Old toys!!!

[daveman]

I never was into Barbies at all.

My favorite toys were a yellow Tonka dumptruck and my stuffed animals - I'd put them in the truck. I had a stuffed Basset Hound that talked, too. What a surprise, huh?

Oh! Gumby, Pokey, and trolls.....lots and lots of trolls. Tons of trolls.

One of my older brothers had a steam engine - small one, but it was pretty cool. We would think up odd things to hook it up to. And, I loved Hotwheels and their tracks - slick yellow tracks.

I had a steam engine (well, still do, actually)! I had this one by Mamod:

I need to make a firebox for it.

^^^^ That's it! Haven't seen that in years.

The holes in the base fit Erector Set components, too.

 

[g5000]

Tonka toys. They were all made out of metal. Good and solid. My favorite was the cement mixer and the fire trucks. I could not get enough of fire trucks.

I also had one of those big yellow dump trucks. That was the best one of all.

Years later, they made an ad where an elephant stepped on the big yellow Tonka dump truck without damaging it.



Found it:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMjxOD1lJq0]Elephant Stepped On A Tonka Toy Hasbro TV Commercial 1970's - YouTube[/ame]

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[g5000]

Jarts!

Real Jarts.

Loved those.



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