What toy(s) every child should have?

[MNDude]

Everyone has a memory of their favorite toys they grew up with. Which toy or toys do you think every child should grow up without? GI Joes for boys? A doll for girls? what do you think?

[Bommer]

Major Matt Mason was the best damn toy hands down

[MortMan]

Spaceballs: The Flame Thrower!

[JBW1949]

Back in the early ‘50’s, my dad put a coke bottle in the mud creek bank and lit off a big bottle rocket...

The coke bottle tilted in the mud and the rocket went under a neighbors car in his carport and exploded...

The neighbor came running out with a whistle and a Civil Defense hat on and started hollering about a Chinese attack!!!!

This was just after the Korean Conflict...

It took dad about 20 minutes and 2 or 3 Budweisers to calm hime down....

[goodnesswins]

Blocks, lincoln logs, and books....and I’m female

[Kommodor]

Lincoln Logs
Erector set
Quality train set(s)
Chemical set
Copy of “The Mad Scientist’s Club”

Did I miss anything?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL.

[donna]

FANNER .50 SHOOTIN’ SHELL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7XR1L7NPI

[jjr153]

“Rock’em Sock’em Robots”

[EinNYC]

A couple of different balls, like the big red rubber one.
books
some sort of construction set--foam blocks, erector set, etc.
toy microscope
books such as adventure stories, books about pets, etc.
stuffed animals of different sorts
little red wagon

[GingisK]

Yep, I have the “propeller bump” on my finger to this day. Sticks are for wimps.

[piasa]

We used curtain rods for sword fights and sniper shots

[MayflowerMadam]

Lincoln Logs.

[Clutch Martin]

Some kid left a junker bicycle in our yard for a couple of weeks. Pops asked around, nobody recognized it. So... hauled it in the garage, and built it into a Sting Ray. Banana seat, wide slick on the rear, and ape hangers. Sprayed it green. Greased all the bearings and used fuel hose for the pedal rubber. That bike could pop a wheelie with the flick of the wrist.

Never did find out who left the bike laying in the yard.

[madison10]

Baby dolls with lots of clothes; chemistry set; wagon; Barbies; board puzzles; finger paints; old lunch bucket and IBM cards; and paper dolls.

[IronJack]

Fanner 50
BB gun
Electric train
Little green Army men
Revell Model kits (cars, warships, planes ...)
Paint-by-numbers
A slingshot
Roller skates/blades
And, of course, a bike.

[piasa]

My favorites were :

* A sled... if you get snow. If not, a sheet of tin to slide on grassy hills.
* Bow and arrows.
* Slingshot.
* Polish tennis ball canon when they are old enough to make one from asparagus cans and duct tape... and a bottle of lighter fluid to go with it.
* Legos
* Plastic animals and plastic soldiers
* Train set
* Easy bake oven [Girl’s gotta have her chocolate]
* Dad’s tools and scrap lumber and assorted hardware
* Mom’s sewing machine
* Appliance boxes and packing tape
* Model plane kits
* Hot wheels and track
* Fishing poles
* Clay
* Crayons
* Tree swing
* Stuffed animals

[xp38]

Happy Fun Ball.....just don’t taunt it

[piasa]

… and feather pillows for slightly painful pillow fights.
… flashlights

[NEMDF]

Lincoln logs, kitchen sets with dishes and play food, all creative artwork items (crayons, markers, scissors, construction paper, etc.), matchbox cars, those cardboard building bricks (were about the size of concrete blocks), exploring tools (compass, notepad, chart/map), puzzles, board games, card games. Erector sets, lots of cars and trucks, little ride-on vehicles for tiny toddlers, balls. Lots of toys that allow for creativity, as well as toys that introduce them to more mature concepts (purses, play money, yardwork and housework tools, etc.). Also dolls, stuffed animals, blankets for building indoor forts. JMHO

[Gay State Conservative]

Walkie Talkies,alcohol fueled airplanes,baseball glove,bike,little red Sony transistor radio (which my Dad brought me from Japan during one of his trips there).