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http://www.aliviastoys.com/popples/puffballt2.gif

negotiable, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:03 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.travelingwithkids.com/images/YK--9_Frame--1.jpg

i think these were american. one shop in byres rd sold them, and i would pester my mum to buy me one. occasionally it worked! i loved the smell of the pens.

zappi, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.areyougame.com/images/items/KN00920.jpg

I hated that you could only build the same thing over and over again. But I loved how the peices all fit together.

Those lawn darts bring back the smell of whisky and cigarettes on my Grandma's breath.

King Kitty, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

i swear to god that popple was dancing a minute ago.

negotiable, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

aww..i had that lickin' from a chicken game! just looking at that picture brings back exactly how those buttons felt.

most coveted in my neighborhood:

http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/marx/greenmachine2d.jpg

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

The Sunshine Family - and their van.

aimurchie, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/graphics/whee-lo.jpg

andrew m., Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

magic slate
http://www.landofthelost.com/slate2.jpg

andrew m., Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

OMG so many things here that i remember... the evil knievel wind-up bike thing, the lawn darts, spirograph, merlin...

gotta rep some MECCANO action
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Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

i guess meccano broke ilx

Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.physics.umd.edu/lecdem/services/demos/demosd4/d4-25.gif

Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

also loved GIRDER AND PANEL
http://www.toys-n-cars.com/images/images2/gpset.jpg
http://www.drtoy.com/images/items/4980.jpg

it's amazing i didn't wind up going into engineering or contruction...

Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.creativeplay.com.au/images/toys_big/c473.jpg

Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

i was just thinking of elastics!

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:17 (nineteen years ago)

This thread reminds me of the Swing Wing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlodeFptcMo

Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

for the pool:

http://edge2.hotshed.com/images/649/649221_1_215.jpg

also "Sunberg" the rainbow colored floating beanbag

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

which reminds me... FUN FOUNTAIN

http://static.flickr.com/44/126934091_1605f3b645_o.jpg

Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

eww...john wayne gacy spraying all over your kids.

game and watch, people!! like OMG its a game that has a clock too!!

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sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

damn

http://www.retrogame-shop.com/shop/images/game%20and%20watch.jpg

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

holy SHIT I had that donkey kong. played it TOO MUCH.

Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

I wanted Donkey Kong, but mum bought me Donkey Kong II. (still have it!)

I'm so glad y'all remember the chicken thing, too - I was so depserate to have it when I heard about it, but all I really remember doing was playing tic tac toe against the chicken.

luna, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:43 (nineteen years ago)

Also her: http://www.abundancetools.com/images/sscherself.jpg and a few of her friends (of whom I only remember Blueberry Muffin, Huckleberry Pie, and Lemon Merengue.)

luna, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:46 (nineteen years ago)

I was so happy when Nintendo released the DS...that nintendo would purposefully reference their old Game + Watch toys. Snoopy Tennis was the best.

dan selzer, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:52 (nineteen years ago)

Dan S - what's the red thing you posted yesterday? I'm talking about the one that looks like a telephone. I know that I had one and but I can't for the life of me remember what it was!

Also, anyone remember Herself the Elf? I had those dolls along with all the strawberry shortcake ones.

ENBB, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

Merlin?

Mr. Que, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:58 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, that's it! Thanks.

ENBB, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:00 (nineteen years ago)

i kinda wanted to punch strawberry shortcake in the face.

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

Constructs, wow. and Fireball Island!! Here's another I loved, especially the robot voice that came out of it:

http://atlanta.metblogs.com/archives/images/2005/11/speak_spell.JPG

Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:23 (nineteen years ago)

and of course:
http://crzsound.com/image/smath.jpg

Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

what is spelled with a # ?

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:27 (nineteen years ago)

and whoever posted Ole Million Face brought back so many memories for me. thanks!!! (though i never knew that was what he was called)

Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

one for the australians:

http://www.pospisil.com.au/vintage/wizzard/dswlogo.gif

http://www.1000bit.net/lista/dati/vtech/wizzard/Dick%20Smith%20Wizzard%20(3).jpg

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

huge! sorry

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

some might remember these:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/a/a2/250px-Pog_Collection.jpg

Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

pog

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

i know this isn't a physical toy, but i truly loved this game:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/amg/games/drg000/g011/g01172b9e5b.jpg

http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/pic/eyeofthebeholder2-a.jpg

Mark Clemente, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.burncopy.com/pogs/

Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

http://classictoysoldiers.com/photos/ACC009.jpg

Michael White, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

Those spelling games I remember from visiting Houston when I was about 12. The kid (of the family we were staying with) had it.

i think these were american. one shop in byres rd sold them, and i would pester my mum to buy me one. occasionally it worked! i loved the smell of the pens.

We had'em here as well. Well, I think so. Some kid I knew used it during her exams. Had stolen some official exam paper and had scribbled everything on it for the next exam. hahaha

And Donkey Kong! I had that. My parents and I would play that shit for hours.

Anyone who dares to post a pic of My Little Poney, gets his ass beaten for 3093093 hours straight. Those things are evil. I know, my daughter got one for a present and that fucking thing leered at me from across the room.

stevienixed, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

large_appliance_cardboard_box.jpg

andrew m., Wednesday, 16 May 2007 18:21 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.vidgame.net/Milton_Bradley/simon.jpg

Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

pony loves you!

sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

I only have a torso and one arm left:
http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/images/s1micronautstitle.jpg

sexyDancer, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

http://tvcream.squarespace.com/storage/photos/dolls/big-yellow.jpg

Not the real Village People, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 21:58 (nineteen years ago)

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:1REvAUk6WnvqUM:http://www.spacejunk.org/80sblog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/wetbanana1.jpg
Wet Banana, the backyard danger with the banana-shaped sprinkler.

jocelyn, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:23 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/RealGhostBusters1.jpg
My brother had this. It took forever to put together.

jocelyn, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

my most nostalgic things are two toys that were kept at my grandparents, so I only played with them once a year on our annual trip to ohio.

1. Some sort of glow in the dark and/or backlit playhouse type thing that may or may not have been related to the Disneyworld Haunted House.

2. A really cool set of wooden building blogs with a wholes in them and grooves on them and you'd drop a metal marble on it at the end and it'd go.

vague, I know.

dan selzer, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 22:29 (nineteen years ago)


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