As a kid, what's your favorite gift?

Murdoch

Sr Member

• Dec 25, 2013

• #1

When i was a kid, maybe 8 or 9 i had received a remote controlled fire truck. It had a big honking cord with a huge controller. But i absolutely loved it. I have gotten better gifts as a kid i guess, but this is the one that stuck with me. Which may explain why red is my favorite color. So what is yours?

 

Raza Crew

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #2

It was Christmas of 1981 and I got the Millenium Falcon. Played with that thing everyday until the next Christmas when I got into G.I. Joes.

 

Monster Dave

Sr Member

• Dec 25, 2013

• #3

1987 was a good year! I'll never forget when I got this:

It was HUGE and aside from getting the GI Joe Night Raven the year before, this was the biggest toy I ever had!

 

Snow Builder

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #4

I had a TOS trek phaser that shot plastic discs. No idea how accurate it was (this was back in the 70s) but I played with it so much it actually cracked in half. I've looked around to see if I could pick up another but have never seen it listed -can't even find a reference pic.

 

PHArchivist

Master Member

• Dec 25, 2013

• #5

Death Star Tower play set from '77.

 

SriLanKING

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #6

I got a bunch of zoids as a kid and I still love them, some are busted up but I still have them on display

 

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Jannix Quinn

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #7

 

dbalschi

Sr Member

• Dec 25, 2013

• #8

Castle Grayskull! I was 4 years old and couldn't pronounce it properly! My poor parents searched everywhere for a Castle Rayskob. They finally took me to the store with them and an employee figured out what they were talking about when I grabbed a toy sword and yelled out "I have the power!" as loud as possible! Mom took me to get ice cream and dad bought it and ran it out to the car before I could see it.

 

ironmaided

Sr Member

• Dec 25, 2013

• #9

RC Helicopter or Airplane! I was 6 years old then :lol

When Gundam Model Kits came out the market mainly the Gundam Wing Model Kits, it became my dream christmas gift when I was 8

 

infymys

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #10

 

Treadwell

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #11

Snow Builder said:

I had a TOS trek phaser that shot plastic discs. No idea how accurate it was (this was back in the 70s) but I played with it so much it actually cracked in half. I've looked around to see if I could pick up another but have never seen it listed -can't even find a reference pic.

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I had this too!

 

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Treadwell

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #12

....or was it this? (which I also had!)

 

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Lost21stJedi

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #13

My favorite gift was definitely Dark Tower. I don't remember what year I got it (early 80's) but I absolutely loved playing this.

 

Darth Mawr

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #14

Mine was a thing called Hands Up Harry. It was a cowboy villain about 30 inches tall made out of 1/4 inch plywood or something similar. You had a dart gun that you could shoot the guns out his hands, his hat off his head and if you hit his belt buckle, his pants dropped down. I loved that thing and played with it until I discovered Major Matt Mason.

Edit - I found a couple of photos:

 

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EvilRocketeer

Master Member

• Dec 25, 2013

• #15

Batman returns robin figure. He is the one with the flat top

And the rocketeer vinyl applause figure

 

cayman shen

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #16

GI Joe Snow Cat!

 

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Sluis Van Shipyards

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #17

I can't pick one! I know it would probably be Star Wars or GI Joe.

 

Jodo

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #18

I got almost all the available Armies of Middle Earth figures at the time, with Helms Deep the Moria Balrog playsets. I also got about 8 LOTR 6 inch figures that year. It was hands down the best Christmas, even though I wasn't exactly a kid.

 

leatherneck

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• Dec 25, 2013

• #19

PHArchivist said:

Death Star Tower play set from '77.

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Same here. I remember waking up in the middle of the night to find it under the tree. I started playing with it right then and there, I woke my Dad up who made me go back to sleep and wait until the morning.

 

robn1

Master Member

• Dec 25, 2013

• #20

I had so many favorites through the years. The earliest I can remember were GI Joes in the late 60s. The diver was pretty cool, sit him in the bath tub and blow into the air line, it made bubbles come out of the helmet.

The jeep with the tow behind cannon was also cool, working headlights too.

Joe toys reached their pinnacle with the Mercury space capsule, coolness times a million.

The Star Trek utility belt was cool, though the props were kid sized.

The Space: 1999 Eagle toy was awesome, it seemed HUGE at the time. Of course at 3 feet it was pretty big

I saw the flashlight phaser on ebay just a few weeks ago.