View Full Version : Toys from the 80s that you wish you still had..
or at any time at that matter..
i wish i still had that strecthy dude toy.. i forget what it was called but im convinced it was a Heman toy, and you could strech him really far.
it was shown in the movie Detriot rock city.. anyone remember that?
what do you miss from your childhood..?
Monkertrol
11-20-2005, 02:00 PM
stretch armstrong?
paul jones
11-20-2005, 03:16 PM
commodore 64 + all the games I had
BionicEye
11-20-2005, 03:48 PM
ColecoVision + the driving game Turbo with the steering wheel and pedal you plugged in
Those Handheld LCD screen video games that opened up, I had donkey kong
Huge board game collection, Clue, Operation, Connect4, that tic-tac-toe game where you throw the beanbags, Shoots & Ladders, Risk
This big black GI Joe Raven plane
SilverHawks
laurie_hammy
11-20-2005, 04:00 PM
Superman toy. I burried it in my garden at the house I used to live in, in Melbourne. I always wanna go back an try to find it. Dig that gold out.
jackrock
11-20-2005, 04:03 PM
i think we still have them somwhere, but w/e. the ghostbuster action figures (y) (y)
paul jones
11-20-2005, 04:04 PM
Superman toy. I burried it in my garden at the house I used to live in, in Melbourne. I always wanna go back an try to find it. Dig that gold out.
I did the same with a dragon figure years ago. Maybe in 2000 years time some assholes with nothing better to do will dig it up and sell it for a million pounds
i dont think there from the 80s but does anyone remmeber those things like toy soldiers but they had like bags tied onto their back so you could throw them soldiers up and the bags would turn into parashoots?
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 08:47 PM
tic tac toss!
kleptomaniac
12-04-2005, 08:49 PM
tic tac toss!
with the bean bags???
we sold that when we had a garage sale :(
i miss it now.....
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 08:50 PM
yeah with the bean bags. that shit was awesome until my dog pissed on the bean bags
commodore 64 + all the games I had
word word WORD!!
QueenAdrock
12-04-2005, 09:08 PM
My Rainbow Brite doll! Though I still have the bedsheets and dish set my mom bought me. One day, those bedsheets shall be my daughter's. I also still have my Pound Puppy and Carebear sheets, which shall also be passed on.
Oh yeah! And GAK! I had so much GAK. And I had these stupid machines that GAK would go through and be pushed out and ooze out of.
And my Skip-It. I found it just last week, and I still fuckin' rock at it.
Rancid_Beasties
12-04-2005, 09:16 PM
I wish my Atari 2600 still worked.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:17 PM
My Rainbow Brite doll! Though I still have the bedsheets and dish set my mom bought me. One day, those bedsheets shall be my daughter's. I also still have my Pound Puppy and Carebear sheets, which shall also be passed on.
Oh yeah! And GAK! I had so much GAK. And I had these stupid machines that GAK would go through and be pushed out and ooze out of.
And my Skip-It. I found it just last week, and I still fuckin' rock at it.
gak wasn't the eighties
QueenAdrock
12-04-2005, 09:26 PM
I know. I don't think Skip-It was either. But those are my childhood toys. The 80's didn't come out with a lot of great stuff that I liked.
I guess except for my Atari. California games was fuckin' awesome. Mine still sorta works, except one joystick is broken and the other controller's buttons are broken.
kleptomaniac
12-04-2005, 09:30 PM
all these shows like "i love the 80's" and "i love the 70's" really bring me back......
although i could only relate to "i love the 90's".... :o
milleson
12-04-2005, 09:31 PM
The sit-n-spin. I had a Smurf one, it was smurf-tastic.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:34 PM
those red skate things that you sat on and had like handle bars on the front and you would shimmy side to side on it while holding the handlebars and it would scoot along. i forgot the name of it. but those kicked quite a lot of ass.
milleson
12-04-2005, 09:35 PM
those red skate things that you sat on and had like handle bars on the front and you would shimmy side to side on it while holding the handlebars and it would scoot along. i forgot the name of it. but those kicked quite a lot of ass.
That was quite possibly the coolest toy EVER.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:35 PM
do you remember the name???
milleson
12-04-2005, 09:37 PM
Nah, we always refered to it as the "scooter thing". I never actually owned one personally.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:39 PM
Nah, we always refered to it as the "scooter thing". I never actually owned one personally.
yeah i never had one either. they were pretty expensice. but my school had them for recess. and at one point amusement parks had them for the kiddie are. they would have this huge open area and kids would just get in line and clammer onto these things for five minutes of absolute fun.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:43 PM
oh yeah. i also had a transformer bigwheel that would actually transform a bit and a night rider pedal car! beat that!
