I tried searching online and I found a lot of pictures of things I wanted to show you all that I no longer have. I can't get the dang pics right, so here is what I Remember most:

For a short time 7 eleven made bad ass monster cups. Very cool art. I had about ten long gone.

I had an amazing electronic pinball game that was actually fun.

I loved rubber monsters, really loved them. And mad maverick stickers. And micronauts baron karza and acroyear?

My house burned down when I was 16 and I lost everything including vintage hot wheels which I still love.

Then I had a stroke and 3 brain surgeries. Now I'm still discovering what is left after these disasters. Someday I'm still going to get a strange change machine.

I still have some of my comic collection that has smoke and burn damage from the fire at 16. I kept a couple ruined books to never forget. My room in the house was destroyed by fire mostly then soaked during firefighting. The neighborhood kids and neighbors ransacked my house before I got to get anything left of value, no big deal.

I'll never forget once after moving I freinds little sister had a picture I had drawn on her wall that was stolen from me, my house. It was strange but rewarding to see my stolen belongings coveted. It was a picture of the words "Heavy Metal". Hand drawn.

Just for fun a quick related story.

My uncle mark has two sons who have just fully moved out // even leaving thier home state each son.

One son left a box of collectibles. I told my uncle to stash it away for the sons and let them discover thier old stuff in a decade or so. He felt they would be better off or appreciate some money more now.

My thoughts are he is missing the opportunity to create magic in thier life later if he sells it all, which I'm sure is already done.

I believe the price of opening a time capsule of our childhood toys is nearly priceless in my opinion. I mean is there a single person here that would not love to open a magic time capsule delivery?

I really enjoyed collecting rubber monsters but they were born to be lost or destroyed. I wonder if there is a cool book on this...

Is there an amazing toy show out there like San Diego comicon? I see in my future (more toys)

Never got to play a functional complete hide and seek. Maybe someday...

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ramps, God I would pay money to watch us trying to jump the flames on our bikes.

Some people are lucky enough to have this stuff from thier childhood filmed....

I was talking with a young cousin yesterday and I could see it in his eyes. It was hot wheels for him.

I never had an omni bot. That was out of my price range back then. I was a poor ass kid.

I got some great games and stuff, in my youth, but the omni bot I think that was over a hundred. Very tough to get grandma to crack on that shit back in the day. Craftier kids had that. And luckier kids. I was happy though.

Even though I was poor, growing up in the 70-80s in America was a gift for a kid like me. I didn't get the omni bot but I got a lot of other things. I got the Death Star. I had a mazinger. Only ever saw one in the store. I took it. Grandma again. God rest her soul.

Peace brothers.

I don't know if anyone had these.

When I was a kid in the 70s an older kid gave me a brown paper bag filled with the entire set of these models, assembled and painted. Vampirella, and all of them. He was about 14 and I was in 2nd grade or so.
The whole bag. It was like Christmas. I love giving good stuff to kids now. I was given so much, I have to share.

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I never owned one of these but I think I saw one.

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Still missing those micronauts.

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When I would go to the store in the late 70 s early 80s the selection often dictated what you could get.

I always wanted one of these strange change machines. But they were gone before I was 5. I think.

I have a great time on this website here if you haven't seen it. Plaids stallions.com
Toys, right from my exact eras. Includes department store flyers.
http://www.plaidstallions.com

with segrelles art.

This is an amazing bunch, so now I have to ask about an old toy I can't hardly remember.

It was:

A magic box toy made of printed paper in the 1970s.

I have searched high and low can't find a picture of it. It was more than magic as I recall. Kind of treasure like contents. So lost.

Tia.

As of today, I am collecting all of this when I see them. Proceed with the collecting!

When I was about 8 years old a neighbor who was now about 16 gave me a brown paper bag full of these models. He was too old now.

Years later I discovered this book. My point. I like books.

And also I can easily put the book on my shelf. I get great joy just looking through this book and this post.

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When I was about five my aunt bought me a full box of mighty Mavericks stickers. I remember it was five dollars. I Covered the inside of my closet door with the stickers.

I met a guy who still had his door. Literally. He had took off the door a kept it for decades.

I never forgot my love of opening packs and such. It must have started right there.

I have been collecting things on and off for my whole life.
I used Want to own the stuff And hoard it.
Mine!

