My Favorite Toy I Got for Christmas Was.....

A crystal radio?

 

Yep, I think that is why I got my degree in electronics.

A lot of good that eventually did me! :mrgreen:

 

Love it! I built several crystal sets growing up, but none looked that geeky! (Geeky as in good!)

 

Didn't have the Creeple People, but we had something similar - I think it was Incredible Edibles? and you could eat them! No telling what we ingested, :lol: but me, my brother and sister are still alive! We also had one that we made flowers with, I'm surprised any of us still have any fingerprints left - cause those things would burn the crap out of you!

This was it, I remember eating the insects! Says it was 1966, so I was 6 yrs old, :lol:

 

I found THIS website, in case you don't quite remember the toy and need a little help tracking it down.

 

I also had on of those light bright things. Well my sister did. Remember it had a black face then all of the colored pegs to put in to make a drawing or symbol?

 

I actually have a lite brite under the house

 

And now most kids

are electronically inclined over the most part ... who has the newest/latest greatest cell phone, tablet, gaming system - all high dollar stuff that does not put the imagination to challenge as the past good ol' toys do.

Another plus about the good ol' toys is that they were a kids' play factor of mobility as well (even if not much but scooting around the floor) instead of sitting like a lump on a log and using the hands/fingers only.

O well .... :nopity::beathorse:

 

I found it cheap at a yardsale and couldn't pass it up! It was one of my favorites growing up, always blamed my sister for leaving the pegs laying around when my dad stepped on them!

:jester:

 

My next favorite was the trampoline me & my sister got!!!
Probably about 14 years old

 

YES!!! That's it!!! I loved making those rubbery creatures! Thanks Webbie for bringing back some good childhood memories!

 

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Bandmom-I had the Incredible Edibles and Creepy Crawlers...the IE were nasty but because WE made them we thought they were wayyyy cool!

 

Oooh! I forgot about this one! Loved my spirograph!!

 

Yes...the Spirograph was a good one. I didn't have one myself but a friend had one and we spent hours with it. That reminded me of another one - the Wheelo-O! Was told that the Cracker Barrel sells these....think I will be dropping by there this week to find one.

 

I remeber some of them came with little paper inserts you could put in the wheel for patterns when it was spinning round and round

 

my parents got me a trash burning barrel. Believe me, I never forgot that one!

 

Stretch Armstrong!