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Poll Question: Think way back to about 10 years old. Your preference?
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The plural of Lego is Lego.  Geek
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Oh man, Tinkertoys rocked!!  Clap
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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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^ 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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Kite fighting!
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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
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Anyone play with an Erector Set?



Never cared for that, but I loved Tinker Toys.

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Edited by Epignosis - February 18 2010 at 08:23
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Anyone play with an Erector Set?
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Erector Set by Gilbert		   



Edited by Slartibartfast - February 18 2010 at 08:26
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I never had Lego when I was a kid - back in 1960s Britain we had stuff called Betta Builda, which was like Lego but the bricks were much smaller.
 
 
For us old Brits the other toy missing from the list would be Meccano ... but I didn't have any of that either - I had a construction set from Germany called Trix (http://www.trix-metaal.nl/)
 
 
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... Looking back now every toy my Dad ever bought me was not the playground-standard - while all my friends had Scalextic I had Airfix, when they had Hornby Double-O train sets I had a Tri-ang TT gauge- they had Revel and Airfix kits, I got Monogram, they had football boots, I got a fishing rod. No wonder I grew-up to like Prog.
 
 
Anyway I lived in the countryside and all the girls I liked lived in the neighbouring villages - my bike tops my list Wink
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Well, I'm not a guy, but I used to LOVE Legos when I was a kid. Board games, as far as I can remember, came a bit later, as did card games (NOT gamblingWink!).
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I love Legos, but board games were (are) my thing.  I would even play them by myself- going so far as to mix and match different pieces and elements to create entirely new games.  Smile

Wow!  This is pretty much exactly what I do/ did.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I love Legos, but board games were (are) my thing.  I would even play them by myself- going so far as to mix and match different pieces and elements to create entirely new games.  Smile


I did that too.

I also had the notorious ability to play Mario Tennis on the N64 against myself. No one could ever beat me at that game. Evil SmileLOL
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Legos. Batman figures were pretty cool too.
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Legos rock. Funny enough, I play more boardgames now in my late 20's than ever before.
Bigger on the inside.
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I always liked board games (this has not changed during the last 40 years). Back in '69-'70 it was Monopoly. Nowadays I prefer The Colonists of Catan.
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For a guy who works in the video game industry, I have a lot more respect for Lego than for video games as entertainment for kids :)
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Lego was my favourite thing to do pretty much between 8-12, so that gets my vote. Sea Monkeys are amazing too though.
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Of the specifics above, Legos I think were the toy I enjoyed as a kid that lent themselves to the most creative impulses.  Not that I didn't have fun with my GI Joes (the big ones), toy soldiers (on one occasion setting fire to them with cologne (I did not ever burn down the house)
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I may have had an ant farm briefly and the same with the sea "monkeys" (dammit they were just brine shrimp and looked nothing like the pictures in the comic books Cry). Train set briefly.  Had Matchbox cars and a used Hotwheels racing track set.  Loads of board games.  Never got a hand on my Dad's Playboys, I do think he must have had some, got introduced to Penthouse as I was "maturing", but of course, "other" wins hands down and I'm not specifying (unless I am sent an adequate sum of money up front non-refundable).





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I love Legos, but board games were (are) my thing.  I would even play them by myself- going so far as to mix and match different pieces and elements to create entirely new games.  Smile
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I know, I'm reading the Charles Schulz bio right now and it is amazing to me how cool the strip was, and how complicated the man was.  Smile
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