Trevor Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I was having a nostalgia fit on eBAY last weekend. Looking at old toys. They even have a section for cracker jacks / fast food / cereal toys! Brought back a lot of memories (ca. late 1960's) of cool toys I had - or wanted - in my youth. Any body remember these? Noble Knights Johnny West G.I Joe Billy Blastoff Maj. Matt Mason Slot cars - bigger than H.O. some crazy airplane on a string with a Frankenstein pilot. Green Ghost game Creepy Crawlers plasti-goop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 How about Hot Wheels Sizzlers? They started selling them again at Target!!! There were also cool things like the Evel Knievel stunt motorcycle, SSTs (?Those cars that had a T-Handle pull thing and spun a big 'tire' in the center of the car), and also cars that transformed themselves with a bigger engine and then took off. I loved toys that were automotive related. Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 What about the toy, I think it was call "Rock em Sock em"? Not sure. It was a boxing ring with two robot looking fighters. A two player game you would try to punch off your opponents head. It's ironic the same robot is used in that lastest dodge truck commercial. The one where the robot busts through the wall and punches the grill of the truck untill his head pops up. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roostmonkey Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 ya they were called rock'em sockem robots.I the commercial, the guy would cry " He knocked my block off". How about incredible edibles or creepy crawlers or those rockets that you filled with water and pumped the shiz out of them to pressurize the water and pulled the trigger and they shot up spraying water out the bottom. My favorite was my Yamaha mini enduro.I got one the first year they came out ( 68-69 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I'm 70's era. I had this peddle car thing called a "Cheetha". I broke that thing so many times my dad couldn't fix it any more. My buddy down the street had the "Green machine". Wanted that so bad. I also had this crazy airplane thing on a wire that I got for Xmas called "Harry Canary". My mom broke that like the 2nd day after Xmas. It was total fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I wanted all the G.I joes lol. My half brother was always so spoiled I was so jealous. He actualy had that scale G.I. joe air craft carrier. Damn thing was like 3 ft long atleast. The cobra bomber, the hovercraft. What a bastard lol. I wish I was a kid again these days. You guys see the little WWII play sets? With like scale vehicles and hand painted figures? Boy ow Boy lol. Legos too, I was such a lego maniac. I have like 10 of those huge plastic containers filled with them in the basement. Once again though have you seen the ones today? ferrari? starwars? THE MELENIUM FALCON, THE X WING???? I'll be dead honest too I still want that damn melenium falcon, I'd be playing with it right now if I had it lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Oh and I cant forget the Evil Kinevil wind up motor cycle that you wound up and let go. It would do all kinds of crazy tricks. Rats, nothing on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRTY260Z Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 The lions from "Voltron" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Alright, I'll bite. Robotech and Transformers. Betcha didn't see that coming, did you? Some other cool toys that didn't get any credit: Super Naturals (not the porn video, but the hologram based action figures) http://www.virtualtoychest.com/supernaturals/supernaturals.html Inhumanoids (these things were BIG, in size I mean, not popularity) http://www.virtualtoychest.com/inhumanoids/inhumanoids.html M.A.S.K. (I liked anything that would transform into something else) http://www.virtualtoychest.com/mask/mask.html M.U.S.C.L.E. (I had a ton of these, they came in little clear plastic trashcans for some reason) http://www.virtualtoychest.com/muscle/muscle.html Sky Commanders (they came with zip lines that you'd set up all over the place and then they'd slide down them on little wheels and stuff) http://www.virtualtoychest.com/skycommanders/skycommanders.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcufrogz76 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Garbage Pail Kids, oh man... they were "it" in my youth.. and that game "Operation" where you could rewire it and really shock the hell out of your friends.. fun days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayAreaZT Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 There was also team america bikes similar to the evil kenevil ones. Shogun Warriors were cool pre-transformers robots. I had a raydeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I could make a very long list. One of my favorites was the ole' Hot Wheels master casters. It was an electrical toy that would melt these wax pellets and you would mold your own hot wheels. I remember running out of pellets and melting crayons instead. I really used to love building model kits. Do you guys remember those 1/8 scale kits? Those big ole kits were the best, such detail. They are very hard to find today, and when you do, the seller thinks they are made of gold. You can't beat those old metal erector sets either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Heres a good one 1:10 of the yamoto Me and my father used t try and find really big models and put them together but your right they ask way too much for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokiburix Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I'm with Veritech... Transformers and M.A.S.K.!!! (I didn't think anyone else remembered M.A.S.K.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatRaveR Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Haha, I totally loved MASK! I wonder if I can ever find downloads of that show. Did anyone notice that Piranha was actually a Z31? It was that purple car driven by the evil red-haired chick, that turned into a plane. Speaking of Legos, I tried making a Lego version of my 280ZX, complete with Lego-Me inside. Sure, it's not a perfect replica, but not bad considering the scale (you just gotta use your imagination, but that's what it's all about anyways, right?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73ZCAR Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Hmmmm. I think I got started on hot wheels in '70 or '71.Had some Jhonny Lightning cars too. Christmas '72 got the cool orange Sizzlers track with the high bank turns and the figure eight wedges. It came with 2 cars (gold and black boss 302 and the white and blue firebird). Played with that constantly. Started with legos about that time too. later I got some of the master builders sets. One of these was a car chassis with a working motor with pistons that went up and down. Totally cool for the time. Mom called me a couple of years ago and asked if she could sell my them at a garage sale. Sadly I said yes. Best gift ever. Birthday '74 I think. I got an electric car. Red with black steering wheel and seat. I'd never seen anything like it, niether had anybody else at the time. I drove the wheels off that thing. My grandparents had a patio home with a huge backyard covered in brick that I drove around whenever we went over there. Always Cars, Cars, Cars, and building stuff. Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Micronauts, Licoln Logs, Erector Set, Ferrari Pedal Car, Penny Racers, G-Plus F1 slot cars, Intellivision... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zardilla Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Two words - Stomper trucks. My folks dropped a box of old stuff at my house not that long ago and I ran across some of these great little battery powered 4x4s I had as a kid. Unfortunately the contacts are corroded or I would be out with my kids in the back yard right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 I lived in the country, my favorits were a bear recurve bow and arrow and a 30/06 enfield rifle, yeah, I was WAY out in the country and I had a bow since I was about 9 a rifle at about 14 years old and I never go into TROUBLE with it AS I knew the concequences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokiburix Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 YAH!! STOMPERS were awesome! I used to have a bunch of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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