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Quoted from Mr68:Thumbs up on the M-80's. What didn't we blow up?
The neighbors cat.
Quoted from pinworthy:I'm sure I built that same 1/2 track .. wasn't it something about Rommel?
Yep.
Quoted from Wolfanoz:Anything Hot Wheels and Hot Wheels race track wise other than the ass whooping parents would instill with them.
Stung didn't it?
Quoted from jhanley:My brother got a Cox Stuka for his birthday in the sixties.My dad tried to fly it for him but it didn't even go around once before he smashed it into the pavement.
Standard procedure. How many sets of wings did he go thru?
Quoted from jhanley:There was nothing left but the engine.
Too bad. Once my brother took over it finally flew. And the bomb dropped.
This one definitely had wing issues.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Lost a fingernail one day when the teenagers were playing smash up derby pushing us little kids around in our steel pedal cars.
That sounds like more fun than getting inside a truck tire and rolling down the hill. I only did that once.
Quoted from CactusJack:Least we not forget Wacky Packages?
I still have mine and some Odd Rods.
Nimblepin says he was there the day the Superball factory blew up in Fullerton. What a glorious day that must have been.
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...
Quoted from pinworthy:some model cement
Still to this day one of my favorites.
Back in the day when they said go fly a kite, we actually did. The best ones came from the Green Giant food co. They would have a new one every year and we would send in our boxtops for it.
Quoted from TheLaw:It's right up there with turning the key and hitting the button on a rocket launcher and nothing happening.
Perhaps you should have stuck with water rockets.
Quoted from TheLaw:Yeah I remember having some of the boxed army men sets.
That one above had cannons that shot plastic bullets. Great fun when you are playing with your brother.
Quoted from AlexF:Oh dude! That is the exact set (Battleground Playset) I had. It kept me entertained for hours.
Some time in the mid 70s they neutered the cannons so they would no longer shoot projectiles. 
Quoted from TheLaw:Never had one but my friends did. Man do you guys remember the pure racing excitement of these things?
Frog , Blackfoot, and the one I had was a tricked out Super Blackfoot. Lots of fun in the 90s.
Quoted from TheLaw:I flew more kites than got that shit to work more than 2 steps.
Indeed. I don't know how they got it to work on TV.
Quoted from Electrocute:the "rich kids" all had Schwinn Krates.
Us not so rich kids were left to mod out our Sting Rays however we saw fit.
Quoted from LTG:What happened to your walkie-talkie ?
My brother had the green GI Joe ones in the 60s. I think the standard black ones worked better.
Quoted from LTG:Nobody played with M-80's and wrist rockets ?
M-80s are why I don't have any of my childhood toys anymore. And some of us still play with wrist rockets.
Quoted from Pinballerchef:Damn some of you guys are OLD......toys I never heard of on here!
But we've heard of yours. And ours were better!
Quoted from MES:Cap BOMB. Paper caps. Not the plastic kind.
I had one just like it, but it's been so long ago.
In the 60s we didn't need cell phones and computers to keep us busy. I'm the runt in the front.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Prius, Insite, Volt? Hah! Here's a V-8 that runs on a battery!
The piston engine goes boing, boing, boing, but the Mazda goes mmmmmmmm....
Quoted from jhanley:Where do you get these pictures?
Google. Except for the old pics I had.
Quoted from Erik:That is too awesome. What's the name?
I don't remember what it was called but it was a wind up working roller coaster. I think we might have got it by trading in some green stamps. Not sure though. I forgot all about it until I saw a pic online today. It did fall apart after a while.
Edit- found a vid.
Quoted from electricsquirrel:My Mom was anti gun.
So was mine after she found me with my dad's Winchester when I was three.
Quoted from electricsquirrel:Never saw one of those before.
I saw the ad when I was young and that was it. It had a catchy song. Sort of...
