Favorite toy when U where a kid

[human clone]

GI Joe and Star Wars Action figures were my toys of choice as well.

Wasn't "Action Jackson" the British equivalent to GI Joe?

[2Nu]

I'm not sure about that, but I do remember wanting a 'non combatant' type action figure.
Even back then I harbored serious anti-war sentiments. Non-Conformist, that's me![B)]

[hexicon]

I was absolutely a Barbie girl. PC my as--we were very liberated little girls (back when liberated meant feminist and not sexually permissive). My sis and I had great fun putting our girls into all kids of crazy situations, cops Barbies, lawyer Barbies,

[phillyidol]

[quote][i]Originally posted by klgawx[/i]

Even back then I harbored serious anti-war sentiments. Non-Conformist, that's me![B)]
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[ExRat]

My favorite toy was a traditional type of bow and arrow called a "vöörtääv vibu ja nooled" that my dad made for me when I was about five. I practiced all the time and eventually became quite good at it. I still have it and it's one of my very favorite pos

[phillyidol]

At least your mother didn't make you play with a ken doll! WHY?!!!!!!!WHY?!!!!!!!!!!

[buffalochipz]

Stretch Armstrong was kinda neat. I once put one of his arms in a vise and pulled until the skin finally cracked. Reddish goop came out which was very sticky.
Battling Tops was a pointless yet fun game. Players wind string around their tops and launch

[Quite Life]

Wrist Rocket (Professional Slingshot) From 1980-1984 the streetlights in our neiborhood were no longer safe. Plus I thought it was a pretty punk rock thing to do..... heeee heeee heeee...[}:)]

[2Nu]

I had a Crossman 760 with scope courtesy of an older friend who (briefly) turned me on to shooting at small defenseless creatures such as squirrels and blackbirds <IMG SRC="http://www.jesseshuntingpage.com/forums/html/emoticons/smiley-shootin-green.gif">

[KYYX4ever]

(I played with a lot of "boy"-type toys:)
Erector Sets
Legos
Lincoln Logs
Matchbox Cars
Star Wars Action Figures
Simon
Spirograph, and any other toy that involved drawing and art

"Girlish" type toys like dolls always made me kind of nervous; not

[KYYX4ever]

Oh yeah:

and a toy that kept you entertained for hours, until somebody passed out, was Sit-n-Spin. You guys remember those ? My husband called it "Sit-n-Puke". hahahahahahaa

[ExRat]

I did eventually get a "Hungry, Hungry Hippos" game when I was about eight. That game kicked ass.

[beatschool]

Stretch Armstrong was cooooool. I had an idiot friend that punctured him and sucked out about 1/4 of the goop and ate it. I very vividly remember his family rushing him to the emergency room to have his stomach pumped. Green Machines were cool, too. W