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32 minutes ago, 1Cool said:

This pic made me laugh.  We use to throw the darts up in the air and the goal was to play chicken with it and dodge out of the way at the last second.  It definetely bred some quick kids since none of us got hit.

We also use to fire roman candles at each other while riding around on bikes.  Crazy olden days!

How about this? Sometimes the best toys were home made. We didn't call these tennis ball cannons though. The ones I remember were made with the old tin beer cans. The one in the pic is Pringles cans but it's the only decent pic I could find.

1 hour ago, comicdonna said:

At about age 8, a friend and I were playing this.  I hit him in the temple with one of these heavy darts.  His mom woudn't let him come over to play anymore.

Yeah, kids definitely shouldn't have been playing with these. When I was around 6 or 7 i got one Jart from a rummage sale. Me and a friend just went out to the school playground and started throwing it straight up as high as we could. Luckily we didn't get hurt but I can imagine this type of behavior went on a lot with these. And with much worse results.

I don't know if these are illegal everywhere but they are where I live.  They sure were fun and I almost bought a set a while back. Couldn't help but wonder what would happen if I got caught playing with them in my own yard.

The football and hockey games reminded me of this. I was unaware until now that there was a White Shadow version.

Here's a book I have that is obviously very low grade but it is complete. The 2 original staples are there but there are three staples that have been added. I can tell the cover would be detached from the original staples but I'm not sure what the rest of the book would be like if the added staples were not there. As far as grading this -  would it be better to keep the three staples in the book or remove them? Would staple holes be preferable to added staples? Would it even matter for a low grade book like this?

I realize that if the three staples were removed I could end up with loose pages as well as the detached cover. I can't see the original staples at the centerfold because of the placement of the three added staples, but it seems possible that all the pages could still be held in by the original staples. Any opinions are appreciated

Surprised to find this tucked away with some modern stuff at a flea market yesterday. Pretty beat up but it's complete!

Learning with 8-track tapes. Does this count as a toy?

2 hours ago, Black_Adam said:

My older brother had all of these and when he'd wrestle me into his room, close the door and turn off the lights their glow-in-the-dark action would scare the #@%! out of me!

I forgot about these. I did have The Mummy

This was fun. You could get the cars to go pretty fast!

45 minutes ago, Black_Adam said:

Also have many fond memories of these mainstays (and Etch-a-Sketch, Slinky, Silly Putty, Superballs, etc)...

 

Ah, Mouse trap the game I never actually played! All I would do is put it together and spring the trap. It also reminds me of the Which Witch? game, which I played a lot.

3 minutes ago, HouseofComics.Com said:

I think this was considered the deluxe one. The first one (Coleco maybe, or something even more downscale) was really primitive.

My friend had this Coleco version. If I remember correctly it was an upgrade because you could pass.

I hunted down this Monogram Flapjack model kit that I had as a kid last year.  Mine doesn't work well so here's this video

38 minutes ago, Pontoon said:

Just one more, then I'll stop. Always had a good time with my Baby Bat kite.

 

I lost quite a few of these!

1 hour ago, TheWatcher said:

I was a huge fan of the comic and the toys 

Micronauts were awesome! Microtron was a little odd though 

Big Jim's Dr. Steel