clarkgriswold
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I think this one has been done before on here, but 'tis the season. What was the favorite gift you received as a kid?
GI with lifelike hair ? came with a raft, guns, utility belt the works
That year Santa brought me Ideal's Class A Open Track (Slotless) Racing set. Similar to the Hot Wheels Sizzler, except there were no batteries - the cars ran on a tight spring with the winding gear underneath. When it ran down, you put it on top of the "Pit Stop" power pack which had a matching gear and a hand crank. I think it lasted about a year before I wore out the springs, but I got a lot of use out of that set.Hot Wheels Big O Sizzlers Race Set. Set came with a big plastic banked turn track with cars that were powered by what looked like a gas pump filled with D batteries.
Had that one also. Don't remember anybody having the S-track in the video below, just an oval.That year Santa brought me Ideal's Class A Open Track (Slotless) Racing set. Similar, but no batteries - the cars ran on a tight spring with the winding gear underneath. When it ran down, you put it on top of the "power pack" which had a matching gear and a hand crank. I think it lasted about a year before I wore out the springs, but I got a lot of use out of that set.
Wow. I think we have a winner.1945 learning that Dad would be coming back to the States from the Pacific the following spring.
Wow, I hate you already. You got the good stuff!1968 Hot Wheels - I had the single straight track with the loop and the jump. The car that came with it was the one with the surf boards:
1969 Major Matt Mason - best of all, the space station.
- the Mighty Mo Cannon - It loaded like a real howitzer and fired a large plastic projectile.
- sticking your Daisey pop-gun in the dirt, to fill the muzzle and when you fired it the chunk of mud would fly out.
Mine was American Flyer, S gauge. More realistic than the three rail Lionels. It was from Sears and the layout came in one foot by one foot blocks that were tied together to assemble it. Quick set-up and quick take down.Surprised nobody has mentioned the best Christmas gift I ever received: a Lionel train set. Each year on my birthday and Christmas after I got an accesory, e.g., the two handled transformer so I could handle two trains at once. (we had avery large basement)
You imagine kids playing one pump BB guns wars nowadays?Some great Christmas presents for me and my brothers, over the years: GI Joes, HO race track set, bicycles, guitars, electric vibrating football set, hockey game, basketballs, footballs, and, yes, a BB gun (I didn't shoot my eye out, but my older brother tagged me in the nip during a summer backyard BB gun war ... I was shirtless and he claimed he was shooting below the belt, per our rules, but it stung and I was pizzed!).
At the same time I got my Lionel set, I had a cousin who got the American Flyer passsenger train and he also claimed his set was superior becuase of the two rail style. However, Americn Flyer could not compete with Lionel because of all the accessories, e.g., cattle car, that Lionel offered.Mine was American Flyer, S gauge. More realistic than the three rail Lionels. It was from Sears and the layout came in one foot by one foot blocks that were tied together to assemble it. Quick set-up and quick take down.
True that.At the same time I got my Lionel set, I had a cousin who got the American Flyer passsenger train and he also claimed his set was superior becuase of the two rail style. However, Americn Flyer could not compete with Lionel because of all the accessories, e.g., cattle car, that Lionel offered.
My youngest brother still has a scar on his arm where a bb got lodged. We cut it out with a pocket knife. He had to be roughly 8? Never cried. Never told mom.Some great Christmas presents for me and my brothers, over the years: GI Joes, HO race track set, bicycles, guitars, electric vibrating football set, hockey game, basketballs, footballs, and, yes, a BB gun (I didn't shoot my eye out, but my older brother tagged me in the nip during a summer backyard BB gun war ... I was shirtless and he claimed he was shooting below the belt, per our rules, but it stung and I was pizzed!).