Toys from the 60's and 70's. What were your favorites?

[rightwinger]

Best “toy” we got in the 60s was a pile of dirt.

Our back yard was kind of rough so my dad got a truckload of topsoil delivered.

We played in it all summer.

Roads for our Tonka Trucks, playing king of the hill, throwing dirt bombs.

All the neighborhood kids came over

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

Is that a Patty Playpal?
My sister had one and a Chatty Kathy

I had the Chatty Kathy Doll.

 

[fncceo]

This one came with real uranium..got to love the 1950's--yup I got one for Christmas

Beat me to it.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

If the voice works (rare) the Doll sells for $300. If no voice, about $50 for Chatty Kathy on ebay.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

I liked playing with my brothers toys. He had GI Joe and the green army men.

 

[rightwinger]

These things always ended up on the roof

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

agree, I still have some star wars sets somewhere, damnit where are they stored!
I recently went though my rack of apple boxes full of my old stuff and I did not run across them,

now I am kinda pissed and want to go find them! thanks for the reminder

If all search fails, you can go on ebay and see what they have.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Green army men

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My favorite was the prone guy

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Creepy Crawlers

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We had one

 

[yidnar]

These things always ended up on the roof

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I had one of those !

 

[yidnar]

 

[yidnar]

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

 

[Concerned American]

I loved my erector set and a crystal radio kit, but along with Jarts, I had water rockets--these were HARD plastic rockets that you filled about 3/4 full with water. They fit on a hand pump that you used to compress air into the rocket before pulling the trigger and sending it on its way. They would go a couple hundred feet in the air. They disappeared during the 60s sometime. I'm sure it was safety motivated. Same with Jarts.

 

[Concerned American]

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We had the predecessor. A tricycle that you swapped the front wheel and handle bars around with the seat set over the rear axle. They weren't as fun as a big wheel but that's where the idea came from.

 

[Concerned American]

My dad brought Evil Knievel home after closing the bar one night. He was in our town doing motorcycle shows at the local dragstrip. He woke me up at 2:30 am and told me to come meet a guy that was going to jump the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle! I met him and went back to bed. We went to his show and I believe he jumped 18 school buses set side by side. He never jumped the Grand Canyon but he did attempt a jump over the Snake River canyon.

 

[toobfreak]

Clackers

Odd, we all had Clackers, I never knew of one breaking, and never heard of anyone hurt by them.

I guess the manufacturer has not considered they might be sold to democrats.

 

[Freedomisneverfree]

I loved my erector set and a crystal radio kit, but along with Jarts, I had water rockets--these were HARD plastic rockets that you filled about 3/4 full with water. They fit on a hand pump that you used to compress air into the rocket before pulling the trigger and sending it on its way. They would go a couple hundred feet in the air. They disappeared during the 60s sometime. I'm sure it was safety motivated. Same with Jarts.

My brother had an erector set and I thought it was pretty cool. It inspired me to build doll houses and floorplans.

 

[Concerned American]

My brother had an erector set and I thought it was pretty cool. It inspired me to build doll houses and floorplans.

I became a mechanic and maintenance planner at the world's largest winery for 33 years.

 

[yidnar]