Do you remember?

[Gonna Smoke]

Long before there were video games, streaming anything, laptops, cell phones, etc., these were some of the things that held our interest...

 

[PPG1]

I'm showing my age but I remember them all. I had an unbeatable setup for Stratego

 

[yankee2bbq]

YEAP! I remember them toys too! Brings back some memories for sure.

 

[smokerjim]

yep remember them all also, i'm a surviver of the lawn dart ages, now i think a sling shot will get ya 5-10.

 

[chopsaw]

Yup , remember all of them too . A lot of the games are still in my Mom's basement . You made me go root thru some boxes this morning .

 

[MJB05615]

Heck yeah! Hot wheels were great. I loved Battleship too. Although when I was older it was pretty boring. I remember almost all of those. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

 

[ravenclan]

Brings back some great childhood memories, and I can still remember the smell of the old cap gun!

 

[chopsaw]

I can still remember the smell of the old cap gun!

How many full rolls did you hit with a hammer ?

 

[MJB05615]

I loved the smell of burnt caps paper in the morning. LOL.

 

[ravenclan]

How many full rolls did you hit with a hammer ?

chopsaw,

My dad had a "monstermaul" for splitting wood and we would do 10 rolls at a time. Had the cops show up thinking we were shooting a shotgun. Had to show them what we were doing.
We did try more then that but it was a waste and ten made the best and loudest noise.

Great Memories!

 

[chopsaw]

LOL . Never did 10 rolls . I bet that did make a noise . We used to stand one roll on edge and hit it . Pretty loud too . Hmmm ,, maybe this kind of stuff is why I ended up doing the " Big boy " version of the erector set for a living .

 

[rc4u]

i hope no ones still using erector sets to get a woody when we have cialis.

 

[JC in GB]

Those water rockets were a blast!

I played with most of that stuff. I wish they hadn't outlawed fun in the 80's.

JC

 

[JC in GB]

Anyone ever construct a tennis ball cannon out of soda cans and duct tape?

Spent hours of the summer building and playing with those things. I think that was the advent of my love for building things.

JC

 

[Bearcarver]

Wow!!
They even had most of that stuff back in my day.
We used to get plastic Cowboy & Indian figures from Cereal Boxes.
Then we'd line them up & shoot them down with Rubber band guns we made.
We were more easily entertained in them days!!!

Bear

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I'm showing my age but I remember them all. I had an unbeatable setup for Stratego

When I was working, my job consisted of problem solving. I was required to use critical thinking, deductive reasoning, strategy, some common sense, and math (YES! math) and apply them to a problem, or set of problems, to come up with a viable solution. Many of these games, such as Stratego and chess, help build those kinds of thinking skills in people. To some extent, I'm sure that today's video games, apps, and such do as well, but often I feel that they take some of the critical thinking away from people by making answers too easy for them.

Now, I just fish.....

 

[civilsmoker]

The only one of those that weren't in the house growing up is the robot.....but I watched enough lost in space to earn that one.....Many of them are still in our house now and they do still get used......

 

[noboundaries]

Ahhh, all familiar memories of good times.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Wow had all of them except for the football game or block city, we had logs to build with,
i remember the big solders in the 4 foot bag of Fluffs, fun times

Now, I just fish.....

I'm like you try to at least fish and cook as much as possible

David

 

[Inscrutable]

Yup, have played with all but 2 or 3 of those.

yep remember them all also, i'm a surviver of the lawn dart ages, now i think a sling shot will get ya 5-10.

My Dad got distracted by something and my cousins put one right into his arm ... think it wasn’t too long after that the metal ones weren’t sold anymore and replaced with plastic sorta suction tips IIRC.