ASsman
12-04-2005, 09:45 PM
Moonshoes, easiest way to have fun or become impaled on a metal fence.
fucktopgirl
12-04-2005, 09:45 PM
yes,bigwheel where fun! (y)
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:48 PM
electronic battleship
milleson
12-04-2005, 09:53 PM
Aha! Best toy ever. (http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2139271)
Look, a 300lb weight limit. (http://www.expressivetoys.com/rorarosc.html)
I'm sure the new version is cheap and crappy, with no sharp edges or lead paint.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:55 PM
Aha! Best toy ever. (http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2139271)
I'm sure the new version is cheap and crappy, with no sharp edges or lead paint.
hell yeah!
need to find a vid of that things. fuckn hilarious to see a bunch of kids scooting arouind on them. if you had good enough rhythm you could get some serious speed on them.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 09:56 PM
pogoball
fucktopgirl
12-04-2005, 09:59 PM
slingshot
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 10:00 PM
crossbow
QueenAdrock
12-04-2005, 10:09 PM
My remote control car. We used to bug the SHIT out of my dog with that thing. (y)
milleson
12-04-2005, 10:12 PM
pogoball
damn you and your childhood memories!
Pogoball kicked ass, mine was green and purple. I got yelled at all the time for doing that shit in the house.
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 10:15 PM
those rollerskates that would slip over your shoes and were molded in the shape of like cartoon characters. i think i had some scooby doo ones
milleson
12-04-2005, 10:16 PM
you really wish you still had those?
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 10:17 PM
i have 12 and a half size feet
i don't think they would fit anymore
but it would be cool to still have
QueenAdrock
12-04-2005, 10:21 PM
those rollerskates that would slip over your shoes and were molded in the shape of like cartoon characters. i think i had some scooby doo ones
I had Sesame Street when I was 5. Was it just me or did they not skate well at all?
TurdBerglar
12-04-2005, 11:12 PM
yeah they pretty much sucked with those pastic wheels without any bearings
mikizee
12-05-2005, 12:18 AM
why, transformers of course! I had optimus prime and megatron. a friend of mine has collected all of the original tranformers (i donated megatron and a dinobot) and he's got them in a glass case. he wont even let his young son play with them, except for special occasions. oh yeah them and voltrek. (or voltron)? i cant remember. the lions that turned into a giant robot.
Medellia
12-05-2005, 12:25 AM
Original Strawberry Shortcake. They have the new ones out now, and while they're cute, just not the same. I had a Rainbow Brite desk and chair that I wish I still had. Oh, and a few of my Jem and The Holograms dolls have been missing for at least a decade. I actually found a Jem at a thrift store a couple of years ago. Yes, I did buy her.
Also, although I still have my She-Ra, it would have been nice if my cousin hadn't rubbed all of the paint off of her boobs. Damn you, Jamie. :mad:
milleson
12-05-2005, 12:29 AM
I had some of those original Strawberry Shortcake dolls. I remember each one had their own funky smell.
Medellia
12-05-2005, 12:51 AM
The new ones do too. I got a couple for Easter a few years ago as a joke. Then I just bought some more for my little cousins to play with whenever I see them. Cute, but not as cute as the old school dolls. But they do make my backpack smell good.
sam i am
12-05-2005, 11:42 AM
OK....
I STILL have all my Star Wars figurines and that huge Milenniumn Falcon from the late 70's/early 80's.
I remember I'd get 20 bucks for my birthday or XMAs or something and I'd go down to Toys 'R Us and buy up all the Star Wars stuff I could.
I took them all out recently and played with them with my four kids....they loved it.
I also still have my original Apple ][ + that still works, with all the cool old games on real floppy disks : Ultima, Wizardry, Bard's Tale, Choplifter, Taipan...etc.
I LOVED my Intellivision...bought an emulator handheld piece of crap a few years back that never worked well.
We used to play Connect 4, the original Battleship, that handheld football game where the little blips moved left to right across a dingy little screen, BIG WHEEL!
Anyhow....lots of memories...thanks for the reminiscent trip down memory lane.
Funky Pepp
12-05-2005, 11:50 AM
I want to have my remote controlled Porsche back.
And a thing called Moonhopper (do you know that?).
It was a ball with a ring around to stand on and hop
around - unbelievably stupid.
