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Quoted from plgg3:Was a favorite for kids to see the world before TV was popular.
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For just a second, I thought that first pic said colonscope! 
Hopkins, MN
Quoted from plgg3:Was a favorite for kids to see the world before TV was popular.
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I havent seen that before! Nice!
I grew up with this one.....
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_darts
"On December 18, 1970, a federal judge failed to uphold the proposed ban.[5][2]
" In April 1987, seven-year-old Michelle Snow was killed by a lawn dart thrown by one of her brothers' playmates in the backyard of their home...
"... on December 19, 1988 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission introduced an outright ban on lawn darts in the U.S.[8] In the previous eight years, 6,100 Americans had visited hospital emergency rooms as the result of lawn-dart accidents. Of that total, 81% were 15 or younger, and half were 10 or younger. During the week when the commission voted to ban the product, an 11-year-old girl in Tennessee was hit by a lawn dart and fell into a coma.[6]
" In Canada, lawn darts caused at least 55 serious injuries.[9] They were banned for sale in the country from July 1989.[10][11] The sale of second-hand lawn darts is also illegal under the Hazardous Products Act."
My relatives always played with them as they should have been played. We never threw them at each other and makes me wonder if any adults were around when these accidents happened? I guess someone always has to spoil it for the others. Just my .02. 
Played Rack-O a lot. Also I really miss guns cap, play machine guns etc. People were not as crazy back then and knew we were kids and they weren't real. 
Loved this one!!
https://flashbak.com/no-batteries-required-remembering-fisher-price-movie-viewer-1973-49908/
pasted_image (resized).pngNot sure how common these were— but as a kid in the 60s, whenever I went to the dentist they gave me a free toothbrush in a container shaped like a wiener dog. The ends fit together to make a little toy dog.
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Bermuda Triangle
Cops, robbers, cowboys, indians, army had a lot of this sets yesteryears.
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LTG : )
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Ooooh, it was “electronic“. Looks to me like it was plastic 
Quoted from LTG:I got one of these for Christmas when I was about 3. Though I don't recall the yellow plastic, I remember mine as being all grey.
LTG : )
I had the fighter jet, but have no idea whatever happened to it. The Steve Canyon helmet lasted a little longer. I like how the jet fighter projects targets onto the wall and you shoot them with darts. Here's a commercial:
I always had to share with my older brother. We shared a room, clothes, toys, pretty much everything, but this toy was the most annoying to share. We only had one pair so each of us got one glove. Both of us being right handed and him being older meant I always got the left glove. If you pressed your thumb against your hand it would make karate chop sounds like on the show. Touching the wrists together made the theme song play
maxresdefault (resized).jpgHey, it occurs to me that the thread title implies my childhood is over. "Were"?
I have way more toys now as a relatively successful old child than I did as an economically disadvantaged young child.
I even just picked up, at an auction, the same model stereo I had in my bedroom as a teenager! After unseizing the turntable (a victim of the same grease they used on EM steppers, apparently) it's like I'm back in my parents' house! I keep expecting to be told, "TURN IT DOWN!"
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I have way more toys now as a relatively successful old child than I did as an economically disadvantaged young child.
I even just picked up, at an auction, the same model stereo I had in my bedroom as a teenager! After unseizing the turntable (a victim of the same grease they used on EM steppers, apparently) it's like I'm back in my parents' house! I keep expecting to be told, "TURN IT DOWN!"
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Damn. I remember the early 70s when nice stereo setups were the thing. Everybody I/you went to visit had a nice stereo.
Everybody was talking all this technical BS that their stereo had.
That one brings back memories
Quoted from DanQverymuch:I even just picked up, at an auction, the same model stereo I had in my bedroom as a teenager!
Man, that Panasonic stereo looks REALLY familiar. I think I might’ve had that same one. 
Grimsby, ON
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Take the Time Bomb out of the box and wonder around the airport with it if you really want to have fun. 
Quoted from DanQverymuch:I even just picked up, at an auction, the same model stereo I had in my bedroom as a teenager! After unseizing the turntable (a victim of the same grease they used on EM steppers, apparently) it's like I'm back in my parents' house! I keep expecting to be told, "TURN IT DOWN!"
