Bicycle, oh my god the bicycle was king of all things fun. It was better than any other toy. I rode a bicycle a few weeks ago, 1st time since mine was stolen in Chicago back in 98, I was in heaven, better than sex, better than a near death experience.
Nothing beats the bicycle as an instrument and symbol of childhood freedom.
We also had writing rocks, those were an absolute necessity. Anybody else have writing rocks?
YES! YES! I know EXACTLY what you mean. My grandparents had those rocks in their garden in L.A. The first thing we would do is grab a big rock and that would be "ours" for the rest of our visit. (No one could touch another's chalk-rock as we called them without starting a fight.)
Other toys:
Lightbright -I forgot that one
Legos -I (ahem, still) have EVERY M-Tron set (The best set out there)
Toy Tractor -I got it in Iowa. It had a working steering wheel and you could see all the gears inside.
And the most famous:
Wire Strippers. The kind that you squeeze the handle until the stripper-teeth click and lock, them you release the handle and they snap back. Yes, I got my fingers pinched many-a-time. My dad had rolls of wire (500Ft 20-gauge) and I would spend hours stripping insulation off the wires into a big pile on the floor. That was fun. Until that lamp cord that was still plugged in. No really, I did do that!
Is this a Canadian thing? I almost got suspended from school when I was seven for lighting the field on fire (Maintenance had mowed the lawn and left oodles of dry grass for me to burn). Tragically, I melted the soles off my kick-ass velcro sneaks trying to stomp it out.
Just another reason why canada should be invaded every thirty years...
Wow, I wouldn't run that thing anywhere that it could get dirt under the outer shell....it's too pretty. Speaking of shell, what kind of "car" are you going to turn that into?
Wow, I wouldn't run that thing anywhere that it could get dirt under the outer shell....it's too pretty. Speaking of shell, what kind of "car" are you going to turn that into?
It's for pavement or carpet only...no dirt. I was thinking about the Tamiya Skyline GTR and NSX bodies...
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TV
Transformers
Anything that fell off of a tree.
Anything that shot something.
Bicycle, oh my god the bicycle was king of all things fun. It was better than any other toy. I rode a bicycle a few weeks ago, 1st time since mine was stolen in Chicago back in 98, I was in heaven, better than sex, better than a near death experience.
Nothing beats the bicycle as an instrument and symbol of childhood freedom.
Originally posted by drewprops
We also had writing rocks, those were an absolute necessity. Anybody else have writing rocks?
YES! YES! I know EXACTLY what you mean. My grandparents had those rocks in their garden in L.A. The first thing we would do is grab a big rock and that would be "ours" for the rest of our visit. (No one could touch another's chalk-rock as we called them without starting a fight.)
Other toys:
Lightbright -I forgot that one
Legos -I (ahem,
Toy Tractor -I got it in Iowa. It had a working steering wheel and you could see all the gears inside.
And the most famous:
Wire Strippers. The kind that you squeeze the handle until the stripper-teeth click and lock, them you release the handle and they snap back. Yes, I got my fingers pinched many-a-time. My dad had rolls of wire (500Ft 20-gauge) and I would spend hours stripping insulation off the wires into a big pile on the floor. That was fun. Until that lamp cord that was still plugged in.
Originally posted by InactionMan
Is this a Canadian thing? I almost got suspended from school when I was seven for lighting the field on fire (Maintenance had mowed the lawn and left oodles of dry grass for me to burn). Tragically, I melted the soles off my kick-ass velcro sneaks trying to stomp it out.
Just another reason why canada should be invaded every thirty years...
Currently working on this car .
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The kit:
http://www.yokomousa.com/newproducts...r_4tc_sd1.html
Originally posted by drewprops
Wow, I wouldn't run that thing anywhere that it could get dirt under the outer shell....it's too pretty. Speaking of shell, what kind of "car" are you going to turn that into?
It's for pavement or carpet only...no dirt. I was thinking about the Tamiya Skyline GTR and NSX bodies...