Things you barely remember you had as a child.

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I didn't remember this until I was searching for something and saw the picture, but I definitely had these. You could take off their heads to reveal a marker tip!

http://www.dollmama.com/3cbposables.jpg

― hampsterfrench (hampsterfrench), Thursday, 9 September 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I also had this weird thing that was called Hoppopotamus, a hybrid rabbit and hippopotamus from a cartoon show called the Wuzzles. I don't remember any of the other characters really except Butterbear.

http://www.collectorsconnection.org/images10/23a002.jpg

― hampsterfrench (hampsterfrench), Thursday, 9 September 2004 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.jsmusic.com/ebay/fp1.JPG

― goldfish polish (Jocelyn), Thursday, 9 September 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Aw, I think my school had one of those or something. You squeezed the bulb, if I remember correctly, to cause the lid to flap up and down, alternately revealing and concealing a rubbery Grouch head?

― hampsterfrench (hampsterfrench), Thursday, 9 September 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

http://winfield.tias.com/stores/omt/pictures/tg175a.jpg

― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 12 September 2004 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I had that too, DL!

― hampsterfrench (hampsterfrench), Sunday, 12 September 2004 05:33 (twenty-one years ago)

toys are great, aren't they?

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 13 September 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.atarihq.com/dedicated/evelbikeset.jpg

http://www.birteff.de/EvelKnievel/EvelKnievel2.jpg

i used to crank it up so fast and launch it off the top of the stairs and onto the wall opposite.

― Lovebird Flemish (jed), Monday, 13 September 2004 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

(mine was the one in the white suit/bike)

― Lovebird Flemish (jed), Monday, 13 September 2004 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.toyandtrain.com/bigwheel.jpg

― prawn_czech (STINKOR™), Wednesday, 15 September 2004 01:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I love this book when I was small. I used to check it out of the library *every* time:
http://www.faeriebelievers.com/gnomeday/images/gnomes1.jpg

― hampsterfrench (hampsterfrench), Thursday, 16 September 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

i remember reading this when i just started school - they had it in the library, shocking! (and that was only about 25 years ago)

http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/picaninny/sambo.jpg

― Lovebird Flemish (jed), Thursday, 16 September 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, dude.

― hampsterfrench (hampsterfrench), Thursday, 16 September 2004 19:42 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

I went to WalMart last night and wtf'ed at all the Lisa Frank things I kind of forgot about. I had this'n!
http://image.furima.rakuten.co.jp/image/item/18/21/20611821-1.jpg

― hampsterfrench (hampsterfrench), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

http://img.2dehands.be/f/view/27403219-roze-figuurtje-popples.jpg

― roxymuzak, Monday, 17 December 2007 05:55 (eighteen years ago)

That exact one. The smallest of all popples.

― roxymuzak, Monday, 17 December 2007 05:55 (eighteen years ago)

i remember these bcause there were always a million ads for them on the mid-to-late 1980s comics i got as a hand-me-down from my cousins

― max, Monday, 17 December 2007 06:00 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://loveendingincommas.pbwiki.com/f/Jenny%20as%20SheRa.jpg

all this gear^

― if you don't stan for something, you will fall for anything (roxymuzak), Monday, 2 March 2009 00:34 (seventeen years ago)

i thought i remembered it clearly, but all these details like the opalescent sticker in the middle of the forehead came back only when I saw the picture

― if you don't stan for something, you will fall for anything (roxymuzak), Monday, 2 March 2009 00:35 (seventeen years ago)

the ring!!!!!

― if you don't stan for something, you will fall for anything (roxymuzak), Monday, 2 March 2009 00:35 (seventeen years ago)

i am retroactively so jealous of you

― horseshoe, Monday, 2 March 2009 00:38 (seventeen years ago)

my sword was permanently bent in the middle. it glowed in the dark!

― if you don't stan for something, you will fall for anything (roxymuzak), Monday, 2 March 2009 00:39 (seventeen years ago)

omg

― been HOOS, where yyyou steene!? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 2 March 2009 01:35 (seventeen years ago)

i see u were also member of usa 1984 team

― eman, Monday, 2 March 2009 01:43 (seventeen years ago)

thats not me

― if you don't stan for something, you will fall for anything (roxymuzak), Monday, 2 March 2009 01:51 (seventeen years ago)

http://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2008/10/9/saupload_disappointment.jpg

― been HOOS, where yyyou steene!? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 2 March 2009 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/gnf/book2/photos2/rubsnakr.jpg

― ༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽༼༽ (Batty), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 03:14 (seventeen years ago)

^ i had a green and blue one

― eman, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:13 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.rubikspuzzles.com/images/Orbit.jpg

― eman, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:28 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.helmsoft.org/cube/cubcol/pyraminx_stoff.jpg

― eman, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:29 (seventeen years ago)

puzzles 4 dummies basically

― eman, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:31 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.buk.jp/manufacturer/laughtoys/snapazoo/snapazoo-kai588.jpg

http://www.ann-style.com/c_toy/img/0602_img6.jpg

― dumbsocietypigeons (unregistered), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:34 (seventeen years ago)

the instruction manual gave designs for 20+ animals, but none of them looked quite right, with the exception of the almighty, elegant lobster:

http://mocoloco.com/tokyo/archives/snapazoo_lobster.jpg

I left mine in lobster form for years after I lost interest in it. think I still have it somewhere, actually...

