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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:36:49 PM EDT

I still have mine from 1972 or so

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:38:17 PM EDT

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Until I found a new pastime at puberty..

Legos

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:38:22 PM EDT

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Paid for it with saved up allowance and birthday money

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:39:29 PM EDT

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Dick pics ain't allowed, man

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:39:39 PM EDT

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Picture a toy gun

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:40:30 PM EDT

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Had a house fire when I was a child no toys left.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:42:10 PM EDT

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My Evel Knievel stunt cycle didn't survive my childhood but man it was a lot of fun.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:43:49 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:44:01 PM EDT

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Lots of this, lots of cars and the stairwell down into the basement.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:44:45 PM EDT

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This is a reissue from the late 90s, but other than the packaging, it's identical to the one I had in the 80s.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:45:06 PM EDT

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1977 Kenner Star Wars Action Figures Commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2XVl2zGQmw

History of Evel Knievel Toys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJiJJUhs62U

JCPenney 1979 Christmas Toy Catalog! Star Wars Battlestar Galactica Alien Star Trek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0L4YAJQPI

Original Ultraman Toy Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI_8nz371Bk

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:45:35 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:46:08 PM EDT

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My grandmother bought me a super ball out of a machine when I was 4 years old. Played with that for years. I'm 61 and it is within arms reach as I type this. Thanks Mother Osborne........

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:46:09 PM EDT

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I really liked that there were dinosaurs and cavemen.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:47:10 PM EDT

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Early 90's Mongoose

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:47:48 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:47:55 PM EDT

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Edit: Beat! GT Performer

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:48:50 PM EDT

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Yep, did that too!

I still remember those red, hard plastic "tongue" pieces that attached the track segments together.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:49:30 PM EDT

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That or a nerf gun or super soaker

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:49:33 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:49:42 PM EDT

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late 70's mongoose with tuff wheels.
or maybe one of those SST dragsters where you'd
pull the rip cord and tear off your fingertip in the gear
at the same time.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:50:44 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:51:17 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:51:44 PM EDT

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Another of my favs...

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:52:03 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:52:16 PM EDT

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Damn I wish I had saved my toys.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:53:25 PM EDT

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I had that too. Got it for Christmas one year and I think I broke it after about a week or two.

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:58:14 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 9:58:57 PM EDT

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They remade them a couple years ago.

I got one

Posted: 2/7/2023 9:59:14 PM EDT

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Came here to talk about posting pics of my wiener and was beat like a rented mule.

Posted: 2/7/2023 10:07:13 PM EDT

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The day I got a marksman slingshot was a turning point. Applied ballistics, and the world became a target-rich environment.

Posted: 2/7/2023 10:08:46 PM EDT

[#31]

My cousin liked Planet of the ape toys and land darts

Posted: 2/7/2023 10:10:01 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 10:11:18 PM EDT

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"I was so poor growing up, if it weren't for me being a boy, I would have had nothing to play with."

But seriously, Legos.

Posted: 2/7/2023 10:12:05 PM EDT

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Stock photo

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I also really liked this one

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Posted: 2/7/2023 10:13:56 PM EDT

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Major Matt

Verti bird, if ya know, ya know. same with above.

Original 60's/70s GI joe shit.

Original big wheel rip out the seat with hand brake down a steep ass hill. None of that green shit.

Schwin Apple or orange crate bike.

BB gun fights in the woods, yes, my best bud has a glass eye. Going on 50 years now.

List could go on and on, you young punks have no idea the fun we had. Home by dark.

Posted: 2/7/2023 10:17:04 PM EDT

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1972. Exactly like this one. This is a pic of my TV while watching Pawn Stars do American.
Edit: This looks like a rebadged Trail 50, not a real Monkey. No turn signals and hand brakes had threaded bosses for rear view mirrors.

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Posted: 2/7/2023 10:17:51 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/7/2023 10:19:56 PM EDT

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1991 Yamaha PW50

Posted: 2/7/2023 10:20:41 PM EDT

[#39]

I had so many of those toys, Lone Ranger, Custer, Ghost gun, Evil Knevil, Tin Can Alley, ect. This one was one of my all time favorites.

Posted: 2/7/2023 10:21:24 PM EDT

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They remade them a couple years ago.

I got one

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My Evel Knievel stunt cycle didn't survive my childhood but man it was a lot of fun.

They remade them a couple years ago.

I got one

I commented to my wife that I always wanted one but never got one, and I would occasionally get to play with my cousin’s when visiting. She bought me one for Christmas this year! Lol I am 58 yo….it is a blast!