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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:40 am
Loved Barrel of Monkeys!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:41 am
Remember Wacky Wall Walkers? They were a ton of fun until they got everything stuck to them.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:45 am
I still have my set of Barrel of Monkeys. Has the older looking barrel, not like the one in the pic. Mom kept some games and gave them to us as adults to appreciate. I don't think I remember Wacky Wall Walkers.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:47 am
The one in the pic is like the ones my kids had. My mom still has my brothers' Hot Wheels and their Lincoln Logs. I had all my Barbies and gave them to Elizabeth and when she had grown out of them, passed them along to my niece Taylor.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:48 am
Duncan Satellite Yo-Yo or a bunch of Hula Hoops were very popular when I was in elementary school.

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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:51 am
I remember barrel of monkeys here are the wacky wall walkers (had these, too)

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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 10:58 am
METAL (deadly?) Jarts anyone? Funny how we all lived through all of these dangerous toys!
We had this model of the Give A Show projector. This is just a picture of it I found on the internet. The only place we had that was dark enough was our basement. We'd project it onto the ceiling because it was white.

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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 11:11 am
Speaking of dangerous...I had one of these. Basically a hot piece of metal and some styrene plastic who's fumes you'd inhale.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 11:50 am
I would have kept most of my childhood toys, but my mom gave them all away (and I was furious when she gave all my Barbies to a neighbor girl I didn't even like!). The only thing I still have is a small doll my grandparents brought me from Scotland when I was a year old. Unfortunately, when I was younger my mom let me play with it when we had a puppy; needless to say, it's not in the best condition!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:23 pm
I wish I'd kept a lot of mine too but like Merrysea's mom, my mom was good at giving things away. She hated clutter and things would go left and right. She's saved a few things that are still at her house for the grandkids to play with but now the grandkids are getting past the age for them so hopefully, they will be there for the eventual great-grandkids.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:24 pm
did anyone mention spirograph?

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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:25 pm
Loved Spirograph!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:25 pm
I did and loved it. I remember getting it for Christmas and spending hours doing it
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:26 pm
Me too! Loved it! I tried to buy one a few years ago for one of my nieces, but I didn't like the look of the newer one, and none of the older (vintage) ones on eBay seemed to be in good condition.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:53 pm
One of my very favorite dolls, Baby Boo, circa 1965. (This is a photo I found online, not my original. However, I do still have her packed away somewhere.)

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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 1:45 pm
I've said before that Chatty Cathy was my favorite doll but I also had a Tiny Tears doll that I loved too. I still have the doll that my Grandmother brought back from Italy and gave me on my first birthday. I named him Little Willie because I wanted a little brother. Then I got one.....LOL I also just loved paper dolls. I had tons and tons. I actually had one dresser drawer that housed them all. My friends and I would sit for hours designing clothes for all of them.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 3:49 pm
Oh, I loved paper dolls too. I sure I still have mine packed away in a box somewhere. One of these days I have to go through my old "treasures."
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 3:55 pm
We still have my daughter's Booful Beans from the early 70s around here someplace.

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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 4:09 pm
I also loved my Beautiful Chrissy doll. You could make her hair get longer or shorter.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 4:10 pm
let me try again
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 4:10 pm

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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 4:11 pm
Liddle Kiddles, a few of my favorites and the house I had:

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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 4:12 pm
I was just thinking of those. Loved Liddle Kiddles and Lucky Locket Kiddles.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, April 25, 2008 - 5:46 pm
This was my mom's fave game, she used to entertain herself for hours with it. LOL.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 4:49 am
My Grandmother always had an afghan that she had crocheted across the back shelf of her car and the reflection on the back window from that was horrible! She also had one of these cats whose eyes winked each time the blinkers were on or the brakes were applied:
Just a touch of creepiness to it, but she liked them! After she passed away, we kept her car on the road until it had seen better days. My Grandmother was incredibly important to me, and through her later years I kept her car washed, waxed, and vaccumed out. Before we got rid of her car, I popped the Oldsmobile sign off of the glove compartment, and I still have that.
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