Zone1 If You Can Recognize These Images Then You Are Pretty Much ANCIENT

[daveman]

My grandma had one of these until about 1973.

And no hot running water. Come laundry day, she boiled water on the stove for "HOT" loads.

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I helped my grandmother use one of those machines. She always warned me not to get my hands near the wringer.

 

[daveman]

Anyone ever used the Hulu hoops? How about those metal roller skates? Better yet, how about the "Original" Atari game system?

Never could hula hoop. I grew up on a gravel road, so no skates for me. And my first video game console was a Pong that was sold by and badged Western Auto.

 

[daveman]

I put an under-dash 8-track tape player from Radio Shack in my first car. Had a huge box of tapes.

Our house had a party-line phone until the early 70s.

 

[Mortis]

Never could hula hoop. I grew up on a gravel road, so no skates for me. And my first video game console was a Pong that was sold by and badged Western Auto.

I mostly had a slinky, Simon (Electronic puzzle game that lights up). As well, as Legos, Hulu hoops...those metal skates (Man, they were a pain in the ass!). Not to mention most of the games for the Atari 2600 and 5200. Then I moved on to the Sega Master.

I was mostly into matchbox cars. I had over 30,000 that I accumulated over my childhood years.

 

[daveman]

I mostly had a slinky, Simon (Electronic puzzle game that lights up). As well, as Legos,

I loved Slinkys. I didn't have a Simon until the 80's; my then-girlfriend, now-wife was great at it.

Legos were before my time. We had a set of these (I'm the youngest of 5 kids) when I was a kid, American Bricks:

Hulu hoops...those metal skates (Man, they were a pain in the ass!). Not to mention most of the games for the Atari 2600 and 5200. Then I moved on to the Sega Master.

I was mostly into matchbox cars. I had over 30,000 that I accumulated over my childhood years.

Wow. What happened to them?

 

[daveman]

We had a couple of SST Racers. You'd put the stick in, pull it really hard, and it spun up the flywheel. Put it down, and it'd burn rubber on linoleum.

 

[Mortis]

I loved Slinkys. I didn't have a Simon until the 80's; my then-girlfriend, now-wife was great at it.

Legos were before my time. We had a set of these (I'm the youngest of 5 kids) when I was a kid, American Bricks:

Wow. What happened to them?

I have some of my "original" matchbox cars. But not as many as I used to have. I probably have under 500 still. They are sitting around the house...on top of the mantle of the fireplace and on my dresser.

Did you happen to have any Lincoln logs? They were like legos. But you built cabin houses with them. Hence the name "Lincoln Logs"...named after Abraham Lincoln.

I also used to have a BMX bike. Then graduated with a Monte Carlo SS (Chevy) when I turned 17. I sold the car in the mid-1990's.

 

[daveman]

I have some of my "original" matchbox cars. But not as many as I used to have. I probably have under 500 still. They are sitting around the house...on top of the mantle of the fireplace and on my dresser.

I expect a lot of them are worth some money. We had some, but they all got very played with.

Did you happen to have any Lincoln logs? They were like legos. But you built cabin houses with them. Hence the name "Lincoln Logs"...named after Abraham Lincoln.

We had a few Lincoln Logs, but not a full set. I was the youngest of five, remember.

I also used to have a BMX bike. Then graduated with a Monte Carlo SS (Chevy) when I turned 17. I sold the car in the mid-1990's.

Niiiice.

 

[Mortis]

I expect a lot of them are worth some money. We had some, but they all got very played with.

Most are dirty, from playing them in the dirt. Lol (I didn't bother to clean any of them.

We had a few Lincoln Logs, but not a full set. I was the youngest of five, remember.

I had only one full set. I used them in my yard along with my matchbox cars.

I also forgot to mention, I also had Operation. The battery-operated game, where you become the "Surgeon". I always got zapped when I would get his "funny bone".

Remember the Cabbage Patch Dolls? One of my sisters had the FULL collection. While I had the FULL collection of the "Garbage Pail Kids" (They were stickers that mocked the Cabbage Patch Dolls).

I also had a pogo stick, the early editions of Mad Magazines. As well, as lot of the Star Wars figurines and sets.

 

[Mister Iggy]

Mister Iggy same, good times, fun movies, the best music and some questionable fashion

oh how the girls looked good in their LEI and Guess jeans

We are the same age, so yeah.

 

[petro]

Most people don't know that Tonka trucks were built at a factory in Minnetonka MN on the shore of Minnetonka lake.
Visited the factory as a kid in the '70's during a school field trip and saw how they built the steel toys before it all moved to Mexico and became plastic crap.
We even got a mini truck after the tour.

The building is now a storage place.

 

[Picaro]

I was mostly into matchbox cars. I had over 30,000 that I accumulated over my childhood years.

Did you keep them? I collect Matchboxes, M2's, and a couple other 1/64 scale diecast brands, all pre-1970's year models. I have a few of the larger ones, but no room for a large collection of those. I also like repainting and modifying them, mostly in the winter months when I'm stuck indoors.

On edit, read the rest of the thread. lol never mind. 500 of them is still a lot. My sons used to make little dioramas for them out of wood and paper, and 'weather' them.

 

[Picaro]

Most people don't know that Tonka trucks were built at a factory in Minnetonka MN on the shore of Minnetonka lake.
Visited the factory as a kid in the '70's during a school field trip and saw how they built the steel toys before it all moved to Mexico and became plastic crap.
We even got a mini truck after the tour.

Those were nearly indestructable.

 

[Mortis]

Did you keep them? I collect Matchboxes,

I have 500 of what I kept. I have them all over my house.

I also collected Baseball cards, too! I still even have the box sets of Topps 1980 - with the gum still inside the packs.

 

[petro]

Remember when lawn games involved risk of serious injury or even death?

We used to throw them straight up and run...lol.

 

[egp320i]

haha I recall some comedy skit about these and kids getting speared and what not. As the picture suggests you throw them into the circle, not at each other or try to play dodge ball with them

 

[Dreadnaught1968]

Remember when lawn games involved risk of serious injury or even death?
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We used to throw them straight up and run...lol.

Something you didn't want to hear while playing lawn jarts: "I got it!"

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I helped my grandmother use one of those machines. She always warned me not to get my hands near the wringer.

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Yep, my older sister got chewed up by the wringer.


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[Picaro]

I have 500 of what I kept. I have them all over my house.

I also collected Baseball cards, too! I still even have the box sets of Topps 1980 - with the gum still inside the packs.

lol the gum was pretty much crap, but the cards are always great. I had most of the Munsters, the James Bond ones, and the Monkees; the backs of those were part of giant puzzle, and I had all of them except the very center one. pissed me off. lol

Never saved any of them, thinking there were so many boomers around they would never be rare or collectable.

 

[Picaro]

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Yep, my older sister got chewed up by the wringer.


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Ouch.

My aunt got her hair caught in one as a kid and had to cut it off to get her loose.