― dumbsocietypigeons (unregistered), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:36 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.snapazoo.com/images/aboutcopy.gif

― dumbsocietypigeons (unregistered), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 05:38 (seventeen years ago)

I had that orbit thing too, eman.

― if you don't stan for something, you will fall for anything (roxymuzak), Friday, 6 March 2009 21:55 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.smsnoveltiques.com/images/radio-dew.jpg
^^^ it's a transistor radio, although mine was Pepsi

― snoball, Friday, 6 March 2009 21:59 (seventeen years ago)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4171VGTK1QL._SS500_.jpg
Mine was an older version in grey, yellow, and white. Fiddly as hell to get working properly, especially the loader in the middle. Also required fresh batteries as otherwise the dumper wouldn't make it up the gradient at the back.

― snoball, Friday, 6 March 2009 22:10 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.accesskent.com/Health/HealthDepartment/CD_Epid/images/chickenpox.jpg

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:13 (seventeen years ago)

most of us had that one to be fair

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:14 (seventeen years ago)

I also had that same thing snoball just posted, was great fun

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:15 (seventeen years ago)

I just remember it being frustrating, batteries in the 1970's not having the super nashwan power they seem to have today...

― snoball, Friday, 6 March 2009 22:17 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/28162-large.jpg

I think we also had a slightly more elaborate version of that, but maybe that's my memory playing tricks with me.

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:18 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.firstbangormrc.btinternet.co.uk/IMGA0304_WEB.jpg

nb ours was not quite this big

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:21 (seventeen years ago)

How funny! Someone just reminded me today that my grandmother used to have all these Avon dolls/products, and that I played with them every time I went to my grandparents' house, but I probably haven't thought about them in 25 years. I'm having REALLY strong nostalgia and reactions to looking at them!

http://agentchin.typepad.com/cutethings/images/aswgirls.jpg

― How can there be male ladybugs? (Laurel), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:23 (seventeen years ago)

I can't find most of the really edge-of-memory stuff on GIS :(

Take my word for it, tho, there was a REALLY creepy rubber Mickey Mouse. And a totally awesome treasure island with pirate ship and figurines. And loads of Dinky Toys.

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:29 (seventeen years ago)

a REALLY creepy rubber Mickey Mouse

With a squeaker in the base? And Mickey was waving?
http://www.whatacharacter.com/g-o/m0299194.jpg
(^^^ not mine, but it looked like this one)

― snoball, Friday, 6 March 2009 22:32 (seventeen years ago)

nah, he was wearing blue and the nose was even bigger/grin wider, but close!

― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Friday, 6 March 2009 22:35 (seventeen years ago)

Still on a Disney tip...
http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/cartoon/images/Disney/popup-goofy.JPG
The site the image is from says "GOOFY The Astronaut in Space Capsule. (...) 1960's hard plastic. Jack-in-the-box type toy. Push the button, the lid pops open and GOOFY pops out! approx. 4.5" tall. excellent. This is without a doubt, the rarest one in this series. $65"
I have no idea where the feck it is now... $65!!!

― snoball, Friday, 6 March 2009 22:37 (seventeen years ago)

I dunno whether I should say 'lol u guys is old' or 'wow, you had some cool stuff growing up.' fun thread though!

― dumbsocietypigeons (unregistered), Saturday, 7 March 2009 02:37 (seventeen years ago)

http://i40.tinypic.com/a3ntw1.jpg

not sure what these were called (they're not Puppy in my Pocket, and google doesn't seem to help), but Topps mfg'd these tiny plastic dogs that you could buy at convenience stores for about $1 each, packed in aluminum pouches along with a booklet, edible dog bone, and stickers. I must've bought about 20 of them from the mini-mart at the campground my family stayed at on summer weekends. I kept them on my nightstand and made little beds for them out of cloth swatches and old cardboard jewelery boxes. I was PISSED when my friend borrowed and lost the brown hobo pup with the red handkerchief around his neck. At one point I even sent a letter to Topps asking if they could send me a black lab that I could never seemed to find even though it was advertised in the booklet. They kindly obliged. In retrospect, I was kinda obsessed with these cheap hunks of plastic for a couple months.

