Favorite Childhood Toy

[dragoneggs]

The local Avon lady had one of those.

My mom was one of those... Avon lady that is.

 

[MossRoad]

Good thing I left out the Ding Dong comment then, eh?

 

[MossRoad]

My favorite toy was probably my bicycle. It was just a little normal bike. I put on a banana seat and stingray handlebars after a couple years. But man, I just really enjoyed the heck out of that thing. I'd ride it everywhere. Off road before BMX was a thing. On the roads to friends' houses. Down to the Ben Franklin. Dairy store for candy. Over to the Little League park to watch a ballgame. Down to the river to go fishing. I think that's the one thing I got the most enjoyment out of.

Large metal trucks and excavating equipment were fun, too, of course.

 

[dragoneggs]

My favorite toy was probably my bicycle. It was just a little normal bike. I put on a banana seat and stingray handlebars after a couple years. But man, I just really enjoyed the heck out of that thing. I'd ride it everywhere. Off road before BMX was a thing. On the roads to friends' houses. Down to the Ben Franklin. Dairy store for candy. Over to the Little League park to watch a ballgame. Down to the river to go fishing. I think that's the one thing I got the most enjoyment out of.

Large metal trucks and excavating equipment were fun, too, of course.

Wow... me too. Banana seat but no high tail. We must have already confirmed our ages are about the same, 58?

 

[spitter]

Don,t consider a bicycle a toy because it was a necessity . I had a Evil Kinevel bike then a Schiwine Orange crate . My mom still talks about me riding my bike with my goalie equipment on and the net hanging off the sissy bar to go play hockey at the pond. Dad was always working and mom never drove so if you wanted to go anywhere you had to bike. Pulled some pipe out of a dumpster and put them on the front forks extended them out and put the smallest front tire I could on it I was the man.:cool2: Oh yea don't forget the Harley trading cards in the spokes . I also had the mass murderer trading cards and wacky packs .:cool2::drink:

 

[k0ua]

We used to make the clothes pin guns, but we used kitchen matches as ammo...and put the head into the gun first, so you ended up with a firey missal. Saw one kid get burned after being shot on the neck; needless to say, they weren't too popular with the parents. The old style clothes pins were better and sturdier, but today's models will probably work.


Clothes pin Bean Shooter - YouTube

I must have made a million of those things. I liked to use birdshot scrounged from shotgun shells also in mine as well as the matches.

 

[MossRoad]

Wow... me too. Banana seat but no high tail. We must have already confirmed our ages are about the same, 58?

:laughing: Turned 58 in February.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I had only one conventional bike that was bought for me. No little ones to start or training wheels. Single speed. It never did go straight from banging into curbs, learning to ride without being able to reach the peddles. It was just a, get on, push and go, see how far you get this time affair.

Then I got a smaller three speed with the banana seat and easy rider handle bars. Given to me by a friend that was moving away. I loved the three speed, although it was stuck in one speed only. No brakes. I cheated authority, because THAT bike, I didn't have to clean (on weekends) or present for inspection.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I guess when all things are considered, my Red Ryder 1000 shot carbine was my favorite toy. It did get me into a lot of trouble early on; seems that windows and hub caps are not acceptable targets, nor are little brothers.

 

[spitter]

You shoot your eye out kid.:laughing::drink:

 

[cqaigy2]

Cowboys and Indians. Apparently, i always played the Indian, dropping out of trees, etc. And didn't know cap guns were used to shot at people, i used it like a tomahawk throwing it at people. That earned me some disciplinary action, as i'm told, i threw my cap gun at my older sister and knocked her off her bike.

Another cool thing was our neighbors had a herd of ponies. We would hide behind trees, as someone would run them by, grab their manes and swing up on to there backs, sometime not...

 

[Industrial Toys]

You might have had a gun, but the sister wielding her skipping rope still had the advantage. I once went crying to my Dad who just made a joke about "Whip Lash" Funny how you never forget certain moments.

 

[Doofy]

You might have had a gun, but the sister wielding her skipping rope still had the advantage. I once went crying to my Dad who just made a joke about "Whip Lash" Funny how you never forget certain moments.

The Whip-Lash sounds better than the Mud-Pies, I was forced to eat.

 

[/pine]

I grew up on the edge of a large orange/citrus grove...fruit on the trees was off limits but anything on the ground was game...we all had garbage can lids to use as shields for some awesome orange fights...

 

[jmc]

I grew up on the edge of a large orange/citrus grove...fruit on the trees was off limits but anything on the ground was game...we all had garbage can lids to use as shields for some awesome orange fights...

Forgot about warfare... We used horseweeds with the rootball still on them to hurl like javelins. And weeping willow whips. Never thought of garbage can lids, though.

 

[Industrial Toys]

We once visited a farm as kids. My parents were inside but my sister and I were on one shed roof and the farmers two sons were on another close by shed roof. We had the greatest time, ripping off shingles and throwing them at each other. I wonder if anyone got a wopping for that? We just left.

 

[Doofy]

Forgot about warfare... We used horseweeds with the rootball still on them to hurl like javelins. And weeping willow whips. Never thought of garbage can lids, though.

Awww, Heck. We threw grass burrs at each other. The more burrs, the better they would stick in your back. Pair that with Ban-Lon shirts and you had pain.

 

[/pine]

When it came to outright warfare we would take sticks and sling stinging nettle plants (aka ant plants) also cut short spears from the Spanish bayonets (yucca plants)...we made maces out of the base of fronds from reclinatas (aka Phoenix palm)...

 

[cqaigy2]

I forgot about the garbage can lids. Made great shields, but the parents would be pretty ticked off, cause no lids on the cans, and they didn't fit so well anymore.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

You shoot your eye out kid.:laughing::drink:

Thank God that didn't happen!