When I Was A Kid...

[JustGeorge]

I'm sitting at the library, overseeing my younger kids play with trains, marbles, legos, and all kinds of other fun toys. Something called Magnatiles have recently become popular, and it seems the library has built up a good set of them. Toys are always changing.

What did you play with when you were a kid? (By kid, I mean under 10.)

 

[Eddi]

What did you play with when you were a kid?

Lego!

Specifically Lego Fabuland

Lego Fabuland - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Basically anthropomorphic animals, aimed at boys and girls

Played with it with my sister and my mum

The other week I saw my childhood legos for the first time in over 25 years

They had been in the attic for years

There seemed so few of them, I cannot believe all the fun we had with them, they are a big part of my childhood memories

 

[ChristineM]

What did you play with when you were a kid? (By kid, I mean under 10.)

One of these.

also a bike, the only way to get anywhere

and my roman fort and port...

and i liked to play in the water

 

[osgart]

Parker brothers board games like Stratego. Stretch monster, Ker Plunk, pinball, Atari5200, and many others.

 

[SalixIncendium]

This stuff...

Matchbox Cars

Honda QA-50

Schwinn Stingray Fastback

 

[JustGeorge]

Parker brothers board games like Stratego. Stretch monster, Ker Plunk, pinball, Atari5200, and many others.

I loved Kerplunk!

This stuff...

Matchbox Cars

Honda QA-50

Schwinn Stingray Fastback

Lincoln Logs were great fun!

 

[Quintessence]

My folks were more about pushing experiences over things. I hated that at the time, but as an adult, am deeply thankful they took a non-materialistic approach to their kids. That's not to say there weren't material things involved, but it's not the stuff that my memories focus on. The things I did as a kid more or less explain how it was inevitable I ended up as a Pagan and a Druid as an adult. For example, Pagans and Druids are very artsy and craftsy people and I did arts and crafts a lot with my folks. This time of year we'd have been painting ornaments with acrylics.

 

[Disgustedman]

I'm sitting at the library, overseeing my younger kids play with trains, marbles, legos, and all kinds of other fun toys. Something called Magnatiles have recently become popular, and it seems the library has built up a good set of them. Toys are always changing.

What did you play with when you were a kid? (By kid, I mean under 10.)

Lincoln logs, Tinker toys, tiddly winks.....I always was jealous of children who had big wheels, I was too old for such.

 

[mangalavara]

What did you play with when you were a kid? (By kid, I mean under 10.)

When I was under 10, I played with toy cars, GI Joe dolls, and different kinds of action figures.

 

[Orbit]

I'm sitting at the library, overseeing my younger kids play with trains, marbles, legos, and all kinds of other fun toys. Something called Magnatiles have recently become popular, and it seems the library has built up a good set of them. Toys are always changing.

What did you play with when you were a kid? (By kid, I mean under 10.)

I'm sure I played with something when I was under 10, but I don't actually remember what.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I'm sitting at the library, overseeing my younger kids play with trains, marbles, legos, and all kinds of other fun toys. Something called Magnatiles have recently become popular, and it seems the library has built up a good set of them. Toys are always changing.

What did you play with when you were a kid? (By kid, I mean under 10.)

Everything was cars and guns.

 

[Vinayaka]

I'm sitting at the library, overseeing my younger kids play with trains, marbles, legos, and all kinds of other fun toys. Something called Magnatiles have recently become popular, and it seems the library has built up a good set of them. Toys are always changing.

What did you play with when you were a kid? (By kid, I mean under 10.)

Tinkertoy! My cousin had a meccano set, and it was great too.

 

[JustGeorge]

Tinkertoy! My cousin had a meccano set, and it was great too.

What's a meccano set?

 

[Audie]

One of these.
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also a bike, the only way to get anywhere

and my roman fort and port...
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and i liked to play in the water
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I wish I'd had more " outdoors" to play with a a child.

Other than rare visit to beach i never set bare foot on
" mother earth".

 

[Vinayaka]

What's a meccano set?

Building set with steel beams, nuts, bolts, etc. You could keep adding to it. Same principle as Lego but far more complicated. Something future engineers would relate to. (You can also google it, still available I see)

 

[Rival]

I wanted to be a knight so I could joust and had a hobby horse with a wheel.