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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:45:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:48:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:52:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bayouhazard: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PgoAAOSwlYhkgjP~/s-l1200.webp Yup, It was a better time. |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:52:29 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bajagringo: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/267090/IMG_3547-3202519.jpg @HDLS I had those, put caps in them and bang! |
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:56:43 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bajagringo: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/267090/IMG_3547-3202519.jpg @HDLS Nothing like stuffing those with 10 paper caps and having the thing break in half at the two posts on either side. 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:58:03 PM EDT
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Ah yes, a bmx bike and a flight of stairs
 Every other generation was a giant pussy! 
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Posted: 4/30/2024 11:59:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:01:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:08:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI had forgotten about these! |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:08:57 AM EDT
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 Had this set in the late 1950s. Played with it a million times. Also had BB guns and knives when I was in kindergarten. Didn't get a real gun (bolt action .22) until I was 10. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:09:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Backscatter: Nothing like stuffing those with 10 paper caps and having the thing break in half at the two posts on either side. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Backscatter: Originally Posted By bajagringo: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/267090/IMG_3547-3202519.jpg @HDLS Nothing like stuffing those with 10 paper caps and having the thing break in half at the two posts on either side. Learning at a young age about over pressure. Good life skill to have. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:14:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bayouhazard: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/PgoAAOSwlYhkgjP~/s-l1200.webp |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:16:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BikerNut: https://images.brickset.com/news/53989_image005.jpg Had this set in the late 1950s. Played with it a million times. Also had BB guns and knives when I was in kindergarten. Didn't get a real gun (bolt action .22) until I was 10. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:18:14 AM EDT
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 they smelled like vomit , but packed a powerful punch playing war. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:20:06 AM EDT
[Last Edit: uboat534]
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Can’t post pics but the old monogram/revell models. For the time great detail. I built a NOS kit from the 80s recently and it was so fun not worrying about super detail
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:21:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RealityCheck0311]
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My dentist office had a treasure chest to pick out a toy after the appointment.
One of my favorite things were the foam WW2 airplanes. Usually got a day or so out of them until someone accidentally stepped on it.  
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CA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:21:50 AM EDT
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Slinky
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:21:55 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By bajagringo: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/267090/IMG_3547-3202519.jpg @HDLS Me: Can we get firecrackers mom? Mom: We’ve got firecrackers at home. Firecrackers at home: |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:23:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: 75 yrs ago? How old are you, grandpa? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JarheadPatriot: Originally Posted By BikerNut: https://images.brickset.com/news/53989_image005.jpg Had this set in the late 1950s. Played with it a million times. Also had BB guns and knives when I was in kindergarten. Didn't get a real gun (bolt action .22) until I was 10. The man describes his toys as a child and you rip him for it? Why? |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:27:52 AM EDT
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My father was planning on putting this in the trash. I’m glad I saved it. Fond memories of playing with it.
Wish I had the little hammer that came with it. 
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:30:16 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RealityCheck0311]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bajagringo: My father was planning on putting this in the trash. I’m glad I saved it. Fond memories of playing with it. Wish I had the little hammer that came with it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/267090/IMG_3549-3202542.jpg Our church had so many toys similar to that in the nursery for the kids to play with. They had to have been 30+ years old but still held up great. Can't think of many toys today that will last 30 years in a children's nursery. Had a lot of Fisher Price stuff like this too. The elevator would work with a crank, parts were not broken off, for some reason they just held together. 
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:33:12 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:37:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By uboat534: Can’t post pics but the old monogram/revell models. For the time great detail. I built a NOS kit from the 80s recently and it was so fun not worrying about super detail Perhaps this helps. These are some I actually had and enjoyed. USS Constitution -  PT109 -  Avenger TBF - 
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:37:33 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Golden-Arm]
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i had green ones, with silver metal flake sparkles in them. of course my mom threw the away, after hearing how "deadly" they were.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:38:22 AM EDT
[Last Edit: LoudLyle]
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BC, CAN
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:40:39 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:52:19 AM EDT
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I re-created something I really enjoyed as a kid (I bought it as a kit). What a blast, young or old.
Great for getting the mail!  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:55:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By livinfree: I re-created something I really enjoyed as a kid (I bought it as a kit). What a blast, young or old. Great for getting the mail! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/273029/1997A71E-5C87-4783-B79E-4C5021CC11B1_jpe-3202559.JPG Way cool, thanks for posting that. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:59:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trollslayer: Perhaps this helps. These are some I actually had and enjoyed. USS Constitution - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1221/3420/products/85-5404-lg_1024x1024.jpg?v=1465152789 PT109 - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/5c/c5/fb5cc5ebb8636f3fb47a95d453006b20.jpg Avenger TBF - https://i.etsystatic.com/6002045/r/il/a869aa/3836771323/il_fullxfull.3836771323_jskl.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trollslayer: Originally Posted By uboat534: Can’t post pics but the old monogram/revell models. For the time great detail. I built a NOS kit from the 80s recently and it was so fun not worrying about super detail Perhaps this helps. These are some I actually had and enjoyed. USS Constitution - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1221/3420/products/85-5404-lg_1024x1024.jpg?v=1465152789 PT109 - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/5c/c5/fb5cc5ebb8636f3fb47a95d453006b20.jpg Avenger TBF - https://i.etsystatic.com/6002045/r/il/a869aa/3836771323/il_fullxfull.3836771323_jskl.jpg There is a neat series of books on Amazon “ remembering monogram/revell model kits. Pretty neat books and very nostalgic |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:01:04 AM EDT
[Last Edit: tsg68]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Trollslayer: Perhaps this helps. These are some I actually had and enjoyed. USS Constitution - https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1221/3420/products/85-5404-lg_1024x1024.jpg?v=1465152789 PT109 - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/5c/c5/fb5cc5ebb8636f3fb47a95d453006b20.jpg Avenger TBF - https://i.etsystatic.com/6002045/r/il/a869aa/3836771323/il_fullxfull.3836771323_jskl.jpg I grew up on the water and me and a neighbor kid built the motorized PT 109. It took D cells and was huge. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:01:27 AM EDT
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Back to the pistol cap bombs. Back in my youth, I would set up the battlefield with little green army men on the patio and drop the bombs from the second story window on the Germans. Had a string attached to the bomb for easy reloading.
