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goodcop2000 · (This post was last modified: 08-23-2012 02:46 AM by goodcop2000.)

The thread that StayPuft started about his 2XL robot got me thinking about my favorite toys when I was a kid. I thought I would post some photos and see who had the same stuff and what other kinds of toys you all were into.

One of my obsessions was Star Wars figures! I had about 50 of these from the original set before I sold them at a yard sale. I later collected some of the newer models in my 20's and passed those on to my kids.

Even before Star Wars, though, I loved plastic army men. The main type I had looked like the first picture below. However, I collected every type I could find so that at the end I had about 12 or 13 distinctive types of soldiers. I called the ones below Americans and assigned different nations to all the other types. For some reason the Dutch were always going to war against us. haha I had a set of colored wooden blocks that looked exactly like the 2nd pic below that I would use to build bases/forts for the army men and then one Christmas I received my greatest gift ever! The Guns of Navarone playset pictured below. I played with that thing forever!!

I did get exercise, too. I used to ride all over the place on my sweet Huffy bike, complete with banana seat and sissy bar. It was similar to the pic below but a different color.

I have a couple more toys to add but I think the limit is 5 photos to a post so I will continue in the next one...

I was a huge Matchbox cars fan and these are stock photos of some of my favorites...the are the Detomaso Pantera, an armored car, and the "Turbo Fury". The last one had fans in the back that would turn when you pushed the car.

Finally I will mention that I used to love to play army myself (different from the little men). I had a surplus U.S. army helmet liner like the one below and a toy machine gun and I would run around like crazy and hide in bushes. Back then the toy guns didn't have the orange parts to show they were toys, though.

I hope these photos have brought back pleasant childhood memories for some of you. I have had fun going down memory lane.

Unfortunately I got rid of pretty much all my toys when I reached high school age. I really wish I could have handed off my army men and cars to my kids.

Two more childhood hobbies popped into my head. I loved reading comic books - I would buy some at the drug store but mostly I found them at yard sales. And after the original "Pong" game which I am old enough to have seen I got the Atari 2600 and played many a game of Missile Command, among others.