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I just read an article about valuable old toys, and was thinking about the old toys I have.
The oldest one I have is a 1980 "Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Yoda" action figure, with his belt, cane and cloth cloak.
How about you people?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)randr
(12,417 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)...and more importantly, is it still in working condition?
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Demovictory9
(32,482 posts)Alwaysna
(574 posts)applegrove
(118,845 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,298 posts)That's the one we always used as kids - and it's in good shape, despite the fact that the board is separate, everything is in a sturdy box except for the board. I also inherited my mother's bicycle and two dolls!
applegrove
(118,845 posts)grandmother's attic when we were kids. She also had a trunk, some ball gowns of her sister and a flapper dress. Best thing ever when you are a kid is to find an attic full of things from the 'olden times'.
Rhiannon12866
(206,298 posts)I'm trying to remember all the pieces - it's been awhile. I usually chose the dog, looked like a Scottie. And I also remember a kinda high topped shoe and an old timey race car!
And that is very cool! My Dad's mother had an actual toy chest in her house - my youngest uncle was college age when we were little and the toys must have been his. I remember toy cars, trucks and guns...
applegrove
(118,845 posts)Very old time.
Rhiannon12866
(206,298 posts)My Dad and their middle brother were older, they were kids during WWII.
applegrove
(118,845 posts)tin toys.
Rhiannon12866
(206,298 posts)His closest brother was 2 years younger and the youngest was 9 years younger, so I'm not sure who those toys originally belonged to. And my Dad was always disappointed he could never find his collection of baseball cards. He and his childhood pal apparently had quite a collection. His buddy was Corky (George) Deukmejian who grew up to be governor of California.
applegrove
(118,845 posts)a ride for your dad to know a politician so well. I think that would be very stressful too. My great grandmother, married to a politician, made my grandmother promise she would not let my dad go into politics. And he didn't though he was given the opportunity. Too much of a family man.
Rhiannon12866
(206,298 posts)In fact, his closest brother was drafted by a baseball team - before my time - but apparently he decided to finish college and get married instead. He was a pitcher (and my Dad was his catcher when they were in school).
And he was friends with Corky, as he called him, when they were baseball card collecting kids. They grew up in a suburb of Albany (NY) and my Dad stayed in New York - it was my grandmother who wrote to the (former) governor and he wrote back - so she made my Dad write back to him, too - to catch up.
applegrove
(118,845 posts)I don't remember sports cards in our household. We did find a stamp collection in that attic that my older brother took over. My dad was a swimmer and it was suggested he go to a high school in Toronto that specialized in sports to train. He was good at the butterfly but wanted to swim the crawl too. So he trained for both at the high school he was at. He broke a Canadian record for one of them at a meet. He was quickly disqualified because his kick was off a bit. One leg was off. Seems cross training had mixed up his kick. I was always impressed with him being able to do the butterfly at all. I can't even do one stroke of it. Yet he did it for hours in the pool. But sports and collecting sports cards are such brilliant pastimes to have in school. They teach you so much. I had no pastimes in highschool. A big regret. I did play basketball. But that is literally it.
Rhiannon12866
(206,298 posts)My Dad was mainly an enthusiastic spectator, it was my uncle who played. But one thing that my Dad loved was travel - he really did see the world. He didn't have a lot of hobbies, was really a workaholic, but he was advised to take up some kind of hobby and when it got to the point he could afford it, that's what he decided to do. He visited Europe in the early '50s as a young student and he decided to go back and see what had changed since he was there after the war. He'd spend a whole year planning, and he did take guided tours, but he and my mother went to some unusual places, China, the USSR, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand - but his very favorite destination, at least in this hemisphere, was Ottawa!
He and my mother traveled there numerous times, my brother and I went with them once and it was very impressive, a beautiful city with the Parliament buildings and all. Some friends came from London once to visit and that's where my father took them - they had to see Ottawa! And from New York, it's doable by car!
applegrove
(118,845 posts)is the best way to live. And continually learning as they did. You are so sweet to complement Ottawa so. Yes it is lovely. My dad is living in a nursing home on an island in a river. If you look out the window just outside of his bedroom you can see the parliament buildings. A bit away. But close enough to see fireworks. I've driven through New York but never stopped. I don't travel well. I'm a homebody.
