Old Toys you used to own.

[Sammy Boy]

I had almost every single Lego set that was ever made. Aquanauts was the best :OP

Aquanauts are out again, renamed as Aquaraiders. Check this out:
http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=7771

To all those who liked (and still like) Transformers action figures... Hasbro has recently done a line called Classics. Not die cast metal anymore, but aims to be like the G1, with updated transformation modes and articulation. Bumblebee is worth getting, if you ask me.

[ShiroiHikari]

I bought this Transformers set with Megatron and Optimus Prime in it, except Megatron turns into a tank and is colored different. I think it's Generation 2 or something. My boyfriend was quite pleased with them. XD

Another of my favorite toys of all time: Teddy Ruxpin. Some say he's creepy. I say they're crazy. I had so many fun times with Teddy and carried him around a lot even though he probably weighed almost as much as I did. I also really liked the cartoon show.

[Sanctum Angel]

I still have my toys and I play with them once in a while. I'm fifteen and a Guy does that count for somwthing, Yes I jave my furbie, Rumble Robot, Techno but lost my Gigas and I got a tamagotchi two years ago. I have a bin fulla toys and anotherone fulla legos.
My Furby was the best one in the World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Saj]

Aquanauts are out again, renamed as Aquaraiders. Check this out:
http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=7771

To all those who liked (and still like) Transformers action figures... Hasbro has recently done a line called Classics. Not die cast metal anymore, but aims to be like the G1, with updated transformation modes and articulation. Bumblebee is worth getting, if you ask me.

OMG Im soooooooooooo buying this for my nephew (then stealing it from him... hehehehehehehehehe)

[mitsuki lover]

I forgot about the Frisbee.And of course Silly Putty.Silly Putty was fun.

[Fish and Chips]

I had the entire set of Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars figures. Heck yeah? Heck yeah.

I remember when I was a kid, my parents would always begrudgingly take me to Chuck E. Cheese. And I would always pour all my tokens into the Bucky O'Hare arcade game. Always.

[Alice]

I recall liking Pound Puppies a lot.
I also had a Boba Fett action figure. Yes. >.>

[Mithrandir]

I had most of the starwars stuff, many transformers (including the original shockwave) and a collection of all the Mask vehicles, mostly mint.

*sigh*

Those were the days.

Incidentally, I had a Starwars figure that you could only get by sending out a bunch of proof-of-purchases. My mom did it all for me. I think it was the emperor.

[Denimcat]

I had some some poundpuppies, and poundkitties, and... pound horses. They were cute.

I had a tamagotchi or a knock-off of such, and, being 5 or so, I cried when it died. ^_^; It didn't help my brother's lived FOREVER even though he treated it no better.

I had a total of 3 furbies, they were always highly overrated. It's just a creepy-looking fuzzy thing that occasionally spouts nonsense words. And then... the voiceboxes die. So they just make this horrible buzzing noise or really, really, really distorted, horror movie monster vocalizations. It scared the crap out of me. I quite honestly had nightmares after that.

[Mithrandir]

DC, I hope this doesn't offend you, but I laughed when I read that.

[Kkun]

I remember when I was a kid, my parents would always begrudgingly take me to Chuck E. Cheese. And I would always pour all my tokens into the Bucky O'Hare arcade game. Always.

Amazing game, wasn't it? It was basically the TMNT and Simpsons games but with Bucky O'Hare characters. Good stuff. Good stuff. I feel bad for kids these days. We had flash-in-the-pan marketing schemes about giant green rabbits killing giant green toads, and what do kids get nowadays?

The Doodlebops?

What IS that?

[Fish and Chips]

The Doodlebops?

What IS that?

It's the stuff tainted childhoods are made of.

I'm seriously sorry for our next generation of young people. We're fine. We grew up with healthy doses of the Looney Toons, Animaniacs, Batman, and Mr. Rogers. And what do kids these days get?