― dumbsocietypigeons (unregistered), Saturday, 7 March 2009 02:57 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/my-pal-2.jpg

― lil butt (harbl), Saturday, 7 March 2009 02:58 (seventeen years ago)

gis for my pal 2 gets u lots of pictures of big dicks btw

― lil butt (harbl), Saturday, 7 March 2009 02:59 (seventeen years ago)

I didn't have those (robots, or big dicks, or even Teddy Ruxpin ffs) when I was a kid, but I'm pretty sure I remember this commercial:

WANT

― dumbsocietypigeons (unregistered), Saturday, 7 March 2009 03:05 (seventeen years ago)

Holy shit. i've had nothing to add to this thread since I fully remember all my toys. At least I thought I did until I saw My Pal up there.

Guys, Meet "Alphie"

http://www.theoldrobots.com/images19/alphie44.JPG

I barely remember anything about him except you had to stick those cards over his chest and the buttons all corresponded with the noises, etc.

"What Did You Say?"

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 7 March 2009 04:08 (seventeen years ago)

wait a minute, maybe it was Alphie II.

http://www.robotsandcomputers.com/robots/images/robopix/web/alphie2.gif

True to the thread title, I barely remember this thing.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 7 March 2009 04:10 (seventeen years ago)

i think my earliest memory is holding my moms hand and walking through the mall
but then again i keep telling myself this every two years - and the visual aspect of this memory is probably just b.s. I've invented over the years to go along with the words

― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 7 March 2009 05:52 (seventeen years ago)

i had an a-team coloring book

― latebloomer, Saturday, 7 March 2009 06:16 (seventeen years ago)

just remembered this

― latebloomer, Saturday, 7 March 2009 06:18 (seventeen years ago)

― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Saturday, 7 March 2009 10:19 (seventeen years ago)

:( what am i doing wrong?

― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Saturday, 7 March 2009 10:19 (seventeen years ago)

ilx uses bbcode.

use these tags for images:

― latebloomer, Sunday, 8 March 2009 03:43 (seventeen years ago)

er, just click on "Show Formatting Help" under the "Submit Post" button

― latebloomer, Sunday, 8 March 2009 03:44 (seventeen years ago)

face of wolf, you have used what is known as alex in nyc code

we use bbc code now

― roxymuzak, Sunday, 8 March 2009 03:46 (seventeen years ago)

thanks, someone let me know earlier today
http://rahuldesign.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/teddy-ruxpin.jpg

― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Sunday, 8 March 2009 04:34 (seventeen years ago)

^^^ it's possible to hack the fuck out of that - the tape deck is stereo, one channel has the audio and the other channel has the control signals that open the mouth, etc..

― snoball, Sunday, 8 March 2009 11:17 (seventeen years ago)

I need to do this
you know, to soil childhood memories

― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Sunday, 8 March 2009 11:37 (seventeen years ago)

It's fairly straightforward, you don't even need to modify the bear. Just get an old TR tape, get it into your computer, and then use an audio editor to add a new soundtrack and copy the control signals to match it. Then record it to a blank tape, pop it into the bear and there ya go.

― snoball, Sunday, 8 March 2009 12:01 (seventeen years ago)

OH, sorry, you don't realize that I'm retarded :(
"then use an audio editor to add a new soundtrack and copy the control signals to match it." is not straight forward for someone who is retarded.
BUT I will figure out how to do this anyways

― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Sunday, 8 March 2009 12:10 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.illiop.org/local_faq_pages.html
...has a bit more information

― snoball, Sunday, 8 March 2009 12:19 (seventeen years ago)

thanks :)
this is awesome

― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Sunday, 8 March 2009 12:22 (seventeen years ago)

not a "thing" i "had" but i barely just remembered this

― HHooHHHooHH-oob (harbl), Thursday, 19 March 2009 02:39 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.stretcharmstrongworld.com/catalog_2.html

― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 March 2009 21:21 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.theoldtoyguide.com/Images/dinky-ufo-interceptor-351-detail.jpg

― meisenfek, Thursday, 19 March 2009 21:48 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.mysite4u.com/toys/diecast/hw/70/redline%20hot%20wheels%20carabo%20magenta.jpg

― meisenfek, Thursday, 19 March 2009 21:51 (seventeen years ago)

would love to have that stretch octopus

― WHO DEY and the blowfish (roxymuzak), Friday, 27 March 2009 22:18 (seventeen years ago)

five months pass...

I only just remembered this because of a post about Firestarter, but:

A MILLION OLD OMNI MAGAZINES!!

I loved them.

― Angus Young (roxymuzak), Sunday, 30 August 2009 21:34 (sixteen years ago)

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