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Posted: 8/7/2021 7:59:03 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I got this one...still have it.  https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/b3/08/23b3083a16f5610cc59e0099f593829b.jpg I had that one, too. Lot of great accessories in that set. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:00:42 PM EST
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There were 2 that I wanted as a kid. First a Big Wheel /Green Machine and a freaking Big Traxx. Never got the Big Wheel or Green Machine. My younger brother somehow got the Big Traxx. We are both in are 50’s now, And occasionally he will break out the Big Traxx and we will play with it like the kids we are.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:04:08 PM EST
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I got this one year. It was awesome. Somehow it survived my childhood.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:06:45 PM EST
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I always wanted a lava lamp. growing up a mall rat, used to go to spencers and just stare at them. always on my Christmas list but never got one. now I'm 56 and my lamp came in last week and I still love staring at it lol.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:06:52 PM EST
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The one my brother and I always wanted was a big trampoline. My dad didn't want to get us one because he thought it would kill the grass underneath. Eventually he got one for my brother, when I was in college. It didn't kill the grass, and in fact the grass grew more underneath than it otherwise would have. Thanks dad!
Quote HistoryQuoted: The best Marx set was the Civil War set. I had about 75% of that one, as a hand-me-down from my dad. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:06:53 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I got this one...still have it. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/b3/08/23b3083a16f5610cc59e0099f593829b.jpg US vs Vichy France play set? Lol interesting combination |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:08:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: US vs Vichy France play set? Lol interesting combination Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I got this one...still have it. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/23/b3/08/23b3083a16f5610cc59e0099f593829b.jpg US vs Vichy France play set? Lol interesting combination |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:09:25 PM EST
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Nylon 66.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:13:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.ET2b6rpd4cHD9yuFA0TvfQHaHO?pid=ImgDet&rs=1 It wasn't the radioactive materials that worried my parents. It was just rediculously expensive. I did get a chemistry set, though. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:14:18 PM EST
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:19:23 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is that the one that let you make long distance calls for free? That was the Capt Crunch whistle. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:21:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I got this one year. It was awesome. Somehow it survived my childhood.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE6J3wWE2PgMy and my brother got those for Christmas one year. We were playing in the tile hallway and one made it to the carpet trim piece and it jumped up and bloodied my nose. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:22:38 PM EST
[#13]
GI Joe Aircraft Carrier
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:42:37 PM EST
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(old man voice), in my day, we had the 12" Joes. A scale Aircraft Carrier, had it existed, would have taken up the whole back yard.
Between me and my younger cousin, we got a lot of stuff for the 12" figures. GI Joe, 6 million dollar man, Johnny West, and something else that was an attempt at a Joe knockoff. Little stuff would get lost. Weapons, ammo boxes, first aid kits, etc. There used to be a bag of such things available at the dimestore, I think for $1.00. That was resupply. I had the command center and the helicopter early on, probably the biggest things offered. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:52:37 PM EST
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I knew I wouldn't have got one even if I asked, so I didn't. I still want my AT-AT though.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:53:25 PM EST
[#16]
Originally Millennium Falcon. I have one now.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:53:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The GI Joe aircraft carrier. This |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:57:38 PM EST
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I wanted one of these Johnny Eagle sets in the worst way! As much as Ralphie wanted his Red Ryder BB gun. Unlike Ralphie, I never got it.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 8:58:19 PM EST
[#19]
Quoted: Shame. It would have kept me occupied for hours and hours. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/468452/image-2043892.jpg I still want one. Meh, best one is the one you build in the back yard with bricks, clay and mud, then populate with firecrackers and jumping-jacks. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 9:00:00 PM EST
[#20]
I got one for Christmas and spent many hours destroying the German army. I have no idea what happened to it.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 9:03:03 PM EST
[#21]
My brother's USS Flagg is currently sitting in its original box, tucked up in the rafters of my garage.
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Posted: 8/7/2021 9:19:02 PM EST
[#22]
I always wanted this:
 eta: note the 'fine-print' you didn't see that as a kid  and there was a plastic model kit (?) of Normandy / D-day (?) I can't seem to find anything on-line I was a huge connoisseur of comic books back in the 70's and all those ads kept a young boy wanting quite a bit. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 9:48:59 PM EST
[#23]
My parents got me one, mostly complete, from a garage sale. It was awesome. Unfortunately it’s long gone or I’d pass it on to my son.