Oh yes, and I'm just thinking of buying a Carrera again
for our office. That would be cool for sparetimes. :cool:
hpdrifter
12-05-2005, 11:54 AM
I wish I still had my She-ras and the Castle. That shit was fun to play with. And my My Little Ponies. I had a bunch of Strawberry Shortcake dolls too.
I don't know what I was thinking getting rid of that stuff.
instigator7022
12-05-2005, 11:59 AM
i was born in 88 so the only thing i can remember is this rotary dial plastic phone and this water rattle. and the only reason i remember them is b/cuz i still had them when i was like 5 then they got thrown OUT! :(
cj hood
12-05-2005, 12:22 PM
i still have all mine...
skinnybutphat
12-05-2005, 01:23 PM
commodore 64 + all the games I had
I had Commodore 128.
:cool:
All my transformers
skinnybutphat
12-05-2005, 01:25 PM
This one too. (http://www.feelingretro.com/view_toy.cfm?id=94)
voltanapricot
12-05-2005, 01:58 PM
I wish I could remember the eighties.
wanton wench
12-05-2005, 02:09 PM
those red skate things that you sat on and had like handle bars on the front and you would shimmy side to side on it while holding the handlebars and it would scoot along. i forgot the name of it. but those kicked quite a lot of ass.
oh hell yes! i had one of these. it was awesome! everyone else would ride their bikes and i would shimmy down the street! i cant think of the name though! thats going to bug me!
milleson
12-05-2005, 02:50 PM
^Roller Racer (http://www.rollerracer.com/Main/prod03.html)
cookiepuss
12-05-2005, 02:57 PM
or at any time at that matter..
i wish i still had that strecthy dude toy.. i forget what it was called but im convinced it was a Heman toy, and you could strech him really far.
it was shown in the movie Detriot rock city.. anyone remember that?
what do you miss from your childhood..?
interesting Rawr- how much of the 80's can you possibly remember when you were born in 1990? I guess you had alot of recycled toys..or is this some project for school?
wanton wench
12-05-2005, 03:00 PM
^Roller Racer (http://www.rollerracer.com/Main/prod03.html)
thank you! that would have bugged me all day!
haha thats so cool! mine was red though!
K-nowledge
12-05-2005, 03:06 PM
Remember those automatic waterguns that looked real uzi's that shot up to 20-30 feet. They were fun until some kids were killed by police or trigger happy neighbors while playing with them.
abcdefz
12-05-2005, 03:56 PM
Re: Toys from the 80s that you wish you still had..
...Nancy B------. (y)
sam i am
12-05-2005, 04:01 PM
do they still make rubicubes?
I want one, have played in a long time.
Yep.
Go to a Toys 'R Us or some other big chain. Also, you can order online....
b-grrrlie
12-05-2005, 04:51 PM
As I was already in my 20's in the 80's so I don't miss any toys from that era, but I do miss this twirly thing from my childhood. You could draw these atoms and flowers and psychedelic twirls with it, it was a piece of plastic with different sized holes with sawlike edges and you had this other round piece like a cogwheel where you put your pen through different placed holes and you drew round and round and round and round and round and round and voilá!
I think I got mine from a cornflakes packet.
instigator7022
12-05-2005, 04:55 PM
Remember those automatic waterguns that looked real uzi's that shot up to 20-30 feet. They were fun until some kids were killed by police or trigger happy neighbors while playing with them.
thats pretty crappy. were they like the ones in the movie "airheads"
zorra_chiflada
12-05-2005, 11:49 PM
my ninja turtles beach towel which i gave to this girl after dying her hair
Funky Pepp
12-06-2005, 02:54 AM
As I was already in my 20's in the 80's so I don't miss any toys from that era, but I do miss this twirly thing from my childhood. You could draw these atoms and flowers and psychedelic twirls with it, it was a piece of plastic with different sized holes with sawlike edges and you had this other round piece like a cogwheel where you put your pen through different placed holes and you drew round and round and round and round and round and round and voilá!
I think I got mine from a cornflakes packet.
It's called spirograph I think...
why, transformers of course! I had optimus prime and megatron. a friend of mine has collected all of the original tranformers (i donated megatron and a dinobot) and he's got them in a glass case. he wont even let his young son play with them, except for special occasions. oh yeah them and voltrek. (or voltron)? i cant remember. the lions that turned into a giant robot.
i had a animal like transformer.. the cheeta.
i miss that =(
interesting Rawr- how much of the 80's can you possibly remember when you were born in 1990? I guess you had alot of recycled toys..or is this some project for school?
i dont know? does it matter? lol.
most of the toys and blankets were my brothers that i stole and played with and finaly became mine. and the others were from my neice (..long story short shes my half sisters daughter whos older then me..) and i guess she still played with toys from the 80s.. well 1988's or something
I had this Evel Knievel motorcycle toy. You'd stick him on this platform, crank up the handle for more speed, then woooosh, off he goes. To bad he never survived the "Great Fire Jump" of 1981. :(
(y) (y) (y) That Evel Knievel toy was tops.
