Show your Age, Toy's you Grew up with

[JDmac72chrgr]

Texaco tractor-trailers, 2 of em (Tonka type), Hot Wheels, AFX slot cars with Richard Petty's Wing car & his Charger: softball in field behind house: bought pieces of couch foam, cut em, covered with cloth, mom stitched pockets on front for pieces of rug, STREET HOCKEY goalie pads ala Bernie Parent!! Used baseball glove, motorcyle glove with wrist/forearm protector as blocker, mom/dad bought me small net and a street hockey stick for Christmas. Bernie was a helluva better goalie then I EVER could be but ya can dream!!!

 

[QOTHL]

My dad bought me one of these - cool as ****!

He also bought me this model kit which I still think is of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.

I had a bunch of these and still have this model:

 

[Basket case]

My dad bought me one of these - cool as ****!
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He also bought me this model kit which I still think is of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.

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The real thing is a beast!

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

The real thing is a beast!

Dayton museum????

 

[Lefty71]

With green Army men, & the paratrooper you threw up into the sky.....

We used to tie strings to the army men with carefully cut and folded bread bags, to launch them into paratroopers..... Pops, were we poor lol??

 

[Lefty71]

here is an accurate example lol

Bees and wasps love those as much as you do lol

 

[QOTHL]

The real thing is a beast!
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[khryslerkid]

Show you Age, Toy's you Grew up with

 

[Lefty71]

Maico?? cant see pic good.

My '80 Honda Elsinore 250 looked very similar, anodized rims, many magnesium parts, Fox Airs, etc. I see that one has piggybacks (FoxShoxx), not Fox Airs.

 

[ESOXER]

Not me in the pic but I couldn't find a better one.
Rambo big wheel. I was like 3 or 4 when I had it and the headband, my uncle lived with us and looked like Rambo, whish I still had it along with my mini bike and mini 3 wheeler.

 

[eldubb440]

Texaco tractor-trailers, 2 of em (Tonka type), Hot Wheels, AFX slot cars with Richard Petty's Wing car & his Charger: softball in field behind house: bought pieces of couch foam, cut em, covered with cloth, mom stitched pockets on front for pieces of rug, STREET HOCKEY goalie pads ala Bernie Parent!! Used baseball glove, motorcyle glove with wrist/forearm protector as blocker, mom/dad bought me small net and a street hockey stick for Christmas. Bernie was a helluva better goalie then I EVER could be but ya can dream!!!

oh yeah.....street hockey was HUGE in these parts!

 

[eldubb440]

 

[YY1]

We used to eat lunch under the XB-70 when it was stored outside.

Walked the 5 blocks (plus the whole length of the museum property) from my house several times every summer from about 1980 until about 1984.

Bought refined versions of those balsa airplanes sandwiched with foam from the gift shop.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

We used to tie strings to the army men with carefully cut and folded bread bags, to launch them into paratroopers..... Pops, were we poor lol??

We did have fun and we did it outside​

 

[Basket case]

Dayton museum????

yup, US Air Force Museum in the R&D Building at Wright Patt.

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

yup, US Air Force Museum in the R&D Building at Wright Patt.

If I make it out to KS (family &grandkids), definately stopping there: was there 15 yrs ago for Hamfest. LOVED IT. THANKS @Basket case !!!

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

Was into models back in 70s

 

[Kern Dog]

 

[Kern Dog]

 

[JDmac72chrgr]

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THAT EXPLAINS A TON ABOUT YOU @Kern Dog !!