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Poll Question: Think way back to about 10 years old. Your preference?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 08:27
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Anyone play with an Erector Set?



Never cared for that, but I loved Tinker Toys.

http://www.presenthunt.com/images/brands/5733.jpg

Yeah, had those, too. LOL
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Kite fighting!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 08:43
^ Kites are still cool Approve
 
 
...never got involved in fighting though.
 
 
...except with trees and overhead power cables.
 
 
...never won any of those battles.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 08:57
From this list I chose bike because I remember getting some cool-ass "futuristic" looking bike (read: it had these gray plastic covers on the wheels to make it look some faux moon rover or something LOL).  Plus it was my only way of getting to various houses to play with my friends - for all you younger folk, we played these really bizarre "analog" games outdoors!  With crazy names like basketball, baseball, and football!

Though around this age too right up there with bike would be any Nintendo game.  And yes, that's right, I'm talking original NES.  This was the late 80s.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 10:04
Oh man, Tinkertoys rocked!!  Clap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 11:33
The plural of Lego is Lego.  Geek
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 11:36
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Ok, the young guys are probably thinking, where's the Xbox or IpodLOL

These choices probably apply to the over 35 set. 


I must have grown old over night.. I never really got that much into Xbox (dislike especially this one immensely) or most other video games..
Lego is my choice without question out of those. Don't ask about details, just let me state that lego is the winner for me. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:18
Air Hockey at the arcade???
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:31
Hell, the arcade itself - that's dating you now.  LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:36

I know, such a shame the 70s/80s arcade vibe is gone, such dens of festivity they were, at least in American culture. 

Now kids mostly play video games in their homes I'd assume.  As with the record stores, wonderful social adventures lost to the dustbinLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 12:46

We used to walk up to the bowling alley on Saturdays to hang out at their arcade (or ride our bikes, but it was shorter to cut through the fields and climb brick walls than it was to ride the bike out to the main road).

From the above list, my vote goes for my bike.  I never really had that cool of a bike as a kid, but I used to ride it everywhere.
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 13:57
Nuclear Plant Set!

More seriously, I used to play with my Smurfs, pretending they were some aliens reigning over a whole galaxy. A strange crossover with my Star Wars toys happened very quickly.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 14:12


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 14:30

Ian, yeah!!  Hotwheels and Matchbox cars!!  Big smile

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 14:36
I had this Indian friend when I was little.  His family used to play Karom and I learned how.  It doesn't look like much but its really fun. 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 14:41
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_football
 
I keep some 'players' until today.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 15:52
Lego's no doubt. As a kid I had plenty of them and loved to play with them, specially with Star Wars series of Lego. You can let loose your imagination with Lego's.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2010 at 15:54
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:


 
You mean this?:
 
 
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