Quoted from spfxted:Yep!! .and HOLY CRAP!!!! ....
ebay.com link » James Bond Attache Case Multiple 1965
The Whee-lo is cheaper!
Quoted from pinworthy:I was reminiscing with my brother and he reminded me about this
I'm not sure how that idea would fly today.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Who had these as a kid?
Major Matt Mason! Where do you think they got the idea for Star Wars!
Quoted from swampfire:Big Jim wasn't a soldier. He lived in a van down by the river - a vinyl van.
Sure he didn't design pinball machines that would never be finished?
Quoted from pinwiztom:Sadly how many of us will be diagnosed with skin cancer?
I had a melanoma on the back of my leg a few years back. What I have learned is a lot of it is genetic as some get it where the sun doesn't shine. But years of laying on my surfboard and the beach letting myself get burned to a crisp probably didn't help. But I still spend plenty of time in the sun.
Interesting ad I just came across on craigslist. Do any of these look familier? I know we had we had a few.
I had the American Logs . They were the flat version of Lincoln Logs. We had that coaster and maybe that bowling set.
One of my favorite toys when I was a small child was that spiral race track with two cars that would start when you released them, and raced to the bottom. I was surprised they still make that (a little different now) so I got one for my daughter when she was young.
Quoted from electricsquirrel:The cars had a steel ball that snapped into them.
Yep. Mine might have been a little older version circa mid 60s. But it was fun!
Quoted from pinworthy:and raise you
You ever play warball in school? It's like dodgeball but with about 50 of those smaller rubber balls.
Coach lines up 50 balls midway on the tennis court. Two teams, on on the back of each side. When the whistle blows, it's game on!
I had PE early in the morning in Jr. High. First time I played warball was one of the coldest foggiest winter days around here. One of the better baseball players in school took aim and nailed me in the nads with a fastball. I'll never forget that. First time I ever thought I should "play better". And soon after that I did.
!962. Our PE coach was a sadist and I wasn't sure he didn't make this game up himself, but I guess it must have been in the school manual.
Don't ever send them to military school then. My venture there made warball seem like a walk in the park.
I didn't care for it either but it was either shower or stink the rest of the day. And in Jr. high it's time to start impressing the ladies.
Quoted from jhanley:You went to military school in the 5th grade?Are you serious?Why?
I was a bad boy. I could get into details, but combine a recent divorce, my brother and me fighting, my mom pulling her hair out, and me not doing my schoolwork, then you get the picture. 2 years of hell for me was my reward. But I came out of that place knowing how to fight and take care of myself. After that I answered to nobody but myself.
On the plus side it taught me self dicipline, how to stay healthy, and be productive throughout the day. But I don't wish the experience on any kid today. Although they probably no longer physically torture and punish kids like they did back then.
I was stronger coming out than I went in. You have to understand that most of the kids there were there for a reason. Some with way bigger issues than I had. Throw them all together and you have quite a crew. You had to know who your friends were because they were few. But we had a great football team and they served fish sticks on Friday.
It was rough when I went back to regular school , but soon I adapted. There were no toys in military school, but when the weekend came and mom picked me up, it was party time so to speak. Until Sunday evening when it came time to go back. I rebeled. I escaped that prison 4 times which may be a record, but there was no where else to go but back. I'm starting to think it was a good overall experience in preparation for life.
I wonder what it was like when the factory exploded and thousands of Super Balls were found for blocks away. Nimblepin?
Quoted from pinwiztom:but all we had was a little portable (mono) record player,
and my mom thought we would ruin the needle if we played that "stereo" LP on it
I think she had it backwards.
We had a Packard Bell console with 15 inch woofers. The lady next door hated us when I started getting into 70s metal.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:the bicycle was still the no. 1 item to have/use/play with, so that we could go places around town and hang out with friends.
Bikes were freedom indeed. Even as young as six or seven we could take off and ride around town till all hours of the night. Or we could ride them down to the firework stands and they didn't have a problem selling them to us little kids who had saved up for the occasion.
