Cool Toys

[catmandu]

I remember these from when I was small.

I was willing to give up a future male child for one but never got one.
then I came down with the pox and a neighbor lady with no kids surprized me with one.
But mine was a Man from UNCLE set.

SO what toys did you dream of when you were 8.

Paul in WNY

[km101]

I wanted a go-kart from the Sears catalog! I can still remember the picture and the layout of the page. This would have been about 1959! It was $86 back then, a fortune! Never got one, but it was a nice dream.

[catmandu]

Guys always remember their toys! The ones they got and the ones they wanted.

Paul in WNY

[Dryball]

wow, I can hardly remember yesterday. I do remember really wanting a bb gun, a green machine (sort of like a big wheels), and a You-do-Ball set (mix powder and water mold and cast your own super balls). I got the bb gun and You-do-balls

[waynem34]

Trains and hotwheels..Looking closer at your pictures.I'd like to have that radio rifle.Thats preety neet.

[popper]

Moped from Sears.

[catmandu]

I also remember a Mould Master. Got to mould my own toys and learn about fill out, leaving a good sprue and making sure the mould halves fit well toghther.
The plastic was hotter than lava and stuck to anything with skin. But is sure was fun.

Would be a great toy to introduce a boy to casting - without the lead.

Paul

[ph4570]

RCBS Junior. Finally got it for Christmas 1960ish and I still have it.

[texassako]

I am from a younger generation than some of those toys, but I did have a Megatron(Transformers) that turned into a Walther pistol. I wonder why that version of him did not make it into the new movies?

[MrWolf]

Thanks for the flashback. I had forgotten about that radio gun.

[blackthorn]

All I wanted (age 8) was to be allowed to use Dad's .22 to shoot gophers! Took me two more years to convince (nag, pester) him into letting me have it!

[histed]

Coolest rifle ever! Later I had a big loop model 94. Wish I still did

[goste]

The Zero M is a little before my time, but my older brother had , I think, the folding rifle one..

In my day, I wanted a Johnny Eagle military set. Don't remember what it was called, but,
the big game set was called the safari, or something like that...

[MaryB]

I drooled over the Heathkit catalogs... I was tinkering with electronics when I was 9

[bbs70]

Moped from Sears.

Yep, me too.
If I remember correctly they were about $200 at the time when I saw a friend on one in the early 60s.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

I don't remember wanting after toys so much but before i was 8 i wanted my own knife , got one when i was 8 for Christmas , when i was 8 I had a red fiberglass bow my dads old leather quiver and a half dozen arrows from the hardware store the neighbor boy and I terrorized every rabbit and squirrel around only got a few until I got a better bow about age 10 or 11 then they were in trouble.

[catmandu]

I drooled over the Heathkit catalogs... I was tinkering with electronics when I was 9

I know - I made a few HW rigs, quite a few meters and test equipment.

Never did make the TV though, a friend of mine did.

Paul in WNY

[ShooterAZ]

I had a huge erector set, it came in a big red box the size of suitcase. Built everything imaginable with it.

[shooterg]

Shootin' Shell guns by Mattel ! Too many bucks for our family then.

[MaryB]

Had the TV in my high school electronics shop. Did not work when I joined the class, I had it up and running in a week. Was used to keeping my dads old 1965 Zenith color set going.

I know - I made a few HW rigs, quite a few meters and test equipment.

Never did make the TV though, a friend of mine did.

Paul in WNY