Best toys of the 70's
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My friends used to melt lead fishing weights in those things! :lol
I had both of these. The Vincent Price Shrunken Head Maker, and the Creepy Crawler Maker (may have been from the 60's). This was the version you could melt your finger prints off with, not the plastic encased lawerized version. GREAT TIMES!
Borjis
Sr Member
I agree. This is a great thread. I don't remember all the names of the toys I had as a kid, but seeing pictures I'm like "I had that!". I have to thank my parents as I had a great childhood with great toys it seems. I was born in '67 so I was the right age to really enjoy all this great stuff in the 70's and 80's.
Not a 70's toy but this is going to be a future project.
Hell ya!
I still have 2 of the black pistol versions. Did the rifles ever come in black?
PrimoOptimoso
Sr Member
That's original Lazer Tag, no? I never had them, I was the less-than-thrilled recipient of a Photon set instead.
Eopie Herder
Sr Member
Didn't Photon also have a set of 12"ish figures?
Man I remember Girders and Panels!! IIRC the US version had black girders in the 70's
Memorable Christmas was the year I got the Space 1999 Eagle and a Chopper Command. Chopper command was the helicopter version of the Star Trek Enterpise toy mentioned a few pages back.
That Stormtrooper cheapo costume is a crack up. Like you need to have a picture on the torso to identify who you are supposed to be.:lol
Any one mention Legos yet?
Memorable Christmas was the year I got the Space 1999 Eagle and a Chopper Command. Chopper command was the helicopter version of the Star Trek Enterpise toy mentioned a few pages back.
That Stormtrooper cheapo costume is a crack up. Like you need to have a picture on the torso to identify who you are supposed to be.:lol
Any one mention Legos yet?
The rifle (Starlyte Pro) was never offered for sale in black. There were 3-4 black prototypes made and one or two may have dissapeared from the factory. It was switched to white in wake of a shooting accident involving one of the Starlyte pistols. I have several mint sets of the pistols and continue to buy them on occasion, just because!
Eopie Herder
Sr Member
I remember that incident. That was the first I'd ever heard of a toy gun being mistaken for a real one. A cop shot him, right?
I loved the helmet for Lazer Tag, but was deeply disappointed when I realized it didn't come with the black visor.
(side note, anyone seen the new Lazer Tag designed for use with the iPhone?)
3jack
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I vaguely remember having some figures and a couple of vehicles. I think it was a car and I definitely remember a yellow plane which had a square cut out of the top of the cockpit where you could slot one of the men in. Im sure it was very late 70s. Does that ring a bell with anyone. Man I loved those toys, I tipped the plane up over drain and lost one of the men and I buried one on the beach and never found it again, man I was gutted about it.
dfrey79
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trooper
Sr Member
Big Trak and Starbird
omg dude you dont know how many years ive been thinking about finding the big track and star bird i used to have but could not remember what they were called, the big track was awesome and i think thats the same six million dollar man i used to have, i had the space capsule to....saw one in an antique shop a few years back
im gettin old...crap :lol
3jack
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That's cool, I''ve always wondered what it was. I remember the boat and dog now too. Don't remember the ATV though. Wish you could still get em, I had hours of fun playing with them
Vintage Toy Store Pictures: Plaid Stallions
Vintage Toy Store Pictures: Star Wars : Big Trak : Mego : Plaid Stallions
Vintage Toy Store Pictures I Part Five I Plaidstallions.com
Vintage Toy Store Pictures I Part Ten I Plaidstallions.com
Vintage Toy Store Pictures Part 13 I 1970s and 1980s I Plaidstallions.com
http://www.plaidstallions.com/toystores.html
http://www.plaidstallions.com/toystores/twelve.html
http://www.plaidstallions.com/toystores/eleven.html
I bought this book and have had many hours of enjoyment going through it and feeling nostalgic :lol
More Boys' Toys of the 70's & 80's: Toy Pages From the Great Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalogs 1970-1985: Thomas W. Holland: 9781887790192: Amazon.com: Books
More Boys' Toys of the 70's & 80's: Toy Pages From the Great Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalogs 1970-1985: Thomas W. Holland: 9781887790192: Amazon.com: Books
Robert McLain
Sr Member
Thanks, I'm gonna have to pick that one up
Here's a nice archive of christmas catalogs to look through
Welcome to WishbookWeb.com
Robert
Thanks, I'm gonna have to pick that one up
Here's a nice archive of christmas catalogs to look through
Welcome to WishbookWeb.com
Robert
That's a great website. If I recall, it was posted on an earlier page in this thread
Robert McLain
Sr Member
That's a great website. If I recall, it was posted on an earlier page in this thread
Doh! You are correct, sir! I need to pay attention:lol
Robert
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