Best Toy you got as a kid, that wasn't a video game

When I was 10, I got this Radio Shack flip number alarm clock.
It had a weather feature too.

The great thing about it was I could hide under the covers and tune in stations at night and listen. Some out of Texas, some out of Louisiana. It was daring.

I still have this today and it works fine.
That's 50 years, no problems.
I'm missing the weather feature knob.


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outofyourmind said:
When I was 10, I got this Radio Shack flip number alarm clock.
It had a weather feature too.

The great thing about it was I could hide under the covers and tune in stations at night and listen. Some out of Texas, some out of Louisiana. It was daring.

I still have this today and it works fine.
That's 50 years, no problems.
I'm missing the weather feature knob.


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I had that exact same clock....
 
outofyourmind said:
When I was 10, I got this Radio Shack flip number alarm clock.
It had a weather feature too.

The great thing about it was I could hide under the covers and tune in stations at night and listen. Some out of Texas, some out of Louisiana. It was daring.

I still have this today and it works fine.
That's 50 years, no problems.
I'm missing the weather feature knob.


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NOT A TOY!!11!

Older brother had a very similar alarm clock which lasted for years, not sure if he still has it or not. I'm still using a digital one that I got as a 16 year old, has worked well for over 35 years.

Things just aren't made to the same quality levels these days
 
outofyourmind said:
Look at Chewy never having any toys or friends.


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Most of my toys were motorized. Dirt bikes and 4 wheelers en sech. That or my dad bought it for him and his drinking buddies disguised as a gift for me. Pool table and dart board en sech. But I got pretty damn good at pool for a while, but I played for the first time in years a few weeks ago and couldn’t make shit if it wasn’t a gimme shot
 
Anything that did not involve those welt inducing Hot Wheels tracks.
 
PnkPanther said:
I can tell you the best toy I never got but routinely asked for was

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Had a close friend growing up whose parents were divorced and well-off. He had that and pretty much the entire GI Joe line from that era. Had a room in the basement dedicated to all of his toys/stuff.
He grew up (and continued) to be a spoiled asshole and we're no longer friends.
 
BigRedMoe said:
Had a close friend growing up whose parents were divorced and well-off. He had that and pretty much the entire GI Joe line from that era. Had a room in the basement dedicated to all of his toys/stuff.
He grew up (and continued) to be a spoiled asshole and we're no longer friends.
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Should've kicked his ass in front of his kid.

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BigRedMoe said:
Had a close friend growing up whose parents were divorced and well-off. He had that and pretty much the entire GI Joe line from that era. Had a room in the basement dedicated to all of his toys/stuff.
He grew up (and continued) to be a spoiled asshole and we're no longer friends.
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sounds right

I think they were about 90 in 1980's dollars, so wasn't cheap toy
 
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