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Poll Question: Think way back to about 10 years old. Your preference?
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I spent endless hours playing with these guys.
 
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How about this one?:
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Yep, he was probably there too.
 
Not to mention these guys:
 
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Hell yeah!!!  Army guys!!!  Thumbs Up   We had such a blast with those things.  
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^lol, I didn't see yours. You beated me to post these awesome soldiers....
 
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



Cool Cool


OH HELLZ YEAH

I had all of these, Castle Grayskull, Snake Mountain, etc.
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

I spent endless hours playing with these guys.
 
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Yeah those were the ones I set on fire. LOL

Man that brought back memories.  I also used to have this tall plastic fort thingy that you could use when playing with them.



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Oh that is fantastic Brian....if you still had it I'd be coming down this weekend to play.....we can argue politics and then play Army GuysLOL
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I can't believe I still remembered the name of the thing so I could look up a pic - Marx Navarone Playset Mountain. LOL
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I can't believe I still remembered the name of the thing so I could look up a pic - Marx Navarone Playset Mountain. LOL


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Let's not forget about the tanks:
 
While searching, I found this:
 
That's the coolest birthday cake, isn't it??!?!Clap
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Totally awesome Pablo, the kids face says it all!!  ClapClap
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Although I fit into a younger generation category (I'm 24), I didn't really get into video games until I was around 11 or 12.  At 10 years old, board games were a big activity for me.

Here's one that my brother and I played constantly, Siege:


We had plenty of board games growing up, most of which were fairly mainstream with nothing too obscure.  Some of the ones I remember include Monopoly (obviously), Mouse Trap, Back Off Buzzard, Stretch -Out Sam, Forbidden Bridge, The Inventors, Clue, Frustration/Trouble (essentially the same game), Outburst Junior, and dozens of others. 

Here's another cool game I have great memories of, The Tower Of The Wizard King.


We also had a game called Go For Broke, which was sort of like the opposite of a game like Monopoly where the objective is to lose all your money through investment and gambling.


I discovered this website, which has lots of images, rules, and information about most board games out there, past and present. http://boardgamegeek.com/



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^oh yeah, I remember Siege, a friend of mine had it or somebody... It was really cool.
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Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

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.

Lego's what? Geek
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Lego my leg, of course.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

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.

Lego's what? Geek
 
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:


More seriously, I used to play with my Smurfs, pretending they were some aliens reigning over a whole galaxy.
 
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love seeing those army men.. the third set posted by rushfan were the best - was it Airfix? - anyway, great company, European I think, and they made many armies from around the world, very authentic (not like the cheap crap in the plastic bags) --  I also tended to be a sci-fi lover so any cool space-age stuff was right up my ally;  Micronauts (remember those?), Star Wars, or any of the good imported Japanese stuff like Transformers (the real Japanese stuff, not the American knock-offs), Ultraman, etc.
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