Spongebob.

Someone in this deal got shafted.

[Radical Dreamer]

It's the stuff tainted childhoods are made of.

I'm seriously sorry for our next generation of young people. We're fine. We grew up with healthy doses of the Looney Toons, Animaniacs, Batman, and Mr. Rogers. And what do kids these days get?

Spongebob.

Someone in this deal got shafted.

Good gosh, I agree. Kids' shows these days are nothing compared to stuff I grew up with. I mean, even stuff like Doug isn't around anymore. Most of the shows for kids are just trash, now, or they all try to be overly politically correct. XD

[Kkun]

Remember how on the Batman cartoon the bad guys all had guns?

I miss that.

[Fish and Chips]

I've got you cornered, Pegasus.



And for my next trick.



"In America!"

[Tenshi no Ai]

I feel bad for kids these days. We had flash-in-the-pan marketing schemes about giant green rabbits killing giant green toads, and what do kids get nowadays?

The Doodlebops?

What IS that?

It's all Dora this, The Wiggles that, with a little bit of Backyardigans here and there :/ Blah. The 90s was great for one major thing: GOOD cartoons and franchises (minus the uh, music industry which has some stuff that was only good at the time^^)

Most of the shows for kids are just trash, now, or they all try to be overly politically correct. XD

Oh I think trying to be politically correct has been going on for a while. I mean, there's been countless cartoons and shows where they always have to try and have one child from every ethnicity. The Magic School Bus did it, Barney did it, and it continues on...

...but yes soooo many of the shows I see on tv now (when I actually bother browsing through the channels) I come across shows and think "the heck is this?" I mean, have you SEEN the new Looney Toons cast?! They're all "evilish" and "hip" looking, sort of like how they redid the Ninja Turtles :/ Bah I say!

Oh, it's also funny when it appears that the toy companies are losing their imagination for new ideas :/ I mean now they just go "Hey Tamagotchis/etc did really well in the 90s! Let's remake them and make them even more hip in better!" (and it's especially funny when they DO become best-sellers once again too! Score one for the 90s, I guess^^)

[ShiroiHikari]

Hey, to be fair, a lot of the 80s cartoons that some of us loved are crap. I mean, have you SEEN the first season of Transformers recently? Geez, it's abysmal. (The movie was freaking awesome though.)

However, a lot of those 80s shows had charm even though they weren't very well written. This new stuff just doesn't do it for me. If I see another "teenage superspy" show, I'm going to puke. Maybe it's not all bad, but I don't have cable anyway, so I won't be giving them a second chance anytime soon. XD

[Kkun]

Yeah, it's crap, but it was violent, made-to-sell-toys crap! God bless America!

Also, Fishiechips? For srsly. That's what I'm talking about.

[mitsuki lover]

*Missed the entire Davy Crockett fad by a few years.*

[Nate]

Ahh does anyone remember the 90s? When they had awesome cartoons...and even awesomer toys?

I guess I'm too old for this thread by about ten years.

[ShiroiHikari]

I guess I'm too old for this thread by about ten years.

Me too, that's why I ended up talking about 80s stuff. XD

Oh, by the way. I hate Furbys, but my dad has a cool one. It's Gizmo from Gremlins and it's freaking adorable. However, they keep him asleep most of the time. XD

[All 4 Him]

I had all the Lion King action figures, and the Ninja Turtles and my little pony things too! They were so cute...oh and I used to play with the Barbie horses. Not the Barbies, just the horses ^^

[Mithrandir]

I hate Furbys, but my dad has a cool one.

I work with a guy who claimed he hacked his - swapped out the voice modulator, etc. Now it cackles manically.

[mitsuki lover]

What I miss most about when I was a kid is that you could go out and buy a pop-gun or any other type of toy gun and take it to school for Show & Tell and the teacher and principal wouldn't freak out.Now a days with terrorism and school shootings those innocent days are long gone.