Nostalgia: Things You Had Growing Up

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,216
    Pogo balls and hypercolour t-shirts. TV's with UHF and vhf and that we had to get up off the couch to change the channel. Chips toy motor bikes and figures.
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 3,029
    This was my prized possession in middle school - carried it everywhere.

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    “Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Balsa wood planes were the bomb....and they looked cool after you cracked a wing and flew them on fire :)

    But bejeebus they want a lot of money for them now

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    https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/balsa-wood-planes-set/product/H4366?utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid search&utm_campaign=pla&sourceid=7SPFGPLA&gclid=CjwKCAjw-6bWBRBiEiwA_K1ZDYh-NgmGhsYAITJgmkr8wkcJdTyZGmkMgA7po2M6NEsVg2UYxevfVBoCRewQAvD_BwE

    Not surprising, the new Hawaiian buck is a $100 bill.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited April 2018
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    dkfreebird wrote: »
    This is how us poor folk flew kites.
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    That reminds me of those little sheet metal "friction" cars that when you pry the tabs up, it had Japanese writing on the inside of the body like it was from a beverage can. They also had razor sharp edges that you could lose a digit to. Maybe it was revenge for the bomb?
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  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,347
    edited April 2018
    How about pea shooters? We always had one of those in our shirt pocket as well as a supply of ammo. Lots of the non-propeller type balsa wood airplanes also. Used to try to hit them in the air with the peas.

    BB guns as well once we were a little older. "You'll shoot your eye out".
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    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...
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited April 2018
    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...

    Great for getting rid of loose baby teeth.
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  • dkfreebird
    dkfreebird Posts: 1,186
    And what was the purpose of this one?
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,078
    ^^ I had one of those!
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    I still do..LOL
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,499
    dkfreebird wrote: »
    And what was the purpose of this one?
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    YO-YO for dummies :)
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  • dkfreebird
    dkfreebird Posts: 1,186
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    dkfreebird wrote: »
    And what was the purpose of this one?
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    YO-YO for dummies :)
    I guess that explains why I had one. :(
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    And why I still do. :s
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,078
    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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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,315
    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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    Heck I still entertain myself and the cat a few times a week with a ball of string
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Wham-O made cool stupid stuff
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,915
    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...

    For better or for worse :)

    https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/bonomo-turkish-taffy-pkg-of-eight-15-oz-bars/product/56111


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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,876
    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...
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    dkfreebird wrote: »
    And what was the purpose of this one?
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    Those were cool...an early version of a fidget spinner perhaps??..
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    edited April 2018
    I think hand-eye coordination toy. Just like a yo-yo. :D:p
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Wham-O made cool stupid stuff
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    I always wanted one of these. :D
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Like to them run this ad today
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    ^^^^^^^^^^^
    :o I wasn't that crazy.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,915
    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
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,320
    I had this saved in my favorites.

    http://www.skooldays.com/blog/
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,320
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    I still have some of my original Micronauts
    http://www.micro-outpost.com/
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    Remember Mallo Cup coins that the store you got them from would give you cash equivalent for. I used to love seeing 1.00 or something like that. It was like scratch-offs that you didn't have to scratch.

    those mallow cups were delicious too. Same with the Zugnuts. I'm sure dentists got a lot of business years later and maybe still. They're still for sale!
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    dkfreebird wrote: »
    How about the chopper bike made by cutting forks off one bike and driving onto your bike.
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    My forks fell off when popping a wheelie. I rode that wheelie for a quarter of a mile before doing a flying "W" over the handlebars on touch down and damn near breaking my neck.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited April 2018
    Anyone have the Playskool suicide set?
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