But I have changed over time. I like to sell too I have found.
Sell when high. Of course
Make sure it is not something you can’t part with.

But I personally can part with a lot.

http://www.plaidstallions.com/3inch.html

Ten lines to look through. No purchase needed.

Metal men
http://www.plaidstallions.com/zee/metal79.html

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I had been given one of theses witches in the 80s. I hung on to it for many years, but I gave it to a freind at his house where he had a shelf covered with such oddities. It fits there well.

An odd fact is that the guy who gave it to me died about a week ago.

Some day I might get another. I need to stumble into it.

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i went into record store near me and the other thing that was for sale there was used audio. Some of these systems were in the thousands now being sold under a hundred.

If I ever get a big enough house I will begin to collect high end audio.

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Not this exact system, but good stuff. Loud and clear.

When I was very young the quarter machines spit out amazingly original stuff. Thanks for the pictures. Jigglys sell pretty well still.

120 $this lot. Available now on the Internet.

There are big new ones out there. Rubber monsters!

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I still have my c 3po head case. Once I bump into that I will put it on display.

Some day I’m going to buy these. I was borne in 67 these were long gone by the time I was old enough.

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Looking at this website
https://www.monstersinmotion.com

I think I might place an order...

I am finding all of my old toys drive my nostalgia and happiness greatly. It Makes me want to start a toy company.

Really, this is a special property of toys. I never really thought about how much joy toys actually bring into the world and more specifically, my world.

There’s gold in those hills! And I aim to get my share.

Since you are all here and have such good taste, I need to ask a question.

When I was a kid in the seventies I got a kind of magic treasure box. It was, as I recall a treasure/magic box toy. It contained other things inside the cardboard box that was printed like a treasure chest and made out of cardboard.

Every time I try to find this online it brings up magic boxes. (Not the right vintage toy)

Anyways, maybe I will get lucky and one of you know what I am talking about.

Thanks.

Coloring books in The seventies.

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No, but that is fully the right track. One may have influenced the other. Now I can get a year to begin my search further. It was a dead end. Thanks.

I only visited long John silvers very rarely, but this could be it. Thanks again. I’m going to need one in my hands to see if it pulls any memories.

I had remembered it being a more permanent type toy. But this could be it.

I have this thing bookmarked on YouTube.

For my beer digression. Bond girl beer. I looked and looked never even saw one in the wild.

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From what I can see, every childhood toy and youthful memory is money in the bank. Unless you just want to leave your money in the bank.

These memories are gold.

Micronauts still a favorite, after all this time.

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Big Jim.

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Many a night we played here in the early 80s.

We called it the looney bins, it was an abandoned mental institution.

What a toy to play with.

This video is a fine example of the place.

Cool story;

I was reaching out to old friends for stories about our time there I have forgotten. He said, I wonder what was in those vials in the dental office?

I made a quick phone call to another friend.

What was in those vials? Nova Caine. I found out from another person. (Who actually took them back then. I think.)

I called him back and answered his decades old question.

We had a lot of fun there.

Give me nova Caine!

Coloring books.

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Other horror...

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Pretty sure i never had a Hugo, but I had a stretch Armstrong.

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I barely recognized him.

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There is always Easter island on my camera roll.

Boom boxes. I think I had this one myself.

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I always wanted a strange change toy, but it was a little before my time. They were long gone by the time I even knew what they were. I used to watch them on eBay, but never have bought one.

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I loved the monster ones. I drank out of them until the pictures faded off.

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I got this book on my next to buy list.

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I did not initially buy this when it first came out. I might have. The second time I saw it.

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Holograms. I have a Star of David one I think.

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We had an edge water park in Detroit.

https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/edgewater-park

Now closed.
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The other hammer…

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Also a good childhood memory.

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This abandoned mental institution was a place where the kids in my town played in the 80s.

There are (what I would call) digital shrines to the place now.

All the cool kids in my neighborhood went there at some point. Video played with Black Sabbath.

The scene that seemed to capture really capture some high school magic for me was this from Donny darko.

I got this book in my crosshairs.

It’s that oddball toy niche where I was becoming a teen and leaving toys partially behind.

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This is cool.
http://microforever.net/microheritage.htm

1979 in Detroit. The local war against disco.

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We had a guy I grew up with in Plymouth township with a sprawling estate and a small hill in the back. This was the one and single time I rode down the hill in a barrel.
Spinning out of control down the hill, I pretended that was fun.