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This is not actually of pic of mine as my stereo is in storage, but is exact same model. Back when hifi looked cool and not made of plastic. Concept was a brand made by CBS electronics and sold thru Pacific Stereo in SoCal.
Water Wiggle! So bummed when they were recalled: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/1978/recall-of-wham-o-water-wiggle-toy
Sad stories, I'd always thought it was from the danger of hitting someone.
Best summer water toy ever!
Quoted from dirkdiggler:Not quite toys per say but I had the A Team plastic one. They're up for sale at auction in a couple weeks and hopefully I can put one back on my shelf
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I had this Peanuts lunch box that I brought to school for a few years. I was pretty adept at dropping it and breaking the silvery glass part inside the Thermos. Bonus points if it was full of milk at the time. I would come home from school with the Thermos container filled with broken glass shards, pissing off my Dad who would have to drive to the store for a replacement.
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They came it different sizes, and were made in the 40s, to the early 60s.
My brother and I wood pick our numbers, along with the fashionable cigarette smokers, who would light the race.
A Toy I looked forward too, when we visited relatives.
Of course it was a Scripto Vu Lighter!
I have a bunch floating somewhere.....I wanted to reproduce in color with more timely graphics.....
pasted_image (resized).pngpasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from OLDPINGUY:Well My Uncles and older Cousins use to show me this as a kid.
They came it different sizes, and were made in the 40s, to the early 60s.
My brother and I wood pick our numbers, along with the fashionable cigarette smokers, who would light the race.
A Toy I looked forward too, when we visited relatives.
Of course it was a Scripto Vu Lighter!
I have a bunch floating somewhere.....I wanted to reproduce in color with more timely graphics.....[quoted image][quoted image]
Never knew existed. Thanks for posting.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Well My Uncles and older Cousins use to show me this as a kid.
They came it different sizes, and were made in the 40s, to the early 60s.
My brother and I wood pick our numbers, along with the fashionable cigarette smokers, who would light the race.
A Toy I looked forward too, when we visited relatives.
Of course it was a Scripto Vu Lighter!
I have a bunch floating somewhere.....I wanted to reproduce in color with more timely graphics.....[quoted image][quoted image]
I had a cigarette lighter like that.
Quoted from DanQverymuch:Hey, it occurs to me that the thread title implies my childhood is over. "Were"?
I have way more toys now as a relatively successful old child than I did as an economically disadvantaged young child.
I even just picked up, at an auction, the same model stereo I had in my bedroom as a teenager! After unseizing the turntable (a victim of the same grease they used on EM steppers, apparently) it's like I'm back in my parents' house! I keep expecting to be told, "TURN IT DOWN!"
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I could never convince my parents to let me have an all in one stereo in my room, so at 16 I used my very first paycheck to buy one of these (not mine just pic I found) you got me thinking of grabbing one on eBay for fun
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Well at least with that you never had your parents yell up for you to “turn it down!” did you? Right Mike?
Quoted from mooch:Not sure how common these were— but as a kid in the 60s, whenever I went to the dentist they gave me a free toothbrush in a container shaped like a wiener dog. The ends fit together to make a little toy dog.
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OMG, i remember those! There are so many lost memories that get dredged up from this thread! it's great.
Quoted from Mark66:This..
OK, hands up, who else spend HOURS cutting open these things to extract all the gun powder and make bigger explosions?
Miraculously I still have all my digits!
Quoted from LTG:American Flyer HO Scale steam engine.
LTG : )
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I have a nice collection of American Flyer. One boxed set. Post pics later.
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What a difference 40 years makes.
Quoted from pinnyheadhead:Well at least with that you never had your parents yell up for you to “turn it down!” did you? Right Mike?
Well Greg, the whole story is that at about 14 I found an old set of stereo speakers in the basement (my dad liked to build Heathkit electronics) and I took them up and wired them to my am/fm clock radio, not much fidelity but plenty of noise ... that MIGHT have contributed to my parents decision 
Quoted from cottonm4:What a difference 40 years makes.
No kidding
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