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You Know You're Of a Certain Age...

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I had the smash up derby set.
"The haulin' power of sonic sound!"

 

Man, we were dumb kids! :lol:

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I almost forgot about the score keeping dials.

 

 

 

Loved that game!

Where have I heard that voice on the Thingmaker II commercial? :confused:

Where have I heard that voice on the Thingmaker II commercial? :confused:
I just figured it out! That's Jackie Coogan, a.k.a. Uncle Fester, from The Addams Family. :thumb:
I just figured it out! That's Jackie Coogan, a.k.a. Uncle Fester, from The Addams Family. :thumb:
Bingo! :thumb:

A few more games from my childhood.

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Paddle Pool

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Talking Football.

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World Cup Hockey

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My brothers and I played All Star Baseball for years.

 

I had one of the later ones, then my next-door neighbor passed along an earlier version of the game that her sons had -- only this one had the punch-out center where you placed the card over top of the spinner.

That was on the list I posted too. :thumb:

 

 

And boy, I had completely forgotten about the Thingmaker.

 

I used to have some iron plate molds shaped like army men or something. You would pour was into them and make your own army men. Now there's another one for Irwin Mainway! :lol:

 

Does anyone remember the little plastic figures that you had to carve out of a sort of waxy mass? After you carved out the basketball player, football player or whatever it was, you painted them -- or tried to paint them.

 

Here's some more:

 

The pottery wheel

The Sno-cone Machine

The Mini Coke Machine

Silly String

Super-Elastic Bubble Plastic (Wonder how many of us have brain damage from that crap!)

Spirograph

Viewmaster/Talking Viewmaster/3D Viewmaster

 

And how many people got their annual Halloween costume in a box from Woolworth's? That is a fond memory -- except the part where the rubber band snapped 5 seconds after you put the mask on.)

 

We were stationed in Germany, and I couldn't believe we couldn't purchase a Halloween costume in a box. We had a couple of cute clowns that year.

World Cup Hockey

 

 

 

Loved World Cup Hockey!!

I had one of the later ones, then my next-door neighbor passed along an earlier version of the game that her sons had -- only this one had the punch-out center where you placed the card over top of the spinner.

 

 

We also got some of those old cards from my uncle that he played with when he was a kid. They were brown, and we would use some of the old great players along with the modern day guys. Harvey Kuenn was a hitting machine with his card.

We also got some of those old cards from my uncle that he played with when he was a kid. They were brown, and we would use some of the old great players along with the modern day guys. Harvey Kuenn was a hitting machine with his card.

 

Mine wasn't quite that old. But, I'm guessing that it was shortly after Foster won his MVP...because his card was great! Even if your opponent got Hank Aaron or Babe Ruth, you always knew that George was going to be there.

 

Man, now I'm gonna have to give the parents a call and see if they've still got this around the house somewhere. :lol:

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