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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 12:57 AM
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What were your favorite childhood toys or games (non-video or computer)?
A couple of mine:
Tinker Toys
Scrabble

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mohinoaklawnillinois Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 12:58 AM
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1. I loved Sorry and playing with my brother Tom's Lincoln Logs.
I was a really weird kid.
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 12:58 AM
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2. Kerplunk
Edited on Thu Dec-09-04 01:05 AM by DeposeTheBoyKing
Yahtzee (non-computer)
Trouble
Mystery Date (I'm dating MYSELF here)
Jacks
Old Maid
Crazy Eights
Toss Across

There are too many to name! Ahh, the memories...

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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:02 AM
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6. Don't be late, it could be fate...
Open the door to your
Mystery Date!

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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:00 AM
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3. Lego
Tinker Toys
Lincoln Logs
Erector
Capsella
Micronauts
Wood blocks

Take a guess what profession I originally pursued (before computers took over).
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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:10 AM
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9. Um, engineering? Architecture? Log home building? Rocket man?
Dark side of the Force? :D
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 02:15 AM
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18. Hehe.. Architecture
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:00 AM
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4. hands down
snakes and ladders. scrabble. crazy eights. draughts
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Cadence Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:02 AM
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5. Lite Bright, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Operation
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:04 AM
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7. Dizzy Dizzy Dinosaur.
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AusTexDem Donating Member (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:05 AM
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8. "Spyrograph"
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Blue in a Red State Donating Member (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:13 AM
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Hi, AusTexDem!
I'm in Leander! Loved Spyrograph, too!

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AusTexDem Donating Member (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 09:39 PM
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19. Hi Blue in a Red State
My parents live in Cedar Park. I live in central Austin. Traffic on 183 sucks! I'll be glad when the express-way is finished all the way up to 29.Except then I won't have an excuse for not visiting my parents more.
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:20 AM
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13. Me too Spirograph
I ended up buying a couple sets from eBay earlier this year to rekindle my fascination!
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AusTexDem Donating Member (151 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 09:41 PM
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20. I found a Spyrograph shower curtain at Target!
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dazeconf Donating Member (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:12 AM
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10. those things that look like giant waterslides for marble
don't seem to remember what this toy was called, but it provided hours of enjoyment.
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dazeconf Donating Member (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:13 AM
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11. and my ghostbusters set too nt
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:13 AM
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12. The Original Optimus Prime
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Oddly Stevenson Donating Member (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:20 AM
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14. The one, the only.....
Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle
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jdots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:21 AM
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15. My favorite childhood game by Freddy Freeper
i liked to expolde frogs and little birds,sometimes we would play with our dad's machine guns and play kill the commie for Yahwah.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:26 AM
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16. Big Jim, art supplies and a filing cabinet
What can I say? I liked to organize.
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 01:27 AM
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17. i loved Tinkertoys!!!!!!
played with them all the time!

Also had many many Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures
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