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12-01-2000, 10:30 AM
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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. |
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12-01-2000, 10:37 AM
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So the Chiefs poor play has reduced us to nostalgia about our childhood Christmas toys... :(
BD, funny, but a minibike was my favorite too...I got a little 50cc Honda when I was about 10...coolest thing I ever say...it only stood about two feet high but at that time it was street legal...ahhhh, the memories....now I'm sad again because that was also about the time the Chiefs were in their glory days... :( ------------------ joe "The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." -Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback and sports analyst |
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12-01-2000, 10:48 AM
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when I was 6 my folks bought me a die-cast Ford tractor that was nearly the size of a chihuahua(sp?) . . . living in rural Kansas, I was obsessed with tractors, especialy backhoes. Within about a year we moved to Oklahoma . . . and the tractor was stolen from our front curb.
When I was 10 I got a Diamond Back Silver Streak bicycle (Way Cool!) and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Album . . . I think I may still have that album. " . . . you wanna be startin' somethin', you gotta be startin' somethin' . . . " Sweet! ------------------ C.R. Pants (The Resident Liberal) |
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12-01-2000, 10:52 AM
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Anything Star Wars related. I had the Millenium Falcon, and AT-AT, Snowspeeder, Fett's ship, X-wing, etc.
I still have the Falcon and the AT-AT...those pieces of plastic are worth $800 each, if you can believe that!!! #2 would have to have been a CD player I got in 7th grade. I was the first in my school to have one. It was the only way I got invited to parties. MM --All I want for Chirstmas is a Chiefs SB victory...guess I'll keep waiting. |
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12-01-2000, 11:00 AM
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I got a Honda 50 too when I was 6. My father took it away from me when I was 8 though because I hot wired it and was driving it around in the street when he got home. :( The next year though I got an XR 75 and started riding motocross. BIG DADDY Really likes motorcycles. |
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12-01-2000, 11:00 AM
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Bob Dole's favorite was an electric dryer box. Put it upside down, cut a hole in the side...man, Bob Dole could crawl in and out of that thing for hours! Sometimes Bob Dole would even sleep in it.
Second best toy was one of those one gallon tin corn cans. Smack it with a stick and pretend you're Ringo, use it as a chair inside the dryer box, wear it as a hat... |
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12-01-2000, 11:03 AM
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'The Green Machine' - a tricked-out 'Big Wheel' that steered from the back wheels by using paddles instead of handlebars.
The Tonka 'Fall Guy' 4x4 with jack, spare tire and winch. |
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12-01-2000, 11:06 AM
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Hot Wheels. I must have had at least 100. Including the famous "Vette Van", which looks suspiciously like the Chevy Lumina minivan. I would play for hours in the dirt behind my house, making roads, tunnels, etc. I bought my boys(ages 9+10) Hot Wheels last Christmas and they asked me how come they didnt move by themselves...I almost told him "Back in my day..."
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12-01-2000, 11:07 AM
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I was going to say that CRP is one sick puppy, then I read Bob Dole's reply and decided there is proof that there are different levels of mental illness.
Like Mark M I had most of the Star Wars stuff, great stuff. |
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12-01-2000, 11:09 AM
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jc,
tonka fall guy truck....i remember having one of those..and you could change the tires...forgot all aboutit....it ruled...as did the tonka dumptruck, end loader and dozer..... hot wheels and green army men in the dirt also occupied alot of time... now that i think about it...our farm, little brothers, alot of cousins(many from the city) and a good electric fence were pretty entertaining :D this thread is doing what i hoped..brightening up a gloomy day..thanks guys. [This message has been edited by Iowanian (edited 12-01-2000).] |
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12-01-2000, 11:14 AM
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Johnny,
nearly forgot about the Green Machine . . . never had one but thought they were cool! MrBlond, I was really into the Hot Wheels thing my fav was the '57 Chevy . . . I had one in black and one in red. " Kids are cute . . . so you won't kill 'em" -Gallhager |
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12-01-2000, 11:14 AM
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I'm working on that. Perhaps E-bay, but I'm so sentimental . . . . Bob- ROTFLMFAO!!! Man, those were the days! I think yours and Mr Blond make a great piont: Kids today have no imagination. MM --Remembers how a box, some string and magic markers could entertain for days. |
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