I’m sure I’m not the only that did this. 50 years later I still have those same cap bombs in my dresser drawer. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:01:39 AM EDT
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Hurt to get hit by Acorns from these things...
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:02:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By livinfree: I re-created something I really enjoyed as a kid (I bought it as a kit). What a blast, young or old. Great for getting the mail! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/273029/1997A71E-5C87-4783-B79E-4C5021CC11B1_jpe-3202559.JPG We wore a rut in my buddies back yard perimeter running a mini bike like that, lol. |
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NM, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:02:20 AM EDT
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:03:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RealityCheck0311: My dentist office had a treasure chest to pick out a toy after the appointment. One of my favorite things were the foam WW2 airplanes. Usually got a day or so out of them until someone accidentally stepped on it. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/etcAAOSwBt5ZHu3Q/s-l1600.jpg https://i.imgur.com/V4WEVXE.jpeg Hell yeah, loved those. Still see them for sale at random gas stations in the middle of nowhere. Also loved these:  |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:03:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: tsg68]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ardent_Resolve: https://img0.etsystatic.com/118/0/9909911/il_fullxfull.1034561954_huvh.jpg The giant ones were awesome and my dad regretted getting us those, lol. They didn’t all fit in a toy box. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:04:59 AM EDT
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I had that toy gun that would shoot little plastic disks. And you could load like 20 of them into the fixed magazine.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:07:47 AM EDT
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Had these (G.U.T.S.) Basically rubber/plastic army men. Had so much fun as a kid. I think kids today lack imagination.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:10:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:12:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RealityCheck0311: My dentist office had a treasure chest to pick out a toy after the appointment. One of my favorite things were the foam WW2 airplanes. Usually got a day or so out of them until someone accidentally stepped on it. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/etcAAOSwBt5ZHu3Q/s-l1600.jpg https://i.imgur.com/V4WEVXE.jpeg When we went to see the Spruce Goose in the eighties there was a guy selling something like those but had a curved wing. Orange, white and blue with a steel clip weight on the nose. Maybe a 6” wingspan. He was tossing them in various loops. I set it up at the hotel air conditioner and it just hovered for several minutes until it shut off. Loved that thing. From the second floor it would glide really far. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:16:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:16:18 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 917-30]
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:19:37 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:19:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By livinfree: I re-created something I really enjoyed as a kid (I bought it as a kit). What a blast, young or old. Great for getting the mail! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/273029/1997A71E-5C87-4783-B79E-4C5021CC11B1_jpe-3202559.JPG Would a 6'5" adult fit on that? Can you tell me where you got the kit from? @livinfree |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:39:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Beretta_Jerry: Would a 6'5" adult fit on that? Can you tell me where you got the kit from? @livinfree Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Beretta_Jerry: Originally Posted By livinfree: I re-created something I really enjoyed as a kid (I bought it as a kit). What a blast, young or old. Great for getting the mail! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/273029/1997A71E-5C87-4783-B79E-4C5021CC11B1_jpe-3202559.JPG Would a 6'5" adult fit on that? Can you tell me where you got the kit from? @livinfree @Berreta_Jerry The minibike kit came from gopowersports.com I really enjoyed this project. My kids are grown and out of the house. They have a few different models and any would be a great for a father and son project in the garage. Prep, paint, and wrench turning and years of fun. Possibly having to create a few easy parts. I’m 6’1” and weigh 200lbs, 60 years old. I get the mail on it a couple times a week. People actually stop what they are doing and watch me go down the road! Probably thinking, “What the heck…. I want one!” |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:47:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 917-30: Bonkers have already been posted, so... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/440308/1000035671_jpg-3202565.JPG also https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/440308/1000035672_jpg-3202566.JPG Eta Beaten on Evel Hell ya on the yoyos. Who decided when yoyo season started? I remember when school started for the year everyone was playing marbles. A few months later the marbles were gone and everyone had yoyos. Then there was a few of us playing mumblity peg at the end of the football field. We didn't have marbles or yoyos. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:59:19 AM EDT
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Simple? Here is simple: A plastic straw and a bag of dried peas. Us kids in the neighborhood would have shooting wars across streets with those home made blowgun pea shooters!
Really fun and little risk of injury. Much safer than throwing rocks at each other.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:04:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RealityCheck0311: Our church had so many toys similar to that in the nursery for the kids to play with. They had to have been 30+ years old but still held up great. Can't think of many toys today that will last 30 years in a children's nursery. Had a lot of Fisher Price stuff like this too. The elevator would work with a crank, parts were not broken off, for some reason they just held together. https://i.imgur.com/L7s4CTo.jpeg LOL this was a favorite in my family. We called it Scooper and Leroy. Scooper was the guy with the hat. You can probably guess who Leroy was.  |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:19:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:37:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: livinfree]
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Deleted, off topic from OPs thread.
Apology’s to OP. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:45:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sparkyfender2: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/390133/R__30__jpeg-3202600.JPG Nice, bet that brought out good memories dragging those toys out of the attic. |
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