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Not really toys. In different years...in no particular order
-A chemistry set
-A microscope
-A reel-to-reel tape recorder
-A chemistry set
-A microscope
-A reel-to-reel tape recorder
What great toys do you remember getting for Christmas?
When I was very young, I received a Buddy L Coca-Cola truck. I played with it a lot and outside too. My elderly dad got it out of the basement a few years ago and did an amazing restoration of it. It now resides in the guest room I stay in when I visit and I have played with it with my little great niece.
Oh, I forgot all about Fort Apache. One of my siblings had it, but I can't remember which one. I had Lincoln logs and had fun with those.Fort Apache and Lincoln Logs.
Ha. I do remember that Wizzer. I'm pretty certain someone in my family had one of those at one point. Might have even been me, because I remember playing with it.Tonka trucks and Lincoln Logs for sure, but for some reason, this came to mind.
Anyone remember The Wizzer?
Anyone remember The Wizzer?
Etch A Sketch. And also my Rock’Em Sock’Em Robots. The best.
Edited to add: Lincoln Logs and an erector set.
Rock'em Sock'em robots!
Speaking of Hot Wheels sets, I really enjoyed my Thundershift 500!Great topic!
I’ll add Hot Wheels cars & set when they first came out around 1968
Later, a Cox .049 Baja Buggy gas powered car!
By far, most exciting Xmas gift ever was a Sears Screamer 5-speed "hot rod" bike with banana seat, butterfly handlebars, spring shocks, shifter on the cross-bar, crazy rainbow paint job. I rode everywhere and put many miles on that bike.
Tudor Electric Football is at the top of my list. My younger brother and I kept that set going for probably 7-8 years. After the first year we would get additional teams. We never got the prepainted teams - the plain ones were cheaper. We would paint them ourselves.
It was among the first electrical repair I recall performing. It stopped working, and we would tap it with our fingers to keep it going. I think I was 12 when I learned enough to open up the switch component and find the problem - broken wire. Fixing that and getting it working again was one of the childhood "milestones" for me.