Toys Of Christmas Past

[gulfman]

I remember getting a Strange Change Christmas 1966.Wish I still had it.

 

[Manonthestreet]

More expensive than a tank of gas

The Most Valuable Hot Wheels Cars Ever

Do you have a 1969 Pink, Rear-Loading Beach Bomb at home? If this list doesn't make you double-check your personal collection, you might be crazy.

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Thankfully didnt have any of these cause my dad gave away all our stuff whille we were away at college

 

[gulfman]

The year before that I got a Creepy Crawlers.

 

[gulfman]

The year before that I got a Creepy Crawlers.

We didn't care about getting burned or shocked back then.It was part of growing up.

 

[Yarddog]

I remember getting a Strange Change Christmas 1966.Wish I still had it.

Wow... if only you still had that, you could go back to 1966..... fill your gas tank and top off your tire pressure at the same time! what I wouldnt give for one of those!

 

[Manonthestreet]

Battery powered

 

[rightwinger]

The year before that I got a Creepy Crawlers.

Loved Creepy Crawlers
Had a lot of molds

 

[gulfman]

Loved Creepy Crawlers
Had a lot of molds

Remember the plastic goop

 

[gulfman]

Every kid back then wanted a lunar module model.Glue was 10 cents a tube.Then they started sniffing it and you couldn't buy it anymore.

 

[rightwinger]

Remember the plastic goop

I still remember the smell

 

[daveman]

The Kenner SSP racer:

The Mamod steam engine:

I still have the steam engine. I need to make a new firebox for it.

 

[gulfman]

I remember my sister getting a Charmin Chatty doll.You pulled her string and she talked."The Queen lives in Buckinham Palace"

 

[Damaged Eagle]

*****SMILE*****

 

[daveman]

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*****SMILE*****

I loved Tinkertoys!

 

[deannalw]

Dad got us lawn darts one year.

We promptly brought them outside and threw them straight up in the air, causing them to be top of the head missiles of death.

One snowy day, Momma went outside for a few minutes and by coincidence... our beloved skull penetrators were missing forevermore.

 

[gulfman]

Usually everything was broken by the next day and Dad had to fix it.

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[deannalw]

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*****SMILE*****

I never made anything with Tinker toys, but a mess. Lincoln logs or legos were the way to go.

But if Mom stepped on a stray lego, her next course of action would be to turn into a scary honey badger with the ability to hand out brain dusters.

I'd rather of had a lawn dart to the forehead than a set of knuckles.

 

[toobfreak]

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More expensive than a tank of gas

I have several of those! In very good condition. A few years ago, I offered them all to an antique collector complete in my cherry Matchbox case and he wasn't interested. Didn't even look at them.

 

[deannalw]

Usually everything was broken by the next day and Dad had to fix it.

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And all the small pieces and batteries were all accidently thrown out with the wrapping paper.

 

[rightwinger]

The Kenner SSP racer:

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The Mamod steam engine:

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I still have the steam engine. I need to make a new firebox for it.

Those Kenner racers were wicked fast

I always wanted a steam engine, but it was not to be