Toys of yesteryear

[Aggie_Ama]

I got these yesterday from my mom's and behold my stars- there were two sets!! And the unexpected shock of suddenly remembering the little metal box Mammaw kept them in and the jar she kept the "two-ers" (what I called the smallest ones) in.

The boys all got a jar of my Pawpaw's marbles and a pocket knife from his collection. Mom said I have to go see Mammaw to see if she kept any of his things for me.

How cool about the jacks! I had some but never could get the concept.

[tulip]

I loved playing jax. I could play well when I was a child before I lost one eye; now I don't think I could do it. I hated stepping on those jax, though (and my brother's little green army men that were everywhere on the floor)

[Aggie_Ama]

You lost an eye? Do you have a glass one? One of my husband's best friend lost his in a BB gun accident. He has a glass one, pretty weird how that is an option.

[Biciclista]

yes. Jax (jacks?) hurt worse than legos on bare feet.
I never had an erector set, but we were able to buy one at a high priced toy store in the early 90's for one of my sons. After hours of constructing a little vehicle, there were parts that didn't quite fit right. that was the end of that.
very disappointing.

[eclectic]

. I hated stepping on those jax, though (and my brother's little green army men that were everywhere on the floor)

Ditto on that one!

My children's former elementary school and other local schools still hold Jacks contests to this day.
A nice, fun, innocent past time which is great for coordination.

[GLC1968]

I hated my brothers little army men...those things ended up everywhere and they hurt when you stepped on them!

We were big fans of anything that would allow us to build. Lincoln logs, legos, etc. We had this cool toy called Riviton that was an erector set from Parker Brothers where you had these rubber rivits that stretched into holes to attach things. It was cool because you could take it all apart and build something else without wasting anything. My dad worked for Parker Brothers, so we had all the different sets and my brother and I LOVED them. Then some stupid kid shoved the rivits up his nose and choked to death...so they recalled the entire line. We begged my dad to let us keep them if we promised never to put them in our nose, but he wouldn't let us...some liablility issue due to his position at Parker Brothers. Bah.

I found this pic of an ad from 1978 for Riviton (on ebay):


We were also big fans of the 'little people' line from Fisher Price (when we were younger). Those all got recalled as well (and redsigned) because kids choked on those, too.

[emily_in_nc]

We were also big fans of the 'little people' line from Fisher Price (when we were younger). Those all got recalled as well (and redsigned) because kids choked on those, too.

YESSSSSSSSSS! Little people, little people, little people! I just LOVED me some little people! Had no idea they eventually got recalled.

[Zen]

Some of the toys I don't know, the old standbys (Lincoln logs, Legos) I do.

i have my Matchbox car collection in it's carrying case and a Spirograph but I actually bought the Spirograph on ebay

[solobiker]

I use to play with my Dad's old army men he had when he was growing up.. He used to buy them on his way home from school back in the late 30s and early 40. They are definately not the plastic kind. He ended up giving me them which is pretty cool. I also had a Spirograph which was way too much fun, and of course legos. Other then that I used to spend most of my time playing outside.