The best part was most of the soldiers were unique and actually useful, unlike the usual pack with a minesweeper, RTO, bayonetter, and guy with binos, per every rifleman. Never got the USS Flagg though. 
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Posted: 8/7/2021 9:59:06 PM EST
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Posted: 8/7/2021 10:03:52 PM EST
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I had one. Germans took an ass beating daily for months.
Eventually the cannons broke off their mounts and were lost. I lost much of the other stuff dragging it into the woods for more realistic play. Favorite guys were the machine gun on bipod guys lying prone. I actually know where one is at in an antique store. I saw it last month. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 10:04:42 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That’s not the USS Flagg I was lucky enough to have that. I wish I still did. |
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Posted: 8/7/2021 11:33:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Meh, best one is the one you build in the back yard with bricks, clay and mud, then populate with firecrackers and jumping-jacks. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Shame. It would have kept me occupied for hours and hours. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/468452/image-2043892.jpg I still want one. Meh, best one is the one you build in the back yard with bricks, clay and mud, then populate with firecrackers and jumping-jacks. I did all that. Made buildings from cardboard boxes with different floor levels etc etc.. but I never got the Navarone playset. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 12:42:05 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: not getting one ruined my entire life thanks, mom and dad! https://lrmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/unnamed-3.png |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 2:31:15 AM EST
[#29]
Quoted: Shame. It would have kept me occupied for hours and hours. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/468452/image-2043892.jpg I still want one. I had that set! We used to get so many toys before my dad died. After that year, nothing was ever the same. |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 3:30:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always wanted this: https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50043/1000851924/original/100-pc-toy-soldiers-photo-u1?auto=format&q=60&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&w=650 eta: note the 'fine-print' you didn't see that as a kid and there was a plastic model kit (?) of Normandy / D-day (?) I can't seem to find anything on-line I was a huge connoisseur of comic books back in the 70's and all those ads kept a young boy wanting quite a bit. Oh man. I ordered a set of those. Ended up shooting a bunch with my bb-gun and then .22. The biggest disappointment I had from comics was the hovercraft I ordered! |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 3:43:55 AM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had the Navarone set and Fort Apache for cowboys and Indians. Loved them both! Battleground, Navarone, and Fort Apache...loved them all! |
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Posted: 8/8/2021 3:55:14 AM EST
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Mini bike. Parents never would buy me one, Dad said "if you want one, you build one."
So I did. Scrounged up a rusty old frame somewhere, sanded and painted. Swapped something for an old worn out lawnmower engine. Picked up other pieces here and there, mowed lawns, raked leaves, was down to needing only the centrifugal clutch and chain, so was picking up and returning coke bottles at a nickel apiece to come up with the money. Somehow, mysteriously, clutch and chain showed up in the mail, all by itself. Dad passed away six weeks ago. Never did own up to ordering that clutch and chain.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 4:00:52 AM EST
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Posted: 8/8/2021 5:59:01 AM EST
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In 1971 (I think), my Mom married my dumbass Step-dad. I got the whole Major Matt set including the cool Space Crawler. A week later for some reason, they said to box it all up and they returned it to the store. I still hate my parents and their both dead.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 6:23:07 AM EST
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Used to have a lot of full size GI Joes as well as that Navarone playset growing up. My dad used to buy toys for us at flea markets. New in the box for less than half of what you would find in the store.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 6:42:16 AM EST
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My cousins had the Navaronne set. I’d team up with the younger cousin and go against his older brother. We’d be the Germans in the fort. We all set up the army men and once done, got handfuls of rubber bands and battled, picking off each other’s men. The older cousin always won, but that was always a highlight of visiting.
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Posted: 8/8/2021 8:09:47 AM EST
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We were poor and my dad didn't especially like for us to be happy. So I never got any of the cool toys. So I see that stuff now and basically resent it for what it means to me. You never see me on here longing for my childhood. But at least I wasn't a spoiled little bitch that ruined my life on drugs. I always felt like I had things to make up for.
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