OldRUSHfan Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Next is the Mattel 'Thingmaker' duo. still have the 'Thingmaker' and all the molds for both sets! They still sell Plastigoop, so I'm good to go whenever! And I also had one of thereHere's my first bicycle, a MATTEL [again] V-RROOM! Bicycle, with electronic plastic 'motor' that made the engine sound. The gas tank is actually a compartment for storing stuff. I kept my 'girl watching' 'Bikini sun glasses' in mine, for when I was riding. Edited February 28, 2018 by OldRUSHfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relayer2112 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JARG Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 The KISS comic book colored with real blood! Thundershift 500 - best goddamned toy ever Mecanno and Lego What does it say about me that I remember more of the toys I had than the people I went to school with? Oh god yes, the Hot Wheels stuff was the best I had the AFX cars too, and this Evel Knievel wind up character I had that, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 HotWheels, of course, came out in 1968, and this was my first. I had this one. :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.I remember playing with mercury. These days, they'll shut down an entire school if mercury gets loose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.I remember playing with mercury. These days, they'll shut down an entire school if mercury gets loose. oh boy, me too My Dad dabbled in making jewelry and he had this little cabinet with all kinds of mysterious stuff - there were little vials of mercury - god knows why - but this stuff was like something from The Outer Limits 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) The glow-in-the-dark Aurora models and the prehistoric series ... Every night I would fall asleep to a sea of glowing heads across the room http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ngEN6bXi7jo/TtPI1UAS1uI/AAAAAAAAZJ0/DWopaQADn2k/s1600/PRISONER.jpghttp://www.collecttoys.net/1960s-Toys/Monsters/images/creature-aurora.jpghttp://www.battlegrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/aurora02.jpg Edited February 28, 2018 by Lucas 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrinx Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I had this !!! http://youtu.be/DS07TPPu0SE Yup. Had one as soon as they came out, and a year or so later, got a FRIGHT FACTORY too. Still have one of the THINGMAKERS and all the molds. Plastigoop is still made, and I can still do all the cool stuff I used to!Yep I had this also. I remember it really stunk when you made them - highly toxic? Also I had a wood burning set which was basically an implement that you plugged in and it became red hot and you could burn designs into wood. Don't think that would pass the safety tests today! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) The only Aurora monster model I had was the Mummy model, it was a glow in the dark one , but I also had Barnabas Collins Model, glow in the dark also. Edited March 1, 2018 by OldRUSHfan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.Yep! My dad saw it and thought I was sniffing it. He said "I'll give you something to sniff.". At the time he worked at a plastic injection molding plant, making parts for the automobile plants. Brought home something he called "mask wash", used for cleaning the molds. A mix of toulene, benzine, and other solvents that made model airplane glue smell like Near Beer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Marx Toys Rock'em Sock'em Robots. Classic! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I had this !!! http://youtu.be/DS07TPPu0SE Yup. Had one as soon as they came out, and a year or so later, got a FRIGHT FACTORY too. Still have one of the THINGMAKERS and all the molds. Plastigoop is still made, and I can still do all the cool stuff I used to!Yep I had this also. I remember it really stunk when you made them - highly toxic? Also I had a wood burning set which was basically an implement that you plugged in and it became red hot and you could burn designs into wood. Don't think that would pass the safety tests today! I had a wood burning set at this time to, and eventually had to replace the wood burning tool. still used it for electronics work until I replaced that tool with a gun style soldering gun. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.I remember playing with mercury. These days, they'll shut down an entire school if mercury gets loose. oh boy, me too My Dad dabbled in making jewelry and he had this little cabinet with all kinds of mysterious stuff - there were little vials of mercury - god knows why - but this stuff was like something from The Outer Limits oh I had the uber cool science teacher in middle school that let us do dangerous stuff...like poke a little pile of mercury around on the counter. his other treat was to put soapy water in the sink and stick the gas hose in it. Then scoop up a little pile in your hand and put it next to the bunson burner. Wooosh! He let everyone in the class try it once. Make sure there's none under your hand before you light it kids. Edited February 28, 2018 by HemiBeers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.I remember playing with mercury. These days, they'll shut down an entire school if mercury gets loose. oh boy, me too My Dad dabbled in making jewelry and he had this little cabinet with all kinds of mysterious stuff - there were little vials of mercury - god knows why - but this stuff was like something from The Outer Limits oh I had the uber cool science teacher in middle school that let us