Author Topic: Toys you had as a kid. (Read 30810 times)

nctnico · « **Reply #25 on:** August 28, 2015, 02:56:58 pm »

Quote from: Dave on August 28, 2015, 01:34:51 pm

Legos!

If my kids (whenever that might happen) show an interest in Legos, they are going to get Legos. Lots of them. Daddy might tag along, you know, because someone has to show them how things should be built.

Definitely Lego! I have quite a large collection. And it is good quality which lasts generations. The first wind-up Lego engine I got is over 3 decades old and it still works perfectly. Unfortunately my kids aren't very interested in Lego even though they got a bit spoiled. I could not resist myself when I saw this train set:

I had to buy it and I built it together with my youngest son.

German_EE · « **Reply #26 on:** August 28, 2015, 03:55:42 pm »

Meccano (in black and yellow). I also had a chemistry set when I was eight and an electronics set when I was nine http://www.hansotten.com/index.php?page=ee-series Only the Meccano lasted, then I discovered my first electronics shop.

nctnico · « **Reply #27 on:** August 28, 2015, 04:09:52 pm »

I forgot how old I was when I got my first electronics kit. I'm sure it was a Phillips EE2040:
http://www.hansotten.com/index.php?page=ee2040-41-50-51

Tom45 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 28, 2015, 04:27:48 pm »

Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Chemistry Set, Crystal Radio Set.

That was back when chemistry sets had "dangerous" chemicals and were fun. I drove my family out of the house one Saturday morning when I made hydrogen sulfide.

German_EE · « **Reply #29 on:** August 28, 2015, 09:49:09 pm »

One thing that fascinated me about that Philips Electronics kit was the 125uF 16V capacitor as it came in a dark blue plastic wrapping (no idea why). As a tribute to that kit which started me off so long ago everything I build has a Philips 125uF 16v cap somewhere in the circuit.

sdg · « **Reply #30 on:** August 29, 2015, 08:32:33 am »

Half a dozen lead soldiers, a knife, some pièces of wood, a magnifying glass...

Electric flower · « **Reply #31 on:** August 29, 2015, 09:25:03 am »

Football ball, i loved all sorts of vehicles, really wanted lego but they were expensive.

I didn't have much toys and by the age of 6 I wasn't really into toys, then i started to play video games until the age of 15.
Through whole childhood I was really into mechanics, by the age of 13 i knew how to stick weld, solder, drill, tap a thread, fix everything on bicycle and it was probably most fun of everything I did. Still I don't understand why I got into electronics high school... luckly electronics are amazing, but high school education isn't.

VK5RC · « **Reply #32 on:** August 29, 2015, 10:10:41 am »

Horseshoe shaped magnet, crystal set, home made electronics kit (thanks Dad) then Meccano - I still think its the best toy ever made.

SeanB · « **Reply #33 on:** August 29, 2015, 10:56:52 am »

Steam engine, assorted tools ( and permission from Dad to use his non power and non bladed tools unsupervised) and no toy or junk in the neighbourhood was safe.

SaabFAN · « **Reply #34 on:** August 30, 2015, 03:55:30 am »

Lego, a Kosmos electronics-set and PCs (DOS 6.22 - Spent hours configuring Config.SYS and Autoexec.BAT to get games running^^).
Does a Boat + Outboard-Motor count too?

Red Squirrel · « **Reply #35 on:** August 30, 2015, 09:37:13 am »

NES, and SNES for sure. Still my favourite consoles to this day. Now everything is all cloud based embedded computers basically.

One thing I spent a lot of time playing with though was K'nex. I had tons of it, at least two roller coaster sets worth and then some. I built all sorts of interesting things including a wind powered crane, I used a fan to power it. I liked playing with the gears to give more torque and so on.

I also made "high voltage" transmission lines throughout the basement. Used foil paper as the wires, and 120v from the outlet for the power. I was probably like 10 when I got my first electric shock.

So many hours spent playing with K'nex... and electricity.

Balaur · « **Reply #36 on:** August 30, 2015, 10:37:11 am »

Thanks to some exchanges and trading programs between communist/socialist countries, I had an "Optik Cabinet" set from the Eastern Germany.

You can see it here (not my site)

Rather nicely made and very instructive. Multiple versions have been produced if I remember correctly.
In my version, many of the set-ups called for a light source represented by a candle. My 5- years old self was very confused since a candle was clearly not enough even in the dark. In the later versions, they used a light bulb drawing (well, duh!)

