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

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[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

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[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]

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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

[OeldeWolf]

We were not at all "well off" (Dad was USN enlisted man with wife and 3 kids). I remember really liking the erector set, it was made of several used sets and nuts/bolts from the hardware shop. And Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, cap guns, and trains my uncles had outgrown.. I had a lot of fun back then. I have the trains, but miss the erector set.

[reloader28]

We had a bunch of those Ertle (spelling) tractors. The ones about 6"h and 7-8" long that you can steer.
LOTS of implements for them. Had enough for 2 big farms that me and my brother would plat at all summer. Must have been 80 yards from one end to the other.

Or we cut machine guns out of boards and played war down by the creek. We had more booby traps and forts built along a 3/8 mile stretch of willow infested creek than ALL the war movies combined.

I guess we played with GIJoe some too.

[Bill*]

Wow...talk about bringing back memories! I had the camera gun, and pretended I was "The man from U.N.C.L.E." Too Cool...THANX :-)
Now, whether I was Napoleon Solo or Illya Kuriyakin, I honestly don't remember. Good times though!

[popper]

I drooled over the Heathkit catalogs... I was tinkering with electronics when I was 9
Don't try to test the color TV HV with a string of CARBON resistors. They do sparkle a lot. After the galena radio I built the Ocean Hopper, 40W ham rig & VT-VM. Had some WWII headphones with the bare screws on the back - threw them across the basement when I brushed against the ground wire. Ouch. That O.H. could really pull in the S.W. stations. Not quite as good as the National or Hammerlaud.

[MaryB]

Now those old rigs fetch a lot of cash in working condition, restoring a Drake TR4 right now. Need to find an MS4 speaker to go with it. This one is a keeper for my radio desk.

[catmandu]

Now those old rigs fetch a lot of cash in working condition, restoring a Drake TR4 right now. Need to find an MS4 speaker to go with it. This one is a keeper for my radio desk.

I did a Drake 2B with speaker. Nice to see the red glow of tubes.

[MaryB]

Tube rigs have a sound that can't be beat, I am looking for one to restore for just a shortwave broadcast receiver