LOL What was your best and most memorable toy when growing up?

Actually, a lot of my old toys have gotten pretty valuble:
Pre WW2 Meccano (a single little gear is worth about £7!)
Steiff bear
Fleischmann engines

 

Um... From about the age of 6 I gave up "real" toys and took up PC games... I spent stupid amounts of my childhood playing minesweeper, and other random games I cannot remember before moving onto C'n'C and Star Wars Pod Racer. I honestly do not remember playing with toys... I spent a lot of time outside doing sport as soon as I got to school but honestly I have been a geek forever. When I was not allowed on the PC "because I will get square eyes" I used lego or built stuff in the back garden out of wood or explored the "forest" that surrounded our pool.

 

Ah man!

Manta Force! Had the Red and White Ship, had some epic times with those

 

lego...simply put it was my massive box of lego
as a kid i could build anything ( provided i had enough lego )
my proudest creation was a 4 ft long jet with swept back wings ( a small feat in itself )
also built working paddleboats ( with the wind up motor )
however usually they would not last that long as being autistic i would be massively into things for a while, then go off and go into something else, i would obliterate the model of say Star trek Enterprise and build a battleship / jet / tank etc etc
should really have kept records of what i built

 

It was lego for me. Must have absord a few thousand hours!

 

Legos, pieces of paper and hot wheels. Not many of them mind you, was never that wealthy.

 

Ooo oo!! Micro Machines!!!

 

I always find it strange looking back on what I had growing up and just what everything cost now that money has a real meaning. As a kid I always had some idea that my parents had vast reserves of money that they just didn't want to use for reasons I could never understand. It baffled me why I couldn't have that $60 Lego kit that was going out of production, I'd been good and promised to do extra chores! I now understand that it's likely they simply couldn't afford it at the time and "we'll think about it again on Friday" was waiting for the next paycheck to come in.

 

Holy crap now that you mention it I had a Manta Force as well! It was this thing here: http://www.mantaforce.co.uk/Collection/astro.html

That aside it's gotta be Lego and Micro Machines. The Lego boats which actually floated always blew my mind, as well as any car with working suspension lol. As for Micro Machines I had a lot of stuff from their military line, and the bases that went with it.

Good times

 

I was pretty lucky with toys as a child being the youngest of seven as toys were handed down, i had a scalextric and meccano, was never really into girls toys at all, had action horses with barbie, but also had action man, i did have a farm with all the models and still have it.

But i didn't have time for toys much as i have always had ponies, had many great times in summer riding playing cowboys and indians

 

Lego. Just lego.

 

That, young Padawan, is a Logic5

http://www.retro-computing.org/default.asp?page=games&id=185

 

This! In every way. Except the last bit.

 

It's in a terrible state now but I loved this RC car a kid, I'm not sure what model it is but I think it might be a Max Hopper. Body has become brittle and faded, pretty much falls to pieces when touched, chassis is fine though.


Not a toy but a game book series I used to play to death
Fabled Lands

 

Again, like so many others, Lego. I remember my finest creation was a fully functional M3 Halftrack with working suspension & steering. Shame that it's only a memory now.

Also built plastic model kits, did Warhammer in my two-digit years and then moved onto R/C cars.

Didn't start gaming until I was at least 10, and didn't have an Internet connection until I was 15.

 

Tamiya Frog... touted as the best R/C offroad car in it's time, before Associated's RC10.... I mowed lawns over one entire Summer to earn one along with a FUTABA radio..... My father would drive me around in his car in a huge parking lot as we followed the Frog drive out in front of us.. Great times

 

I have one word for you, Hornet! Admittedly not as good as the frog but it was fun

 

YES!

 

Well would you look at that..I had one of those! But until today I had totally forgotten! Man I spent hours and hours playing that.

Thanks for the memories!

 

K'nex and lego!

I used to love making massive things as i had a ton of it! always so much fun and never ending enjoyment!