December 01, 2003
Who?
And say hello to Col. Jeff Davis for me!
Certainsome1;
My guess is you are a bit younger than 40.
MMM was/IS the coolest astronaut toy in the whole wide world.
I was 7 when Armstrong landed on the moon, and me and Matt were right there with him.
Do you have a favorite/iconic toy from your youth?
I used to have a plastic "roadmap" and a bunch of toy cars.
I used to make traffic jams.
I'm glad I wasn't the only person who thought, "The what with the who now?"
Toys I desperately wanted but didn't get:
Snoopy snowcone machine (Hey Snoopy!)
Barbie Stylin Head
Cabbage Patch doll (My mom made one for me, bless her, but it wasn't the same. I finally got one when it was too late to care.)
Duran Duran watch (which I cannot for the life of me find a link to)
Garpage pail kids cards
Aww geez. I could go on forever. Those were the days.
Kimberly;
Why does "Barbie Stylin' Head" need batteries?
Creeepy.
All we had to play with was gravel and the occasional pointy stick - and we liked it!
*hikes up pants to nipples, kvetches*
*seethes with jealousy over Kimberly's Barbie Stylin' Head*
I'm gonna have to go with Legos as the number one toy of my yout'.
(Although Star Wars action figures, the large GI Joe dolls, air hockey, the Atari 2600, and D&D are up there.)
Heh! I have no clue what the batteries are for, and I choose not to think about it.
No jealousy necessary, Fes, I didn't actually get one. I think it might have something to do with the fact that I cut all the hair off of my regular Barbies--but I swear that I thought it would grow back.
Worst game from my youth to play when Dad's had a few too many cans of Carling's Black Label:
Aggravation.
A guy could lose an eye with all those flying marbles.
Oh. Sorry.
*remains jealous of Kimberly anyway*
*just because*
My favorite toys were a bright blue Schwinn bicycle, a pair of roller skates, and Monopoly. As the older sibling, I ruled at all three for years.
Found out why Barbie's head needs batteries:
When girls press her heart-shaped jewel pin, Barbie doll says one of 12 phrases. Phrases include "Let's put on my crown" and "Can you put on my eye shadow?"
Wow. That's more creepy than what my imagination could come up with.
ParisHiltonBarbie.
Fender Jazz Bass.
(I have heard that Paris Hilton's rear entrance is dirty and smells of cabbage. Could this be true?)
Who can tell? So dark. So crowded.
Oh sweet baby jesus. And I just got back from lunch too.
Mmmmm, cabbage!
*rubs tummy*
yeah, sweet baby jesus needed batteries too: for that halo effect
[This thread makes me laugh.]
FWIW, I had Day n' Night Barbie: air hostess by day, disco queen by night! But all I wanted was every single Garbage Pail Kids card ever made.
I've never heard of Major Matt Mason.
<derail>
How did you make it go small? Doesn't work for me.
My Cabbage Patch Doll still smells faintly of that nice smell they had, something like baby powder, but not quite.
You know, as crazy toy fads go, they were a really good and solid toy.
Whippersnappers. I had a Strange Change Machine. ph33r m3!
God, I wish I'd saved that thing.
Oh IT'S THE NICKDANGER SHOW BROUGHT TO YOU BY NICKDANGER STARRING NICKDANGER THIS WEEKS SPECIAL GUEST STAR IS NICKDANGER ON THE NICKDANGER SHOW!!!
Will. Not. Yield.
*stops, mesmerized for a second by the show, then staggers forward*
I still want a Snoopy Snowcone Machine, but my husband keeps vetoing it. Some kind of nonsense about "small house", "no room" and "we're poor". I think it's all just a ruse to keep me from wonderful frozen goodness.
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