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Post by Jackie on Mar 6, 2008 11:28:40 GMT -5
When posting to another post here about weebles...I kind of thought it would be fun to share some of the toys my kids played with that my grandkids are not. My kids were born beginning in 1970 so surely some of you are the same ages... Happy Apple Chatter Telephone Grandfathers windup clock Fisher price farm...with the original .."people" Weebles Game called Barnyard fun( where you put a ball in the silo and winner is the person whose door it comes out) Romper Stompers Inchworm (this one is back) Gingerbread House game (where you put shapes in the chimney and pull a candycane lever to see which shape comes out.) Tupperware shape ball( that was impossible to pull apart and you had to pick it up by putting every single one of the one bizillion shapes in the right places  ) GI Joe Bionic Man with the detatachable arms Baby Alive (this disgusting doll is still around...LOL) Rainbow Brite Smurfs Snoopy with expensive clothes Tinker Toys with real wood Lincoln Logs with real wood ok...your turns...LOL Jackie |
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Post by Valerie on Mar 6, 2008 12:44:54 GMT -5
I have no idea how you remembered all those! I was not a "doll" person, but I did have one of those baby alive dolls! ;D
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Post by lorraine on Mar 6, 2008 13:55:11 GMT -5
I remember some of these, we have still got an old shape sorter somewhere, the red and blue one?
How about stickle bricks...
The fisher price camper van with a boat on the top? (my daughters still plays with my old one)...
The tree house with people ....
I'm going to look on ebay for a trip down memory lane
Keep 'em coming
Lorraine
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Post by Googsmom aka Jennifer on Mar 6, 2008 14:44:54 GMT -5
Brooks OT still brings the happy apple over to play with. When I first saw it I said "how old is that?"  Lincoln logs and tinker toys, hubby still has his. We have a snoopy ice cone maker. Not the same thing right? What about the dolls that were made of beans. I still have mine packed away. Her name is blue baby. No ears, no hands, one foot, a big rip on her belly, pen colored eyes, hole in her head, bit off nose etc.. but I stilll have her  What a trip down memory lane Jackie How nice of you! |
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Post by Jackie on Mar 6, 2008 16:04:42 GMT -5
Here's one for Bob if he reads on this ....how about a Winky Dink Screen www.tvparty.com/requested2.htmlyou see at 61... I am older than most tv shows. This one came on ...on Saturday mornings and you sent away for the infamous Winky Dink Screen. It had special crayons that you drew along with right on top of the tv screen. Of course in a house with four kids...it was a perpetual conquest to own the rights of the first one to draw...I was the oldest so I usually won...but can remember wrestling my sister to the ground more than once for the rights...LOL. Back to the 70s era...toys from New Zoo Revue. Did any of you ever long to be Emmy Jo in her white go go boots...dancing with Doug and Henrietta Hippo....Katie did... ;D And how about...Three Men in a Tub...anyone have this in their nightly bath? www.thisoldtoy.com/L_FP_Set/toy-pages/100-199/142-3meninatub.html |
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Post by Jackie on Mar 6, 2008 16:07:22 GMT -5
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Post by Ericsmomma on Mar 6, 2008 16:10:14 GMT -5
my daughter would watch a show called "Maple Town". It was animated cartoon with all animal characters. She LOVED playing with the little characters..they came in a family (bears, bunnies, etc.) She also loved The New Kids on the Block, and had all the Dolls.
My boys were into TRANSFORMERS (still around..made a comeback), and The Dukes of Hazzard. My oldest had the "General Lee" car and Boss Hogs Cadillac. My middle son, (the sensitive artistic, creative one) favorite "toy" was a wine cork I drew a face on...(yeah, thats right, a wine cork!). He called it "Corky". He slept with it, watched TV with it, and ate with it at the table. We all played along, because we didn't want to damage the young lad in any way! LOL. Thankfully, he outgrew "Corky", but he kept him in his "treasure box" forever.
This is the son that also LOVED watching the painter, Bob Ross, on TV. He was fascinated with him and how he could paint any scene from a blank canvass. Because of him, Mike got to be a very good artist. AH, I'm enjoying this trip down memory lane! Thanks Jackie!
