Regina, SK
Quoted from Azmodeus:I never had an omni bot. That was out of my price range back then. I was a poor ass kid.
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Humble, TX
Quoted from Dee-Bow:i hear that! We were so poor, we had to wait for grandpa to sneeze just to decorate the christmas tree! I wish i had toys! If i didnt wake up with a stiffy Xmas morning I'd had nothing to play with. (Worst thing was i had to share everything with my sister!)
Nothing like keeping it in the family.
Quoted from Rascal_H:#postFromTheFuture
My favorite toy as a kid
Ya ya ya....but how the heck do you keep those dang spirograph plastics on the screen! 
Quoted from dirkdiggler:I don't remember seeing this yet. Always fun cause it invited the girls to come over to play.
Ahhh yes...the old wet banana slide trick 
Quoted from Rascal_H:#postFromTheFuture
My favorite toy as a kid
Sheet talk about a generation gap....I had cardboard boxes to play with. 
One of the neighbors that I grew up with was into theater
and the family was very crafty. One day they had a bounce of
cardboard boxes "pinball size" and the such all deferent sizes
and they were all glued and plumbed together long ways and
into zig/zag formations and right angles all on the ground.
It was the "MYSTERY CAVE" once inside you had to figure
out how to get out. Sometimes you were on your hands and knees
other times you had to shimmy on your tummy to squeeze through
the small openings. and other times you came up on a dead end.
some dead ends you had to open the box flaps in order to go into
the next chamber. Cheap thrills!
kids
Quoted from TimBoch:Legos. Made a lego pinball machine to try and get my partents to buy me a pinball machine when I was about 13. It worked and I still have it. Still like legos too
Thats just Beautiful!
I played that game for 9 months in my Senior Year of High School.
We had a Party Good Store across the street from a Convenience store, and just couldnt get enough!
Glad you have it, and still Enjoy!
Quoted from TimBoch:Legos. Made a lego pinball machine to try and get my partents to buy me a pinball machine when I was about 13. It worked and I still have it. Still like legos too
Such cool art on that. I want one!
Quoted from TimBoch:Legos. Made a lego pinball machine to try and get my partents to buy me a pinball machine when I was about 13. It worked and I still have it. Still like legos too
That is a great pinball story. You made my day.
Quoted from TimBoch:Still like legos too
Legos are amazing! I still buy and play with legos. I've gotten my kids into it too.
Kruševac
As popcult kid i collect 1/6 scale figures right now... reminds me on my childhood and vhs rent time 
here is few of em
they are all highly collectible very limited and not easy to find(basicly u had to be in direct connection with artist to grab em)
Quoted from kurgan999:As popcult kid i collect 1/6 scale figures right now... reminds me on my childhood and vhs rent time
here is few of em
they are all highly collectible very limited and not easy to find(basicly u had to be in direct connection with artist to grab em)
Great detail.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Who we kidding.. we're STILL all kids!
You got that right, only difference is our toys now are A LOT bigger and A LOT more expensive.
3 weeks later
Bought a box of vintage toys at a estate sale for $10.00
WWF game i remember and I've been hooked on Spiral Score for 15 minutes now. Kinda pinball related with the plunger. Gotta see if the baseball game still works next.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:Casper the friendly ghost stills on that lil white camera
My cousins had one of those that had Disney's haunted house ghost cartoon.
I liked going fast then slow and then forward and backwards with the film.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:I remember watching Casper the friendly ghost stills on that lil white camera.. don't worry about the baseball game..jusy send us a pic of you with that gun holster on Jay!
You gotta at least buy me a drink first. I'm not that easy 
Quoted from Gatecrasher:Today I have six of them (only four are in this pic + a 1976 Ruttman Spyder):
That's cool. I have a 76 Honda z50. I'd love to get it running a bit smoother. I have to let it warm up for a few minutes or it will bog down.
Quoted from gliebig:That's cool. I have a 76 Honda z50. I'd love to get it running a bit smoother. I have to let it warm up for a few minutes or it will bog down.
Sounds like the carb float level is off or gas in the float.
Sydney
I'm currently restoring a 1971 honda SL70 from the ground up. my brother has built at least 8 or 10 of these in the past (his is the red one
it's same bike that I owned back in the late 70s (and that my father and his neighbor purchased brand new back in '71
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Quoted from j_m_:I'm currently restoring a 1971 honda SL70 from the ground up. my brother has built at least 8 or 10 of these in the past (his is the red one
it's same bike that I owned back in the late 70s (and that my father and his neighbor purchased brand new back in '71
nice work
These are 3 that I played with a lot. Wish I had take better care of them. I was basically a toy destruction mechanism when I was a kid. I melted/burned so much crap on the thingmaker stove I'm surprised my parents never noticed what I was up to. The clouds of smoke I'd make down in the basement. Left out my favorite toy though...matches and firecrackers. Surprised I have all my fingers.
Played 2 day Battling Top Marathons with the friends in the neighborhood during the winters!
It was easier than arguing over the rules in Risk!
Somehow my brother always had a "rule" that led him to World Domination in Risk, so we kicked his ass in battling tops!
Bermuda Triangle
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