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Thread: Children's toys
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Having posted an advertisement on the random tangents thread I'm reminded of the fun toys we had as children (girls - also given to my daughter), like Bilofix which was such fun that when my parents had friends around in the evenings we'd come down in the morning to find some adult built constructions.
The other thing they used to play with was the Scaletrix set. The really old one with a motor driven spring in a slot that drove the cars around the track. We used Dinky cars with stick on spikes.
Anyone else regret the lack of something now long gone?
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Ariel
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# 58
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My father used to construct some pretty good stuff with my Lego set, which I'd find in the morning. I guess one of the good things about being a parent is that you can revisit your own childhood, unashamed, once you have kids.
I loved my collection of Matchbox cars and had over a hundred. They're battered, repainted, and completely unsaleable but the memories are priceless. There was often a tiny car in one of my pockets wherever I went.
My other huge favourite, even more so than the Matchbox cars, was my collection of trolls. My first troll and I were inseparable. She went literally everywhere with me and onto my pillow at night. If I had a bath, so did she - much to the detriment of her hair, but her smile remained steady. I might not always have a Matchbox car with me, but my troll was a constant companion.
I don't think you can get either Matchbox cars or these little trolls any more - they were great fun though.
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BessLane
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We had all kinds of building toys when I was a kid. Legos, Tinker Toys, Erector Sets, Lincoln Logs etc. My favorite was the Erector Set at my grandparents house. I spent many many hours building all kinds of things with it. When I was in my mid 20's, I happened to metnion to the man I was dating how much I loved that toy. At Christmas that year, he went out and hunted one down for me. The cashier at the toy store, making conversation, asked him how old his son was, and gave him a very strange look when he announced that the toy was for his girlfriend...
Twenty years later, I still have that one the boyfirend gave me, as well as the original rescued from my grandparents house after my Sha died. I still build thing with them every now and them ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Uncle Pete
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I remember Lincoln logs. And Stay-lox (a primitive form of Legos, I think). There was one awful winter when my Mother wouldn't let me go out for days running, and I remember commandeering the living room for an entire village built with those two. Horses and cowboys bonhommes as well, and a lot of props from my electric train set (that may have been involved as well - I can't remember) My parents and siblings threaded their way through to watch TV for days.
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Lawn darts with points, which are banned in Canada now because we might dart each other. I amused that it is easier to buy a gun than lawn darts.
And popguns. What happened to popguns?
There's probably something seriously wrong with me that both toys I miss potentially cause injury.
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L'organist
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Train set, of course, but this was rapidly subsumed into my father's set. Other toys were inherited from older siblings.
But then for Christmas when I was 6 I finally got what I wanted: a proper woodworking set. Some older boys gave me a birthday present of a platform in a large tree and I started to build my treehouse.
I worked on it as my ability developed: I learned from the parish handyman, who reckoned someone in the Rectory family needed practical skills. Eventually a second platform was added and the two linked with a wheeled bridge so that it could cope with wind, etc. Window openings were glazed, the roof tarred and shingled and finally a power line was run down from the garage. It was watertight and very comfortable for the last years of my teens and into my twenties.
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