This is Flippin Awsome. My family had all but a few of those. Good times.
I had a mini bike. We used to ride in the cemetery behind my neighborhood. There was a paved 1/8 mile flat road for the maintenance crews. When we were out of school and weekends they were rarely there. So we made good use of it. (During the daylight hours of course)I still have a set of lawn jarts in my garage somewhere.
Can't forget these:
1. Chemistry sets
2. Hot wheels sizzlers
3. Wrist rockets and BBs
4. mini bikes w/o helmets
5. Pea shooters
6. Thing makers/creepy crawlers
7. Those gas powered airplanes that were connected to a string.
@JC in GB I remember the tennis ball cannons. Add some lighter fluid to the bottom can shake, put a flame to the hole and watch it fly.
At our age one has to be careful about ... tripping.......
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I was going to mention rubber band guns....
Then we'd line them up & shoot them down with Rubber band guns we made.
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What about the old SSP cars with the wind up "whips". Including the demolition derby cars as well.
And don't forget Silly Putty!
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The SSP cars where you "Rip" the cord to release them and rev them up. I've been trying to remember what they were called. Of course Silly Putty too. There were another type of cars, that you pulled them backward several times to wind them up and then let them go. The more you revved them up the faster they went. Can't remember the name.What about the old SSP cars with the wind up "whips". Including the demolition derby cars as well.
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And don't forget Silly Putty!
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Had me rooting around again . There's a motorcycle that goes with it , but it wasn't in the bag . It's here somewhere . I have several , all date from 1965 to 1968 . Got them new when I was a kid .How about the simple old Match Box cars?
Loved the balsa wood planes . Rockets too , but they got expensive fast .balsawood airplanes that you put together and flew, Este rockets,
Ouch !!I gave all my matchbox, hot wheels and GI Joe stuff to the neighbor kid. Still kicking myself in the arse.
Chris