Things you don't see anymore

[MakiSupaStar]

Dinky Cars

 

[Silaxian]

Zonk!

Yep. I was there, lived 3 blocks from the Orange Bowl.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Corgi cars but especially the batmobile and batboat set.

 

[warwick.hoy]

That sounds similar to "Motoriffic" cars, more like 1/32 scale, although I remember them to be more from the 60's, with interchangeable bodies, and modelled after real cars, IIRC. (so maybe NOT the same thing). I had a bunch of those, no tracks though, which was the beauty of these, unlike slot cars, you didn't need the tracks to run them. They aso had a series of boats that were a similar concept, called "Boateriffic".
And in my day, the guns looked like real guns and had NO orange tips whatsoever. You could get cap guns made from metal that were as real looking as you could get. I once had a metal copy of a WW II German Luger that If I'd have pointed it at a cop, I would have been shot dead.

Poked around but those aren't them.

These cars were pretty fast but the batteries drained quick. They may have been 1/32 scale. I'll do some googling with this new information.

Edit:

This is one I believe:

I think they were 4wd as well.

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I think I was the only kid on the block that had these. Dad worked at a hobby shop after retiring from the Navy.

 

[ShredderMaximus]

I remember nearly breaking my ankles many times with these, and loving it

Got tubs of this every year for christmas, awesome fart noises
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Zelda on nes is one of my earliest memories, being just a little kid watching my dad play it. And also playing Zelda for awhile myself, but then going outside and playing Zelda make-believe with my friends and going on awesome adventures at our local park, back before games totally replaced imagination
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watched this show RELIGIOUSLY, don't remember why it was so cool, but it was

 

[Jon Burnet]

I remember nearly breaking my ankles many times with these, and loving it

Got tubs of this every year for christmas, awesome fart noises
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Zelda on nes is one of my earliest memories, being just a little kid watching my dad play it. And also playing Zelda for awhile myself, but then going outside and playing Zelda make-believe with my friends and going on awesome adventures at our local park, back before games totally replaced imagination
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watched this show RELIGIOUSLY, don't remember why it was so cool, but it was

uh ROCKAPELLA!!! lol

 

[rosanne]

We didn't have all those fancy toys when I was young. I did have a pogo stick tho, and some skates. And I used to save up cereal boxtops and send away for prizes like a decoder ring and a badge with a secret compartment.

 

[bassteban]

The business end of my wife

 

[bassteban]

You're stoned- my 5-yr-old has one of these

 

[ShredderMaximus]

uh ROCKAPELLA!!! lol

oh yeah! totally forgot about the theme song, I always thought the dude who did the super low "carmen sandiego" sounded super cool! Now I'm a bassist... hmmmmm...

 

[Stu L.]

The business end of my wife

Sez you

What? Someone was bound to say it sooner or later

 

[bassteban]

Sez you

What? Someone was bound to say it sooner or later

Thanks for noticing.

 

[Stu L.]

Thanks for noticing.

I try

 

[bassteban]

Well, TBH I've *seen* it- just not in action lately...

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Microvision. I used to love this thing.

 

[warwick.hoy]

DAS COMPUTER SPIEL SYSTEM

 

[ShredderMaximus]

You are very misinformed,...why just today I witnessed 4 or 5 murders and child molestations in NY on Law and Order SVU Season 7. If it occurs that much on TV/DVD/Netflix it must be true IRL, heck I wager that it's worse than they portray on Primetime TV.

Darn! Foiled by L&O once again! My time will come, and when it does, not even you will be able to stop me!!! MWAHAHAHA::cough/choke:: ::ahem:: HAHAHAHA!

 

[Stumbo]

OP mentioned being sued for falling off the slide. From what I remember when I was a kid people didn't do that. If you fell it was because you were clumsy or careless and not because someone provided a really cool thing to play on that, oh by they way, could get you hurt if you were clumsy or careless.

Yeah, right. If injuries are foreseeable, the provider of the "cool" thing is rightly held responsible. Just because people didnt' sue for it in the past doesn't mean that there is no responsibility for the builder. And as far as greedy lawyers go, greed is the American way.

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Why not build a 50 foot slide or 100 feet? Long established in law is what's called an attractive nuisance.

An "attractive nuisance" is a potentially harmful object on or condition of the land that, by its features, tends to lure children. Children, because of their age, do not appreciate the danger and can be at risk. "Attractive nuisances: are typically not natural land conditions found on the land, such as a pond, but rather are conditions created by someone. Over the years, a classic example has been a swimming pool.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine

 

[ShredderMaximus]

[OT]
Why not build a 50 foot slide or 100 feet? Long established in law is what's called an attractive nuisance.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_nuisance_doctrine

I've always called it natural selection

 

[Nofretz6]

One of the coolest toys from the early years.

Real gas stations with attendants, free air and water and of course.....

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