Cool kids owned this toy.

[audtatious]

Hahaha ... we didn't need no stinkin' CPSIA back then! We got injured/maimed, lost limbs and had non-reversed mental disorders due to the lack of guidelines as compared to today! ... AND WE LOVED IT!

Little bit of this and you were sent back outside to play



If it was a bad cut they would put this on you....

[audtatious]

How about this?

I had a smaller set. I could hardly keep a car on the track as they would fly off each curve. THEN I got the TCR:



Total Control Racing...no slots and you could kinda change lanes.

[Encryptshun]

Little bit of this and you were sent back outside to play



If it was a bad cut they would put this on you....

True dat.

My favorite toy growing up was my BMX bike (it had blue tires!) and the ramp I built out of plywood and 2x4's I found in my old man's scrap pile. Old Blue and I competed against other lightcycles, went on Delta Force missions, thrilled millions with our death-defying stunts, and outran tornadoes.

God DAMN I miss being a kid.

[audtatious]

Kids these days don't understand. Too pussified and "protected". Miracle they can wipe their own noses....without using hand sanitizer before and after.

[nissangirl74]

Kids these days don't understand. Too pussified and "protected". Miracle they can wipe their own noses....without using hand sanitizer before and after.

[audtatious]

Another one...Kenner TTP's (Turbo Tower of Power)

[Ajax]

Kids these days don't understand. Too pussified and "protected". Miracle they can wipe their own noses....without using hand sanitizer before and after.

My nephew (now 5) still asks for someone to wipe his arse, but fails to wash his hands or flush the toilet.
My knees were always scuffed, scabbed or bleeding growing up. Didn't care, I'd ride my frankenstiened BMX without shoes on metal pedals with no safety gear but the foam padding on the handlebars and mainframe.

[Jesda]

Kids these days don't understand. Too pussified and "protected". Miracle they can wipe their own noses....without using hand sanitizer before and after.

Toys dont seem to teach communication, teamwork, or anything anymore. HANNAH MONTANA OMG RAH RAH RAH ASDFASDGT%#$$#R@Q#$@#$

[breadbox]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Socrates-Educationa ... _500wt_949

Anyone else get to play with one of these when they were younger?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb5Im7lwc6g[/youtube]

[AppleBonker]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Socrates-Educationa ... _500wt_949

Anyone else get to play with one of these when they were younger?

I completely forgot about that thing. I wonder if my parents still have it sitting around somewhere. I will be searching for it next time I visit them...

[breadbox]

I remember it being really fun and intuitive.

[Razi]

I have a picture of myself in an old red electric Jeep car, giving a ride to my sister.

That thing was fun but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too slow.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Massive and intricate hotwheels ramp courses, legos, k'nex, and military Micromachines were the bulk of my toy time.

[audtatious]

For those "not in the know" this is the 1975 Huffy Thunder Road:



Mine was an original black #4. It replaced my Schwinn with the banana seat...well. kinda. The schwinn was painted purple and gold and I put a 4' sissy bar on it at the time. Anyway, at the time kids were putting on those ROAR POWER's! You know, battery operated attachments to the handle bar that made a motorcycle sound. Still, I wanted me an Orange Crate but I never got one



Now, a buddy of mine had one of the Yamaha bikes with real rear springs and sprung front forks like this:



Was pretty cool!

[audtatious]

I also had one of these....talk about dangerous!!!!!



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6pWJSPaa6E[/youtube]

The vid above shows it on a shallow hill. We would find the steepest hills we could find and go down them either laying on it like they are or we would sit on it and steer with our feet. Stopping was a joke so you hoped a car was not coming across the intersections because if you were laying down they surely would not see you. Man, FUN TIMES

[Bubba1]

Ah,the orange crate stingray. That brought back some memories. I had a single speed schwinn stingray with a banana seat with a standard sissy bar, that my dad won in an Esso gas station contest back when I was maybe 9. But I had a neighborhood friend whose parents sprung for the orange crate with an extended sissy bar.(snazzy, pricey bike in its day). Very easy to get the front wheel off the ground as it was small/light, but you had to use the gears instead of standing up to accelerate as that gear shift was not in a good location for boys standing up.

[audtatious]

Orange crate was 86.95 back then. My first bike was a '69 Stingray Deluxe in gold. I upgraded to one of the drag slick tires at some point.

[Bubba1]

Orange crate was 86.95 back then. My first bike was a '69 Stingray Deluxe in gold. I upgraded to one of the drag slick tires at some point.

I got the slick rear tire the old fashioned way, I skidded it flat.

[dre1507]

yaaaaa, i rarely got toys as a kid. didn't really care for them though. most of my playtime was spent outside playing soccer, mock karate, cricket, flying kites, riding bikes, street hockey, or foot racing. oh and tons and tons of hide and go seek. my friends eventually got consoles, but we all still played outside just as much as before.

[breadbox]

I used to have two schwinn stingrays with fixed gear in Red. Loved the banana seat, it made a one person bike a three people bike. They were great.

[Xdisaster240sX]

I was not a cool kid:



Parents made me think it cost a million bucks or something. It was only $30 in today's money.

I used to have one but I think mine was either blue or yellow

[frapjap]

I was thinking that this was going to come up:



My mom helped me score both of those at a garage sale for $10.

But my favorite toy was this:


There were NEVER enough of these joints:


We made so many blanket fort skeletons, weapons to bash each other with, and guns.

[Xdisaster240sX]

OMG!!! I still have the blimp in my attic. That thing was AWESOME

[Xdisaster240sX]

Everyone should check out this site. It brings back so many memories.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0969/

[audtatious]

Everyone should check out this site. It brings back so many memories.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0969/

1985? I was a dad already

[Bubba1]

Everyone should check out this site. It brings back so many memories.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0969/

1985? I was a dad already

Agree. 1985 is too recent. Gotta go back to the 60's at least.

[skydragoness]

Kids these days don't understand. Too pussified and "protected". Miracle they can wipe their own noses....without using hand sanitizer before and after.

x2

I had these when I was little, loooved Thundercats:


Also (from He-Man):



But seriously.. big wheels... remember those? Drifting in them was so easy. I remember racing them in the streets after school

[Mr1der]

heh, my old dentist had one of those in the waiting room. I was 20 and still playing with it.

[Razi]

Stupid thing didn't even have enough power to power slide, but it was awesome!

[themadscientist]

When the other kids had the corbon copy big wheels, MiniMad was rolling the Green Machine!


That and throwing lawn darts straight up in the air and running.