Fourth of July toys.
Quoted from Mr68:I think O-din was raised in a toy factory by Willy Wonka.
It wasn't like I was raised in Charlie Bucket's house. But we weren't wealthy to say the least. Come x-mas time and birthdays we got some toys, but everthing else was earned by me doing paper routes, digging aluminum cans out of trash cans, or whatever else I could do to scrape up some cash. It made me appreciate them all the more.
Quoted from Mr68:Actually O-din, I was being complementary of your memory in my silly little posting way.
Thanks! I do remember a lot. It's the short term memory that is going by the wayside lately. Like in the mornings I can't always remember if it's a work day or not
Quoted from NimblePin:Funny, I was actually at the end of my paper route when I stumbled upon some Superballs in the street. I followed the trail down Raymond Ave across the tracks, found the mother lode amidst the rubble; loaded my Sunday Register bags to the brim (before they tore) and rode (slowly) back home.
In this town you took what you could get! Great story!
Quoted from NimblePin:With FTT members roaming the back streets you had to be quick on your bike/board/feet especially with a wad of cash.
Oh yeah. The only run in I had was a coconut thrown at me as I rode my bike thru FTT. I tried to stay cool with them.
Quoted from str8cash:All of this Fullerton talk keeps me walking around singing Mr. Automatic by 3 day weekend. YouTube it if you're not a sports fan. A couple guys wrote a song about a call screener on the Jim Rome show back in mid 00s. He's the best contestant Blind Date ever had!
I'll check it out. I once heard an Axl Rose interview where he got lost in Fullerton. He said " I didn't realize how big that town was" lol. It's not a bad place, but it's certainly not the beach.
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Quoted from DCFAN:It is a shame we don't have more ladies on here posting about their favorite childhood toys. I am sure some additional iconic toys would be posted.
Not that we didn't all try them..
Quoted from jorro:you dudes are old!
That's OK as long as we get the girls that are your age. 
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Nothing wrong with clowns! They are great salesmen too. Look no further than the pinball community...
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Quoted from str8cash:Picked this up today at a yard sale for only $10. Although new, brings me back to kicking ass when we were kids.
OK, now you've got me! I bought this set new back in the 90s, when I was in my 30s. 
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Quoted from Bohdi:They are worth a lot. Too bad I never kept them like most kids did at that age.
I kept my Tonka truck. In the back yard.
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Quoted from Travish:We even had a cox flying saucer.
I remember chasing one of those all around the neighborhood.
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Quoted from mac622:A couple of good ones not mentioned yet:
Those rubber drum covers on our Bing Bang Boing didn't last very long.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Theres even a Homestead Mushroom Growing Kit from the 70s!
I can confirm that kit worked very well!
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Quoted from jeffspinballpalace:S&H greenstamps
Yeah, those are fun. but nowhere near as fun as playing with Blue Chip stamps.
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Quoted from bob_e:E.T.s Finger
I don't have a picture..so you put it on/over your finger, press it against a surface, and it lights up.
That reminds me of this one, and I'm guessing 27 pages into this thread and it's the first time mentioned.
Put the bulb in your mouth and it magically lights up!
569e55bb424027198542f40b79adb51c-2 (resized).jpgI wonder if any kids ever choked on that metal ring it took to light up the Fester Bulb. I'm guessing none. We ate our iron like men.
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Quoted from zombywoof:Do you remember DC’s GI Combat? It had the stories of the Haunted Tank.
GI Combat with the haunted tank was one of my favorites.
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Quoted from zombywoof:Too bad the Fireball gets lost in the centerfold.
It didn't get lost in the shuffle though. That article probably helped sell 1000s of Fireballs, and may be responsible for starting the home pinball collector hobby.
Quoted from cottonm4:Danm, o-din, that's quite a price. That kit has to be uber rare, I would think.
