WotAGuy Posted November 27, 2024 Author Posted November 27, 2024 On 11/26/2024 at 5:56 PM, Ned Flanders said: 1973ish-Talking Football from Mattel where you put the little records in a player...you choose the offense and your opponent chooses the defense. Also around that time, Monday Night Football from Aurora, with Roger Staubach on the box. Expand Ah! Had this version of MNF where you select an offensive play and the opponent selects a defensive play and it lit up the play result on a little grid underneath the field. You could select plays from cards emphasizing the running game, passing game and special teams. The play result was pretty true to reality; if you threw a bomb and the defense was a blitz, you got wrecked. This game was the beginning and end of my football strategy knowledge. ๐คฃ๐คฃ https://www.ebay.com/itm/374344215318?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=F1cZAkDAT1a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 3 Quote
BillsPride12 Posted November 27, 2024 Posted November 27, 2024 Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64. Those were the big ticket items back in my day Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted November 27, 2024 Posted November 27, 2024 Original Sega (c. 1988), with the game โGreat Football.โ 1 Quote
SinceThe70s Posted November 27, 2024 Posted November 27, 2024 On 11/26/2024 at 11:10 PM, DrW said: My Maerklin train set. It started when I was 3 with a simple oval and Lego houses. It was expanded every year in the 2-3 weeks before Christmas, until it reached a double oval with working signals and a working catenary - all assembled by my Mom (RIP, Mom). I then bought yards of rail so that we could run trains into every room of the 1,000 sq ft apartment. Expand Damn, I was going to say the same. I still have and treasure my Marklin's. They only come out at Christmas and setup can be a struggle since the set is so old, but for the most part the track is in good condition and my two locomotives still run. This is from a few years ago. 1 Quote
Fleezoid Posted November 27, 2024 Posted November 27, 2024 On 11/27/2024 at 2:44 AM, SinceThe70s said: Damn, I was going to say the same. I still have and treasure my Marklin's. They only come out at Christmas and setup can be a struggle since the set is so old, but for the most part the track is in good condition and my two locomotives still run. This is from a few years ago. Expand Quote
Johnny Hammersticks Posted November 27, 2024 Posted November 27, 2024 The OG NES system when it first came out in the mid 80s. I had no idea I was actually getting it for xmas, so I was super hyped when I opened it. It came with that stupid robot thing that served no purpose. Quote
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted November 27, 2024 Posted November 27, 2024 GI Joe Creepy crawlers Lincoln logs Hot Wheels / Hot Wheels track Tonka toys Revell model cars Smash up Derby 2 Quote
WotAGuy Posted November 28, 2024 Author Posted November 28, 2024 On 11/27/2024 at 9:16 PM, DaBillsFanSince1973 said: GI Joe Creepy crawlers Lincoln logs Hot Wheels / Hot Wheels track Tonka toys Revell model cars Smash up Derby Expand Creepy Crawlers was that goo you put into molds and heated up? I remember something similar but it was called Incredible Edibles. God only knows what I was ingesting. 1 Quote
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted November 28, 2024 Posted November 28, 2024 (edited) On 11/28/2024 at 12:47 AM, WotAGuy said: Creepy Crawlers was that goo you put into molds and heated up? I remember something similar but it was called Incredible Edibles. God only knows what I was ingesting. Expand made rubber spiders and bugs. could make them any color you wanted. it was cool back in '70 Edited November 28, 2024 by DaBillsFanSince1973 Quote
f0neguy Posted November 28, 2024 Posted November 28, 2024 Mid 60โs I got an Aurora slot car set. I set it up on a sheet of plywood in the basement. Had to turn it off when dad was watching Gunsmoke as it made the picture all staticky. Every year after that Iโd get a little more track and a car or two. Been collecting it ever since. 3 2 Quote
WotAGuy Posted November 28, 2024 Author Posted November 28, 2024 On 11/28/2024 at 1:38 AM, f0neguy said: Mid 60โs I got an Aurora slot car set. I set it up on a sheet of plywood in the basement. Had to turn it off when dad was watching Gunsmoke as it made the picture all staticky. Every year after that Iโd get a little more track and a car or two. Been collecting it ever since. Expand The static on the TV is great; how did we ever watch a hockey game on those sets? Quote
Ted Striker Posted December 4, 2024 Posted December 4, 2024 On 11/26/2024 at 5:38 PM, Logic said: And you could open the cockpit and put two figures in there as well. Expand The cockpit! What is it? 1 Quote
Gugny Posted December 9, 2024 Posted December 9, 2024 I am nearly 54. My five most memorable/favorite Christmas gifts from my yoot are: Grease soundtrack (double album set) Stretch Armstrong Six Million Dollar Man Bionic Transport Shuttle Journey Escape album Queen The Game album 1 Quote
coloradobillsfan Posted December 9, 2024 Posted December 9, 2024 Not only did this give me hundreds of hours of gaming fun, it lead to my career in IT. 1 2 Quote
bills_fan Posted December 10, 2024 Posted December 10, 2024 I was an 80s Star Wars kid. This will always be my fav Christmas gift. 1 Quote
Ned Flanders Posted December 10, 2024 Posted December 10, 2024 On 11/28/2024 at 1:38 AM, f0neguy said: Mid 60โs I got an Aurora slot car set. I set it up on a sheet of plywood in the basement. Had to turn it off when dad was watching Gunsmoke as it made the picture all staticky. Every year after that Iโd get a little more track and a car or two. Been collecting it ever since. Expand Aurora HO cars were the best. Good for you for keeping hold of them. I look at the Aurora stuff on eBay and drool. Quote
US Egg Posted December 10, 2024 Posted December 10, 2024 On 11/27/2024 at 9:16 PM, DaBillsFanSince1973 said: Creepy crawlers Expand Remember making edible candy ones in the same mold as the rubber ones, which were toxic. Apparently kids ate both. Chemistry sets were great back then. To say they were the "bomb" wouldn't be a stretch....and the poisons. Great stuff. 1 1 Quote
Augie Posted December 10, 2024 Posted December 10, 2024 On 12/10/2024 at 8:18 PM, US Egg said: Remember making edible candy ones in the same mold as the rubber ones, which were toxic. Apparently kids ate both. Chemistry sets were great back then. To say they were the "bomb" wouldn't be a stretch....and the poisons. Great stuff. Expand I only read the bold and my immediate thought was โwhat a stink you could make with those things!!!โ ๐ 1 Quote
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