KrenzyRyan
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That is awesome! Love the plow!
Favorite Childhood Toy
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RobS
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It’s an obsession! I’ve found my second favorite childhood toy. It’s a BuddyL Country Squire station Wagon and TeePee camper. Sure was fun as a kid! Circa 1963?
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AWSOME!!! :thumbsup:
spitter
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Back in the day toys where cool lot better than the garbach they sell nowadays . When my kids where little I went to toys r crap to buy them cap guns the manger freaked on me and said WE DO NOT SELL GUNS HERE and you should not let your children play with guns anyway. Went to buy them GI joe 's and found them to be about 1/3 the size I had . No lawn darts no click clacks plastic erector sets chemistry sets without allthe good chemicals . Worst of all no cherry bombs or m 80's.
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2LaneCruzer
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Back in the day toys where cool lot better than the garbach they sell nowadays . When my kids where little I went to toys r crap to buy them cap guns the manger freaked on me and said WE DO NOT SELL GUNS HERE and you should not let your children play with guns anyway. Went to buy them GI joe 's and found them to be about 1/3 the size I had . No lawn darts no click clacks plastic erector sets chemistry sets without allthe good chemicals . Worst of all no cherry bombs or m 80's.
When I was of that age, I wanted a Gene Autry cast iron cap pistol; they looked so real to a first grader.
GENE AUTRY GUN cast iron | Etsy
This says 1940's, but I suspect earlier than that. They didn't make many toys during the war. In any case, I bought my little brother a Mattel Shootin' shell six shooter, that was great! Lawn darts (Jarts) were very dangerous, it's good they are gone...although my Granddad taught me to make my own out of a corn cob, chicken feathers and a big nail...not to mention the lethal cedar shingle missal "toy" he showed me how to make.
Clackers? Don't know why they quit making them, although they became irritating after a while. Erector sets, and Mr. Potato Head were fun, but not at night if you stepped on the parts bare foot. Loved cherry bombs; but had to be careful. Would blow up a mailbox, a toilet or blow off a couple fingers.
spitter
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click clacks two hardend pieces of plastic with a string held together had chips fly off and people got them in the eye. Shoot your eye out kid.:laughing:Lawn darts ,+,beer = :cool2: m80's cherry bombs + cigarette extended fuse keep fingers:cool2::drink:
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American plastic bricks..predated legos by 30 years or so. My Brother and I spent countless hours building houses with them. The set included half bricks, lintels, opentable windows and doors. Also had angled bricks for a slanted roof with green cardboard slats to span the structure. Lots of fun in those days.
But our best toy wasn't a toy at all.
Our parents were able to buy a tract house In Saratoga California in 1963. 1/3 acre corner lot that was on old orchard land, lots of hard clay.
Dad wanted to bust up the neglected ground, so he found a used Massey Harris Pony. It came with a mid mount grader blade made from a piece of split culvert pipe, and a set of rippers out back.
Our instructions were to not hit the house, but break up the backyard so he could plant fruit trees and a veggie garden.
We had more fun on that Pony, spent the summer on the back of that thing and enjoyed every minute of it. I was 8 and my brother was 11. Never got it out of first gear.
But our best toy wasn't a toy at all.
Our parents were able to buy a tract house In Saratoga California in 1963. 1/3 acre corner lot that was on old orchard land, lots of hard clay.
Dad wanted to bust up the neglected ground, so he found a used Massey Harris Pony. It came with a mid mount grader blade made from a piece of split culvert pipe, and a set of rippers out back.
Our instructions were to not hit the house, but break up the backyard so he could plant fruit trees and a veggie garden.
We had more fun on that Pony, spent the summer on the back of that thing and enjoyed every minute of it. I was 8 and my brother was 11. Never got it out of first gear.
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RobS
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I had American Bricks as well, I thought they were much nicer than Legos!