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koriani, that's disturbing!!
(I did very similar things with mine!) I had heads all over the place. The occasional foot or hand, but mostly heads.
posted by
SpitFire70
on May 3, 2005 at 5:13 PM
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LOL...I always played doctor with my Barbies...
I would saw their feet off with a serrated steak knife!!
My favorites were the Star Wars action figures (wasn't much into 'dolls'). I would act like Darth Vader had kidnapped Leia (sp?) and when Luke tried to rescue her, Vader would cut her head off. Hee hee...I went through a lot of Leia figures that way...
posted by
koriani
on May 3, 2005 at 7:28 AM
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fwmystic, now you're just taunting me, aren't you?
Don't tell me, YOURS worked, right?
posted by
SpitFire70
on May 2, 2005 at 5:52 PM
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A slinky, a slinky, what a wonderful toy ...
a slinky, a slinky,
fun for a girl or a boy!
posted by
fwmystic
on May 2, 2005 at 9:23 AM
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Strat, I remember those!!!
The ER's and dentist offices probably made history in those few years they were around. At least most skateboarders wear helmets and elbow pads. (Hopefully!!)
posted by
SpitFire70
on May 1, 2005 at 9:54 AM
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Symph, they are quite complicated these days, aren't they?
It seems like the same pattern is following our generation cause some of our toys were frustrating cause we couldn't get them to work and now we can't even understand the ones our kids have!
posted by
SpitFire70
on May 1, 2005 at 9:52 AM
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Ah, the flexie, the flexie, the flexie...
As you know, the Flexible Flyer is a brand of sled, the kind you use in the snow, and every kid had one. The Flexie, however, was some Mensa candidate's idea of good summer fun -- a sled on wheels. No brakes, no nothing, just the sled and that weird steering apparatus, and wheels. Great fun flying down a steep concrete sidewalk, through driveway cuts and broken asphalt. Made dentists very rich that year. I don't think they were around very long.
Remember, too, that back then, kids didn't wear such sissy stuff as helmets, knee pads, or anything like that. Yeeha!
posted by
strat
on May 1, 2005 at 8:55 AM
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its not your age.....I think the toys today are more complicated too
I had simple toys as a child....my children have things that I cant work out...yet they know...
posted by
_Symphony_
on May 1, 2005 at 6:14 AM
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PoopyHead,
Nothing could make you prettier. Shut up. (But, hey, what was up with those Cabbage Patch Kids? I mean, that was after our childhood age, but still!! Eeew!)
posted by
SpitFire70
on April 30, 2005 at 8:58 PM
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I had a collection of those little 3" trolls...ugliest buggers you've ever seen, but for some reason I liked them. Perhaps they made me prettier? lol.
posted by
Julia.
on April 30, 2005 at 8:44 PM
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TigerPrincess, torture!! Pure torture I tell ya!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on April 30, 2005 at 6:29 PM
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I can't wait until I have kids so I finally will have an excuse to go out and buy all the stuff for them that didn't even exsist in my childhood. They have some hecka cool toys out there now. Not that ours weren't fun, but I have to say that RUbix Cube should've died after the first draft!
posted by
tigerprincess
on April 30, 2005 at 6:22 PM
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Strat, what's the flexie? What's the flexie???
posted by
SpitFire70
on April 30, 2005 at 4:30 PM
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See, Justsouno?
Did they turn out as crazy as me though? Hope not. I did say that those toys "helped" me to become a nut, so there is still hope for them!
posted by
SpitFire70
on April 30, 2005 at 4:30 PM
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LOL. I hated the f******n' Rubik's Cube!
Mine had Kung Fu Grip. No, wait, that was the claw hammer I had to use to solve the damn thing.
Then there were the dumb toys, the ones that were designed by mad scientists who obviously hated children and wanted to kill or maim as many as possible. Made it even more insidious becasue a lot of them were fun, like an old abandoned refrigerator is fun. Remind me to tell you about the "Flexie" sometime...
posted by
strat
on April 30, 2005 at 9:34 AM
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Wow I gave all those to my kids or barbies to my daughter****Who knew?
posted by
Justi
on April 30, 2005 at 6:49 AM
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totally different note...
Pic of my in OB..me and my hair! lol
posted by
Jemmie211
on April 30, 2005 at 1:34 AM
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Passion, yeah, I think of dorks.
posted by
SpitFire70
on April 29, 2005 at 10:52 PM
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The Rubik's Cube had a strange fascination.
posted by
Passionflower
on April 29, 2005 at 10:37 PM
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They did, Jems, but I must say that strategy and
hand/eye coordination is strengthened by those video games these days!
posted by
SpitFire70
on April 29, 2005 at 10:16 PM
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but at least our toys required you to use your imgination! The toys these days do everything for thr kids. It sucks!
posted by
Jemmie211
on April 29, 2005 at 10:01 PM
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