I also miss my electric football and my big toe football kicker. I would smash his head and kick 30 foot field goals. I believe he could kick better than the Jets kicker.
Oh snap! I had totally forgotten about that guy, and the good ol' electric football. I had the cowboys vs. the steelers. Who did you have?
Raiders and Redskins
DJ_Skrilla
12-06-2005, 11:41 AM
Remember those automatic waterguns that looked real uzi's that shot up to 20-30 feet. They were fun until some kids were killed by police or trigger happy neighbors while playing with them.
Those were called Entertech water guns, and they fetch quite a bit on ebay nowadays. Do you remember the one that looked like the Rambo rocket launcher? That was the shiznit!
here! (http://cgi.ebay.com/Entertech-WH-88-Cal-9-MM-LJN-Water-Squirt-Gun-Parts_W0QQitemZ6018842918QQcategoryZ30QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
b-grrrlie
12-06-2005, 05:15 PM
It's called spirograph I think...
That's it!
I just couldn't remember it's name!
ericlee
12-06-2005, 05:19 PM
too drunk to spell correctly but lemme try. I had the Milenium falcon and alot of different star wars figurines.
Many He man toys including skull island.
So many gi joes. My buddy still has the flagship.
Oh god, I don't even remember what I did to all those.
BangkokB
12-07-2005, 05:45 AM
I have in my parents attic all the Star Wars action figures and various gear from Star Wars and Empire then lost interest around Return...but looked on the sidelines...I never saw Bib Fortuna(?)~you know Jabba's bitch henchman.
Somewhere along the way I started collecting all the G.I. Joe gear. I've got it all the way up til Serpendor came around then I was either too old or it just got too ridicules.
I wish I had my Spiderman, Daredevil, G.I. Joe, and X-Men comics. Sadly, I sold them all when I was 16 for $ so my hot date good bask in the goodness of Everclear and Hi-C......No regrets there but now I'm stuck with reading this (http://jinja.apsara.org/cambocomix/80s.htm)
sam i am
12-07-2005, 03:07 PM
(y) (y) (y) That Evel Knievel toy was tops.
I also miss my electric football and my big toe football kicker. I would smash his head and kick 30 foot field goals. I believe he could kick better than the Jets kicker.
Do you remember the football throwing thing where you could set it on the ground, crank back the arm, set the timer, put a football in it's hand, go out for a pass, and it would throw it to you?
I miss that. Hours and hours of fun....
Although it still remains in my family, just not in my possession - the original Star Wars figures with the capes that could be removed instead of the bullshit ones that are stuck on them... including the giant Darth Vader head carrying case that housed them all... you'd have to double up with luke on luke and han on han though when you got too many figurines...
Does anyone remember Le Mutt? He was a shaggy stuffed animal dog? yeah. ok.
Atari
Nintendo and the Legend of Zelda game
Dance Party USA and Square Pegs (although these are tv shows) - I still wish I had them on vhs...
the first computer we ever had... it was something pc jr? apple pc jr or something like this...
bigblu89
12-07-2005, 03:59 PM
It seems that all the Atari, coleco, and Intellivision games are coming out either as collection discs for PS2/Xbox, or those controllers you plug into the TV, but there aren't any Commodore 64 games out like that.
I had a few really good games for commodore that bet would still be good today.
Games like Boulder Dash, the original Test Drive, Racing Destruction Set, Good Shit.
Other than that, most of my childhood toys consisted of He-Man figures and the big, hard rubber WWF wrestling figures made by LJN.
DapperDiverge
12-07-2005, 05:37 PM
I still have the original teddy rupskin and his caterpillar friend grubby. But they're in a box somewhere. I miss my little dweller guy from the fraggle rock show... Although I didn't have rainbow bright, I had the white fuzzy thing with the star antennas and long rainbow legs. Oh yeah, I still got my glow worm, 2 my little ponies, a pokey and gumby posable toys, rubix cube, ninetendo with original mario bros. and other games and a 1982 oldsmobile regency model 98 that's falling apart... its passed the 999,999 mark so many times... but when that car goes, it'll be like losing a member of the family :(
my mom was pregnant with me while driving that car, i remember sitting in my car seat in that car,... I learned how to drive in that car
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