Nostalgia...

[Gojira]

Greetings. I periodically wax nostalgic, and lately I've been feeling in one of those moods.

I've been reminiscing about the toys I used to play with as a kid, my old 12", B&W television, landline phones with dials, audiocassettes I made of TV shows in the 70s, yada, yada...

These things I enjoyed as a kid. See if any of them bring back memories for you if you were young back in the 70s. Or, post your own.

 

[Oncefallen]

 

[Genipher]

I grew up in the 80s so for me it's the OLD My Little Ponies, Rainbow Bright, Strawberry Shorycake, Care Bears, Lite-Brite, Popples...

 

[seoulsearch]

I was always far more drawn to the "boy's" toys rather than the "girl's" toys.

For the most part, I found dolls and playing house to be a smore -- but the boy's toys had bright colors, cool working parts, and made loud exploding noises!

Makes me wonder if society would have pushed me towards any kind of "agenda" if I were growing up now instead of then.

But back in the day, I had one of these babies:

I would have preferred Luke's green lightsaber of course, but they were probably all gone by the time my parents got me one for Christmas.

These days I hear you can go to Disney World and buy ones that cost $200.

 

[Magenta]

@Gojira

I remember these! Don't remember much what we actually did with them, though

 

[Live4Him2]

Greetings. I periodically wax nostalgic, and lately I've been feeling in one of those moods.

I've been reminiscing about the toys I used to play with as a kid, my old 12", B&W television, landline phones with dials, audiocassettes I made of TV shows in the 70s, yada, yada...

These things I enjoyed as a kid. See if any of them bring back memories for you if you were young back in the 70s. Or, post your own.

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I personally had the "Barrel of monkeys", the Lincoln Logs, the GI Joes, and if those stickers are "Wacky Packages", then I had those, too.

I was actually child number 8 out of 9, so we pretty much had our own toy store between us.

Dart guns used to be one of my personal favorites.

 

[Eli1]

 

[Gojira]

ooo that looks like fun

 

[Gojira]

I personally had the "Barrel of monkeys", the Lincoln Logs, the GI Joes, and if those stickers are "Wacky Packages", then I had those, too.

I was actually child number 8 out of 9, so we pretty much had our own toy store between us.

Dart guns used to be one of my personal favorites.

Remember cap guns?

 

[Gojira]

@Gojira

I remember these! Don't remember much what we actually did with them, though

Had to make one long chain of the entire barrel.

 

[Gojira]

I was always far more drawn to the "boy's" toys rather than the "girl's" toys.

For the most part, I found dolls and playing house to be a smore -- but the boy's toys had bright colors, cool working parts, and made loud exploding noises!

Makes me wonder if society would have pushed me towards any kind of "agenda" if I were growing up now instead of then.

But back in the day, I had one of these babies:

I would have preferred Luke's green lightsaber of course, but they were probably all gone by the time my parents got me one for Christmas.

These days I hear you can go to Disney World and buy ones that cost $200.

One more reason to not go to Disneyland/world.

 

[Gojira]

I grew up in the 80s so for me it's the OLD My Little Ponies, Rainbow Bright, Strawberry Shorycake, Care Bears, Lite-Brite, Popples...

oooo lite-brite... you know they still sell that. Saw it in a local supermarket a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Magenta]

Had to make one long chain of the entire barrel.

Yes, I do recall that much haha.

 

[Live4Him2]

Remember cap guns?

Yeah, but I was never really into them.

Dart guns ruled because my brother and I (and later my nieces, and nephews, and I) used to make forts out of Lincoln Logs, fill them with army men or cowboys and Indians, and then have an old fashioned shoot out to see who had the last man standing.

 

[Gojira]

Yeah, but I was never really into them.

Dart guns ruled because my brother and I (and later my nieces, and nephews, and I) used to make forts out of Lincoln Logs, fill them with army men or cowboys and Indians, and then have an old fashioned shoot out to see who had the last man standing.

wowzee!

 

[Lynx]

I grew up in the 80s so for me it's the OLD My Little Ponies, Rainbow Bright, Strawberry Shorycake, Care Bears, Lite-Brite, Popples...

I asked Youtube about the old My Little Ponies. Man, what a boring show...

Of course the half hour toy advertisements I watched back then were not much better. But we didn't know any better. That was the best we had back then.

 

[Genipher]

oooo lite-brite... you know they still sell that. Saw it in a local supermarket a couple of weeks ago.

It's different now, though. When I was growing up you had this black paper that you poked holes into, with the colored lights. Now, I believe, it's just colored lights without the paper.

They have Easy-Bake Ovens now, too. But they're not the same as from the 80s. They seem to keep "revamping" the old, good stuff but it's just not as, well, "good".

 

[Genipher]

I asked Youtube about the old My Little Ponies. Man, what a boring show...

Of course the half hour toy advertisements I watched back then were not much better. But we didn't know any better. That was the best we had back then.

I never watched the show...just had the My Little Pony dolls.
I DID watch Care Bears, though.

 

[Lynx]

I never watched the show...just had the My Little Pony dolls.
I DID watch Care Bears, though.

Well their mission was accomplished if you got the toys. Most cartoons were just toy advertisements. Some were just better than others at advertising.