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As a kid at Christmas, What toy did you want so bad it kept you up at night? (and did you get it?)
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On 12/24/2018 at 2:31 PM, BitterOldMan said:

Two toys that I never got, but dreamed of owning are

1961 Robot Commando from Ideal

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1965 James Bond Road Race Set from Gilbert.  This set sold for a whopping $35 in 1965,  In the rush to meet Sears demand to get the set out by Christmas, most sets were defective and returned, causing Gilbert to go bankrupt.

 

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Got one of these kickin around the shop. I’ve yet to take it out of the box and set it up to see if it’s missing anything or if it in fact works. The box is quite nice. It was an attic find about a year ago here in town. Oddly the house burnt to the ground a week after I “rescued” it and others as well.

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17 minutes ago, Junkdrawer said:
  On 12/24/2018 at 11:31 AM, BitterOldMan said:

Two toys that I never got, but dreamed of owning are

1961 Robot Commando from Ideal

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Some kid had that robot commando-it struck a buried memory that head/rocket.

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6 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

I bet that one works better than the one in the movie Idiocracy

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This ride is for babies!

fun movie - and sadly might be hitting closer to reality than we all want to know.

POLITICS!!!!

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5 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

if you have not seen it, I strongly recommend it. It is a cult classic

now I'm intrigued.  I thought it was one a them Michael Mooron type films.

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3 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

not meaning to hijack the thread.... but sort of am--- someone post a dang TOY!

 

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On 12/23/2018 at 11:28 PM, jools&jim said:

And this one, too, of course...

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Wow! This looks familiar

I don't think I had it but was there something like that may have come out a few years later?

I remember cardboard cutouts on grey stands...

hm

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