The Nitanny Lion version is still a big seller in central PA.- one of those unique (odd) toys that was popular for about a month -
OT- Strange toys you remember having as a kid
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Yea but it's used a warning signal when peds are roaming the neighborhood
Wacky Packages: http://www.wackypackages.org/stickers/1st_series/
These stickers came out in early 1973 aka 3rd grade. I had every one of the first three series. I spent every penny I had on these suckers. I still had a handful of stickers in high school. The tragedy, just like my Dad's Playboy collection, was that Mom threw them out because, in her opinion, I was too old for them. Same with my vintage Hot Wheels from 1968 to 1973. Oh the humanity.
These stickers came out in early 1973 aka 3rd grade. I had every one of the first three series. I spent every penny I had on these suckers. I still had a handful of stickers in high school. The tragedy, just like my Dad's Playboy collection, was that Mom threw them out because, in her opinion, I was too old for them. Same with my vintage Hot Wheels from 1968 to 1973. Oh the humanity.
I actually still play this. Check out my avatar, it's my little Gause and Carro. There are ways to manipulate the prongs under the bases to make them go any way you want, including perfectly straight for the length of the field. On later starting RU games my son and I play Rutgers against that weeks opponent while tailgating.
This was also a terrible idea...
I was going to mention these. Lots of bruises.
Who had the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin? It had a button you could press and it would eject a guy in the passenger seat who was holding a gun on him. Look at what they are worth today on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/381458744530?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/381458744530?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82
Target sells replica packs of series 1 Wacky Packages. I noticed them about a month ago. The top one was a Pall Mall cigarette pack & I thought "oh cool, a kid's toy featuring the cigarettes that killed my mother"
Haven't quite figured out how to post pics, so if anyone played with any of these favorites of mine, as a kid, please feel free to post pics!
1) King Oil -- I remember playing this one quite a bit over about a year.
2) Snakes -- those fireworks that took FOREVER to light, then started spewing horrible smelling ash and smoke, but made a cool snake tail!
3) Paydirt and Pro Draft -- two cool football games. They don't make these types anymore!
1) King Oil -- I remember playing this one quite a bit over about a year.
2) Snakes -- those fireworks that took FOREVER to light, then started spewing horrible smelling ash and smoke, but made a cool snake tail!
3) Paydirt and Pro Draft -- two cool football games. They don't make these types anymore!
My brother and I had BB guns that we used to shoot at each other. When we ran out of BB's we used to throw sticks or rocks at each other.
My dad told me about this one... got in a lot of trouble as a kid when he couldn't find the screen overlay, and just drew on the screen itself.
Had an electronic football game that you chose options like "throw medium" or "throw long" and you'd muse on the screen "incomplete" or "pass complete for a first down on the 37 yard line" with no graphics at all.
Has anybody ever owned the Godzilla toy with the shooting fist that did NOT immediately lose the fist?
Has anybody ever owned the Godzilla toy with the shooting fist that did NOT immediately lose the fist?
had cyanide and some other cancerous chemicals-- plus I almost burned the house down a couple times...
but my favorite was:
My brothers and I played with, lost or ruined millions of dollars worth of baseball stuff we had.
Just to name a few
JFK signed baseball
Joe DiMaaggio game used glove
Mickey mantle game used glove
Just to name a few
JFK signed baseball
Joe DiMaaggio game used glove
Mickey mantle game used glove
That's pretty awesome lol. Hopefully your dad gave you some Babe Ruth cards that you ruined in your bicycle tires!
I saw it mentioned earlier but the toxic plastic goo. I remember having it (I grew up in the 80s) and thinking that it smelled terrible.
Some toys that I had which seem a bit dangerous now...several cap guns that were exact duplicates of real guns. The only thing that differentiated them were the small orange plastic tabs in the barrel that we always got out. We'd run all over our town shooting each other. I can't imagine the trouble we'd get in now for playing like that.
I also had this car making toy which was essentially nothing more than a metal cup that got pretty hot. You'd put a lump of solid wax in the cup, wait for it to melt and then pour it into a mold. After it dried you'd pop out the car and play with it. When you grew tired of it, you'd rip the wheels off and remelt the wax to make another. I know I got burned on that thing. Based on my google search of "1980s toy wax melting car maker" I think mine was called the "Master Caster".
We'd always have those red plastic rockets that you fill with water and launch in the air after pumping it full of air. Those were extremely fun to shoot at each other.
I looked up what people have paid for a few of those things you mentioned. Wow! However you are and your brothers are probably the only people on Earth who ever played with such historically significant items. That in itself is amazing.
My 2 brothers made their own slingshots out of tree branches. They would get lead slugs from the police firing range and shoot them from our second floor bedroom window at the neighbors metal garbage cans after dark. That ended when they put a slug through the neighbors window and the police visited our house. No one was hurt but it could have ended badly.
"Jarts were king! One of my neighbors got hit in the head with one. Didn't penetrate. You did NOT want to yell "heads up" with those things. "Duck" was the better choice. Jarts were not eye socket friendly."
BHAHJAHAHAHAHAHHA LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Wacky Pack Cards/Stickers
- Odd Rod Stickers
- Funny Face Drink Mixes - I loved this, and sent away for most of the cups, which I still have.
- Silly Putty
- Tyco Slot Cars
- Creepy Crawlers
- An electronic experiment set from Radio Shack - can't remember the name
I played that all the time with Tyler and Corey when they were younger. Great game for kids.
Vectrex, I thought it was so cool.
http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/ebay_vectrex.jpg
http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/ebay_vectrex.jpg
I has this, but the Jackie Stewart version. I would call it awesome, but not strange.
So many greats already mentioned! Here's a few:
2XL - glorified 8 track player:
Slime - certainly smelled toxic:
Waterful games - had a bunch like ring toss, tictactoe and this:
2XL - glorified 8 track player:
Slime - certainly smelled toxic:
Waterful games - had a bunch like ring toss, tictactoe and this:
That reminds me of an old guy who was in the same nursing home as my mom. He was a friend of Johnny Vander Meer and had a baseball autographed by JVM and a bunch of all stars from that era.
Because the signatures were fading he took a pen and traced over top of all the signatures, making the ball worthless.
When you need traction and off-road tires aren't enough, you turn to ... tiger claws!
Can anything stop the ANIMAL?
How high as f!@# was whoever thought of putting tiger claws inside monster truck tires.
Can anything stop the ANIMAL?
How high as f!@# was whoever thought of putting tiger claws inside monster truck tires.
