Cool Toys That Have Gone by the Wayside

[red_zr24x4]

I remember mid 70's for Christmas one year my brother and I got Army sets that contained-
Plastic army helmet, Vest, belt, knife, and a M1 Garand

 

[Mark 1911]

I used to love to play with erector sets

One of my favorite toys. I used to hook up the motor to the speedometer on my brother's bicycle just to run up the miles. Would do that every now and then. Never told him until a year or two later. Was fun to watch him stare at that thing and wonder where all those miles were coming from.

 

[joncon]

Two of my favorite toys were a Mattel shooting shell revolver and a Rifleman lever action, they went by the wayside long ago.

 

[Black Cloud]

 

[tjh88]

I still have my AFX, not the Golden Gate, and have two of my Chattanooga train sets. My favorite was my Whirly Bird. Not much of a drone but lots of fun. Googled it and all I'm finding close is Verti Bird. Alway remembered as Whirly Bird. Must be part of the berenstain bears conspiracy.

 

[Classic]

We had a Sonic Blaster. Looked like a bazooka and you pumped it up and when you pulled the trigger it shot a significant air blast and a big BOOM. Found a pic but can't get it moved with my phone. I believe this toy was another victim of the CPSC.

 

[Classic]

We had a Sonic Blaster. Looked like a bazooka and you pumped it up and when you pulled the trigger it shot a significant air blast and a big BOOM. Found a pic but can't get it moved with my phone. I believe this toy was another victim of the CPSC.

Here's a commercial for the blaster:
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[indiucky]

I had one of those, I'm thinking 1969ish. The creatures came in the form of little flattened blocks and you put them in the cooker so they'd open up.

I also had a geology set with lots of different mineral samples. One of those samples was a chunk of asbestos.

Okay now I am jealous......

If I needed asbestos for my mineral set I would just go outside and break a small corner off of the siding of the house...Seriously...

 

[gary1960Pwrcruz]

I forgot about Jonny West. I had hours of fun messing around with those toys.

 

[rhino]

GI JOE (the real one, not the puny pretenders)
Johnny West
Big Jim
Major Matt Mason
Action Jackson
Mego Super Heroes
Captain Action

 

[BGDave]

Johnny Reb Cannon. I took head off the ramrod and converted it into a makeshift harpoon gun. It was awesome (and unsafe).

Now yer talkin. Brother had one around 1962 or so. Darn thing was nearly lethal.

Ask my cousin, she took one to the chest for tattling.

 

[bulletsmith]

Now yer talkin. Brother had one around 1962 or so. Darn thing was nearly lethal.

Ask my cousin, she took one to the chest for tattling.

Ahh childhood justice... Swift and fair lol.

 

[cbhausen]

Stretch Armstrong... We broke one and a bunch of goop came out.

 

[223 Gunner]

GI JOE (the real one, not the puny pretenders)
Johnny West
Big Jim
Major Matt Mason
Action Jackson
Mego Super Heroes
Captain Action

Had all those except Captain Action. I wish I had all my Matt Mason toys. I remember having a Green Alien, and the Alien's ship. I also had the Mego Star Trek action figures, and the Enterprise.
Had the AFX track as well, and the plastic creature maker.

 

[223 Gunner]

Stretch Armstrong... We broke one and a bunch of goop came out.

Yep, that happened to ours, I have a brother he is 13 months younger than me. My poor Mother, she had her hands full between the two of us.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I forgot about Jonny West. I had hours of fun messing around with those toys.

What was the name of Johnny West's Indian sidekick? I can't remember for the life of me.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I also had the Mattel Vacu-form machine... It would basically heat up thin sheets of plastic, and then you would pump the air out and the plastic would form to your "mold" to make race car bodies and other toys. When Creepy Crawlers came out, you could buy molds that would fit on the heating tray of the vacu-form to "cook" the plastic into all kinds of worms, bugs and other critters. My favorite was a shrunken head that I'd make with glow in the dark plastic. I'm sure the safety nazis would have a field day with something like that today!

 

[O'Shark]

I also had the Mattel Vacu-form machine... It would basically heat up thin sheets of plastic, and then you would pump the air out and the plastic would form to your "mold" to make race car bodies and other toys. When Creepy Crawlers came out, you could buy molds that would fit on the heating tray of the vacu-form to "cook" the plastic into all kinds of worms, bugs and other critters. My favorite was a shrunken head that I'd make with glow in the dark plastic. I'm sure the safety nazis would have a field day with something like that today!

My older brother had a similar thing that made little cowboys, Indians and horses etc. I want to think it was called "The Injector" and used round plastic inch long pellets. You drop them into the machine until they melt then inject the molten plastic into the mold of your choice. We both got burned using that thing. I had a Verti-Bird. It was a helicopter that was tethered to a base via a nylon covered rod that housed the drive shaft and control rods. I also had a wind up M16 that made a ton of noise. I was big into farm toys too. I saved up and bought an Oliver tractor (1800 NF). The brother and I also were into the Major Matt Mason stuff. I had the Steve Storm one with some kind of mortar launcher thing.

 

[mdemetz]

What was the name of Johnny West's Indian sidekick? I can't remember for the life of me.

"Dr. Benton Quest and Roger "Race" Bannon. Back row: Jonny Quest, Hadji, and Bandit"

 

[M67]

Jonny Quest's sidekick couldn't be named Hadji anymore.

Lots of middle easterner's take it as a racial insult. It would be more like Muhammad today.

Ahh...the good ol days