What is the best toy you ever had?
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If I had to pick just one, it would be the American Basic Science Club series my folks got me at great expense in its time. I doubt you could even create such a thing today, with all the lawyers working so hard to prevent kids from learning anything. Even if it was possible to create again, I doubt anyone could afford it today. But among other choices, a microscope, a chemistry set, a telescope, a Tonka 9-piece construction set (the steel ones, not plastic), the original Erector Set with the heavy duty 120V ac motor with gearbox - all were excellent toys. Also fun, but not a toy, was my Marlin 101-T .22 cal rifle, which I got when I was 8, the same year every boy in the neighborhood got his first gun. Oddly enough, no one ever lost an eye, or a finger, nor did anyone ever get hurt with any of the toys and tools they won't let kids have today. We learned a thing called "responsibility" from our parents, and practiced it until we got it right. A pity it's become a lost art... :sigh:
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
We learned a thing called "responsibility" from our parents, and practiced it until we got it right. A pity it's become a lost art... :sigh:
Very well said and spot on. :thumbsup:
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I used to have a friend (we were 5 or 6 years old as I recall) and we would build the tanks and other vehicles and get the figures and play at war in the garden. I have no idea how we decided who won or lost but a lot of those little figures got mashed into the grass! His father had a loft that was kitted out as a large model railway. I'm sure my memory is making more of it than it was, but it was amazing to a small child.
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:thumbsup: I was introduced to Airfix when I was 10. Until then (and to this day), I collected Dinky Toys. /ravi
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:thumbsup: I was introduced to Airfix when I was 10. Until then (and to this day), I collected Dinky Toys. /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I collected Dinky Toys
I had loads: the Batmobile, the James Bond car and so on. Sadly, I outgrew them and handed them on to my cousin who proceeded to destroy them. I don't think they'd have been worth anything anyway as I played with them, I didn't keep them in the boxes. What child does that? :-)
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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Hmmm... This question could really lead to NSFW responces :laugh:
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
I thought of whether I should add "as a kid" or not. But that wasn't what I had in mind. :)
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I collected Dinky Toys
I had loads: the Batmobile, the James Bond car and so on. Sadly, I outgrew them and handed them on to my cousin who proceeded to destroy them. I don't think they'd have been worth anything anyway as I played with them, I didn't keep them in the boxes. What child does that? :-)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
mark merrens wrote:
the James Bond car
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
Boring answer but it was my push bike. Gave me independence and, back then, we could go off on our own with friends all day I our bikes, sans parents, without a care in the world. I remember those long, summer days so fondly... And Isabel !
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mark merrens wrote:
the James Bond car
Clickety[^] :) You might enjoy browsing http://www.ravib.com/dinky/. Sorry, CP's buggy note editor refuses to linkfy the url. :( /ravi
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Blocked!!! Still, I don't remember the packaging, just playing with it.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
Can't remember her name.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Boring answer but it was my push bike. Gave me independence and, back then, we could go off on our own with friends all day I our bikes, sans parents, without a care in the world. I remember those long, summer days so fondly... And Isabel !
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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Good times. Riding all day long. Ah Isabel.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
ChrisElston wrote:
Ah Isabel.
Yes - she was known as the town bike - because... well, you know!
MVVM # - I did it My Way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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Can't remember her name.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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If I had to pick just one, it would be the American Basic Science Club series my folks got me at great expense in its time. I doubt you could even create such a thing today, with all the lawyers working so hard to prevent kids from learning anything. Even if it was possible to create again, I doubt anyone could afford it today. But among other choices, a microscope, a chemistry set, a telescope, a Tonka 9-piece construction set (the steel ones, not plastic), the original Erector Set with the heavy duty 120V ac motor with gearbox - all were excellent toys. Also fun, but not a toy, was my Marlin 101-T .22 cal rifle, which I got when I was 8, the same year every boy in the neighborhood got his first gun. Oddly enough, no one ever lost an eye, or a finger, nor did anyone ever get hurt with any of the toys and tools they won't let kids have today. We learned a thing called "responsibility" from our parents, and practiced it until we got it right. A pity it's become a lost art... :sigh:
Will Rogers never met me.
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
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The best toy I ever had was a Meccano set (Number 6). Using it you really learned mechanics, while building your own toys at the same time. I'm sad to learn that Meccano isn't around in the same way as it used to be. So while planning away what to buy for my kids in the future I'm wondering what was/is the best toys you ever had?
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES! Abraham Lincoln
That would be my body! Note: I consider my Self to be my mind, thus the body is probably the best toy I've had (so far).
It is a paradox that paradoxes would actually exist in reality. That means of course that they don't exist. However, they do!
∫(Edo)dx = Tzumer ∑k(this.Kid)k = this.♥
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Not really a toy, but definitely a "Toy". When I was 12 I had my own Helium-Neon laser (and safety goggles, and a long list from mom & dad of what *not* to do with it).
Was your home a hollowed out volcano by any chance? Andy B