TOYS...Tell us your favorites growing up...and those you hated - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Ireneparalegal · 04-29-2006, 10:58 PM

Monopoly, God how i loved that game. I still do. me and my friends would play for days.

Slinky: I didn't have stairs in my house so it kinda defeat the purpose of having it. I would get boxes or whatever I could to make something high enough just to see it do its thing.

Easy Bake Oven: Sometimes the baking didn't come out so good. But I loved it.

Wooly Willy: that little cardboard with the man's face and it had magnetic shavings so you could make him a beard, hair, etc. That was fun to play with, for awhile anyways.

jacks: I was so awesome at that game. I could grab ten jacks at a time.

Chinese jumprope was the bomb!!!! We would play that at recess. At home when there were no friends around I would use two chairs to hold the chinese jumprope.

EmoJoe · 04-29-2006, 11:13 PM

i loved little people!

also, slinky. and a lot of board games. i also played a lot with stuffed animals, legos, and building stuff.

Mr. Television · 04-29-2006, 11:16 PM

I had all the GI Joe Dolls and all the stuff that came with them.

I also used to collect models like the MGM Movie monsters and airplane models. They were fun putting together and painting them.

Light Bright

I had a lot of games like Battleship, Monopoly and Hangman.

Janice · 04-29-2006, 11:20 PM

Operation, Monopoly, Yahtzee, Scrabble, Etch-a-Sketch.

Dutabi84 · 04-29-2006, 11:26 PM

Nintendo, Legos, and TMNT action figures.

Board games like Monopoly were also favorites of mine.

Brieannas21 · 04-29-2006, 11:37 PM

I loved Jacks, Light Bright,my Easy Bake Oven, which I still have, it looks nothing like the oven that they have today.

But my favorite toy that I ever had was a Show-N-Tell, I LOVED it, and I still have that as well.

The toy that I hated was Candy Land, it wasn't fun at all.

snl 70s show fan · 04-30-2006, 12:23 AM

i loved weebles they were so much fun to play with and i also loved my 2xl robot it was an interactive toy that woked when you put an 8 track tape cartridge into it and it would ask you all sorts of trivia questions and you pushed buttons when it gave you a mutiple choice it was so much fun i wore mine out playing it . i dont know of any toys that i hated but my mother told me that she once bought me an inch worm and for some reason i screamed and cried and wouldnt play with it and also the most boring game that was a big letdown for me was mousetrap they made it look like it was so much fun on tv but it stunk .

Ireneparalegal · 04-30-2006, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by snl 70s show fan

i loved weebles they were so much fun to play with and i also loved my 2xl robot it was an interactive toy that woked when you put an 8 track tape cartridge into it and it would ask you all sorts of trivia questions and you pushed buttons when it gave you a mutiple choice it was so much fun i wore mine out playing it . i dont know of any toys that i hated but my mother told me that she once bought me an inch worm and for some reason i screamed and cried and wouldnt play with it and also the most boring game that was a big letdown for me was mousetrap they made it look like it was so much fun on tv but it stunk .

I have this image in my head abt how disappointed you must have been abt the mousetrap game.

snl 70s show fan · 04-30-2006, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Janice

Operation, Monopoly, Yahtzee, Scrabble, Etch-a-Sketch.ive never been able to master the art of drawing on an etch a sketch everything ive ever tried to draw on one of those things always comes out looking like a staircase

snl 70s show fan · 04-30-2006, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I have this image in my head abt how disappointed you must have been abt the mousetrap game.

more than likeley you have a very acciurate image if it is of me pouting and thinking that ive been tricked then you hit the nail on the head

Ireneparalegal · 04-30-2006, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by snl 70s show fan

more than likeley you have a very acciurate image if it is of me pouting and thinking that ive been tricked then you hit the nail on the head

LMAO!!!!!!! hey, that's a better description than the one I was imagining!

Brieannas21 · 04-30-2006, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by snl 70s show fan

i dont know of any toys that i hated but my mother told me that she once bought me an inch worm and for some reason i screamed and cried and wouldnt play with it and also the most boring game that was a big letdown for me was mousetrap they made it look like it was so much fun on tv but it stunk .

I had an Inch Worm, I loved it, you had to bounce up and down it to make it move. I also had a Glo Worm that I would sleep with, mainly because his face would light up in the dark

moeee · 04-30-2006, 12:48 AM

Light Brights, UNO, Nintendo, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Etch A Sketch.

MASK Action Figures, A few G.I Joe Figures.

I also had a Mr. T doll

and I had a Rambo Action Figure.

PZelda · 04-30-2006, 01:53 AM

Let's see...I was a kid for a while in the 80's, so...

- NES
- Speak 'n' Spell, Speak 'n' Math and Speak 'n' Read
- Barbies
- TMNT action figures
- Fisher-Price Movie Viewer (if you were born in the mid-80's and earlier, you remember this)
- Play-Doh

There are many more I played with as a kid, but I can't think of them all at the moment. I still have many of my toys. A good number of the toys are at least 20 years old or older now.

