Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
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Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
We had the usual Lincoln Logs and Tinkertoys, but no Erector sets. There were so many Boeing engineers' kids in the neighborhood that I would have gotten a complex trying to match their creations. But there was another "construction" toy a bit like the Tinkertoy idea, but with plastic straws and flat plastic sprockets with a hole in the middle. You could slide a straw over one of the teeth of the sprocket, or slide it through the hole in the center. Compared to the wooden Tinkertoy parts, these were absolutely useless when thrown at annoying little brothers, but they allowed the construction of simple, somewhat flexible structures. Ringing any bells out there?
Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
Doesn't ring a bell, but then we never had a lot of toys growing up.
Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
I seem to remember something like that, but I thought the round sprocket things were wood... could be wrong.... time for a goober search...
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
No idea.
I was too busy playing with one of these.
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I was too busy playing with one of these.
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
Unbelievable I had to confirm I was over 18 to view this link..Gunstore Commando wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:51 pm No idea.
I was too busy playing with one of these.![]()
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
I remember seeing what you are talking about but I don't know what the name of them is!
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
I built plastic models ,then melted the plastic with lighter and blue them up with fire crackers for simulated wrecks ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
Hornetguy is right , mine were wood. Also , can’t remember the name though !
Tinker toy is it !
Tinker toy is it !
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
Yes, and even worse for annoying BIG brothers!Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:36 pm ...these were absolutely useless when thrown at annoying little brothers
Yup, us too!Gunstore Commando wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:51 pm No idea. I was too busy playing with one of these.![]()
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
We would take the lite-brite pegs and melt them, fusing them into various object - most of which ended up being thrown at each other!
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Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
It took some two-inchers to finally blow up my little brother's Texaco tanker. ![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
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