Toys of old

[reba]

O the abuse i take

Usually the boys accepted me better than the girls. Until this day I have more guy friends than girl friends and find men easier to talk to than women....

me too it has some what leveled out over time..

 

[TOG]

O the abuse i take

It's all meant in fun.

The TOG​

 

[Claudya]

Why is there a picture of Reba in your post?

The TOG​

Fine I'm gonna use a different one for my physical violence threats.
How about

 

[reba]

It's all meant in fun.

The TOG​

really...

 

[evenifigoalone]

There was that one old toy where you'd take a large coin or a large button and put some string through it. And you could make it spin back and forth--for hours on end, if you had that kind of patience.
I remember reading about that being a toy centuries ago. And my science book back from elementary school mentioned it during a lesson about energy.

I don't care how young I am.

 

[TOG]

really...

Ouch!

The TOG​

 

[reba]

 

[reba]

Part of the fun and learning was making the toys our selves ...

Notice her necklace?

 

[Sparkey]

Rubber bands are weapons of mass destruction in the wrong (or right) hands. Slingshots could be made using thumb and forefinger. Best ammo would be your sister's hair pins. The ones that didn't have their ends touching - "U" shaped --I don't know their name.

Boy-fun includes breaking things so stuff like sticks, rocks, pine-cones, even fingers for pretend guns were fun. Sound effects were necessary for realism.

Probably the best "toy" is the imagination.

 

[reba]

Slingshots could be made using thumb and forefinger.

It took a long time for the teachers to catch on that such a sweet looking little girl would do sucha thing

 

[Sparkey]

At the mention of teachers the "spitwad" comes to mind. All that takes is a straw. The paper wrap becomes the ammo.

 

[Deborah13]

Part of the fun and learning was making the toys our selves ...

Notice her necklace?

What I noticed was all the John Deere toys, my son-in-law would have a field day in there.

oh yeah, a fish.

 

[jeff77]

I know Legos have been around for a while. My son and I have been making things from all the Legos he has collected over the past few years. All the sets are mixed together but it's fun to see what you can build together.

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Popular were erector sets and science sets.
Kids learned to blow themselves up.
My mother would never let me have one.
I always felt under-privileged.

 

[reba]

legos a good new toy cept they are making sets that are made for ya

 

[Sparkey]

I remember when Legos were very basic and more along the lines of Lincoln-Logs - no way to build the entire Set for [Insert Movie Title here].

What about GI-Joe and other vintage action figures. Rubber Duckies for the bath? Soap box racers. That monkey mounted on two sticks that would do flips? Jack in the box. I forget the name but there was a ball, paddle and rubber-band that would occupy hour upon hour too.

Tinker-toys. Tops. Raggedy Ann and Andy. It's not that old, but Silly Putty too. I loved anything that made noise - pots and pans worked great.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

 

[reba]

Yup Jr had to make his own spinner thing for his helicopters

 

[Rollo Tamasi]

Hey, this toy thread is popular.
All you old people are reverting back to your childhoods.
Boy, there's a lot of you old people on the forum.

 

[jeff77]

legos a good new toy cept they are making sets that are made for ya

You mean the sets come already put together? Or just with instructions? What's fun and good for creativity is when you gather all the pieces from the old sets and make your own designs. My son is 7 and we both have a great time doing this.

 

[Sparkey]

Yup Jr had to make his own spinner thing for his helicopters

Helicopters? Maple seeds worked for that.