Favorite toy as a kid....just for grins. - Page 3

Snapper · 12-01-2000, 10:30 AM

I think mine was a box of "lincoln logs" that my dad made when I was 5. They weren't exactly like the store bought, but gave us years of use...means alot more now than at the time...don't even remember most of the storebought stuff...

and #2 would probably have to be "stompers"..we tended to modify them, replacing the "aa" batteries with wiring to 9volt, large flashlight batteries and slot car triggers.....and mud pits or obstacle courses built from the above metioned box of building blocks.

autoxwes · 12-01-2000, 11:40 AM

Damn, forgot about the bb gun. Shot my brother in the back once and you'd thought it killed him the way he wailed out and flopped on the ground. Got a major arss kick'n when my dad got home - OUCH

Dad would let us shot that thing indoors when it was dark or crappy out. We took a flat box and taped a bunch of towels to the back of it and then put the target on it. The towels kept the bb's from going through and we could recycle them. My old man was seriously into guns and motors and we reaped the benie's of it. FUN, FUN!

Can't believe I'm still alive some days :D<P>

12-01-2000, 11:40 AM

Bob Dole didn't get a minibike either, Mark. Bob Dole just about had the folks talked into it for his birthday ("But Daaaad...everybody ELSE has one...), then Bob Dole's best friend was out riding with another kid, fell off his and was killed when the other guy ran over his head (no helmet). Pretty much ended the minibike discussion.

KCTitus · 12-01-2000, 11:44 AM

Phobia,
We used to have bb gun and pellet gun fights all the time. Then one day when we were playing war, me and this other guy ran into a garage and hid behind some boxes and someone else came in the garage. The other guy with me goes " I got him " and jumps up and shoots his brother in the eye. That was the end of the gun fights.

BIG DADDY
Still has a scar on my forehead from getting hit by a pellet in the head.

ChiefsFanatic · 12-01-2000, 11:44 AM

I had one of those electric vibrating football games. Harder than hell to make it do what you wanted, but still fun. To give you an idea of how long ago that was, the teams depicted were the Jets and the Baltimore Colts after Super Bowl III. If I had just waited one more year, it would have been the Chiefs and the Vikings. Whew, I'm getting old!!

12-01-2000, 11:46 AM

On the Stompers thing, I remember the modifications as well. There was a point in 3-6th grade where it was an obsession at school. It started with someone putting in a 9 volt battery, then someone discovered something about changing the worm-drive gears, then taller [or fatter] tires, custom paint-jobs. Next came the semis. My dad was a EE and found me some 27 volt cell about the same size as the 9 volt [major street cred there].

The whole thing was like a miniature version of the monster truck circuit every day at recess.

ansonsdad · 12-01-2000, 11:47 AM

I got a Rockem' Sockem'set for xmas (I think in '74). I'll bet my folks still have that thing. If you don't recall, this was a toy that involved two boxers (thugs) that you hand manuevered on a board. The right combination of pucnhes to the other boxers chin would send his head extending 4 inches upward which constituted a knockout. Played that thing for years.

ChiTown
~thinks he may hit the parents attic to look for the toy this x-mas

Jeff_000 · 12-01-2000, 11:48 AM

4ever--
Most of the fun in that game was setting up the players. Watching them bounce aimlessly about the board reminded me of the Chiefs of those days. I've had flashbacks this year . . .

Bob Dole--
That's why I never got anything with a motor until I was 16. With my sister, I probably wouldn't have lasted a week (ever seen South Park? My sister was like the one on that show--total bully).

MM
--Doesn't let his sister beat him up . . . lately.

12-01-2000, 11:48 AM

You mean like this one in Bob Dole's office, Mark?

[img]http://tigger.tamut.edu/MIS430001/slent/image001.jpg[/img]

Jeff_000 · 12-01-2000, 11:49 AM

Dole--
NICE!! Mine had a green field, though. Does it still work?

MM
--Looking for a good game.

KC Hawke · 12-01-2000, 11:49 AM

Damn! . . . how could I forget?!

Atari 2600 with the free "Combat" game

you have NO idea how long I had to play Combat until I convinced my folks Atari made other games.

12-01-2000, 11:50 AM

The only stomper toy Bob Dole ever had were the Romper Stompers... Surely someone remembers those.

12-01-2000, 11:52 AM

It works again, now that Bob Dole replaced the cord. Down to only 2 felt footballs left, too. (The one in the picture is a 1949 model that Bob Dole inherited from his father.)

autoxwes · 12-01-2000, 11:53 AM

When I was in the 6th grade at Sullivan Village Elementary school in Lawton OK us stud 6th graders go to build those rockets that had the motor in them that was ignited by a battery hooked up to a match looking type of igniter. Remember those? Those damn things would go so high you couldn't see 'em till the parachute came out and then we'd have to run for "miles" tracking them down. :D<P>

KC Hawke · 12-01-2000, 11:53 AM

Bricky,

I almost fell off my chair laughing when I read your Erector set story . . . that's a classic

12-01-2000, 11:56 AM

Actually, I think they were just Stompers. Romper Stomper is an early Russell Crowe movie about the Aryan Nation in Australia [sort of an Australian version of 'American History X' without the upbeat parts].

