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OK fellow boomers - what were your favorite Christmas present toys when you were young? [View all] NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 OP

Toni greymattermom Dec 2018 #1

I still have mine too. hedda_foil Dec 2018 #19

This Botany Dec 2018 #2

I loved my Spirograph! Ohiogal Dec 2018 #3

Is that it??? consider_this Dec 2018 #35

this is the one I recall NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #89

Mine was metal. Ohiogal Dec 2018 #102

Whoa. Super balls jberryhill Dec 2018 #4

I had Flintstones Building Boulders Freddie Dec 2018 #5

Yes! Styrofoam...and pretty indestructable. I was born in 56. And...Creepy Crawlers! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #9

Also born in 56 Freddie Dec 2018 #12

Ditto born in 56 kimbutgar Dec 2018 #39

My fingers got burnt a few times LeftInTX Dec 2018 #77

Building Boulders!!! RobinA Dec 2018 #119

Etch-A-Sketch Zoonart Dec 2018 #6

Ditto! ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #50

Wore the knobs off a couple of those. Zoonart Dec 2018 #69

Back Around When I Was 8... ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #83

O have also seen some pretty fantastic etch-a-sketch art. Zoonart Dec 2018 #121

I loved my Tinker Toys, Lindsay Dec 2018 #7

Oh yes - colorforms! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #10

I can still remember the way they smell Boy, does that take me back nt Laffy Kat Dec 2018 #68

Yup MFM008 Dec 2018 #81

Zeroids Robots tparrett62 Dec 2018 #8

anyone remember the "coloring books" where the pics had small black dots - brush them with water NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #11

Paint with Water books! Lindsay Dec 2018 #16

Lionel trains Submariner Dec 2018 #13

Yep! MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #31

I'm 72 and still have my #7 1/2 Erector set rickford66 Dec 2018 #54

And how many times MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #55

That motor had a lot of torque. rickford66 Dec 2018 #67

Yes totally agree TEB Dec 2018 #51

My Smokey the Bear teddy bear, complete with hat and shovel. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #14

Breyer Molding Co. horses and Barbie outfits 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2018 #15

Slot cars and track beachbum bob Dec 2018 #17

Strombecker jberryhill Dec 2018 #45

My first "Hot Rod" The Figment Dec 2018 #18

Got one of these when I was 10 TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #20

Airplanes Cartoonist Dec 2018 #21

... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #22

Did your parents have any children that lived? jberryhill Dec 2018 #46

Only the strongest Major Nikon Dec 2018 #47

LOL n/t orleans Dec 2018 #73

It's a damned wonder.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2018 #74

LOVED jarts! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #112

Chemistry sets, bicycles, baseball gloves and bats, and raccoon skin hats. Hoyt Dec 2018 #23

I was jonesing over my Fanner 50... mitch96 Dec 2018 #24

But what you REALLY wanted was this: Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #28

So many! PennyK Dec 2018 #25

Wow!! I thought those went out of production in the 30s LeftInTX Dec 2018 #78

Games - Battleship and Operation Raven123 Dec 2018 #26

I've always regretted that we were so poor I never got my.... dawg day Dec 2018 #27

They're still around! Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #30

Erector sets, cap guns, bikes, electric trains. brush Dec 2018 #29

I think it was called Creepy Crawlers Runningdawg Dec 2018 #32

My absolute favorite... consider_this Dec 2018 #33

Oh yeah, I had the one for pencil toppers too. Fun times. Runningdawg Dec 2018 #42

Creeple Peeple! TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #72

And Mini-Dragons - a variant on the Creepy Crawler concept . . . hatrack Dec 2018 #114

I had them all. Loved them! yardwork Dec 2018 #95

Jolie??? not sure, please help me remember consider_this Dec 2018 #34

Dip-a-flower? jberryhill Dec 2018 #48

That's what it looks like, and consider_this Dec 2018 #49

Really cool. Don't remember that!! LeftInTX Dec 2018 #100

Lincoln Logs consider_this Dec 2018 #36

I forgot about those, but I loved them. jg10003 Dec 2018 #70

I loved Lincoln Logs. Probably they were given to my brothers. catrose Dec 2018 #111

