Old Toy Commercials
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Old Toy Commercials
I'm opposed to commercial advertising aimed at children. Still, this video is fun and nostalgic: http://www.archive.org/details/batterie ... luded_2009
Remember, every boy wants a Remco toy... and so do girls!
Remember, every boy wants a Remco toy... and so do girls!
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This is fun. Long though...I will watch it in increments.
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Holy crap, that cap gun shoots real Safe-Shootin'-Shells!
Seems like a pain to load, though. Despite all the war toys,
it's Chatty Cathy that scares the heck out of me. Also, I'm
apparently young enough I didn't realize that to play with
Mr. Potato Head, you once had to provide your own potato.
Seems like a pain to load, though. Despite all the war toys,
it's Chatty Cathy that scares the heck out of me. Also, I'm
apparently young enough I didn't realize that to play with
Mr. Potato Head, you once had to provide your own potato.
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I had a Chatty Cathy! She only talked for about the first 5 pulls, then she said "grrrssssgggggrrrrrrcccccckkkkrrrrrrggggg" for the rest of her "toy life".
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When we were little, my sister had Drowsy. http://www.dollinfo.com/mdrowsy.htm
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I remember getting one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WHQI5iKYfM
Makes you wonder how any of us survived. We had toys with tiny parts we were encouraged to take apart, lawn darts, and genuine-by-gosh asphalt to break your fall off the monkey bars. We had it easy, though. I've seen Marklin electric trains from the 1920's that used AC motors and had mains level current running in the rails.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WHQI5iKYfM
Makes you wonder how any of us survived. We had toys with tiny parts we were encouraged to take apart, lawn darts, and genuine-by-gosh asphalt to break your fall off the monkey bars. We had it easy, though. I've seen Marklin electric trains from the 1920's that used AC motors and had mains level current running in the rails.
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promotes learning, it does
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
It's dizzying, the possibilities. Ashes, Ashes all fall down.
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Do children even get skinned knees these days?
Not only was there the treachery of bicycles and roller skates (the over-the-shoe kind with a key), but there was an ever-present threat of just plain falling down.
It was a cause for celebration if you did not have at least one large scab, and most had several in varying stages of ook.
Not only was there the treachery of bicycles and roller skates (the over-the-shoe kind with a key), but there was an ever-present threat of just plain falling down.
It was a cause for celebration if you did not have at least one large scab, and most had several in varying stages of ook.
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I had Tiny Chatty Baby. When she quit talking, my father opened her up and fixed her so the little record worked again. The plastic speaker finally cracked beyond repair though.missy wrote:I had a Chatty Cathy! She only talked for about the first 5 pulls, then she said "grrrssssgggggrrrrrrcccccckkkkrrrrrrggggg" for the rest of her "toy life".
I remember having to use a real potato for Mr. Potato Head when I was 5 or so.
Bet they wouldn't dare sell a Creepy Crawlers set now that used a hot plate to cook the bugs like the original does.
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oh,oh, I had that Creepy Crawler thing, too. We made fishing bait with it. Would hold hooks in them while they cooked.
Can do that with the new one cuz you can't GET to the darn things when they are cooking (and the new ones just don't "set" like the old ones, anyway).
Can do that with the new one cuz you can't GET to the darn things when they are cooking (and the new ones just don't "set" like the old ones, anyway).
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Not only did my brother and I have a Creepy Crawler maker,he managed to keep one. I think I saw one of the things we made in his music room not too long ago!
Most of the stuff we just took for granted would hurt us, or found out the hard way, would never make it to the stores today.
Kids only fall down "virtually" now days when playing.
Most of the stuff we just took for granted would hurt us, or found out the hard way, would never make it to the stores today.
Kids only fall down "virtually" now days when playing.
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I still have the "thingmaker" (hot plate), and the molds for the original set and the Tarzan set and the flowers and the creepy Halloween pencil toppers; plus the tray to fill with cold water to set the hot mold into, and the handles for the mold, and the instruction books. Just don't have any of the goop since the original isn't made anymore. I used to have the edible set too, but they didn't taste real good. I don't know if those molds are still in the pile of stuff or not.cowtime wrote:Not only did my brother and I have a Creepy Crawler maker,he managed to keep one. I think I saw one of the things we made in his music room not too long ago!
Most of the stuff we just took for granted would hurt us, or found out the hard way, would never make it to the stores today.
Kids only fall down "virtually" now days when playing.
Remember the real wooden Tinkertoys?
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I had wooden tinker toys and any number of other construction toys, including legos, before they made anything other than the actual interlocking blocks.
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Yes. I had a set of them. Fun stuff. The plastic ones just aren't the same. The wooden version is still available, though.Charlene wrote:Remember the real wooden Tinkertoys?
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I had Creepy Crawlers, and Incredible Edibles, and Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs, too. I really liked the chemistry set and rock tumbler, too. But we played outside if it was the least bit tolerable, and having grown up not far from Walden, as he knows it can be mighty warm there in the summer and cold in the winter.
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