12-01-2000, 11:40 AM	#31
autoxwes Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hutchinson, Ks. USA Casino cash: $10004900	Damn, forgot about the bb gun. Shot my brother in the back once and you'd thought it killed him the way he wailed out and flopped on the ground. Got a major arss kick'n when my dad got home - OUCH Dad would let us shot that thing indoors when it was dark or crappy out. We took a flat box and taped a bunch of towels to the back of it and then put the target on it. The towels kept the bb's from going through and we could recycle them. My old man was seriously into guns and motors and we reaped the benie's of it. FUN, FUN! Can't believe I'm still alive some days :D<P>
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12-01-2000, 11:40 AM	#32
AustinChief Guest Casino cash: $	Bob Dole didn't get a minibike either, Mark. Bob Dole just about had the folks talked into it for his birthday ("But Daaaad...everybody ELSE has one...), then Bob Dole's best friend was out riding with another kid, fell off his and was killed when the other guy ran over his head (no helmet). Pretty much ended the minibike discussion.
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12-01-2000, 11:44 AM	#33
KCTitus Archivist Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: The Ethernet Casino cash: $9892732	Phobia, We used to have bb gun and pellet gun fights all the time. Then one day when we were playing war, me and this other guy ran into a garage and hid behind some boxes and someone else came in the garage. The other guy with me goes " I got him " and jumps up and shoots his brother in the eye. That was the end of the gun fights. BIG DADDY Still has a scar on my forehead from getting hit by a pellet in the head.
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12-01-2000, 11:44 AM	#34
ChiefsFanatic DeadPunisher Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Blue Springs, MO. 64014 Casino cash: $2879205	I had one of those electric vibrating football games. Harder than hell to make it do what you wanted, but still fun. To give you an idea of how long ago that was, the teams depicted were the Jets and the Baltimore Colts after Super Bowl III. If I had just waited one more year, it would have been the Chiefs and the Vikings. Whew, I'm getting old!!
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12-01-2000, 11:46 AM	#35
Kurt Surber Guest Casino cash: $	On the Stompers thing, I remember the modifications as well. There was a point in 3-6th grade where it was an obsession at school. It started with someone putting in a 9 volt battery, then someone discovered something about changing the worm-drive gears, then taller [or fatter] tires, custom paint-jobs. Next came the semis. My dad was a EE and found me some 27 volt cell about the same size as the 9 volt [major street cred there]. The whole thing was like a miniature version of the monster truck circuit every day at recess.
Posts: n/a

12-01-2000, 10:30 AM
Snapper Veteran Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Oswego,Ks,USofA Casino cash: $10004900	I think mine was a box of "lincoln logs" that my dad made when I was 5. They weren't exactly like the store bought, but gave us years of use...means alot more now than at the time...don't even remember most of the storebought stuff... and #2 would probably have to be "stompers"..we tended to modify them, replacing the "aa" batteries with wiring to 9volt, large flashlight batteries and slot car triggers.....and mud pits or obstacle courses built from the above metioned box of building blocks.
Posts: 1,060

12-01-2000, 11:47 AM	#36
ansonsdad Starter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: SF NM Casino cash: $6694925	I got a Rockem' Sockem'set for xmas (I think in '74). I'll bet my folks still have that thing. If you don't recall, this was a toy that involved two boxers (thugs) that you hand manuevered on a board. The right combination of pucnhes to the other boxers chin would send his head extending 4 inches upward which constituted a knockout. Played that thing for years. ChiTown ~thinks he may hit the parents attic to look for the toy this x-mas
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12-01-2000, 11:48 AM	#37
Jeff_000 Starter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: KCMO, USA Casino cash: $10004900	4ever-- Most of the fun in that game was setting up the players. Watching them bounce aimlessly about the board reminded me of the Chiefs of those days. I've had flashbacks this year . . . Bob Dole-- That's why I never got anything with a motor until I was 16. With my sister, I probably wouldn't have lasted a week (ever seen South Park? My sister was like the one on that show--total bully). MM --Doesn't let his sister beat him up . . . lately.
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12-01-2000, 11:49 AM	#39
Jeff_000 Starter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: KCMO, USA Casino cash: $10004900	Dole-- NICE!! Mine had a green field, though. Does it still work? MM --Looking for a good game.
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12-01-2000, 11:49 AM	#40
KC Hawke Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Casino cash: $10004900	Damn! . . . how could I forget?! Atari 2600 with the free "Combat" game you have NO idea how long I had to play Combat until I convinced my folks Atari made other games.
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12-01-2000, 11:50 AM	#41
AustinChief Guest Casino cash: $	The only stomper toy Bob Dole ever had were the Romper Stompers... Surely someone remembers those.
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12-01-2000, 11:52 AM	#42
AustinChief Guest Casino cash: $	It works again, now that Bob Dole replaced the cord. Down to only 2 felt footballs left, too. (The one in the picture is a 1949 model that Bob Dole inherited from his father.)
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12-01-2000, 11:53 AM	#43
autoxwes Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Hutchinson, Ks. USA Casino cash: $10004900	When I was in the 6th grade at Sullivan Village Elementary school in Lawton OK us stud 6th graders go to build those rockets that had the motor in them that was ignited by a battery hooked up to a match looking type of igniter. Remember those? Those damn things would go so high you couldn't see 'em till the parachute came out and then we'd have to run for "miles" tracking them down. :D<P>
Posts: 330

12-01-2000, 11:56 AM	#45
Kurt Surber Guest Casino cash: $	Actually, I think they were just Stompers. Romper Stomper is an early Russell Crowe movie about the Aryan Nation in Australia [sort of an Australian version of 'American History X' without the upbeat parts].
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