TOYS CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
Okay from what i remember i made a topic of 'monster kid christmas memories, and one about starwars. now its time to ask what sort of figures did you get when you were a kid? be it monster...
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My parents I have to say, spoiled me rotten on Christmas each year but never bought me ANYTHING for the rest of the year save a couple of toys on my birthday. But they really did go too far, that year...
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I think my favorite Christmas was the one when I got a Dual 8mm silent projector, and about 10 or 12 200 ft. Castle Films. Not just horror titles, but Abbott and Costellos as well, along with some...
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So, I'm sitting here at my desk on Christmas night thinking about this thread and it just hit me. I got a very distinct whiff of the smell of the melting paper thin sheets of plastic that came with...
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If my memory serves correctly, INCREDIBLE EDIBLES had a different type of mold than CREEPY CRAWLERS- more like a flat, stamped aluminum mold instead of the lead-like Crawlers molds. And you guys are...
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captainmarvel1957 wrote: So, I'm sitting here at my desk on Christmas night thinking about this thread and it just hit me. I got a very distinct whiff of the smell of the melting paper thin sheets of...
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I believe I got the VacuForm the year it came out, so I must have got it in 1962 like you, Yendor. I remember that there were some two part pieces. They were pretty difficult for a kid to make. I...
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My gosh -- that brings back the memories, even if the actual toy looks a bit different from what I remember. But then for the longest time I remembered "Screaming Skull" as THE scariest movie I ever...
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http://gammillustrations.bizland.com/monsterkid3/html/plastic1.html My Christmas Memories...I can't describe it any better.
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Some that I remember: Sucker Man Stretch Monster Countless Star Wars figures GoBots Rocklords Transformers Triple Changers
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back lot charlie wrote: If my memory serves correctly, INCREDIBLE EDIBLES had a different type of mold than CREEPY CRAWLERS- more like a flat, stamped aluminum mold instead of the lead-like Crawlers...
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By far my most anticipated toy was the Frankenstein kit from Aurora.I'd seen the ad in Boy's Life,but had never seen the kits anywhere,so I had no idea if I'd actually get one.That's a heck of a...
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Isn't it amazing what ninety-eight cents could do? Somewhere in this thread I think I recalled the Christmas that my Mother went into a discount store on Christmas Eve and found all of the Captain...
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It was a blast just looking thru a 5 & 10 back in those days. For a buck, you could buy all kinds of things.
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And remember the Sears Wishbook? Man, what a trip! We'd get ours in mid-September, and by the time Christmas rolled around, we were pumped! I think Spiegel had a Christmas book, too, and that was...
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Gee, Yendor, you could get a lot of cool stuff in a 5&10. Most of my Aurora kits came from 5&10s. Were the ones in your town chain stores? Woolworth, Kresge and Grants were pretty good with...
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We had a Wooworth's--that's where my mom bought us the Jaymar monster puzzles. We also bought a parakeet there that lived for quite a long time. Grants was much bigger and located in our one and only...
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A parakeet? Man, I forgot that dimestores had those pet sections in the corner where you could buy a parakeet, goldfish, turtle, white mouse or hamster. I had a blue parakeet for a number of years,...
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I think we bought a turtle or two at Woolworth's as well--and a few fish, too. They had a little snack bar/grille that served up the best cheeseburgers. Yum! In fact, those little snack bars were in...
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Our local Ben Franklin store,which we called simply "the dime store",sold multicolored baby chicks at easter time.They invariably bellied up after a week or so of hardcore affection.They had the pair...
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Whoa, I'd forgotten about those multi-colored Easter chicks! Can you imagine? They actually dyed their fuzz, or whatever it's called! In 1969, our folks bought us two that actually grew to adulthood...
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