Toys I hated...Well, I really can't think of any, sorry! Wait...My Fetch Armstrong toy was a big disappointment to me. I probably still have it, just don't know where it is now. Fetch was nothing like the Stretch Armstrong doll I had as a kid.

But that's really about it, I think.

Apparently, they didn't make a lot of these Fetch Armstrong toys...they're very rare to find, so I guess I lucked out on owning one.

Ireneparalegal · 04-30-2006, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by PZelda

Let's see...I was a kid for a while in the 80's, so...

- NES
- Speak 'n' Spell, Speak 'n' Math and Speak 'n' Read
- Barbies
- TMNT action figures
- Fisher-Price Movie Viewer (if you were born in the mid-80's and earlier, you remember this)
- Play-Doh

There are many more I played with as a kid, but I can't think of them all at the moment. I still have many of my toys. A good number of the toys are at least 20 years old or older now.

Toys I hated...Well, I really can't think of any, sorry! Wait...My Fetch Armstrong toy was a big disappointment to me. I probably still have it, just don't know where it is now. Fetch was nothing like the Stretch Armstrong doll I had as a kid.

But that's really about it, I think.

Apparently, they didn't make a lot of these Fetch Armstrong toys...they're very rare to find, so I guess I lucked out on owning one.

Play-Doh...that crap would get me in trouble..."Look!!!! Play-Doh is stuck in the carpet..."

04-29-2006, 10:58 PM	#1
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	TOYS...Tell us your favorites growing up...and those you hated Monopoly, God how i loved that game. I still do. me and my friends would play for days. Slinky: I didn't have stairs in my house so it kinda defeat the purpose of having it. I would get boxes or whatever I could to make something high enough just to see it do its thing. Easy Bake Oven: Sometimes the baking didn't come out so good. But I loved it. Wooly Willy: that little cardboard with the man's face and it had magnetic shavings so you could make him a beard, hair, etc. That was fun to play with, for awhile anyways. jacks: I was so awesome at that game. I could grab ten jacks at a time. Chinese jumprope was the bomb!!!! We would play that at recess. At home when there were no friends around I would use two chairs to hold the chinese jumprope.
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04-29-2006, 11:13 PM	#2
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04-29-2006, 11:16 PM	#3
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	I had all the GI Joe Dolls and all the stuff that came with them. I also used to collect models like the MGM Movie monsters and airplane models. They were fun putting together and painting them. Light Bright I had a lot of games like Battleship, Monopoly and Hangman.
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04-29-2006, 11:20 PM	#4
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	Operation, Monopoly, Yahtzee, Scrabble, Etch-a-Sketch.

04-29-2006, 11:26 PM	#5
Dutabi84 kittens must die Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: MN/TX Posts: 11,026	Nintendo, Legos, and TMNT action figures. Board games like Monopoly were also favorites of mine.

04-29-2006, 11:37 PM	#6
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I loved Jacks, Light Bright,my Easy Bake Oven, which I still have, it looks nothing like the oven that they have today. But my favorite toy that I ever had was a Show-N-Tell, I LOVED it, and I still have that as well. The toy that I hated was Candy Land, it wasn't fun at all.

04-30-2006, 12:23 AM	#7
snl 70s show fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2005 Location: in the forman basment Posts: 2,454	i loved weebles they were so much fun to play with and i also loved my 2xl robot it was an interactive toy that woked when you put an 8 track tape cartridge into it and it would ask you all sorts of trivia questions and you pushed buttons when it gave you a mutiple choice it was so much fun i wore mine out playing it . i dont know of any toys that i hated but my mother told me that she once bought me an inch worm and for some reason i screamed and cried and wouldnt play with it and also the most boring game that was a big letdown for me was mousetrap they made it look like it was so much fun on tv but it stunk .

04-30-2006, 12:48 AM	#13
moeee Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 40,094	Light Brights, UNO, Nintendo, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Etch A Sketch. MASK Action Figures, A few G.I Joe Figures. I also had a Mr. T doll and I had a Rambo Action Figure.

04-30-2006, 01:53 AM	#14
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Let's see...I was a kid for a while in the 80's, so... - NES - Speak 'n' Spell, Speak 'n' Math and Speak 'n' Read - Barbies - TMNT action figures - Fisher-Price Movie Viewer (if you were born in the mid-80's and earlier, you remember this) - Play-Doh There are many more I played with as a kid, but I can't think of them all at the moment. I still have many of my toys. A good number of the toys are at least 20 years old or older now. Toys I hated...Well, I really can't think of any, sorry! Wait...My Fetch Armstrong toy was a big disappointment to me. I probably still have it, just don't know where it is now. Fetch was nothing like the Stretch Armstrong doll I had as a kid. But that's really about it, I think. Apparently, they didn't make a lot of these Fetch Armstrong toys...they're very rare to find, so I guess I lucked out on owning one.