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(As a kid their little soldiers, growing up their kits before I realised how bad they were and moved on to other brands [/nerdy teenager])

I wish I could have done this with mine :(

Luuuuust

Also WTF?

And last but not least:

― kv_nol, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 09:29 (6 years ago) Permalink

Ohmigod, I wanted but never had:

I had to make do with my brother's mechano.

I was never good at gender appropriate toys.

― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 11:32 (6 years ago) Permalink

I had that treehouse! Oh man!

― stevienixed, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 11:50 (6 years ago) Permalink

this was my favorite toy when i was about 7

― homosexual II, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 13:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

Hur hur hur "Erector" hur hur hur

― kv_nol, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 13:15 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yeah, it goes with cooties/ Uh, I think.

― nathalie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 13:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

― Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 13:36 (6 years ago) Permalink

I had that treehouse thing! And I *still* have fashion plates. . .

― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 13:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

We had Fashion Wheel in the UK, which was basically the same thing but round and you could twist it so the parts matched up with each other. After much begging, I finally got one (from a Jumble Sale).

― Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 13:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

MASK was SOOOO budget....hey it's a camaro, and when you open the doors, it flies!

― dan selzer, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 13:55 (6 years ago) Permalink

spirograph!

i loved the mask toys.

― negotiable, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 13:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

― negotiable, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― negotiable, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

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:

― sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

The Sunshine Family - and their van.

― aimurchie, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

― andrew m., Wednesday, 16 May 2007 14:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

magic slate

― andrew m., Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

god DAMN

― Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:09 (6 years ago) Permalink

i guess meccano broke ilx

― Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

― Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:12 (6 years ago) Permalink

also loved GIRDER AND PANEL

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

― Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

― Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

i was just thinking of elastics!

― sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:17 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Madchen, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

for the pool:

also "Sunberg" the rainbow colored floating beanbag

― sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:21 (6 years ago) Permalink

which reminds me... FUN FOUNTAIN

― Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

damn

― sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

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

― Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Also her:

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

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 (6 years ago) Permalink

Merlin?

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:58 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yes, that's it! Thanks.

― ENBB, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

i kinda wanted to punch strawberry shortcake in the face.

― sunny successor, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 17:02 (6 years ago) Permalink

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