Toys of your youth

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

$225 to $900 on Ebay. Really nice one for the bottom price. Link sent to wife for Christmas list. This is the same wife that paid $30 for the $5 CVS FRS so I am optimistic!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny7-John...4AAOSwwbdWNCjZ

That seems about right for what I've seen over the years for it. I've always wanted one, but just could never get myself to spend the money. The one at this link does look pretty good. The box almost looks too good!


(EDIT: OK I see now the box is listed as reproduction)

[sprintertrueno86]

Originally Posted by chaoskaze

OMG those were the best!!!!!

I didn't get the rangers when I was a kid but I had....
[MG]http://blog-imgs-61.fc2.com/g/a/n/gangganggo/PC030434.jpg[/IMG]
!!!!!!

[IG]http://www.mandarake.co.jp/information/2006/06/11/akb02/p1.jpg[/IMG]


My brother was like fighting & crying so much when I got this that my mom had to get a 2nd one...=.=

I love Beast Ranger OP! (Obviously it's not the first power ranger in Japan... it's call Beast Ranger : Dino Force over there & I watched it again here as power ranger when I barely speaks any english. )
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2m...E3%83%BC_music

I had all the power rangers, Megazord, Dragonzord, Tigerzord and another robot from another japanese ranger series.

[Ultramaroon]

Updated versions of this are still in production. I loved it.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Icanfaptothis86

i played with the little green army guys ... we didnt have money for many toys or video games

when we got cable i had to dig the ditch to lay the lines with my father ill never forget that ... real talk man

It's funny. I've tried like hell to recall toys my brother and I had but we didn't really have any indoor games. Our friends all had the cool trendy toys.

We still had a 9" portable B&W tv when everyone else had cable but we had a half mile grass strip for my parents' Piper Cub and Luscombe Silvaire. Land is still inexpensive where I grew up and private aviation was commonplace. Dunno what it's like now.

[MuseChaser]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I was this kid.






Anyone remember these things?

Absolutely! I was that kid, too. At the age of 8, I was subscribing to Elementary Electronics and Popular Electronics, and building almost everything in every issue of EE. Loved that stuff. Drove my parents nuts.. but they encouraged it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

That seems about right for what I've seen over the years for it. I've always wanted one, but just could never get myself to spend the money. The one at this link does look pretty good. The box almost looks too good!


(EDIT: OK I see now the box is listed as reproduction)

I don't care about the box anyway. I am gonna play with that sonofabitch not collect it.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

Absolutely! I was that kid, too. At the age of 8, I was subscribing to Elementary Electronics and Popular Electronics, and building almost everything in every issue of EE. Loved that stuff. Drove my parents nuts.. but they encouraged it.

Yay, science!

[MuseChaser]

I had Johnny West, his horse Thunderbolt, Chief Cherokee, his horse Comanche, and a bunch of their associated gear. Spent UNTOLD hours with those when I was a tyke. Some of my first memories. This thread is so bittersweet it's almost painful.. I can still feel the little plastic bow and arrow under my fingers.. the plastic long rifle.. how beautiful I though the horses were. Man, this takes me back to places I haven't been in many, many decades. Thanks, guys.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I happened across a treasure trove of discarded electronic components and scooped them all up when I was 10 or 11 years old. I tried to make use of them but it was so hit & miss that my dad took pity on me and started taking me to Radio Shack for the right parts.

My dad was a garbage man when I was a kid. He used to bring home all sorts of electronics, motors and drives, small engines and other cool crap for me to mess with. I learned early in life that a capacitor can hold a charge for a very long time!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

I had Johnny West, his horse Thunderbolt, Chief Cherokee, his horse Comanche, and a bunch of their associated gear. Spent UNTOLD hours with those when I was a tyke. Some of my first memories. This thread is so bittersweet it's almost painful.. I can still feel the little plastic bow and arrow under my fingers.. the plastic long rifle.. how beautiful I though the horses were. Man, this takes me back to places I haven't been in many, many decades. Thanks, guys.

My sister had a pile of that stuff (not a slam she was weird). Ya this whole thread has been very nostalgic but could get expensive as I keep thinking of things I want again.

[Crashdummy]

When this came every December I would lose my mind!! The world stopped till I was done circling EVERYTHING!




Transformers, GI-Joe, He-man, Thundercats and many more!!




THIS is a toy aisle! TRU in the 80's

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Crashdummy

When this came every December I would lose my mind!! The world stopped till I was done circling EVERYTHING!

Me too. Different decade and store but same results.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

My dad was a garbage man when I was a kid. He used to bring home all sorts of electronics, motors and drives, small engines and other cool crap for me to mess with. I learned early in life that a capacitor can hold a charge for a very long time!

Ooo, camera flash charging circuits. BAM!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ooo, camera flash charging circuits. BAM!

OH YAAAAAAA!