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geardaddy

(24,931 posts) Thu Dec 7, 2017, 01:04 PM Dec 2017

What was your favorite classic toy as a kid [View all]

'Tis the season. What toy did you have that was your favorite?

Others not mentioned in poll:
Matchbox Cars
Lincoln Logs
Erector Set
Tinkertoys
E-Z Bake Oven

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	Slinky
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	Silly Putty
	1 (7%)
	Magic 8 Ball
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	Tonka Trucks
	1 (7%)
	Lincoln Logs
	1 (7%)
	Creepy Crawlers
	1 (7%)
	GI Joe
	1 (7%)
	Barbie
	2 (13%)
	Legos
	1 (7%)
	Other
	7 (47%)
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What was your favorite classic toy as a kid [View all] geardaddy Dec 2017 OP

lincoln logs mopinko Dec 2017 #1

Dang! geardaddy Dec 2017 #2

I replaced kite with lincoln logs. geardaddy Dec 2017 #6

i loved kites, too, tho. mopinko Dec 2017 #14

Are you in the Green Bay area? geardaddy Dec 2017 #15

no. i was raised in the chicago exurbs. mopinko Dec 2017 #23

The "other Fox River" LeftInTX Dec 2017 #38

Yep. geardaddy Dec 2017 #62

I had half a slinky, but I straightened it. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2017 #3

LOL geardaddy Dec 2017 #4

I had one of these when I was around 4 or 5. I rode the wheels off it in our circle drive. Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #5

That is cool! geardaddy Dec 2017 #7

Never thought about it like that. I know I was the only kid I knew who had one. Arkansas Granny Dec 2017 #9

Oh my gosh, I LOVE this!! blaze Dec 2017 #25

I loved my tricycle ashling Dec 2017 #59

Erector set. n/t sl8 Dec 2017 #8

Yes! And also a Chemistry set (that would be banned today). SeattleVet Dec 2017 #26

I played with the chemistry set at my friends and set their floor on fire. rusty quoin Dec 2017 #53

Never allowed MyOwnPeace Dec 2017 #60

My neighbor in the 70s had a chemistry set. geardaddy Dec 2017 #63

Picker-stickers Lindsay Dec 2017 #10

i broke my arm and was in traction for several weeks at age 10. mopinko Dec 2017 #13

Anyone have Major Matt Mason toys? One of my favorites. FSogol Dec 2017 #11

I didn't have them, but some of my neighbors did geardaddy Dec 2017 #12

I guess you've never heard of "Hot Wheels" SonofDonald Dec 2017 #16

Dang! I forgot those! geardaddy Dec 2017 #17

So did I from what I remember, when you think SonofDonald Dec 2017 #21

Remember Corgi Toys cars? geardaddy Dec 2017 #22

Yes I do, didn't they make the James Bond Austin Martin SonofDonald Dec 2017 #41

I remember the Batmobile and James Bond Austin Martin geardaddy Dec 2017 #64

My little brother had Tonka Trucks, Matchbox Cars, and Hot Wheels LeftInTX Dec 2017 #18

I'm old LOL Runningdawg Dec 2017 #19

We had all of those! geardaddy Dec 2017 #20

I've played with them all, even the Barbie. earthshine Dec 2017 #24

Big Trak stonecutter357 Dec 2017 #27

That looks cool! geardaddy Dec 2017 #29

Erector Set Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #28

My grandpa was a wizard with exotic metals... hunter Dec 2017 #45

Real Metal Tonka Trucks lame54 Dec 2017 #30

I got this one for Christmas one year. geardaddy Dec 2017 #31

I had that one too lame54 Dec 2017 #32

I loved that crane geardaddy Dec 2017 #33

I got the Mighty Dump for Christmas Eugene Dec 2017 #55

cowboy gun belt dr.strangelove Dec 2017 #34

Them little plastic Army Men. Iggo Dec 2017 #35

We did too. geardaddy Dec 2017 #36

Easy! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #37

"You'll put your eye out, kid!" VOX Dec 2017 #49

TINKER TOYS trueblue2007 Dec 2017 #39

You forgot Mr. Potato Head! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #40

I remember those, real potatoes too. SonofDonald Dec 2017 #44

We still use a Mr. Potato Head once in a while when we feed the octopus. SeattleVet Dec 2017 #56

Cool! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #68

Oops! geardaddy Dec 2017 #65

also not mentioned in the poll ... surrealAmerican Dec 2017 #42

Damn, I'd obsess about neatly finishing at the exact point the pattern began to repeat. hunter Dec 2017 #46

Yes! geardaddy Dec 2017 #66

model toy trains , matchbox and hotwheels cars . gi joe errector set. :) AllaN01Bear Dec 2017 #43

Electric Trains that ran with a transformer... Stuart G Dec 2017 #47

Marx Play Sets: Robin Hood, Civil War, Ben-Hur... VOX Dec 2017 #48

James Bond 007 Briefcase - circa 1964 OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #50

Meccano Turbineguy Dec 2017 #51

A Big Wheel? MontanaMama Dec 2017 #52

All my friends had those. geardaddy Dec 2017 #67

I liked G.I. Joes and then went to Hot Wheels. That was in the 60s. rusty quoin Dec 2017 #54

That one is a much-in-demand collectible. SeattleVet Dec 2017 #57

Breyer plastic horses. Doreen Dec 2017 #58

These? geardaddy Dec 2017 #61

Yup, those are it. Doreen Dec 2017 #69

Sorry your father was such a jerk. geardaddy Dec 2017 #70

Oh, man. I had the white stallion, mare and foal. I loved them! I saved milk carton points Nay Dec 2017 #90

That's my answer too! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2017 #83

Yup, I had the palomino and the white one. Doreen Dec 2017 #87

Oh, I had some of those, too! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #88

Johnny 7 OMA jpak Dec 2017 #71

I would have killed to have that. geardaddy Dec 2017 #72

You'll shoot your eye out kid. jpak Dec 2017 #73

Did anybody mention Hula Hoops? FakeNoose Dec 2017 #74

Oh, hell yes. We played with them all the time. Also, has anyone mentioned yo-yos? Nay Dec 2017 #91

Yo-yo's! FakeNoose Dec 2017 #92

Electric Train red dog 1 Dec 2017 #75

Nerf football Va Lefty Dec 2017 #76

Mine was this golf game... InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2017 #77

I received a bag of coal every year. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #78

Liddle Kiddles ocd liberal Dec 2017 #79

Yo-yos, tops, erector set, mechanical toys, chemistry sets, customized bicycles. Hoyt Dec 2017 #80

Good old Hobby Horse Lunabell Dec 2017 #81

Mrs. Beasley onecaliberal Dec 2017 #82

Chemistry set and some rotating jump rope thing lostnfound Dec 2017 #84

Playmobil Pachamama Dec 2017 #85

Lego Farm shenmue Dec 2017 #86

Jacks! We played them all the time. Also, roller skates that clamped to your shoes. nt Nay Dec 2017 #89