Childhood Memories: The Toys of the Silver and Bronze Age 4 4

[BriD.]

45 minutes ago, Black_Adam said:

Also have many fond memories of these mainstays (and Etch-a-Sketch, Slinky, Silly Putty, Superballs, etc)...

 

Ah, Mouse trap the game I never actually played! All I would do is put it together and spring the trap. It also reminds me of the Which Witch? game, which I played a lot.

[Artboy99]

1 hour ago, Domo Arigato said:

 

Loved my Micronauts Battle Cuiser!

 

 

I wanted that so badly, but it was an expensive item in 1976, and 11 year old me couldn't afford it on the newspaper delivery money I was making ( I was spending it on comics/ megos/ other micronauts )

[HouseofComics.Com]

Were the Six Million Dollar Man figures a different type of plastic that was more brittle? The legs broke on my Steve Austin fairly quickly Did they have to use a different type of plastic in order to have the arm modules?

[N e r V]

4 hours ago, BriD. said:

My mom wouldn't allow me to have this.

I found out why when I smuggled some into the house and dropped it on the carpet

 

I had several of those. Totally forgot about it which is one of the reasons I wanted to do this thread. Thank you. I can still feel the texture of that stuff and the many things we did with it. 

[01TheDude]

I had that view master projector too-- good times.

Rock em Sock em robots were so awesome-- my brother and I would get into epic battles with those. The problem with them though was eventually one of the guys heads would not stay in place or was so easy to knock off that the game became impossible to play the same way. I guess we wore away the notches that held it in place.

We had a really cool air hockey table but it made a lot of noise. My dad got mad at us one night -- sent us to bed and went to the bar. We snuck down a little later and started playing it only to find he came back from the bar earlier than expected and though we got back to our rooms quickly, he could tell we were playing because the fan motor was hot. He got mad and got rid of the game. That sucked. oh well. sorry to bum out the thread.

[01TheDude]

4 minutes ago, N e r V said:

4 hours ago, BriD. said:

My mom wouldn't allow me to have this.

I found out why when I smuggled some into the house and dropped it on the carpet

 

I had several of those. Totally forgot about it which is one of the reasons I wanted to do this thread. Thank you. I can still feel the texture of that stuff and the many things we did with it.  

for some reason-- I wanted nothing to do with this toy-- it just looked gross to me.

 

On a completely different tangent-- anyone remember playing Gnip Gnop?

[N e r V]

4 hours ago, Black_Adam said:

I'd bet nearly everyone had one of these if they grew up in the late 60s/early 70s. I think they were a mandatory Xmas present (along with Doodle Art and Lite Brite) and if I recall they came with a disk showing the Seven Wonders of the World. But for me Peanuts were always my favorite, the colors so vivid and the 3D so real I would stare into it endlessly, trying to wish myself inside that Viewmaster. 

 

Yes I still collect these today. 

Got the variations of the packets too as they changed over the years with rereleases.

 

 

 

 

[HouseofComics.Com]

Not surprisingly, it was the Batman reel that was uber alles for me in terms of the Viewmaster stuff. Never looked more than once at any other reels I don't think.

[Black_Adam]

6 hours ago, BriD. said:

My mom wouldn't allow me to have this.

I found out why when I smuggled some into the house and dropped it on the carpet

 

Slime.  We went crazy for that stuff when it came out in, when...1977?

I remember they also had a version with plastic worms, but my main memory is getting it stuck in my hair and finding out it wouldn't wash out. 

[Robot Man]

15 hours ago, Number 6 said:

The 4th birthday party mentioned earlier was at the park with my cousin and friends. 

My grandmother couldn’t make that (probably didn’t want to be around a bunch of screaming kids hopped up on punch and cake) so we had another small party that evening. 

My grandmother got me this. Truly felt like I was the captain of a starship wearing it,   

A couple of years later I got the Batman one too. 

Wow, great photos! You are lucky to still have them!

[Robot Man]

On 8/15/2018 at 8:23 AM, BitterOldMan said:

My mother tossed my toys when I left the house.

My King Zor was still in the original box. 

Loved King Zor!  Had one a couple years ago and sold it for a lot of dough.

[Robot Man]

On 8/14/2018 at 9:37 PM, oakman29 said:

If I could find one of these in a box . I would do just about anything.

 

Anything??? I have a nice, complete working example but no box...

[Robot Man]

Along the same line. I got one of these in 1962 for Christmas. Man, it was cool and did a million things. Went the way of most kids toys I guess. I was fortunate to pick up this one a few years ago and it ain't going no where!  Big Loo still rocks!

[Robot Man]

Loved this as a kid and still love it now.

[Robot Man]

Mr Gasser Slot Car still sealed!

[BriD.]

This was fun. You could get the cars to go pretty fast!

[N e r V]

6 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

Loved this as a kid and still love it now.

Besides the 45th anniversary rereleased editions there is also  the original red strip versions which are rare and bring a premium.

 

 

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

I'm not on a high level as some, I don't know what happened to all my odds and ends...

This is all I have left from my viewmaster, I remember stuffing baseball cards in it  it's just dusty now though....

Edited August 16, 2018 by ADAMANTIUM

[kav]

4 hours ago, Domo Arigato said:

 

Anyone have or remember these?

 

Yep!  We'd go to the toy store at mather AFB and thats where I picked up this baby!

[kav]

What about talking view master!!!  I remember the superman one-Superman's planet Krypton explodes!!!!