GolfHos

I think someone started a thread like this last year.  Probably Claven. ::)

Favorite, or most memorable toy.  I've posted a few of mine as avatars.

I had a Big Trak,  (actually never got a Mattel football  >:( )  Had a Starbird.  I also had 2 of those chopper dealies that gleek has in his avatar.




Neat stuff.

[Edit:]  I tried to search for spacey's bag of glass.  Bag of ass is funnier.

(http://i12.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/c9/ac/6d46_1.JPG)

Hmm, on second thought, maybe the original Lego castle.  The yellow one.

(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:NHMH6x1NUZt-TM:http://www.ben.com/LEGO/Castle/6075.jpg)

(http://kenallinson.com/images/BagOGlass/BagOGlassHeld.jpg)

If I gotta pick one, simply for the hours occupying me...

(http://www.nwcomputers.com/atari2600.jpg)





Starbird was cool too, but this was better:

(http://theswca.com/images-toys/figuretoys/falcon-rotj.jpg)




And too many cannibalized Lego sets all tossed into one big box to list.

Although the Vertibird is one of the most memorable toys that I received for Xmas, it lasted only a few minutes before my dog attacked and killed it.  :sad3:

Since UB already mentioned the Atari 2600, I have to go with this one:

(http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/Colecovision_System.jpg)

The kid down the street from me had one of those.  ^

Another friend had Intellivision.

(http://www.heimcomputer.de/pics/intellevision1.jpg)

Colecovision had the best DonkeyKong evar!  But I remember Intellevision Football kicked ass.

Colecovison Donkey Kong was awesome! I still remember the trick for getting Mario to climb the ladders faster.

I got an Atari 2600 for Christmas a couple of years ago...not as fun I remember it being.  The football and baseball are horribly boring, though I remember play them for hours as kid.  Now it just sits collecting dust, I should probably put it on E-Bay and rid of it.

LOL

George Plimptown3d!    :D

(http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/media/media_pix/plimpton.gif)

I could never get past the first few screens. I was teh sukk.  Never made it to the conveyors with the pies.

But I remember like yesterday, when I first saw it.  It was indescribable.  It was the arcade version.  I could only think, no more quarters!  And, I don't live here, so I can't play it as much as I want.  :(

LOL

(http://images.etsy.com/all_images/e/ed3/0e7/il_430xN.9355970.jpg)

I think the enjoyment of Atari came more from the competition than the actual gameplay. There was no greater enjoyment then burning my brother for a long pass play when he selected a run-defense formation. Or, I should say "THE" run-defense formation. IIRC, there were only two plays to choose from. LOL

We had Pong before the Atari 2600. I loved the 2600!


(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c189/FuzzyPhotos/superpong10.jpg)

Vertibird was cool as well.

Ditto rickhicks.

i figured stroh's would be his fleshlight

 [sm_devil]

Best toys ever:

(http://www.thingsfromtheattic.com/cart/images/D/d_2398.jpg)

(http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/marx/greenmachine2d.jpg)

why do you hate merka, comrade?

LOL ;D

My brother and I used to launch them at each other. Incredibly neither of us lost an eye.

I want one of these.  Artoo Detoo (http://www.hammacher.com/publish/72698.asp#)

Little something for  The Ladder King  (http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74923.asp?promo=homepage)

 >:(

Favorite toy?  for Christmas?

Um....  maybe a few of those "littlest pet shop" pets. 

I am sure that someone we know will have to google or wiki that one! [sm_devil] ;D

yes, i am THAT old. :sad3:

(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j218/rainmanred/GIJoes/ATMAG1.jpg)

I had one of those.  Actually, I still have it.  Eventually it will end up on eBay.

Magnavox?  My neighbor had one of those.  For some of the games, you had to tape a transparency to the TV screen.

Vertibird
(http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/VertibirdShip.jpg)

The pic was too large and I'm too lazy to resize it.  So google Castle Greyskull of you want.  But that was a memorable toy of mine.  He-Man bitches.

Had the same thing in mind when reading this thread....

Holy Cow EAGLE - my 8 year old daughter still loves those!

And remember how amazing we thought it was...played it for hours on end.

What was the name of that football game that vibrated so the men could move?

(http://www.miggle.com/images/upload/items/6071.jpg)

Dumbest game ever. We used to play it for hours on end.

I had one of those too. Could never get anything to work right. They had those stupid things on the bottom and I would end up having a bunch of guys going around in circles.

Sounds to me like it worked about right. Was it supposed to behave differently?

 [sm_thumbsup2]

LMFAO.  ;D

Were we more easily entertained back then, what was it?

That tended to be the best part as I went into the marijuana years.

Ah.  Was there anything better than that little foam football you had to try to stuff under the plastic guy's rigid arm, and make it stay?

Maybe just trying to peel off all of those tiny little cellophane number panels to stick on the "men", and getting in fights about why 64 couldn't be an offensive lineman.

Hmmmm  memories.