Ah, but think of the pain you can inflict on your siblings with a length of metal !Mitthrawnuruodo said:More educational from a engineering POV, clearly, but not necessarily from a creative POV...
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Favorite childhood toy
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legos all the way!!! i still keep an occasional small model sitting around. ive (recently) had a couple lego key chains, one was a lego race guy and another was a lego red brick. but legos and keys dont mix very well in my pocket and i had to retire both keychains. still love legos and i think when im old and retire (which will be a while, im just a SR in college now) i will have lego building as a hobby and just buy and build old kits!!! well that will be my hoby when im not working on cars and engines!!
I shall also have to say Legos were my favorite childhood toy. I also greatly like the toy rifle that I got from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean gift shop in Orlando, FL. That thing held strong, went through some tough scrapes, and is made of wood and metal unlike the ones I say a few years ago that had plastic for the firing mechanism.
My dad bought one at a swap meet in Lynwood. It's guns were missing but it made for a great toy for my friends and I. Still have it. Highly don't think that the one that we have is worth much. But, who knows.telecomm said:
I have to say Lego as well, especially the JCB/Digger type things I would make from it!
Also used to like the little green toy soldiers - and matchbox cars!
Also used to like the little green toy soldiers - and matchbox cars!
I read that topic and the first thing I thought of was Lego! Then, I read about 5 posts down, and I knew I was not alone.
Other toys I enjoyed:
- Anything I got for free from fast food chains with my meal. Always played with those.
- I used to have a set of import Masked Riders (I think that's what it was called) mini figures with matching bikes. Masked Riders (if that's the name) was one of those Japanese Power Rangers-like shows where guys in costumes fought to save the Earth. You know the drill.
- Hot Wheels. Still got a collection of them!
I never got GI Joes growing up. It was either cheap "made in China" toys, Legos, or Hot Wheels. Sorta sad. Legos and building blocks were the toys I most often played with and of course a few of those freebie toys.
I have not outgrown Legos. My last set was the whole Star Wars Episode I racer set. But that was a while ago. The one thing I want to do with Legos right now is create a huge aircraft carrier model complete with fighter jets and everything. I'd need a lot of gray pieces...
Other toys I enjoyed:
- Anything I got for free from fast food chains with my meal. Always played with those.
- I used to have a set of import Masked Riders (I think that's what it was called) mini figures with matching bikes. Masked Riders (if that's the name) was one of those Japanese Power Rangers-like shows where guys in costumes fought to save the Earth. You know the drill.
- Hot Wheels. Still got a collection of them!
I never got GI Joes growing up. It was either cheap "made in China" toys, Legos, or Hot Wheels. Sorta sad. Legos and building blocks were the toys I most often played with and of course a few of those freebie toys.
I have not outgrown Legos. My last set was the whole Star Wars Episode I racer set. But that was a while ago. The one thing I want to do with Legos right now is create a huge aircraft carrier model complete with fighter jets and everything. I'd need a lot of gray pieces...
At which age?
At age 5, my favorite toys were Mattel cars
At age 7, it was LEGO and crayola
At age 9-11, it was transformers and He-Man
At age 12-15, it was PC computers
At age 16-22, it was analog/digital video cameras
At age 23-present, they are Macs and the wifey in the bedroom.
At age 5, my favorite toys were Mattel cars
At age 7, it was LEGO and crayola
At age 9-11, it was transformers and He-Man
At age 12-15, it was PC computers
At age 16-22, it was analog/digital video cameras
At age 23-present, they are Macs and the wifey in the bedroom.
Transformers....definitely Transformers. I still have all the originals megatron, shockwave, dinobots, contructacons.......
Triple changers too
*sigh* I'm so old.
Triple changers too
*sigh* I'm so old.
I was a big lego fan too, but does anyone remember Tinker Toys? I think I played with those in my pre-lego days...
I was also very seriously into those ugly-looking, ridiculously popular Cabbage Patch dolls... to the point where I'd beg my mom to buy me real diapers and baby food for them (and she'd actually give in from time to time). Man, I had this whole imaginary life created with those dolls as my little "family".
