Do you remember these?

[Pappy]

Do you remember toys you had as a child. Here's a couple I remember having.

 

[SifuPhil]

I had the gas station, at least something similar to it, and yes it was made of metal.

Ooooh, Gilbert chemistry set - my one and only love! I blew up SO many wonderful things with that set!

Didn't have Lionel trains, mainly because I went to HO scale.

The truck - that's not an early Buddy-L, is it?

 

[Falcon]

I had the gas station, but finally I had to quit playing with it.

Gas prices kept going up. Per gallon rose from 24¢ to 26¢............all the way to 39¢ !

My weekly allowance wasn't enough to cover it.

 

[Justme]

I had a Hornby train set when I was four, which I liked, being a tom boy.

 

[Pappy]

The truck - that's not an early Buddy-L, is it?

I believe it was a buddy L. One tough toy, the Buddy L's, to destroy. Quite a few still around today and on Antiques Roadshow they bring a good price.

 

[SifuPhil]

I believe it was a buddy L. One tough toy, the Buddy L's, to destroy. Quite a few still around today and on Antiques Roadshow they bring a good price.

Totally agree - I had a few of the newer ones ('60's) and I used to do the Calvin & Hobbes thing - smash them together, put cherry bombs inside them, roll them off cliffs - and they always survived. :eagerness:

Nowadays if they're even still in business they're probably made of plastic in China.

ETA: Just did a quick Wiki on them - they began in 1910, got sold during the Depression, went through a bunch of hands and finally, facing bankruptcy, got sold to a company named Gearbox Toys in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

So at least the company is still located in the U.S., in spirit anyway.

 

[SifuPhil]

Yep - those were the kind I had!

I lived in those things for a long, long time, and a large part of my injury collection is due entirely to them. layful:

 

[That Guy]

Took those things apart, screwed/nailed 'em onto a redwood 2x4 and clickty-clacked down the sidewalk. I AM a skateboard pioneer!

 

[That Guy]

I still have my chemistry set! Guess the explosions didn't destroy the thing...

 

[Pappy]

Before we moved into town, I was about 10 years old, I had to entertain myself as there was no one around to play with. Two of my favorite things to do were building the old balsa model airplanes. I spent hours building these from scratch. I remember the first jet I built. An F-85 fighter and our answer to the Russian MIG-15.

My second love was learning magic tricks. When mom asked me what I want for Christmas, the answer was easy. The latest magic set or a certain trick sold separate. I even built several tricks myself and at the time quite proud of myself. Found some pictures and I probably owned these at one time or another.
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[Garydavid]

Oh boy! Did I ever have fun with these for unending hours. Didnt need batteries either. I was real mad scientist with my chemistry set as well.

 

[Garydavid]

How about this. I had so much fun with this vibrating race car game.

 

[Pappy]

Had one of these, but never seemed to work right. Player usually scored on the wrong goal.

 

[Aunt Bea]

We had an old beat up parking garage with lots of sharp corners similar to the one that Pappy posted.

When it came to toys my parents believed in quantity vs quality so we usually got things like magic slates, plastic pinball machines, Cootie, etc...

It was just as well, we usually lost interest and were out poking around on the lawn in the sheds or barns making our own fun and mischief.

The best toy a kid can have is an active imagination. layful:nthego:

 

[Garydavid]

I wonder what the kids of today think of our high tech gadgets!

 

[jujube]

I always wanted a chemistry set and asked for one every Christmas. I was told they were for boys. I got a nurse's kit, instead.

 

[Garydavid]

Well now you can be a nurse with a chemistry set! Dangerous for the patient though!

 

[Aunt Bea]

I used to really enjoy these.

 

[Garydavid]

Oh yes! Werent they fun? Boy looking back on all these toys we had were sure good for the mind you know that. Everything we had and did required our imagination. Good ol times with these toys.

 

[Nihil]

Before we moved into town, I was about 10 years old, I had to entertain myself as there was no one around to play with. Two of my favorite things to do were building the old balsa model airplanes. I spent hours building these from scratch. I remember the first jet I built. An F-85 fighter and our answer to the Russian MIG-15.

My second love was learning magic tricks. When mom asked me what I want for Christmas, the answer was easy. The latest magic set or a certain trick sold separate. I even built several tricks myself and at the time quite proud of myself. Found some pictures and I probably owned these at one time or another.
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I too was into designing models and performing magic at an early age. I recently designed a papercraft magic trick.



You can download it here.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3kz218916ho6x4m/Little+Big+Die.zip

 

[Garydavid]

Hey! Thats very creative, nice work, very nice.

 

[Nihil]

Hey! Thats very creative, nice work, very nice.

Thank you.

 

[squatting dog]

I had Auburn rubber roadsters to play with. Thanks to ebay, I now have a great collection of them. Take them out and zoom around the braided rug sometimes.

 

[Garydavid]

Oh I guess I missed out on those. They look neat. Nice collection of memories for you.

 

[Nihil]

I'm barely over 50. Here's a page of my memories.
https://www.pinterest.com/gentledissident/memories/