name your favorite childhood toy

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

no chemistry sets, microscopes, or telescopes allowed...just real toys.

mine has to be Stretch Monster...he was a DUDE!

[Lief 🗽]

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

dude, I said real toys, and here you go, first replay, right off the bat, breaking the rules

[opebo]

I honestly can't remember that far back.  I almost can't believe that people can..

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Before my soul was absorbed by the computer, it used to be legos.

[opebo]

Before my soul was absorbed by the computer, it used to be legos.

Oh yes, I remember those now that you mention them.. and Lincoln Logs.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

Haven't thought this far back in a while...

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Damn it's been a long time since I've thought about this sh*t....

[memphis]

One of the sad facts about my childhood was that I didn't have a lot of old-fashioned toys. Electronic gadgets marketed as "educational" were all the rage, and my mom fell for it hook, line, and sinker. I'm no child development expert, but I think playing with real toys is hugely important. When I was very young, I had quite a collection of stuffed bears/dogs/whatever. But we got an NES, when I was five and because my dad compensated for feeling guilty about the failed family thing he constantly bought me new games, so that was the alpha and omega toy. When I got to Middle School, I got an SNES. That was hot stuff!

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Lego and K'NEX

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

[Lief 🗽]

dude, I said real toys, and here you go, first replay, right off the bat, breaking the rules

I'm sorry jsmftcs, it won't happen again!

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Lincoln Logs and Tonka dump trucks.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Lego and K'NEX

I remember K'nex! They weren't as good as legos but they were pretty sweet.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I loved dinosaurs as a little kid (hell, up to 7th grade, and they're still pretty boss), but the stalwart of my toybox was this large yellow Tonka truck which I always used to transport stuff.

[dead0man]

Stompers, cheap RC cars, my Huffy Pro Thunder dirt bike and the Atari 2600.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Lego and K'NEX

I remember K'nex! They weren't as good as legos but they were pretty sweet.

^

[Dr. Cynic]

[useful idiot]

It's a tossup I think:

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

G.I.Joe, not the wimpy little 4" figurines, but a 12" tall early 70's Adventure Team Commander with Kung Fu Grip and a pullstring to hear such classic lines as:

"We must get there before dark. Follow me"

and

"Set up Team Headquarters here"

And I was able to do exactly that as I had the Mobile Support Vehicle

[ilikeverin]

[Ban my account ffs!]

Oh, and building cities and highways in the sand.  Like, I spent 1/3 of my childhood playing at the beach making complicated freeway systems with all sorts of complicated interchanges.  Or build an old road and then "reconstruct it" based on what I would remember from seeing big road construction projects.

Yeah.. I was a cool kid.

[ilikeverin]

OHHHH.  Durr.  I thought I was forgetting a real toy I was obsessed with; thanks, Snowguy, for reminding me of:

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

OHHHH.  Durr.  I thought I was forgetting a real toy I was obsessed with; thanks, Snowguy, for reminding me of:

That. I also enjoyed Playmobile.

[Leftbehind]