe. They even had comic books and a small section
    Of classic stereo gear.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,302
    I still have have my Micronauts Baron Karza and horse Andromeda
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    Along with Force Commander and his horse Oberon ...each in own boxes
    Earned the money picking up pecans in my grandpa's back yard in late 70's
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    I still have have my Micronauts Baron Karza and horse Andromeda
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    Along with Force Commander and his horse Oberon ...each in own boxes
    Earned the money picking up pecans in my grandpa's back yard in late 70's
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    WTF? Never heard of those.
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    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    We had this back in the day....

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