Santa was an idiot - He always delivered my presents to the wrong house Brother Buzz Dec 2018 #37

Yep! That's it, right there! MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #57

I had that chemistry set kimbutgar Dec 2018 #38

Oh, so many... Barbie dolls, wooden doll house, bike with banana seat , Tonka truck Boomerproud Dec 2018 #40

Stuffed duck, Lincoln logs, Tonka trucks, Lionel train, erector set, pool table PufPuf23 Dec 2018 #41

a toy stuffed white cat Baitball Blogger Dec 2018 #43

yum! the smell of tinker toys and playdoh! Kali Dec 2018 #44

A bag of coal. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #52

Some real blasts from the past in this thread, but my favorite present was The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #53

Kenner Building Set Thunderbeast Dec 2018 #56

My brother loved Secret Sam toys... lapucelle Dec 2018 #58

Glow in the dark Raggety Ann and Andy. Chipper Chat Dec 2018 #59

Earlier Lego's - larger for my bad eyes! akraven Dec 2018 #60

I got the usual (for those days) "boy toys:" grumpyduck Dec 2018 #61

The Happy Fun Ball! smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #62

Log! jberryhill Dec 2018 #64

Oh yes, that was another fun one! smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #65

Kids love it jberryhill Dec 2018 #66

72 here, Lincoln Logs and roller skates, the ones you attach to shoes. Butterflylady Dec 2018 #63

yes, Lincoln Logs. They kept me busy for a limited amt of time but I still loved them! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #87

Marx Animal Kingdom Plastic Animals consider_this Dec 2018 #71

50s vintage sheet metal construction equipment replicas.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2018 #75

Aurora HO scale race sets. House of Roberts Dec 2018 #76

I only managed two-lane... regnaD kciN Dec 2018 #82

paper dolls were fun Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #79

ten speed bike! Kurt V. Dec 2018 #80

My STAR Team helmet LongtimeAZDem Dec 2018 #84

Jon Gnagy Learn to Draw Set femmocrat Dec 2018 #85

Yes! I had the version with charcoal. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #86

Thanks for posting the picture. femmocrat Dec 2018 #91

I had one of those,. too Ohiogal Dec 2018 #104

silly putty! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #88

and the big flat 72 box of crayolas NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #90

Wow, that's a beauty. femmocrat Dec 2018 #92

Oh yes I remember all of those original colors! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #93

Remember the box of 64 Ohiogal Dec 2018 #105

yes - I ran through quite a few boxes of those through the years! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #110

Wow, must be from before my time . . . . hatrack Dec 2018 #115

I was a pretty shy, loner type kid - spent a LOT of time coloring, drawing, reading NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #117

Paint by Numbers jpak Dec 2018 #94

Oh boy I loved those. They're still around. LeftInTX Dec 2018 #99

I remember painting that snow! nt Still Blue in PDX Dec 2018 #120

Steiff stuffed toys!!! When Dad was stationed in Germany, I got one each Christmas japple Dec 2018 #96

I had a Steiff stuffed lion, horse, cat, and dog Ohiogal Dec 2018 #107

I still have one of the 3" bears. He is a bit shopworn, but he still has a huge japple Dec 2018 #109

every other year onethatcares Dec 2018 #97

My 1950s Smokey the Bear teddy with hat, badge, and shovel. sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #98

I have to say I liked the board games Masterpiece and Master Mind. applegrove Dec 2018 #101

Mine was Lionel trains GP6971 Dec 2018 #103

Penny Bright lkinwi Dec 2018 #106

Anything Tonka, Corgi, Matchbox or Hot Wheels C_U_L8R Dec 2018 #108

this was my wife's favorite, she tells me! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #113

Chatty Cathy and my pink Schwinn with the banana seat DesertRat Dec 2018 #116

GI Joe, the boy's doll. PatrickforO Dec 2018 #118

A nurse's kit. I've always said if I were born a decade later it would have been a doctor's kit. n LAS14 Dec 2018 #122