What were some of your Favourite Toys when you were a Kid?

[Gary O']

My imagination was my very best toy

And this;

It became my bull dozer

The side of a hill in the back yard became a neighborhood, 2x4 mill ends became houses, tuna cans became swimming pools, crab grass and thistles became shrubs.

Endless possibilities

All afternoon

 

[ProsperosDaughter]

I forgot my absolute favorite!
Pixie Build a Toy.

 

[Keesha]

My imagination was my very best toy

And this;

It became my bull dozer

The side of a hill in the back yard became a neighborhood, 2x4 mill ends became houses, tuna cans became swimming pools, crab grass and thistles became shrubs.

Endless possibilities

All afternoon

You still have it? That’s too cute.
Ha!

 

[SifuPhil]

You still have it? That’s too cute.
Ha!

He goes out early in the morning before his wife wakes up, gets on his hands and knees, pushes the car around and goes "BROOOOM, BROOOOM!"

 

[Shalimar]

He goes out early in the morning before his wife wakes up, gets on his hands and knees, pushes the car around and goes "BROOOOM, BROOOOM!"

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Philly, mon coeur, if you do that in my condo parking lot, the white coats will come. Lulz.

 

[Shalimar]

Of course, absolutely NOTHING beat the big cardboard box. It could be a house, it could be a boat, or a car or a spaceship. Even kids today, with all their electronic and fancy toys, still love big cardboard boxes.

Heck, when I see a big box somewhere, there's a tiny little spark inside me that wants to drag it home and PLAY WITH IT! I'm such a kid!

Wish we could do that together!

 

[Gary O']

You still have it? That’s too cute.
Ha!

He goes out early in the morning before his wife wakes up, gets on his hands and knees, pushes the car around and goes "BROOOOM, BROOOOM!"

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I would if I had it, I surely would

Not sure what folks do with yer stuff when you leave home.
I didn't leave with ill feelings, or causing any.
just left
I'da taken a few thing with me if I'da known.

saw one in a toy museum
made by Auburn Toy company

a rush of memories, that

 

[SifuPhil]

Philly, mon coeur, if you do that in my condo parking lot, the white coats will come. Lulz.

I'm a grown, mature man - I would NEVER do anything so childish.

...

Besides - it would interfere with my banging caps with a hammer on the sidewalk.

While dressed like "Stinky" from Abbot and Costello.

 

[Shalimar]

Oh dear. I guess I will have to don full belly dancing regalia and practice in front of the building. At least we can go to the psych ward together. Perhaps my connections will get us a room together. Lulz.

 

[SifuPhil]

Oh dear. I guess I will have to don full belly dancing regalia and practice in front of the building. At least we can go to the psych ward together. Perhaps my connections will get us a room together. Lulz.

Ooh, yeah, a room with a view.

... of the straitjackets drying on the line outside.

We can feed each other lime Jell-O.

 

[Gary O']

Of course, absolutely NOTHING beat the big cardboard box. It could be a house, it could be a boat, or a car or a spaceship. Even kids today, with all their electronic and fancy toys, still love big cardboard boxes.

Heck, when I see a big box somewhere, there's a tiny little spark inside me that wants to drag it home and PLAY WITH IT! I'm such a kid!

I made a car for the boys when they were still too small to have wants

A medium size box can do pretty good when the sides are cut into swinging doors.
Add a smaller box to each end and you get an engine compartment and trunk.
The cut off rim of a clothes basket made an OK steering wheel
I drew some instruments on the dash (card) board
They played for hours…days
I had just as much fun watching

A few years later I made ‘em a projector out of a box, a magnifying glass, and a lamp with the shade removed

I let them play with it…eventually

 

[SifuPhil]

I had a big box when I was a kid too. Dad brought it home and set it up outside for me.

After I got in he duct-taped it shut and went in for dinner.

 

[Shalimar]

Ooh, yeah, a room with a view.

... of the straitjackets drying on the line outside.

We can feed each other lime Jell-O.

Cherry jello, or else! Grrrr.

 

[Keesha]

He goes out early in the morning before his wife wakes up, gets on his hands and knees, pushes the car around and goes "BROOOOM, BROOOOM!"

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:rofl:

 

[Gary O']

I had a big box when I was a kid too. Dad brought it home and set it up outside for me.

After I got in he duct-taped it shut and went in for dinner.

lemme guess
you ran round and round 'til you were all out

 

[SifuPhil]

lemme guess
you ran round and round 'til you were all out

How'd ya know?

 

[Gary O']

How'd ya know?

Dad tried that with me
no duct tape
but it was the walk in gun safe

 

[SifuPhil]

Dad tried that with me
no duct tape
but it was the walk in gun safe

Oh geeze.

A little more air-tight than a cardboard box.

 

[Gary O']

Oh geeze.

A little more air-tight than a cardboard box.

scared him when I strolled into the den, saying; 'nice try Dad...if that is yer real name

 

[jujube]

My dad brought home a big cardboard barrel once. The cardboard was so thick that it was about as strong as metal. He cut the bottom off and off we went. We would roll it along by walking on it (OK, mostly falling off it) or we took turns rolling down the hill in it. It was a wonder we didn't kill ourselves.

We also talked him into making a "flipping board" by nailing a large board to a log, somewhat like a squat teeter-totteer. One kid would stand on one end and two kids would jump on the other end, sending kid #1 flying through the air. That lasted until the first time someone got hurt and my mother put her foot down. My dad was a kid at heart (hmmmm.....wonder where I got my daredevil soul?)