After responding to Sharon concerning Lego Star Wars - the game (and upcoming movie), I realized that I had become reminiscent about the toys and games of my youth.

Toys and games like:

Lincoln Logs
Erector Set
Legos (before all these specialty sets)
Stratego
Trouble
Kerplunk
Rebound
Risk
Sorry (original version)
Hotwheels/Matchbox/Pocket Cars
Army Men

There was this construction set that used girders, braces, building panels, and roadway pieces that allowed one to build either bridges or buildings. I just cannot remember it' s name...anyone that remembers these sets, please help.

Are there any toys or games, from YOUR youth, that you would like to discuss?

Legos
GI Joe
Bright Light
Atari
various movie toys (Jurassic Park, Batman)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I had damn near everything man it was awsome)
Hotwheels
Life and Monopoly

actually most of the toys here at my daycare (I work here im not one of the kids) are my toys.

Only one type of toy series mattered and that was The Transformers ;)

I got all my toys from Mc Donald' s. Sonic the Hedgehog, Lion King, hell there' s just too much to count. That place was better than Toys R US.

Everything Daroosh mentioned I played with when I was young. I also had almost every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and GI Joes. I was in my basement and I found some toys that I had completely forgot I had or even existed...Battle Trolls. The whole Troll craze hit back in the 90' s and I used to collect those things all the time.

When I was young I played with:

My Little Pony
Barbies
LEGOS
Lincoln Logs
Giant Tinker Toys

Transformers!

I also dabbled in the following, but not seriously:

GI Joe
Voltron
Air Raiders
Star Wars (still have my original Kenner Boba Fett)
Guns (no kid should be without a loaded gun)
Swords and stabbing weapons
Cocaine
Anthrax
WMD' s.

GI Joe
Voltron
Air Raiders
Star Wars (still have my original Kenner Boba Fett)
Guns (no kid should be without a loaded gun)
Swords and stabbing weapons
Cocaine
Anthrax
WMD' s.

It appears that the last five items on Joe' s list had the most effect on who he has become today.

Poor Joe...

Daroosh, my grandma had Rebound over at her house, we played that game all the time. I was awful at it.


Being a girl, I played with My Little Ponies, Care Bears (we had the figurines), Barbies, Glow worms, and of course stuffed animals and dolls. We also played a very specific game with legos, it is just too involving to get into. We had an old set of mechanos that my dad used to own, those were fun from time to time.

I actually have no possible way to list them all. I actually had a room in my basement that was full of toys up to a full grown person' s knees. I loved my toys and my parents loved me.

To name a few... I had all the original Ghostbuster toys including the fire house and the full jump suite with all the equipment. All the ninja turtle toys. All the batmans. A vast majority of transformers. Dino Riders. Spider Man stuff. Legos. GI Joes ( a hell of a lot of ' em too). God... I really could go on and on and on.

Barbies
Matchbox cars (loved playing with dinkies more than anything)
Smurfs
Trouble
Legos
Cooties
Pick Up Sticks
Ants in Your Pants
Monopoly
Battleship
Woodburning Set
Chemistry Set
Tinker Toys
Rock Polishing machine
Lite Brite

I just saw in the news that they' re going to rerelease the Teddy Ruxpins. I wish that I still had mine. Damn me from selling it.

Cooties
Pick Up Sticks
Ants in Your Pants
Battleship
Woodburning Set

Yes, yes, all of these I have played...and such fond memories...

I forgot to include my G.I. Joe with locker, scuba gear, multiple weapons, and dress outfit. Wish I had kept it all...it' s currently worth quite a bit!

One last one: Johnnie Lightning cars - similar to hotwheels, but designed to be especially fast and unique (usually big engines or sleek in shape). These I still have!

Ah Teddy Ruxpin, how I enjoyed you. Though it was the cartoon that I watched, i never had any of teh toys.

Seems that quite a few of the old-school toys are making a comeback...just heard that the hoolahoop is expected to return in a big way.

Noticed a while ago that the green machine (big wheel type kid' s bike with rear steering) is making a comeback...nice to see those items from my youth are still as popular as ever!

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

Transformers!

I also dabbled in the following, but not seriously:

GI Joe
Voltron
Air Raiders
Star Wars (still have my original Kenner Boba Fett)
Guns (no kid should be without a loaded gun)
Swords and stabbing weapons
Cocaine
Anthrax
WMD' s.

I agree with Joe and Terry! I had SO many transformers, it was ridiculous. My brother was a G.I. Joe nut, so he had a bunch of those. We both dabbled in Star Wars (remember the Darth Vader with the light saber that slid out of his forearm!) and Voltron.

Oh and He-Man. I had some of those too. I had Adam (He-Man' s alter-ego), which was pretty hard to find, at the time.

Oh yeah. Video games. I played a few.

Anyone want a near-mint Fortress Maximus with all accessories, and no yellowing?

EDIT: Not for free!

Here' s another for ya' ...Stretch Armstrong!

And do you remember Mighty Moes...the huge vehicles that used a flywheel based system to actually drive down stairs and up/down large hills. There were also two other sizes of these...Tiny Might Moes and the Micro version (about the size of a Hotwheel car).