Rhiannon12866
(206,298 posts)He really enjoyed meeting people wherever he went. He had great stories, teaching an elderly Chinese man how to use a fork on the plane trip home and running around Kennedy Airport in search of someone who could translate for a young guy who only spoke Spanish - since the person who was supposed to pick him up was on the phone and he only spoke English, and they needed to get together!
I've traveled, too - went to Ireland with my parents the time my Dad brought my grandmother and I visited the USSR with that same grandmother and her peace group! But that was awhile back, guess I'm not a self starter, I no longer have anyone insisting that I need to go anywhere.
And it's great that your Dad has such a beautiful view - I just hope it's not too far away. As for New York, many people think of The City, but I'm in the Northeast, Adirondack Foothills, closer to Canada than NYC and it is pretty nice here - except for the winter when we get too much snow.
applegrove
(118,845 posts)countryside. So pretty in the fall I imagine. There are little rolling hills just north of ottawa, the Gatineau Hills, so I know how pretty it can be.
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)I have an old replica of 1940s era semi tractor. Looks like it's mad of pewter or something similar. It was red and has rubber wheels that spin on axles. I also have a WWII Jeep that was made of the same material but I think it's from the 50s or 60s, that's got the same kind of wheels and is all of 2.5" long. I also have a couple green army men and a 3" tall King Kong (all black) that I use for my dashboard saint, I've had it since the 70s at least and I know I had one when I was four or five so that's kind of old too.
I sold all my antiques when I moved to a cabin in the mountains, it would have all been ruined there there, so I turned it into cash and let others worry about preserving the antiques.
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)that I got from my grandfather.
Archae
(46,359 posts)About half the size of a shoebox, full of all sorts.
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)I found a few in some unusual places too, I don't know a lot about marbles as antiques but I sold some of them when I liquidated, size and weight of items kept were factors in whether they stayed or were sold. It was a hard time of letting go of things but also a good time by relieving me of things I could no longer care for properly... I let go of a lot of "things" at that time.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)They all got tossed two moves ago.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)I came across an old electric motor for a Motorific car. No sign of the car, but there was this little motor in a clear plastic cube, still looking in good shape!
TygrBright
(20,773 posts)It may be older than that, but family history isn't clear. It was given to my mother in the early 1930s, but it had been an older family member's for at least ten years by then.
My mother gave it to me when I was ten years old, after getting the music box repaired, and making a new mattress cover, pillow cover, and blanket in yellow gingham with red rickrack trim.
It plays "rock-a-bye-baby".
Definitely the oldest toy I've got.
informatively,
Bright
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)Only, dammit, it was a ukulele, not a guitar
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)2/3 of a guitar!
TrogL
(32,822 posts)bdtrppr6
(796 posts)purchased in a liquor store at halloween that are approximately 45 years old. not collectible necessarily but i can still see the store and display in my mind. bought a lot of records there too when i got a little older. the 70's were awesome.
madamesilverspurs
(15,811 posts)c.1958, blue with white palm trees painted on it. It's no longer playable, but it holds lots of memories.
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sakabatou
(42,186 posts)I think I gave away my childhood toys to my younger family members.
Rincewind
(1,206 posts)that belonged to my dad when he was a kid. He's 91 now.
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)an antique cast metal truck I bought at auction.
left_of_center
(87 posts)Best toy ever. Had his own space vehicles that ran sheen you sat him in them.
Archae
(46,359 posts)These rubber toys shaped like spacemen called "Major Matt Mason."
He had a lot of accessories that were similar to that "Billy Blastoff."
https://www.ebay.com/i/132894928058?chn=ps
left_of_center
(87 posts)I had Major Matt Mason too. Billy was for younger kids I guess. You can look him up on eBay too!
sweetroxie
(776 posts)with painted decorations from the 40's
bif
(22,774 posts)That would make it 64 years old! It's from the Knickerbocker Toy Company, as I recall.
lilactime
(657 posts)"Jock" from "Lady and the Tramp." I was mad it wasn't Lady!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,222 posts)Lost them in a fire in the 80s.
lastlib
(23,323 posts)Still have a Rubik's cube from 1981.
3catwoman3
(24,072 posts)...American Flyer train stuff from the 1950s.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 posts)They were given to me in about 1950. One of my brothers has my dad's favorite toy truck from about 1925.
benld74
(9,911 posts)I got back in the day
Cheap ole thing
But I couldnt seem to part with it
Boxed up in the house
akraven
(1,975 posts)zanana1
(6,135 posts)It used to be red, but most of the paint flaked off. I found it when I was digging in a new garden.