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Classic Toys For Christmas?

Posted by Cliff on from the fourty-two-shopping-days-left dept.

waterwheel asks: "Christmas is coming, and it's time to start planning our online shopping list for future Slashdot readers. This year I'm having a look at some of the more classic toys - and am finding that not only are some of the classic toys still around - but they are still educational and fun. Two good examples of this are the Rubik's Cube and the time honored gyroscope. The cube has been around for about 20 years, the gyroscope it seems for almost a 100. Both will be under the tree this year. Both of these toys are able to compete with video games - a true test of staying power. This begs the question - what other classic toys do you remember from your youth that are still fun enough that kids will play with them today?"

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  1. Extra $$ this Christmas? by SIGALRM · · Score: 0, Troll
    what other classic toys do you remember from your youth that are still fun enough that kids will play with them today?
    Oh, I'm sure "Lincoln logs" would be my 8 year old's favorite toy. I'll just return the copy of Halo 2 I bought for him. Thanks Slashdot, for saving me money--good idea.
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  2. IT BEGS THE QUESTION! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'M BEGGING YOU!

  3. mj by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Michael Jackson

  4. Re:Classic toy by Psiren · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not exposing your kids to guns yourself (or having a responsible friend expose them) will just leave their first shooting experience to their peers, which can/does end poorly.

    Wow! The US really is a fucked up place. I've never fired a real gun in my life, but I certainly don't feel like I missed out on anything. What's the big attraction in encouraging the use of instruments meant soley for wounding or killing things?

  5. Yes, my son, you're getting a Sybian! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now, *that's* what I call a classic toy!

  6. Re:Rubik's Cube by Nursie · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's something gone crazy!
    Patents on the cube have expired, meaning that these are perfectly legal.

  7. Re:My 2 1/2 year old... by Zorilla · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dork!

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  8. Re:School House Rock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Forget that, give her time and she'll grow her own erector set.

  9. The classics by the_truk_stop · · Score: 0, Troll

    Halo and an XBox. I think that was the turning point in my development.

  10. It's a hang em all out to dry kind of Chrisssstmas by gelfling · · Score: 0, Troll

    Squeeze em till they bleed.....

    In George Bush's America I imagine that the number #1 Christmas gift for most of us will be almost adequate food to eat and Good Christian Cheer. The wealthy, "MY Base - haw haw" will as always, get slaves.