Toys when you were a kid.

mvn

See what you guys have started?

Who can forget Thunderbirds?  I still watch the TV series on Tubi.

mvn

This is the Science Fair kit I had (I may still have it somewhere).  This one featured a "Space Age" integrated circuit!!  After 50 years I've graduated to Arduino's and Raspberry Pi's.

mvn

This is the stuff that kept me off the streets as a kid.  First person that figures out what I do for a living now wins a prize!

mvn

Dream_Inn

mvn said:

This is the stuff that kept me off the streets as a kid.  First person that figures out what I do for a living now wins a prize!

Well, probably same as me, electrical engineer? 

Boy, some of those toys really jog my memory! I had that evil knievel and remember how long our kitchen floor was.  I'd wind that thing up to see if I could make it go all the way across.  I always thought evil knievel was great!!

mattie

Holy.....rabbit hole we fell into


lol

Aqua_Aura

speaking of raspberry pi here is my bar top arcade I made last year that has every NES,SNES and Sega game in it. This photo was before the speakers and top cover were put on. 

benvenuttioki

mvn said:

Or this one.....Anyone remember Major Matt Mason and the Space Crawler?

I was telling my wife about this last week. This with the moon base was my FAVORITE Christmas present when I was a kid!

RiverRat232

How about the Star Trek bridge. Had this one as well.

Ian

RiverRat232 said:

shawnmjr said:

Aqua_Aura said:

Nerf was also really big and super soaker water guns. I think those both came out or just got really popular around my time. I was born in '82. 

Yes I remember that, I was born born in 83

There is probably a wide age range between the members here resulting in a wide range of favorites. People in their 50's and 60's would probably remember the ones I listed

Cool “deadly treadly” as we referred to them back home @RiverRat232, I had one like that, not as tall in the seat and flashy yellow!

RiverRat232

@icoultha If you were referring to the bicycle, that is a Schwinn Apple Krate. Back when Schwinns were made in the good ol USA. I often wonder how many young boys were sterilized by those gear shifters.

Willhound

That bike in that condition is priceless. Beat up versions sell for a G note.

RiverRat232

Willhound said:

That bike in that condition is priceless. Beat up versions sell for a G note.

https://www.ebay.com/i/193760654003?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=193760654003&targetid=934800884336&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9015782&poi=&campaignid=10833562001&mkgroupid=112266686128&rlsatarget=pla-934800884336&abcId=9300396&merchantid=8288384&gclid=Cj0KCQiAh4j-BRCsARIsAGeV12CBt6aAsi4wmm2nY4QWSV4hv82RFJ0pDaoEybDAY5kO7iXmHZSqUr8aAi_vEALw_wcB

Willhound

$6500 and it's missing the pedals....

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With the passing of Sean Connery, I was reminded I still have the Corgi brand diecast model of James Bond's Aston Martin DB5. It has an ejector seat, bullet proof screen, machine guns etc. etc. This was the hottest toy car in Britain in the mid-sixties, sold out everywhere.

Also very popular was "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." TV show spy gear toys.

Oh crap I'm so effing old!

Andy.

trip_n

this was always a hands on favorite