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Things you don't see anymore
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Passinwind
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Found them! They were called slot cars, I had a track similar to this one but it was a two lane and it covered an entire bedI loved these things!
http://slotcardeals.com/Artin Slot Car Race Sets.htm
Here's a huge 8 lane track race, this kind of stalling and flying off the track was what happened whenever you pushed it full throttle, was I the only one who remembers these?
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The track record for the one in post 700 is well under 2 seconds, BTW. Used to be around 4 seconds in the late 60s when I was into it. The track length is 155 feet and the layout is pretty much the standard for 1/24th racing.
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Oh! Looks like I missed a page, this thread moves so quickly it's hard to keep up! I didn't have anything that fancy or fast, just an oval that I used to send the cars flying into the wall off the corners, so many dents in that wall....
Passinwind
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Yep, the thread is moving fast. I had HO and 1:32 tracks at home, but there were also huge commercial places all over the area where I grew up, with track lengths upwards of 300 feet in some cases.
A little obscure but does anyone remember these?
"Mobile Action Command" figurines with vehicles. I got the headquarters set one time for Christmas when I was a kid. It was a fake mountain-type thing with rooms inside etc. Cool stuff!
"Mobile Action Command" figurines with vehicles. I got the headquarters set one time for Christmas when I was a kid. It was a fake mountain-type thing with rooms inside etc. Cool stuff!
That's the one I was thinking of, not Haunted House, Thanks. Much gooey fun in the dark.
Anyone here ever own a johnny seven?
I didn't have one, but knew a kid that did. Fun gun.
Glass soda cups for promotions from McDonald's. They had Coca-cola printed on them or a picture of Grimace or the Hamburglar. They're all plastic now.
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The McDonald's characters in general are gone for the most part except their cookies.
Anyone here ever own a johnny seven?
I had one of those! I won World War 2 with one back in the 60s! I also had a Sixfinger!
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...omg...I haven't thought about that thing in decades. I had one too, the epitome of neighborhood 6 year old spy-cool.
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stratovani said:I had one of those! I won World War 2 with one back in the 60s! I also had a Sixfinger!
I must have my mind in the gutter, because I surely thought of an appendage but it in no way was a finger.
That looks a little too much like something you'd find in a head shop/ novelty store hanging on the back wall next to the plugs & beads.
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Aight! It doesn't get any more obscure than this. Anyone else ever have stardust?
And this just floored me, for the memory of it.
If anyone ever got into rubons.
and last but not least:
And this just floored me, for the memory of it.
If anyone ever got into rubons.and last but not least:
The festive aluminum Christmas tree and color wheel.
We had one of those for a couple of Xmases back in the 60s. They'd slice up your hands when assembling and disassembling them ! :scowl:
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