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That's nothing compared to what I got for my 8th birthday that cost maybe $1 or $2 at the time if I remember correctly.
At least shipping is free.
ebay.com link: Mattel 1970 hot wheels Club kit REDLINE DCA AFA 80 WOW VERY RARE
I knew a kid that chomped on a power cord when he was an infant, and he had a big old scar to prove it. That's how I learned.
Quoted from vec-tor:I did not have access to Playboy Magazine...
But TG&Y had puzzles...
TG&Y was next door to Boys market where the Playboys and Penthouses were on the bottom shelf of the magazine rack. They didn't call it Boys market for nothing.
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Quoted from wcbrandes:who remembers clackers? whatever they were called, should have been renamed knuckle breakers!
Real early in this thread I posted those and how they got banned at school.
I don't remember where I got mine. I didn't buy it. Maybe my brother did or someone gave it to me. But I used it. And you don't even have to know how to talk to girls after a few weeks with that thing.
Quoted from vec-tor:Goonies! The older brother was working out with that springy thing.
Yeah well, I did it 10 years before the goonies. While watching Starsky and Hutch.
Quoted from LTG:This thread reminded me of cast iron horse drawn toys.
And that just reminded me of the cast iron rocking horse. Best toy ever.
iron (resized).jpgQuoted from vec-tor:Will Rogers toy, a stuffed bear/cow on wheels that was pulled through the living room
with guests riding on it and or practicing their roping technique.
Yeah man, it had wheels.
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Quoted from cottonm4:Must have been a regional product. Around here the only thing was Hershey's
We had Bosco as well. I guess it still exists but I haven't seen it in a long time.
5d20d6b10ad6c00423f125d316a1d526 (resized).jpgQuoted from cottonm4:I bought one of these at the local T.G.& Y. in about 1967.
We had a couple TG&Ys around here.
The closest one became a Toy City, the king of all toy stores.
http://www.banalleakage.com/2014/12/21/retro-toy-city-in-california/
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Quoted from mbeardsley:Yep, VertiBird was a great toy, but it sure did drain batteries fast...
Poor kids version of the Vertibird. No strings or batteries required.
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Quoted from gonzo73:Oh yeah.... Toy City was Valhalla for kids.
A grocery store sized toy store.
An entire isle of every Toy Gun manufactured in the known world.
I bought at least 4 different M-16s there from 1979-1984.
Ours was on the corner of Beach and Leffingwell/La Habra Boulevard?
We wandered into the Gun and Knife shop at Knott's the other day where my memory was confirmed that at one time, they sold real guns.
In an amusement park in California. lol. Just toys now. But they still sell knives.
Quoted from zombywoof:I got my first pair of Vans at the Navy Exchange rather than at a surf shop.
The Vans store we had local was in the parking lot of Monkey Wards. In fact, there is still one in that center although Wards and everything else is all gone. They sold two things. Mostly shoes, but they had a Hot Wheels section in the back with some items they didn't have elsewhere.
Never remember the shoes being that comfortable. But they were cool. I was a Buster Brown kid prior to that. And do remember some Hush Puppies as well.
Quoted from pinwiztom:I remember there being some type of spray, that we used
I can certainly tell you where not to use that spray if it's that Scholls lysol type stuff.
I had some athete's foot along the way too. Clean feet and clean socks and Drs prescription is the only way to get rid of it. Any over the counter stuff just prolongs the misery.
Now that I mostly live in sandals, that is all a long gone memory.
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Quoted from cottonm4:I made it a point to stop at HJs when traveling. I loved HJs clams.
Yes, we had a couple HoJos and certain days it was all you can eat clams. We put the one in San Clemente out of business.
Quoted from mooch:I’ve tried these inferior SeaPak clam strips.
