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Top 100 Toys From The '70s or Thereabouts
doctorfaustus writes "Found this on Daily Rotation -- it details, with pictures, many of the toys we all wanted from our parents at Christmas a few years ago.... Everything from '160 Exciting Science Projects' to 'Stretch Armstrong,' along with the promises made in the toy's advertising and how often those promises were broken... The story has a British orientation, but I didn't see a single toy I didn't remember from my American youth.... They're all here: Simon, Slime, Magic Rocks, Sonic Ear... Even the Sinclair."
... description mentions "the sinclair". What, the Sinclair C5? ZX81? Spectrum? or one of the later, uprated spectrums (spectra?)
Screw you all! I'm off to the pub
That didn't take long.
c J:tv.cream.org/extras/toys/+&hl=en
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:CfODxQWCEL
From Wikipedia Effective December 19, 1988, all lawn darts are banned from sale in the United States. Lawn darts, used in an outdoor game, have been responsible for the deaths of 3 children.
*THREE* children die and they are banned? WTF is up with that? I bet more kids than that die from tire swings or candy canes each year. Rediculous.
I'm still waiting...
See that's your mistake - they NEVER come to you. If you want one, you can have one. You just have to put in a bit of effort.
Firstly, ask yourself this question - "What are you doing to get one?"
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LEGOs have been changing for quite some time, but in many ways they're not much different. There were always specialty sets and special-purpose pieces. I remember the blue train tracks and ladders from the 70s, just as an example.
Certainly they have a lot more special pieces in current sets. Some of them are hard to use for a different purpose, but some of them are great for a wide variety of alternate uses.
Perhaps the biggest change of the last few years is the huge variety of colors available. There are multiple shades of most colors, including orange, purple, and many others. And they changed brown, grey, and dark grey to be slightly different colors.
But now you can go and buy a bucket of 1000 basic pieces for $20, so unlike twenty years ago, you're not limited to the sets.
It's like Mecano, just cleaner... I really wanted this as a child, and was surprised to find it again.
Check out Capsela
From the site:
Description: Max Out comes with 108 interlocking parts to construct over 100 land and water projects inicluding a tug boat, water pump, crane, cable lift, generator, steam roller, tricycle, vacuum cleaner and as many simple machines as your imagination can conceive. Includes a full color Science Discovery Design Manual with easy to follow assembly instructions, as well as an illustrated basic Science Booklet to explore 18 physical science principles. Children of all abilities from age 7 and up will be fascinated with tangible demonstrations of electric circuits, motion energy, friction and traction, buoyancy, vacuums, and other real-life concepts as they discover the fun of science in motion with Capsela!
> Firstly, ask yourself this question - "What are you doing to get one?"
Nope. The right question a geek should be asking is: "What are going to do with her when you get her?" (And let's not mention the obvious; remember, it takes an extraordiary man to even last an hour. What will you do the rest of the time? Show her your Star Wars collection? Right...)
Bah! If you have a castle set AND a space set, you can build space castles! Seriously, I used to combine parts from my space sets and my Lego airport to make some really cool stuff. The only issue I have with current Hollywood tie-ins is that it is an excuse to charge more by creating an artificial 'collectible' that isn't really very collectible. Also that the pieces are ONLY available in the sets and not separately or in bulk is kind of a pain.
These people looked deep into my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.
6mdm did not have a fuzzy head. You are thinking of an action man (or GI Joe, as you merkins would have it)
I keep hearing this complaint, and it is simply not borne out by the facts.
Your average Star Wars set has no more painted bricks than your average Space set from the early 80's. The only big, pre-formed pieces are things like canopies.
That aside, the new click hinges are the most useful LEGO part ever.
The new Star Wars sets are some of the best LEGO sets ever, even though you happen to be able to put them together to look like something from a movie.
Don't know about the Harry Potter sets. They don't look very different from the Castle sets, which were my other favorites when I was a kid.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!