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Post by lorraine on Mar 6, 2008 16:28:50 GMT -5
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Post by Jackie on Mar 6, 2008 16:44:32 GMT -5
Oh my nothing can beat "Corky"....love it...LOL Emily did have "Baby Christmas"...one of those almost life size cheap baby dolls. When she was about 5 she marked up its face with black markers. And the same year when Baby Jessica was being plucked from the well and brought up with her dirty little face in front of all the cameras...we found Em in the bathroom crying and trying to scrub off Baby Christmas's little black face. Somehow later that year she also lost her head...and Em kept wheeling the body around in her stroller until David (10) at that time declared it tooooo creepy and tossed it in the dumpster much to her dismay!  Colorforms Easy Bake Oven Clackers...those plastic balls on a string Tickle Bee Super Balls |
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Post by ALLISA on Mar 7, 2008 16:19:50 GMT -5
Noithing beats "people"....I LOVED them.....we too had the camper....and the parking garage cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Fisher-Price-Service-Center-Parking-Garage_W0QQitemZ150222017690QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150222017690 My parents still have this at their house and my boys loved it and now my nephews do. I had the big Barbie head that you could put make-up on....forget her "offical" name my brothers LOVED "He-Man"....had all the figures, Skeletor's castle, etc etc....again my boys played with them all at my mom's house Shrinky Dinks Slinky Silly Putty Chinese Jump Rope ( did Cat's Cradle with it ) I played with dolls.....but not sure what they were called.....I looked on E-bay bbut couldn't seem to find. They were more like collectible figures, they had beautiful "ball" gowns, hats, hoope skirts.,....and all had large eyes.....were cloth dolls.....anyone remember anything like that ? Oh.....I LOVED them.....I thought they were the MOST BEAUTIFUL girls ever....I'd line them all up and we'd have the "Prince's Ball" LOL...... Thanks for the trip down memory lane !! Modified to add: I couldn't stop looking for the doll and here is one..... cgi.ebay.com/Pretty-Pink-Carnival-Doll-from-the-1970-era-on-stand_W0QQitemZ150222876627QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150222876627 They call it a carnival doll from 1970....they were on stands...that was how I was able to search it....anyone else play/collect these....LMAO....I thought they were so glamorous !! |
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Post by Jackie on Mar 7, 2008 16:37:05 GMT -5
Speaking of dolls...I used to play with the little Mme Alexander dolls. Now they are for collectors and fetch a tidy little price...but when I was little they came in everyday clothes and I always got at least one for my birthday.
I must have been setting myself up years ago to be a caregiver and occupational therapist...cuz all my dolls were (in those days before political correctness) "crippled"...and used my little brothers leather slippers as a wheel chair. I think I got this from watching the original version of Heidi... ;D
I call myself a "closet doll player" cuz when I started junior high my mom thought I should be acting more like a teenager and not playing with dolls. So I would come home and sneak into my closet where I sort of hid my doll playing for another year.
Only one of my kids really played with dolls...Marnie had babes (full sized Mme Alexanders) all over her room. Emily preferred Barbies...and ...ahum....Kens too...LOL.
Jackie
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Post by Googsmom aka Jennifer on Mar 7, 2008 16:57:43 GMT -5
They sure don't make toys like they used to. I miss all these toys. The popcorn pusher..annoying The dolls Allisa is talking about were a favorite of mine too. I still had one up till about 10 yrs ago when Mary hauled it to the barn to play. Can we say chicken poop! Mary and my neice both wanted one of the barbie heads for xmas. Silly but of corse they got one I could spend too much time on that site Jackie. This is a fun thread |
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Post by pmjc on Mar 7, 2008 17:02:15 GMT -5
What about old TV shows??? My kids favourite was Mr Dressup, that was in the early 70's.
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Post by Chris too on Mar 7, 2008 18:39:12 GMT -5
I played with Barbies, Lincoln Logs, and FP Little People. My mom made clothes for my Barbies & my fav was a brunette like me. Other than that I was a bit unorthodox - climbed trees & read books most of the time. TV: Mr. Rogers was my all-time fav 'cause he loved me just the way I am & had cool videos showing how pasta & crayons are made.
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Post by Chris on Mar 7, 2008 18:51:10 GMT -5
Cootie game
Mr. Potato Head
Incredible Edibles
Chatty Cathy
Stretch Armstrong
Creepy Crawlers
Barbie, Midge, Ken and Skipper
metal rollerskates with a key to adjust them
Tetherball
That is all I can think of right now.
Chris
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