Both those gear games look cool! I can SO see more creative thought process type learning out of something like that than so many things today...but maybe thats just wishful thinking because it's neat? 
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Quoted from pacmanretro:Both those gear games look cool! I can SO see more creative thought process type learning out of something like that than so many things today...but maybe thats just wishful thinking because it's neat?
I think it depends on the children today. My youngest is 24, and wasnt plugged in then.
But whether we played it as a game to win, by raising your flag, or simply the cause and effect, in a puzzle way,
We all found joy.
But hell yeah, it looks cool!
Fortunately thet are under $20 on Ebay.
When I was very young there was a thing I think was called lincoln logs. All made of wood, and painted. You built log cabins and stuff like that, and seems like the pieces that were flat and went on the roof were painted green.
Then there was this all plastic set, no clue what it was called, but it had a base, i beams and other beams you placed first, then you had the flat pieces that snapped on that was the windows/outside look. (was not a Lego set). You made skyscrapers with this.
(I was just reading the Lego topic, and remembered this).
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:Then there was this all plastic set, no clue what it was called, but it had a base, i beams and other beams you placed first, then you had the flat pieces that snapped on that was the windows/outside look. (was not a Lego set). You made skyscrapers with this.
This was the set I had as a boy.
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Kitchener, ON
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:When I was very young there was a thing I think was called lincoln logs. All made of wood, and painted. You built log cabins and stuff like that, and seems like the pieces that were flat and went on the roof were painted green.
One of my fondest memories of my grandparents was playing with these when I was young at their place. I just looked they still make ‘em after 100 years
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Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:When I was very young there was a thing I think was called lincoln logs. All made of wood, and painted. You built log cabins and stuff like that, and seems like the pieces that were flat and went on the roof were painted green.
Then there was this all plastic set, no clue what it was called, but it had a base, i beams and other beams you placed first, then you had the flat pieces that snapped on that was the windows/outside look. (was not a Lego set). You made skyscrapers with this.
(I was just reading the Lego topic, and remembered this).
This? https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/what-were-your-favorite-childhood-toys/page/32#post-5289320
Quoted from ReadyPO:This was the set I had as a boy.
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I had something similar, but I think the beams were all blue. Can't really recall many other details.
Quoted from o-din:Nimblepin says he was there the day the Superball factory blew up in Fullerton. What a glorious day that must have been.
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http://www.octhen.com/2006/07/wham-o-superball-disaster.htm
"i met this kid with a huge box of superballs."
That would be Nimblepin...
I picked up a milk crate full of them on the railroad tracks, they were all over by the loading dock back in like 65.
Also got my first speeding ticket at Lemon Park, 13 in a 5.
I was 13 on a Big Wheel.
Remember the Big T?
Quoted from bob_e:NO board game just cards, you become a Used Car Dealer
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Holy shit. That just brought back some memories. My parents must have had that game, because it looks really familiar.
Some friends of mine had a game called "Beat Detroit". I hated that game. Every move you made was loser: You landed on Harry's Hilltop Service and got cleaned out. Or you landed on the square that said you needs brakes or mufflers. Or tires. Or an oil change or shocks. Anything to get on your pocket. Basically, the people who got around the play field with the most money left were the winners.
And then I took a good hard look at that game and figured out why it was so shitty: There was not real competition between players. You could play the game by yourself and have the same action and results just as if you played with 4,5, or 6 people.
There was no strategy. Just roll the dice, land on your square and shell out what you were told.
The Game of Life and Monopoly were two of our favorites growing up.
I didn't realize it, but Milton Bradley (the Milton Bradley) invented the Game of Life in 1860 as the Checkered Game of Life. The modern version of the 1960s commercial OLDPINGUY published has been updated many times (for instance more $$ values in the 70's version I played, up to adding pets in the 2017 version).
game-of-life-checkers1 (resized).jpgLife (resized).jpgQuoted from ReadyPO:The Game of Life and Monopoly were two of our favorites growing up.
I didn't realize it, but Milton Bradley (the Milton Bradley) invented the Game of Life in 1860 as the Checkered Game of Life. The modern version of the 1960s commercial oldpinguy published has been updated many times (for instance more $$ values in the 70's version I played, up to adding pets in the 2017 version).
Besides pinball and video games, I play a lot of many different board games. I own Life and The Checkered Game Of Life. Those two games could not be more different. Checkered is an absolutely horribly bad game. Though I do like the square where you can commit suicide and be out of the game. Only thing better would be to not start the game at all.
Quoted from joemagiera:I own Life and The Checkered Game Of Life. Those two games could not be more different. Checkered is an absolutely horribly bad game.
I agree - amazing how different "Life" was in 1860 - and Happy Old Age on the board was 50!
We had Hobby City so we bought slot cars and ran them on their tracks.
I used to get smaller gauge copper wire and would rewind the armatures on Mura motors.
You had to run heat sinks on the controllers to keep them from going up in smoke.
I had a few cars, Little Red Wagon, Hemi Under Glass, Invader Corvette and a few others.
We used to buy the parts and build our own cars.
Some of the old crew bought the tracks when Hobby City went under.
Quoted from bob_e:NOT mine but worth some money today.
I had HO scale slot cars. Aurora and Tyco
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Those bond slot cars are awesome, my uncle actually has two complete sets and recently set one up. I got to play around with it and was super fun. Crazy how cool toys were back then
I just remembered how much I liked playing badminton when I was like 6 years old.
By the time I was a teen I was fed up with the birdie always getting stuck in the racket so I used a tennis racket to smack the hell out of it and not get stuck.
Anyone that has ever played badminton has to have memories of the birdie stuck in your racket, dig it out, then straighten out the strings or whatever that was, so you could continue on.
I actually have a brand new set still in the box that I purchased maybe 20 years ago and never got around to taking out in the yard and setting up.
Quoted from JohnnyPinball007:I just remembered how much I liked playing badminton when I was like 6 years old.
By the time I was a teen I was fed up with the birdie always getting stuck in the racket so I used a tennis racket to smack the hell out of it and not get stuck.
Anyone that has ever played badminton has to have memories of the birdie stuck in your racket, dig it out, then straighten out the strings or whatever that was, so you could continue on.
I actually have a brand new set still in the box that I purchased maybe 20 years ago and never got around to taking out in the yard and setting up.
These Guys?
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I also had a bravestar fort playset that I always played with.
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That one did not live on the shelf. It looks like you got your money's worth.
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Wow.
We had a set of those! Tog'l Blocks.
Often think of this toy when I’m in my wood shop. Had vague memories of where my love of sawdust began. Today thanks to this thread and google I learn it was called The Power Shop
The “power” being your arm cause it was basically a hand pumped mini table saw for balsa wood.
Not sure if it came with a first aid kit : )
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Think it was late 70s. I remember my brother getting it for me as a Christmas present. My dad was not too pleased.
Was looking at the photo and had to laugh when I noticed on the side of the box that it claims to be almost foolproof.
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