Later, I heard they put nails poking into the barrels and made people get inside as torture somewhere else in the world. At some point in history.

As I google this, I cannot find a history of nails and torture in this way. Poking into Barrels.

I think maybe someone told me a story to scare me, and I fell for it.

As a result, no hills and barrels for me ever. It occurred to me any object protruding would be a real injury on your “ride”.

There was a water moccasin in the lake, too. Rural Michigan didn’t see many of those.

Growing up in the Plymouth hills trailer park was overall a very interesting experience.

The arcade we would find our way to every was cedar point. My favorite arcade midway in the world so far. See attached flyer.

Current favorite arcade in existence is banning.

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My mother would give me and my brother both a ten dollar bill for quarters for the day.

I was thinking the same thing. About the strawberry taste.

Nostalgia is golden today. Case in point frank and sons collectible swap meet later. If I’m lucky.

https://www.frankandsonshow.net/

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Cedar point amusement park in the 1980s. I would have been roughly twelve, had I been there that day.

I worked as a cook at big boys in 1985. Waitresses and hostesses were the memory. Many cool memories. Sweet!

One of my older managers took me on a tour of Woodward Avenue at 3am one night for fun.

That was when I saw a rat the size of a small dog. Ah Detroit.

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Sliding down the dam at camp Dearborn. Found.

When I did this it was 1978.

I think it was technically illegal. You had to wear your shoes due to potential glass at the bottom. What exactly was I thinking?

Not alone though, as the video proves!

This book is not bad but I personally had hoped for more content of that magic sweet spot for me.

1978-1984

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It think I just need more books on the subject. I really enjoy this era of toys but I am into books. I don’t wish to own them all, just want to be able to easily view them.

The polar lights book is comprehensive. By comparison. I wish there was one on my other toys from my youth.

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Sid and Marty Croft show at the Hollywood bowl starring the Brady bunch kids.

I think this is just the trailer, but I thought I saw the full show out there too.

In tenth grade my biology teacher mr label was a spitting image of Benny hill. He even had strange mannerisms.

The first two weeks I found it hard to even stop laughing. Mr label. I hope he is a happy guy still.

That was 1984.

Interesting. The counselor you say.

http://www.thegeektwins.com/2014/06/7-bizarre-facts-about-deanna-trois.html

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I have been very fortunate on aunts for the most part. They were not perfect, but they always showered me with love as a young Italian boy.

Before my aunt terry passed about ten years ago, I reconnected with her and her family.

It was a good thing, to me.

Again, sorry about the crappy relatives.

I have one aunt left alive she is 101 this month.

I always wanted a strange change machine. They were a little before my time. I never saw one on a store shelf. Ever. They were g o n e. Like many of the toys in here.

I will likely buy it when I see it. It might need to be sitting in front of me before I do.

Coloring books from the 70s?

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https://www.oddrods.com/

My aunt bought me a full box of these in 1973. Or 4. Thus creating the desire to open full boxes of these things.

The whole box was five dollars. As I recall. My aunt has passed on but her son, I keep in touch with him.
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Candy is so awesome. I could see myself opening a candy store someday.

Video games pins and candy. Hmm.

How many cans of this did you buy? For me it was about four altogether.

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Little tips like this can keep you alive longer. That stair you are using, a small fountain of youth. IMO.

In other words I think the stairs are a little fountain of youth that you can choose to use. Should you wish…. Not everyone does.

It is quite a world. I thought this latter stage of my life would be boring. I could have never predicted how current events would play from stupid little things to war and death. And back through again for Pete’s sake.

But I believe The world and its people are up to this challenge. A massive challenge.

The next thirty years will be something else. But I truly believe almost anything is possible. Including world peace.

Such a treat for me and my brother to be taken to York steak house at the Westland mall.
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As a side note, my dear mother cannot and could not cook steak. So when we went here we had the sirloin and had never tasted anything like it. My mom just well did everything. burnt it.

I can’t even fully describe my fails here. But yes, fail I did.

Sadly, saving money was never a thing for me. I spent every last cent as I had, happily.

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Need to get me a nice copy of this old coloring book.

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This one too.

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When my aunt Adele bought me a whole box of these. It was five dollars, something like that. Bless her soul. She created my card addiction…

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