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Colorado Progressive Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:21 AM
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anybody have a good list of American-made toys/products?
For those of us who only want to but American from now on....
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:35 AM
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1. sure
small flat stones - you can make them skip on water

I think that about does it
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Colorado Progressive Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:42 AM
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3. but we're friggin bored of those already!!! n/t
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Tanuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:39 AM
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2. Try this:
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Colorado Progressive Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:44 AM
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4. great!!!
:woohoo:
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StarryNite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 01:07 AM
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12. Thanks for the link.
I'm so sick and tired of buying Chinese shit!
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:46 AM
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5. The cardboard box your Chinese toy was shipped in?
n/t
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Colorado Progressive Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:47 AM
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7. but I burn those to heat my house!
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 01:00 AM
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9. No, no, no!!
Your supposed to save them so that you can make your next house out of them. ;)
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Colorado Progressive Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 01:03 AM
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10. damit!!! maybe the chinese lincoln logs will work...nt
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:46 AM
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6. Lehman's
has a toy department and some awesome Amish made stuff:

www.lehmans.com
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Tanuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 12:48 AM
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8. Still more:
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ms.smiler Donating Member (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 01:04 AM
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11. Shopforamerica.com is a nice online mall
filled with US made products including toys.

http://www.shopforamerica.com/home.php?cat=4
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 05:58 AM
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13. Try your local Folk Fair or...
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 06:17 AM
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14. I try to buy the nieces & nephews
books or give them gift cards for the book store for birthdays and Christmas. Their families are pretty well off (we are the poor relations in the mix) so I figure they will get enough toys and such.

:freak:
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blue sky at night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-18-07 10:59 AM
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15. I build my own kites.....
they are simple paper eddy kites and involve lots of craft work. They are a blast to fly, especially when you have three or four on the same line.
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