If you grew up in the 70's...

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  • Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel
    Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel Posts: 10,916 Member
    Some of my favorite toys growing up:

    TONKA- These were actually made of metal instead of today's plastic versions.

    BIG JIM with the Karate dojo- I was so inspired by Bruce Lee that this was a go to toy daily.

    The SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN- Lol, I remember looking through the back of his head and the "bionic" vision.

    ATARI 2600- Tank and Pong. Still classics.

    DC heroes- All with removable clothing.

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    Hmmm... Things were differerent in the US then. Anyone from G.B that I can relate to? :smile:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    We also played red rover, red rover (outlawed today) and there was no bulling or political correctness. A large dirt pile behind elementary school turn into at every recess from "King of the Hill" to "Smear the Queer" All the teachers laughed and called it that too. lol
    Whaaaaa?? Outlawed, when did this happen? Sheesh that was such a fun game and everyone could play.

    I'm not familiar with the King of the Hill game as I don't watch the show... yea I could see how that might be dropped from playing.

    But what's wrong with red rover? :sad:
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,032 Member
    ...for 3 miles each way, with no shoes....
    backwards!:laugh:
  • dmoses
    dmoses Posts: 786 Member
    Jarts were my favorite!!!

    and who could forget HR Pufnstuf and Witchy-Poo!!!
  • laura2813
    laura2813 Posts: 84 Member
    Some of my favorite toys growing up:

    TONKA- These were actually made of metal instead of today's plastic versions.

    The SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN- Lol, I remember looking through the back of his head and the "bionic" vision.

    ATARI 2600- Tank and Pong. Still classics.

    I still have my Tonka truck (Blue-1969 hydrolic dump truck). I had the Six Million Dollar Man doll cause I played with the bionic woman and had to have them togeher. We thought we were uptown when we got our Atari game and could play Pong (I need to go look as my parents may still have that thing).
  • So_Much_Fab
    So_Much_Fab Posts: 1,146 Member
    Jarts! Just last week I was looking online for some vintage ones...extremely hard to find and they can be expensive. I have fond memories playing Jarts at my grandparent's house with my family when I was young.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    Also remembering the HUGE *kitten* VCR players, my "disco box" (record player with blinking lights on top and big speaker on the bottom used at GARAGE DANCES), my mom's "Harvest Gold" shag wall to wall carpeting, and doing the "Presidential Fitness test" each year for PE.

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  • laura2813
    laura2813 Posts: 84 Member
    We would leave the house early in the morning and I wasn't expected to be home except to grab a bite to eat (sometimes we didn't even come home for that if our friends moms gave us something). My parents didn't know where we were at all times and there wasn't any concern unless we didn't show up when it got dark. We traveled in almost every state in the US and never wore a seat belt. We drank from a garden hose all day long and never got sick. I wrecked bikes, skates and skateboards and lived through it all without ever wearing a helment. We rode out bikes about 3 miles to the country club so we could swim and then sat out to tan on the roof of the pump house which was painted silver. We didn't know what sunscreen was but knew what baby oil with iodine mixed in would give us... a nice tan. We threw dirt clods at each other, blazed trails through the woods, jumped on bare back horses and swam in the horse troth when it got cleaned. I stayed home by myself sometimes and by 16 my parents would sometimes leave town to visit relatives and leave me home by myself. I miss the good ole days when you could run free and it wasn't a crime. Kids today are missing out and I think their parents are too.
  • laura2813
    laura2813 Posts: 84 Member
    I remember listening to the Top 10 on the radio and having my recorder next to the speaker so I could record the music. How many had and 8 track player?
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
    I remember listening to the Top 10 on the radio and having my recorder next to the speaker so I could record the music. How many had and 8 track player?

    HAD?...Still do. :bigsmile:

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  • Wookinpanub
    Wookinpanub Posts: 635 Member
    I vividly remember in first grade (1979) my teacher using masking tape to tape a hyper active kid to his chair as in using it as rope to tie/tape each leg to a chair leg and his arms and torso to the back of the chair.

    That would be front page news today and that teacher would be fired on the spot.
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    haha so true, i was a 1973 kid.

    Things i remember from the mid-late 70's and early 80's

    * We had an old volkswagan that had no seatbelts and if you went around the corner too sharp the doors would fly open
    * mom had a Datsun 1600 that the seats were held up by cricket stumps and if you stopped quick they would dig into your back * that same Datsun only had seating for 4 and we piled 10 kids into it and went for a drive up the coast no seatbelts in the back
    * no computers, no walkmans, no CD's
    * Playing outside all day long only coming in for meals
    * If you got hurt it was your own damn fault lol
    * mini firework rockets and cherry bombs that would chase you or would blow up in your hands
    * an open incinerator in everyone's back yard and an above ground swimming pool with no protection.
    * unsafe play equipment at home parks and school
    * no protective gear for sports
    * unsafe toys sold to kids

    And that was just in my town of Adelaide, South Australia lol
  • markiend
    markiend Posts: 461 Member
    It really is a miracle there are any of us Gen-Xers still alive.

    Now I am off to feed my kids their gluten -free cereal with organic milk and berries before slathering them with SPF 45 and strapping on their bicycle helmets so we can go out to play.

    My sister ( same ages as us ) has turned into one of these too ... me being the uncle who gets them all into trouble had to explain their little bit of sun burn :/
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    I was born in 78 so i grew up with the playgrounds of the 70s and other school equipment before they made it all cheap plastic and wood chip bedding. Under the monkey-bars in elementary school was rock hard dirt. The again this was before the wimps in the nation decided that recess was too dangerous and everyone was a winner for being able to pick their noses and scratch their *kitten*.

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