Back when it was easy to be entertained
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fastcat
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My kids would break that rockem sockem in a week. The helicopter wouldn't survive few hours. And I had something like that when I was a kid but it had a small plate that u taped to the ceiling with a 4 ft string and u hooked the helicopter to it, turned it on, and it flew around the room in a circle. The truck toy is cool, id play with that today lol. And couldn't get the kids a light bright, the little lights would be lost all over the house in a few days. But that commercial brought tears to my eyes, I always wanted one, lol.
On a side nite, X, u must be really old, that rockem sockem commercial looks like it was from the 20s. Lmao, jk
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On a side nite, X, u must be really old, that rockem sockem commercial looks like it was from the 20s. Lmao, jk
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Loved my Rock'em Sock'em Robots. I had three of them over the years as a kid because we were constantly playing it. Kept breaking the little ratchet things in the neck.
Had several of these too. Of course if I recall right though, they went like a thousand feet in the air - not 35. :what: Seriously though, the ones we had went about 100 feet up.
And who could forget these? That's a picture of me from a couple of years ago BTW.
Had several of these too. Of course if I recall right though, they went like a thousand feet in the air - not 35. :what: Seriously though, the ones we had went about 100 feet up.
And who could forget these? That's a picture of me from a couple of years ago BTW.
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Of course I had that.RamFan503 said:Anyone have one of these? Maybe the most dangerous toy ever made. Gotta love a toy that comes with a kiln. And you could eat bugs. Kinda liked the licorice flavored goop myself.
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And this.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyOiD5zXrCU[/youtube]
Memento
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Man, I remember a lot of those toys. The Lite-Bright, the Silly Putty, the Rock 'em-Sock 'em Robots...but my go-to toys as a kid were just regular old army men, and I used my imagination with them. Used to have them do battle against make-believe aliens for some reason, lawl.
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CGI_Ram said:
I was too old for one of those when they hit the market and it sucked because they were clearly a hoot to ride.
Remember the comedian Gallagher? He had an adult sized big wheel made and he rode it on stage. I was jealous as hell hahaha
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CGI_Ram said:
Man - I think every kid had at least a near miss on those damn things. The Big Wheel brake was the height of technology. Just yank on that thing and those plastic wheels made you go from 20 to 0 in a bone snapping 300 feet. Or you could be brave and stick your feet back on the peddles so you could shorten that distance by a good 30 feet. I never actually owned one but a friend of ours in Granada Hills had several of them. We were a regular triker gang. I DID hit a few parked cars on them but luckily nothing moving.
Comparing our toys, the kids these days might as well be wrapped in bubble wrap.
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Those are all great. I had most of them,,, and it's a miracle that my sis is still alive after riding her big wheel down the steep roads we had in Hawaii.
I was also influenced by our local Japanese TV channel in Hawaii. This was my favorite show (it was sub-titled in English),,, and I had this remote control motorcycle... State of the art for it's time btw...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-VqNFGDxiw[/youtube]
BTW,,, I can still sing that entire song in perfect Japanese. It's like singing "The Flintstones" theme song for me.
I was also influenced by our local Japanese TV channel in Hawaii. This was my favorite show (it was sub-titled in English),,, and I had this remote control motorcycle... State of the art for it's time btw...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-VqNFGDxiw[/youtube]
BTW,,, I can still sing that entire song in perfect Japanese. It's like singing "The Flintstones" theme song for me.