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My sister's supersized Barbie doll with a silver spangled sequined bathing suit or dance costume, i.e., leotard

― youn, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:52 (nineteen years ago)

My Hollie Hobbie dolls - the big one - the mother - and her three daughters - although I do not remember their names

― youn, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:53 (nineteen years ago)

My yellow lab Sparkie which I gave to my niece Sabine because I am too big for toys

― youn, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:54 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, Presto Magix indeed! I actually have some, my sister bought me some at some hipster vintage store in chicago years ago and I've held onto it.

The treehouse sounds familiar.

One specific toy of mine was a floating gilligans island. It made bath-time fun!

And then there's Crazy Foam! All the stuff I found online is too vintage for my memories though.

― dan selzer, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:56 (nineteen years ago)

WOW CONSTRUX!!

(multiple xposts)

― the next grozart, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:57 (nineteen years ago)

I liked this thing as a wee one: http://www.toyzdollz.com/images/FP_Pla3_L.jpg

― luna, Monday, 14 May 2007 23:59 (nineteen years ago)

This is it! http://thisbiochemicallife.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/7.jpg

― luna, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

We had these and managed not to die:
http://www.markaelrod.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/lawndarts2.jpg

― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://smart.thorstenvanelten.com/smart/images/shop/product_images/724/ole%20million%20face.jpg

― remy bean, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:07 (nineteen years ago)

when i got back from vacation, i emptied my suitcase to reveal i had unwittingly carted my (and maybe my sister's) apparently acid-influenced mid-80s Empire Strikes Back Presto Magix all over California

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:10 (nineteen years ago)

It's kind of alarming how many of the products on this thread that my kids actually have right now. (Not to mention that my husband continues to buy old LEGO sets off Ebay...)

― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:11 (nineteen years ago)

surely it's comforting -- these are pretty classic toys (yay hasbro!)

― remy bean, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:12 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.virtualtoychest.com/mask/maskthawk2c.jpg

― jbsquared, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

I should probably try to enjoy the toys more myself. Time to get the Shrinky Dinks out...

― Sara R-C, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

pound puppies!

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

GOLDEN GIRL AND THE GUARDIANS OF THE GEMSTONES

not bea arthur

― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

luna, that was one of my first Barbies.

And Fisher Price Little People! I am so annoyed that they changed the design, stupid so-called "choking hazard".

― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 01:55 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/IncredibleEdiblesBoxFoil.jpg

I had this. It came out in 1966, so I was 10. You made your own candy spiders and centipedes by squeezing sugary goop out of a tube into a mold and baking it. I can still remember the smell and taste.

― Beth Parker, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Burgerdierfront.jpg/180px-Burgerdierfront.jpg

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

i think these were the best idea for an action figure line ever

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.virtualtoychest.com/foodfighters/foodfighters.html

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005NK20.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― creme1, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 04:15 (nineteen years ago)

this is just reminding me of looking through the toy section of the sears catalogue at all the toys I never got because I was the third child and my parents just kind of got tired of buying toys.

― Yerac, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 04:28 (nineteen years ago)

ok luna, that chicken game stole hours of my time if i remember.

― Ste, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 08:18 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.geocities.com/mtrakker85/images/mask2.jpg

― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 08:23 (nineteen years ago)

omg Lego set #358 from 1973!! How I loved that one.

http://img.lugnet.com/display.cgi?set/early/lego358.jpg

― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 09:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cocktaildistribution.fr/Images/Logos/Airfix.JPG
(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])

http://www.hotep.org/Supersoaker.jpg

I wish I could have done this with mine :(
http://www.caseyweldon.com/home/at-at.jpg
Luuuuust
http://www.zen77990.zen.co.uk/atat/at-at06.jpg
Also WTF?
http://www.ketzer.com/starwars/free_atats.jpg

http://www.nesplayer.com/tmnt/toys/mike.jpg

And last but not least:

http://www.tomsimpson.org/images/gijoe.jpg

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

Ohmigod, I wanted but never had:

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/ErectorSetBox.jpg
http://www.brinq.com/workshop/images/erectorsets.jpg

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 (nineteen years ago)

I had that treehouse! Oh man!

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

this was my favorite toy when i was about 7

http://www.liketotally80s.com/images/hotlooksdolls-1.jpg

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

Hur hur hur "Erector" hur hur hur

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

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

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

http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/SpirographBox.jpg

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

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

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

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 (nineteen years ago)

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 (nineteen years ago)

spirograph!

i loved the mask toys.

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

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)

god DAMN
http://www.usmeccano.com/outfits/outimage/1938us4meccbig.jpg
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/00/250px-Meccano_model_Steam_shovel_excavator.jpg

― Rob Bolton, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:09 (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)

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