Pretty sure most elementary school playgrounds had slides, swings and monkey bars back in the dark ages. And they were those nice, straight slides that seemed about 20' tall.Quote:
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Pretty sure most elementary school playgrounds had slides, swings and monkey bars back in the dark ages. And they were those nice, straight slides that seemed about 20' tall.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
I was thinking that we played at home in our own yard running around, kicking balls, playing with green army guys in the sand box, plastic horses etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
Shuuush ;) Leave the kids wondering. But we really did have it set up in the yard too. I built my kids a nice swing set many moons ago. For the building challenged: https://www.homedepot.com/b/Playgrou...s/N-5yc1vZc5pkQuote:
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KQ, green army men ftw
Sharp pointy sticks for me in the 70s.
Bag o' fun! Available at Amazon:Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
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of course we didn't have tan ones but those are nice for differentiating sides in your sandbox war.
we had Marx action figures too -- loved these:
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All we hadQuote:
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Oh we used to play with broken glass too - not kidding. We'd pick up broken bottles people threw out their car onto the road and smash them with rocks on the top of the corner fire hydrant until it resembled sugar. Kids! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by AK47bp
Do not taunt happy fun ball.
https://youtu.be/GmqeZl8OI2MQuote:
Originally Posted by SB
https://youtu.be/veMiNQifZcM
BTW: That bag o' glass was a bargain at $1.98
I’ve been locked up in this small two bedroom 900 SF apartment with my boyfriend since last Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by liv2ski
I’ll take my chances.
Green Army Men
As a kid my wealthy aunt offered to buy me anything at the toy store for my Christmas present. I picked the Green army Men.
Which one was your favorite? The grenade tosser, the prone sniper, the kneeling machine-gunner?
I liked the Bazooka dude.
Bazooka is such a good word.
My favorite was paratroopers. They had a chute that would deploy when you threw them and they would float, It was pretty coolQuote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
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I had one of those. Asked my mom to buy it for me when I was around six or seven. She had no idea what it was all about and I had to show her how it worked. Too bad the little fucker didn't come with a bazooka.Quote:
Originally Posted by whyturn
I had the Cavalry soldier on the left as well as the full size GI Joe and many accessoriesQuote:
Originally Posted by KQ
Dude TotallyQuote:
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Always felt kinda bad for radio guy. Didn’t like the standing rifleman because he was easiest to knock over in battle of the Lincoln Logs
bazooka guy was good but i liked the crawling guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
speaking of bazooka:
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Edit: m2711c beat me to it! LOL! Great minds.....
^that stuff will break a tooth.
was saying to andrew today that we should get some legos.
i could have fun these days passing the time with some weeds and a lego project
Word.Quote:
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LEGO is insanely expensive
I am glad those years are over
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Neat memory. First time I skied "out west" ie not nc or va, Vail about 1989, first bra tree I saw also had a mess of green army men paratroopers in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by whyturn
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Originally Posted by babybear
Wasn't there a prone guy firing with a bipod? That one was awesome. Bayonet guy was good, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by KQ
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Mebee I should dig out my Sears Blue and the Grey set or the giant Battleground set? I could do an entire house Hotwheels track with jumps and loop de loops.