Circlotron · « **Reply #37 on:** August 30, 2015, 11:42:21 am »

In grade 3 in 1967 I got a Denshi Block electronics set. There were eventually many variations but I had this particular one -> http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/65858190/DENSHI_BLOCK_ELECTRONIC_BLOCK_CIRCUITS.html I just plain wore that thing out.

HighVoltage · « **Reply #38 on:** August 30, 2015, 12:01:07 pm »

Not a toy but this book led to many "toys"
I think it was 1975, when I got this book.
The book was printed in 1970
My first soldering iron looked exactly like the on on the book cover.

Title: "Radiobasteln für Jungen"
Freely translated:
"Tinker about radios for boys"

Today you could not publish a book with such a title in Germany.

This was more value than any "kids toys"

Simon · « **Reply #39 on:** August 30, 2015, 01:26:28 pm »

Quote from: timb on August 28, 2015, 08:25:27 am

I didn't get my first real erector until I was about 13, I'd spend all day, locked away in my room playing with it. In fact, I still do.

Mechanical Menace · « **Reply #40 on:** August 30, 2015, 03:28:38 pm »

Computers, consoles, and Lego were all I really bothered with. All of the Transformers and He-Man stuff people got for me thinking I'd like them are still in their boxes, never opened lol

Simon · « **Reply #41 on:** August 30, 2015, 03:32:49 pm »

I was big into lego and never had a TV, never got loads of sets as they were expensive. I was also into 00 gauge railway. Apparently I was scared of the intercities that roared by near our house so my dad bout me an intercity train set to show me what they were and crush my fears. It worked and he got very into it as well doing repairs and a lot of wheeling and dealing in the stuff. We also had some scalextrics but not much, masinly played with it at friends.

ElektroQuark · « **Reply #42 on:** August 30, 2015, 03:47:10 pm »

Quote from: miguelvp on August 28, 2015, 03:12:27 am

In Spain we didn't have Lego but we did have Exin Castillos (Castles):

I loved my EXIN Castillos.
No, there was not LEGO but TENTE.
Do you remember?

timb · « **Reply #43 on:** August 30, 2015, 11:12:23 pm »

Quote from: HighVoltage on August 30, 2015, 12:01:07 pm

Not a toy but this book led to many "toys"
I think it was 1975, when I got this book.
The book was printed in 1970
My first soldering iron looked exactly like the on on the book cover.

Title: "Radiobasteln für Jungen"
Freely translated:
"Tinker about radios for boys"

Today you could not publish a book with such a title in Germany.

This was more value than any "kids toys"

Are you sure that's from 1970? If so, Germany was really behind the times. Look at the way the kid is dressed, his hair, the tube based radios. That picture looks like a Popular Electronics cover from the 1950's.

Quote from: Simon on August 30, 2015, 01:26:28 pm

Quote from: timb on August 28, 2015, 08:25:27 am
I didn't get my first real erector until I was about 13, I'd spend all day, locked away in my room playing with it. In fact, I still do.

Sent from my Tablet

nctnico · « **Reply #44 on:** August 31, 2015, 01:12:48 am »

Quote from: EdoNork on August 30, 2015, 03:47:10 pm

I loved my EXIN Castillos.

Never heard of it but it seems you can build cool looking buildings with it:

IMHO Lego was very late to realise specially created blocks where necessary to create life like structures / cars / etc.

ElektroQuark · « **Reply #45 on:** August 31, 2015, 08:50:36 am »

I did remember TENTE was from EXIN too.
This was my TENTE Saloon:

I don't have it any more.

But I remember all of that figurines.

My casttle form EXIN Castillos has a witch, a ghost and a wizard. Ahhhh, good times...

miguelvp · « **Reply #46 on:** September 02, 2015, 05:36:01 am »

You probably mean a witch, I recall that figurine flying in a broom.

BTW I'm replying from Gran Via in Madrid Spain, going to visit my parents and going to Hondarribia via Burgos on a rental car later on. Taking my wife and in-laws, so we probably stop by the Cathedral where the Cid is burried.

ElektroQuark · « **Reply #47 on:** September 02, 2015, 08:11:20 am »

Witch, yeah.

You're near.

VK3DRB · « **Reply #48 on:** September 02, 2015, 01:04:07 pm »

Three toys which changed my life...

digsys · « **Reply #49 on:** June 13, 2018, 07:36:50 am »

Quote from: Deathwish

Wooden stick and a yo-yo, the stick was to hit my brother with if he tried to steal my yo-yo

I'd have envied your yoyo !! :-) First memories, mid 50s, stuck dead center of aussie. Had sticks and 100,000,000+ fire? ants. Bastids stung like hell.


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