Journal Raiford's Journal: Nostalgia 2
I was reading an "Ask Slashdot" post where a guy was trying to find an old kaleidoscope for a gift. This got me to thinking about the toys that I had as a kid. I have done this several times over the past year primarily because when I buy toys for my daughter I often go to this toy store that carries nostalgic toys. A few months ago I searched eBay for some of the things that I used to have and sure enough most of the items where there for auction. I didn't bid though. It's best to not try to replace the items (they won't be a good as the memory). I may be dating myself but here is a partial list:
Creepy Crawler set
The first Hot Wheels to hit the market (1968)
Rockum Sockum Robots
Twister Game (stupid because I was an only)
about 5 chemistry sets
Red Radio Flyer wagon
8-track tape player
The list goes on but you get the idea. If you could have any toy from your childhood that was long gone what would it be ? I wish I still had a few of the Hot Wheels (they were better back then of course).
My old toys (Score:1)
Other toys that I had included a Casio mini-music-keyboard-cum-calculator (really!), the original Action Man, a Rubik's Cube and Rubik's Snake, several board games (Monopoly, Scrabble), and an old video games box (forget the make) with the built-in video games (tennis, squash, etc.) Alas, only the board games remain, the rest either broke or were sold to charity years ago.
My star possession, though, was the record turntable with built-in speakers and built-in disco lights!
the one that I forgot ! (Score:1)