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Post by pink3elephant on May 18, 2005 13:06:21 GMT -5
Hey all, this is a thread to reminisce over our childhoods.
So, let me think, one of my favorite toy back in the day was the easy bake oven.
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Post by Dred on May 18, 2005 14:10:03 GMT -5
GI Joes, Transformers, Legos, Smurfs, Superfriends, Dukes of Hazard. Hmmm. I'm sure I'll think up some more. The older stuff seems a lot better than the stuff today.
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Post by Saru on May 18, 2005 14:10:38 GMT -5
I remember when I was a baby my uncle sat me down in front of Star Wars. My second earliest memory is an ewok  Then the next time I watched Star Wars I relised I'd already seen it sometime before, but I was a baby then so I had no idea what happened. But I still knew what an ewok was. Boosh, small furry balls of empire destroying oddness. |
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Post by twyrch on May 18, 2005 17:52:22 GMT -5
Does anyone remember Romper Stompers?  I used to KILL for those in Kindergarten. |
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Post by dinadan on May 18, 2005 20:05:00 GMT -5
The big fad at school when I started kindergarten was slap bracelts. They were the currency of status; the more you had, the cooler you were.
OH, and I still remember owning a pair of M.C. Hammer-esque parachute pants as a 6 year old--again, because they were "cool."
Pretty much, the late 80s and early 90s were an insane time.
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Post by dgan on May 19, 2005 6:04:47 GMT -5
The big things I remember when we were kids was Garbage Pail Kids trading cards and Gremlins....the rest of my childhood is an emotional scar in the furthest depths of my cerebrum.
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Post by Janikz Rex on May 19, 2005 7:03:10 GMT -5
NINJA TURTLES!!!!! the original cartoon not this wack stuff out... me and my cousin had the biggest competition... who could have the best ninja turtle toys . it was a tie we were pretty spoiled kids ...
i remember in first grade my momz bought me all the collectable 24 inch turltle figures.. i brought them to school and i was the koolest kid in class that day lol ... i wish i still had them
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Post by dinadan on May 19, 2005 7:13:51 GMT -5
I wish I still had my He-man and the Masters of the Universe toys--I had lots of the ones that are worth tons of $ today, but mom got rid of all of them years ago....  |
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Post by Dred on May 19, 2005 7:43:06 GMT -5
The big fad at school when I started kindergarten was slap bracelts. They were the currency of status; the more you had, the cooler you were. OH, and I still remember owning a pair of M.C. Hammer-esque parachute pants as a 6 year old--again, because they were "cool." Pretty much, the late 80s and early 90s were an insane time. As a 6 year old? That was early high school for me. I remember pretty much everything people have been talking about but I don't recall the Romper Stompers very well. |
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Post by karenee on May 19, 2005 8:29:44 GMT -5
LOL Top this! I remember building a miniature mud stove, building a fire and boiling baby potatoes in a tin pot with my Quechua friends. New potatoes with butter and salt...ummm. Somehow, even fresh potatoes don't have that flavor here. Bolivia must not have exported that particular breed yet.  We used to ford the river on the way home, the only way to get to our valley. In the rainy season, it was hard to tell whether it would be safe, because flash floods ripped out the river bed and the road had to be moved regularly. Several times, we got about a third of the way across and water started slapping at the doors of the jeep. Dad decided we were so far that we were committed and gunned the jeep to get through, hoping it wouldn't foul up the engine. At one point, I think the water was 2/3 of the way up the door. Dad says it went in the window once. Once across, Dad would always brake repeatedly on our way up the hill to dry out the brakes so they would catch before we got to the cliff-up-cliff-down parts of the road. Oh, the flash floods were cool. I remember laying in bed listening to the grinding roar of the river. I could hear the massive boulders, some as big as a large truck, as they rumbled and thudded, pushed by the rush of the water. We would go out the next morning to see the rocky bed of the river completely changed. It was incredible! |
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Post by Saru on May 19, 2005 15:29:24 GMT -5
Ghostbusters!! WOOOWOO!! He slimed me ;D
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Post by dgan on May 19, 2005 22:24:44 GMT -5
Karenee, I think I saw that episode of MacGyver too! Just kidding. I am envious of your exciting childhood. Somehow, playing with Transformers just doesn't compare.
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Post by CynanMachae on May 20, 2005 11:09:32 GMT -5
for me, it was legos. LEGOS LEGOS LEGOS!!!! That is ALL we EVER played with. We still own dozens of sets.  |
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Post by Saru on May 20, 2005 15:21:49 GMT -5
 Mine got thrown out. Oh well, when I have babies it's a perfect excuse to go buy some and not look like a retard. Wait a sec... I look like a retard anyway ;D We loved all the space Lego crap, wooo space men!
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Post by twyrch on May 21, 2005 13:02:45 GMT -5
Wow! These memories are really stirring my own memories.
Karenee... I'm just like... Wow! I can't imagine anything like that.
Anyone here remember Silver Spoons, Alice, Gimme a Break, Different Strokes, Punky Brewster.... Gawd... I watched a lot of TV. LOL...
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Then the next time I watched Star Wars I relised I'd already seen it sometime before, but I was a baby then so I had no idea what happened. But I still knew what an ewok was. Boosh, small furry balls of empire destroying oddness.
I used to KILL for those in Kindergarten.
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Mine got thrown out. Oh well, when I have babies it's a perfect excuse to go buy some and not look like a retard. Wait a sec... I look like a retard anyway ;D