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

Sat around for hours thinking up stupid questions to ask it.

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outofyourmind said:
Sat around for hours thinking up stupid questions to ask it.

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Have one sitting on my desk right now, that I use for my most important life decisions.


Which usually consists of me saying, "Okay, 2 out of 3 then" after the first shake, rewording my question, then shaking again.
 
outofyourmind said:
I guess I was the only one with a Lionel Train set.
I drove that train a million miles.

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Nope. I had this baby passed down from my Dad who's father bought it for him in 1938. Polar Express? Heavy as fuck. Came with 4 pullman cars, a tender car and a caboose. Only 20' of track.

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Hank Kingsley said:
Nope. I had this baby passed down from my Dad who's father bought it for him in 1938. Polar Express? Heavy as fuck. Came with 4 pullman cars, a tender car and a caboose. Only 20' of track.

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I had a great uncle who was HUGE into trains. I was the only one that ever asked to go out to his train shed (he lived in Sun City, AZ) and I'd marvel at how cool it was. he left me a lot of them when he passed, surprised the hell out of me. I have em up in the attic and supposedly they are worth a fortune. :noidea:
 
fordman84 said:
I had a great uncle who was HUGE into trains. I was the only one that ever asked to go out to his train shed (he lived in Sun City, AZ) and I'd marvel at how cool it was. he left me a lot of them when he passed, surprised the hell out of me. I have em up in the attic and supposedly they are worth a fortune. :noidea:
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There is a guy in town here that is a collector.

I plan on seeing if he's interested in this one. Once I was done with it it sat in my parent's attic until the house sold.

A rotten cardboard box, full of sawdust (shake roof) and silverfish!
 
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Hu War Yu said:
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
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funny you say this.
I to this day still use an alarm clock that I had from the 80's When I was in highschool.
 
Schmoopy1000 said:
funny you say this.
I to this day still use an alarm clock that I had from the 80's When I was in highschool.
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Young whippersnapper...

I use the same clock I got in 1971. Not even LED, the numbers flip over.

But it never needs alarm mode because sleeping in is something I am never able to do anymore.

I wake up hours before the clock would have to go off and lie there till 7 AM.
 
fordman84 said:
I had a great uncle who was HUGE into trains. I was the only one that ever asked to go out to his train shed (he lived in Sun City, AZ) and I'd marvel at how cool it was. he left me a lot of them when he passed, surprised the hell out of me. I have em up in the attic and supposedly they are worth a fortune. :noidea:
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I’d sell if they are just sitting in the attic. Let someone enjoy them.
 
Yeah Yeah not a toy
12 years old.
Azuki 10 speed
Looked exactly like this

Rode it hundreds and hundreds of miles thru the neighborhoods.



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outofyourmind said:
Yeah Yeah not a toy
12 years old.
Azuki 10 speed
Looked exactly like this

Rode it hundreds and hundreds of miles thru the neighborhoods.



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I got mine on October 16, 1972. A Raleigh Firebird 10 speed. $99 of my hard earned paper route $.

Simplex gears, old school centre pull brakes, clincher tires.

I know the exact date because the day my friend's Dad brought it and one for each of his sons home from Victoria was the day Pierre Elliott Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act during the Q-Bec FLQ Crisis.

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