Post #102823 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Tue, Jul 20, 2004 12:47 PM

Martiki - That's a pretty horrifying story! But it's your own damn fault, bonehead! (taking an axe to your mom's new deck. he-he).

Tangaroa - My mom threatened to do the same to my Dungeons and Dragons books for the same reasons. I'm glad I wasn't the only one. Thanks for the pic of the Squirmel! I forgot about those.

Here are a few more of my favorite childhood toys:

This train set was amazing! You would build a song with different colored metal xylophone tracks. Each color was a different note. The battery-operated train had a small hammer underneath that would strike the notes as it rode over the track, playing a song. This toy wouldn't fly nowadays, as the metal xylophone pieces were sharp and would cut your feet if you stepped on them, (I know from experience). Too bad. They don't make as many intelligent toys anymore.

One of my all-time favorites was my Mattel Thingmaker and my hundreds of molds. We had a friend who was a VP at Mattel and would bring me boxes of brand new plastigoop bottles for free whenever I ran out.

Fisher Price Junior Circus Set:

Cardboard Bricks - Hours of safe fun. Build fortresses and knock-em-down. I probably had 50 or more of these stacked in a corner of my room.

Does anyone remember the "SSP" racers with their "T-stick" pull-cords?


And the SSP Smash-up-Derby?

The Wheelo:

And Pop-Beads (These were my sisters', but I thought they were kind of cool too).

Sabu