Barbies were another favorite past-time... me and my friends would enact these whole elaborate soap-opera-esque scenes with them (usually ended up with one Barbie/Ken doll walking in on a Barbie/Ken doll couple having sex... wonderful childhood entertainment! )
I was also very seriously into those ugly-looking, ridiculously popular Cabbage Patch dolls... to the point where I'd beg my mom to buy me real diapers and baby food for them (and she'd actually give in from time to time). Man, I had this whole imaginary life created with those dolls as my little "family".
Barbies were another favorite past-time... me and my friends would enact these whole elaborate soap-opera-esque scenes with them (usually ended up with one Barbie/Ken doll walking in on a Barbie/Ken doll couple having sex... wonderful childhood entertainment!
)Hey, that's better than me. I had a whole imaginary life created with no dolls. Just all inside my head. I hated my childhood.Nanda Devi said:I was a big lego fan too, but does anyone remember Tinker Toys? I think I played with those in my pre-lego days...
I was also very seriously into those ugly-looking, ridiculously popular Cabbage Patch dolls... to the point where I'd beg my mom to buy me real diapers and baby food for them (and she'd actually give in from time to time). Man, I had this whole imaginary life created with those dolls as my little "family".
Barbies were another favorite past-time... me and my friends would enact these whole elaborate soap-opera-esque scenes with them (usually ended up with one Barbie/Ken doll walking in on a Barbie/Ken doll couple having sex... wonderful childhood entertainment!
Transformers and Legos!!! Legos being the old style legos that had imagination instead of today's lego kits needing to be based off some movie or another.
For a long time (until I was about 11 or so), my favorite toys were my collection of die-cast toys, including a LOT of Dinky Toys... they all got a TON of use and eventually ended up destroyed, for all intents and purposes. (Wish I still had them, new in box... they'd be worth a fortune now.)
Then, Lego finally started coming out with some really cool stuff (different specialized bricks, like clear windshields and big tires), and I was into those for a few years... even into my teens.
Then, Lego finally started coming out with some really cool stuff (different specialized bricks, like clear windshields and big tires), and I was into those for a few years... even into my teens.
Probably Legos for me (mostly the space ones), before they got all those "special-to-this-model-only" pieces. Besides that, Nintendo, some TMNT, Transformers, Matchbox, and Jurassic Park for a while (though that was more of my diorama stage than playing with them). Oh, and non-sports trading cards too.
EDIT: I can't believe I forgot! Micro Machines!
EDIT: I can't believe I forgot! Micro Machines!
Magic little Toy
When I was just a wee little lad
Full of health and joy
My father homeward came one night
And gave to me a toy
A wonder to behold it was
With many colors bright
And the moment I laid eyes on it
It became my hearts delight
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
The first time that I picked it up
I had a big surprise
For right on its bottom were two big button
That looked like big green eyes
I first pushed one and then the other
And then I twisted its lid
And when I set it down again
Here is what it did
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
It first marched left
Then marched right
Then marched under a chair
And when I looked where it had gone
It wasn`t even there
It started to cry and my Daddy laughed
For he knew that I would find
When I turned around my marvelous toy
Chugging from behind
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
Now, the years have gone by
Too quickly it seems
I have my own little boy
And yesterday I gave to him
My marvelous little toy
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head
He gave a squeal of glee
Neither one of us knows just what it is
But he loves it just like me
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
When I was just a wee little lad
Full of health and joy
My father homeward came one night
And gave to me a toy
A wonder to behold it was
With many colors bright
And the moment I laid eyes on it
It became my hearts delight
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
The first time that I picked it up
I had a big surprise
For right on its bottom were two big button
That looked like big green eyes
I first pushed one and then the other
And then I twisted its lid
And when I set it down again
Here is what it did
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
It first marched left
Then marched right
Then marched under a chair
And when I looked where it had gone
It wasn`t even there
It started to cry and my Daddy laughed
For he knew that I would find
When I turned around my marvelous toy
Chugging from behind
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
Now, the years have gone by
Too quickly it seems
I have my own little boy
And yesterday I gave to him
My marvelous little toy
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head
He gave a squeal of glee
Neither one of us knows just what it is
But he loves it just like me
It went `Zip` when it moved
and `Bop` when it stopped
And `Whirr` when it stood still
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will
I never knew just what it was
And I guess I never will