SeaPak is the only real option here since Mrs. Pauls went away. I only buy them on sale though.
e56f1f883a8838952c12bbc8193b4e56 (resized).jpegSome of you were also mentioning Woolworth's diner which we tried, but JC Penney also had one where all you can eat fish and fries happened on Fridays. Mom loved to watch her sons fill up for cheap. There we would check out the toy section and the boats in the sporting goods department.
Grant's had the best hot dog though.
A lot of my memories can be found here, as this is where I was before Pinside. Says not secure, but I never had a problem.
http://www.octhen.com/2007/12/fullerton-in-1960s.htm?showComment=1274322318953#c7327045202288642645
Quoted from zombywoof:As a tangent, I like how when you go to Monticello and pay for admission, they give you a freshly printed $2 bill as part of your change. I imagine that many don't know that there is such a denomination.
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I guess less know about this denomination.
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Grasshopper Pie!
Grasshopper-Pie-featurex (resized).jpgA buddy of mine had quite a collection of Confederate bills way back when we were young.
I guess they would be pretty much worthless since they lost the war? 
That reminds me.
Before my father passed he had a bunch of relics from his parents including a beat little cabinet that was falling apart. He told me it was very old.
So, I took it to an antique shop and the guy said it dated to The Civil War but the only thing worth anything was some of the hardware.
I asked him which side. He said "The South, can't you tell by looking at it that it lost?".
Quoted from Strummy:Not worth anything
It should be worth... five bucks.
A buddy of mine doesn't like this cashless society they are trying to push on us and neither do I.
So he goes into a place and orders food and they say they no longer take cash. He whips out a bill and says "see here, this is legal tender for ALL debts public and private". I guess he left without food.
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Quoted from LTG:That is when they wanted to try making out money prettier.
LTG : )
They pretty much failed in 1921 when the Peace Dollar replaced the Morgan.
Not as much now, but we always used to check the edges of our silver coins to see if it had that copper strip meaning before or after 1964.
Pennies 1982 and older are worth more for the copper.
Quoted from littlecammi:That's because no one wants to talk about it any more. They all clammed up.
It was bad enough when they gave Sam Clam a facelift after the first year which I think was 1986, but that he doesn't exist anymore or there is no record of him on the internet is pretty disheartening. I had a t-shirt with the original but gave it to my daughter's big sister a couple decades ago. Perhaps she still has it.
A lot of things that happen there don't seem to make big waves on the internet. See what I did there?
Quoted from Ballderdash:Clamdela effect?
Yep. And this is the only pic on the internet I could find of the HoJos we put out of business in 1986. Oh, but we had some glorious clam fests of our own. They turned it into a Bob's Big Boy, but those were everywhere. Were.
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Quoted from Ballderdash:You caused quite the clamity
You should have seen us when we hit The Fisherman's restaurant bar on the pier. I was more partial to the oyster shooters and Rockefeller though.
Unknown (resized).jpegQuoted from mooch:I searched and found this crappy low-res image of an LA Times ad from 1990.
Is this Sam Clam?
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I knew given enough time, you would come through. That is probably the third incarnation. It was the original first year that was the best. Probably something politically incorrect at the time got it cancelled.
They actually had a dude in a Sam Clam suit walking around as well.
PM has been sent to Nevada County Ca. where she now resides.
I am clamoring for pics to share with you guys.
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Quoted from Strummy:Wonderama
That show was just a little too much for me to take.
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Quoted from OLDPINGUY:My Favorite Cereal toy!.....What was yours?
That's easy.
The Post Chex Aircraft Carrier with rubber band catapult launched planes.
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Quoted from joemagiera:That’s my favorite too. It was in Post Honey Comb for me. I had over two dozen of them. They shot the airplanes pretty far. I still have one left, sitting on a display shelf in our main room. I tried to explain it to my wife, but it’s clear to me they she just doesn’t get how cool it was.
Runner up for me was the Quisp flying saucer that launched Quisp also using rubber band propulsion.
Once cereal toys stopped shooting things, I lost interest.
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