do dangerous stuff...like poke a little pile of mercury around on the counter. his other treat was to put soapy water in the sink and stick the gas hose in it. Then scoop up a little pile in your hand and put it next to the bunson burner. Wooosh! He let everyone in the class try it once. Make sure there's none under your hand before you light it kids. My high school chemistry teacher had us all gather around her desk. She had a pan of water - about 1/2" deep. She pulled a chunk of pure sodium out of its jar and put it in the water. It fizzled for a few seconds .... and then BOOM!! :haz: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I had this !!! http://youtu.be/DS07TPPu0SE Yup. Had one as soon as they came out, and a year or so later, got a FRIGHT FACTORY too. Still have one of the THINGMAKERS and all the molds. Plastigoop is still made, and I can still do all the cool stuff I used to!Yep I had this also. I remember it really stunk when you made them - highly toxic? Also I had a wood burning set which was basically an implement that you plugged in and it became red hot and you could burn designs into wood. Don't think that would pass the safety tests today! I had a wood burning set at this time to, and eventually had to replace the wood burning tool. still used it for electronics work until I replaced that tool with a gun style soldering gun. YES !!! I forgot about the wood burning set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.Yep! My dad saw it and thought I was sniffing it. He said "I'll give you something to sniff.". At the time he worked at a plastic injection molding plant, making parts for the automobile plants. Brought home something he called "mask wash", used for cleaning the molds. A mix of toulene, benzine, and other solvents that made model airplane glue smell like Near Beer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 http://www.samstoybox.com/toypics/FrustrationBallBoxArt.jpg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Toys back then look waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more different then they do now!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, they were better! In the 90s there were retro toys/figures made as homages to the 60s & 70s versions. But in 2018 I don’t think I’ve seen any toys/figures made as homages to those made in the 90s. There's been a few things, but they're mostly lame like Tomagotchis and the demon hellspawn known as Furby. I do like the 90s Marvel throwbacks that came out last year though: That's how Wolverine looked to an eight year old little Stormtron and that's how he should still look, damnit. 80s toys are where it's at for me though. I was a 3.75 G.I. Joe maniac. They had so many vehicles and shit! I used to make stop motion movie masterpieces with them and make my Grandparents watch them. Bless them! I appreciate a lot of the 70s stuff too. There's so many great monster toys from that era. My favorite now are the Mego style retro figures that NECA started putting out a few years ago. I've got a bunch of these in my room of junk (the packaging is great!): http://i.imgur.com/WehEYUJ.jpg The small G.I. Joes from the early 80s were also great because they had the swivel arm thing going on. They were the first figures that did that I think. But even the first line of small G.I Joes that did NOT have the swivel arms were great because of the detail and accessories. I had a lot from both lines. I got Duke for free from some mail-in giveaway. So did I! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Does anyone remember "super elastic bubble plastic" from the mid seventies? In retrospect, playing with that stuff was most likely akin to smoking three packs of cigarettes a day.Yep! My dad saw it and thought I was sniffing it. He said "I'll give you something to sniff.". At the time he worked at a plastic injection molding plant, making parts for the automobile plants. Brought home something he called "mask wash", used for cleaning the molds. A mix of toulene, benzine, and other solvents that made model airplane glue smell like Near Beer. I remember the vile smelling stuff, but I don't remember if I ever played with it. I know I had friends that had it...that is why I remember the smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The Devil's Toy. I had a few in the 60's. “...wheels of circular design intended to revolve...” The NFB made a shit-load of crazy stuff over their many years. There should be a thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaportrailer Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 My dad saw it and thought I was sniffing it. He said "I'll give you something to sniff.". That sounds menacing, and very easy to picture someone like James Coburn saying it. :clap: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 HotWheels, of course, came out in 1968, and this was my first. I had this one. :) I still have all of my HotWheels except the Boss Hoss Silver Special, the Chome one you got when you signed up for the HotWheels club in the late '60s I signed up in '69. it was stolen from me in '70. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymaker Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The Devil's Toy. I had a few in the 60's. http://youtu.be/_cj_rFpWuwU "wheels of a circular design" "since the ground tends to remain stationary . . ." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Wolly Willy, the face picture with the enclosed iron filings and the rod magnet used to distribute the filings to look like head and facial hair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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