Your favorite non-electronic toy

[Don Corleone]

I was getting miffed visiting my nieces over Christmas. They seemed like little automatons, eyes glued to some screen playing and replaying electronic games. Well, with Medieval & Shogun, I'd be a bit hypocritical complaining too much. So I figured rather than run down electronic games, let's pump up ones that require no juice. Here's your chance to relive your childhood. And if you happen to find yourself at ToysR'Us, with nobody but yourself to buy for, well, it'll be our little secret. Have fun!

Mine: The Tonka Truck Cement mixer. I spent years mixing just about every concoction I could think of with this baby. I'll keep my eyes posted for pics online (like on Ebay). Tonka doesn't appear to make them anymore.

Lookee lookee what I found...

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/tharris00/cement_mixer.jpg

[TheSilverKnight]

Any type of ball, by far ~:)

Football, rugby ball, baseball, basketball, even American football :2thumbsup: Those have to be my favourite sports "toys", if you will (balls I mean)

My favourite non-sports "toy" would have to be wargame miniatures :2thumbsup: 17th & 18th century ones, I collect them, and currently I have about 10,000 figures.

It is EXTREMELY enjoyable :book:

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Lego's

I used to build for hours and hours...

They just don't make em like the used to now though...:no:

[Somebody Else]

My favourite non-electronic toys... hmm... people.

[Proletariat]

I spent most of my youth constructing and destroying Playmobil castles.

http://www.wwsm.co.uk/toys/products/PM3268.gif

[Byzantine Prince]

I don't know, most of my childhood memories are video games and playing with needles.

[The_Doctor]

Lego, it makes you good at Ikea stuff.

[TheSilverKnight]

AHH! I forgot Legos! :oops:

Legos are awesome :2thumbsup: I used to play with the Star Wars ones :laugh4:

[Craterus]

What can't you do with a ball?

[edyzmedieval]

Girls, girl's basketball's, basketballs (my favourite)... ~:D

Lego is great.

[Craterus]

A slingshot can be quite entertaining too.

And the ultimate: YOUR IMAGINATION!

[YAKOBU]

Hi everyone ~:wave:

Can this be games as well as toys?

I enjoyed lego a great deal as a child but the designs and bricks were so much simpler. I made the mistake of getting my 6 year old son a lego viking ship this Christmas. It took me 3 hours solid to put it together (he stopped helping after 5 minutes :shrug: ). When I had finished I could not stand up straight after being bent over for 3 hours. Every few minutes after that he wanted me to fix the ship as different pieces kept coming apart :oops: .

The games I mainly remember from my childhood that kept my interest for years were the monopoly and risk board games. Every time I see the current PC version of either game I have to restrain myself from buying them :embarassed: .

:charge:

[Ianofsmeg16]

I used to love goin out into the forest and making Bows and arrows, i got quite good at aswell, but then i hit puberty and it all seemed un-cool

[Geoffrey S]

Alone, lego. With friends, a football. Nowadays, more often than not a good book will keep me occupied for hours.

[Viking]

Lego.

[Scurvy]

has to be toy cars, i used to race them for hours along carpet :P

[doc_bean]

As a kid I was a big fan of lego, especially Technics.

These days I find myself enjoying board games again, some 'newer' games like Carcassonne, Settlers and Ticket to Ride are pretty fun ~;)

[Duke Malcolm]

Legos by far. Making up buildings, aeroports, hospitals, armies, ooh, the fun...

[Sjakihata]

lego is absolutely the best. If you ask my girlfriend what her best toy is, the answer will probably not be lego ... know what I mean, know what I mean, nudge nudge know what I mean?

[Ianofsmeg16]

lego is absolutely the best. If you ask my girlfriend what her best toy is, the answer will probably not be lego ... know what I mean, know what I mean, nudge nudge know what I mean?
no..please...tell us all :laugh4:

[Gawain of Orkeny]

These were my favorites by far

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/marxgi.jpg

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/germarx.jpg

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/0mgi60a.jpg

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/0mgi606.jpg

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/0ideal1.jpg

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/zzww2mxaa.jpg

I loved to buy big bags of them

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/newpic04/dellbag1.jpg

And I had troops for every era

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/FMARINDS.JPG

My original version of MTW

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/zzzlidok2.jpg

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/FAKNIG2.JPG



http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/arknsilv.jpg

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/arakgold.jpg

The sets with forts were neat

This was my favorite

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/00acan.jpg

See whats inside (http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/knights1.html)

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/FIMEX1.JPG

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/OLDWEST1.JPG

http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/arwest1c.jpg

I must have had thousands of these. I think I had every one those I posted and lots more. I started buying them when I was around 6 and continued to do so until I was 16. I bought at least one bag every weekend with my allowance. That and comic books. I wonder if they would be worth anything today. These were the toys most boys of my era played with everyday. Thank god there were no computers or MTW or I would have never left my room.

Well Heres the site all these are from. It has far to much to post here.

Plastic Army Men (http://www.thortrains.net/armymen/index.html)

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Well that depends...

How old are you now?

[Byzantine Prince]

He is twelve thousand posts old :laugh4:



I had a good time with these:
https://img311.imageshack.us/img311/4891/needles3fs.jpg

[Duke Malcolm]

I used to play with Army Men a few years ago. I bought Airfix until just last year... They were fun... I had mighty naval battles with His/Her Majesty's Ships Ark Royal, Nelson, Hood, Fearless, Ark Royal, Manchester (the latter three being modern ships; the former 3, WW2) against USS Enterprise and Tarawa (both modern)

[mercian billman]

I'd have to go with legos and transformers, I also played a lot of Risk.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Risk is fun!:2thumbsup:

[Don Corleone]

~:mecry: ~:mecry: ~:mecry: ~:mecry: ~:mecry:

I used to LOVE the plastic army men (don't get me wrong, Legos, Risk, and all the other mentions so far are awesome too). I used to save up and order them out of comic books. I had WWII, WWI, Civil War, Revolutionary War, you name it. Then came a very, very, very black day. I was home for February school break when I was 9, and had a bunch of friends over. Two of them spent the night and we set up battles all over the house. In the middle of the night, my old man got up to get a snack while we were indisposed in another portion of the house. Walked onto the first stair and impaled a bazooka man right through his foot. Down the stairs he went, cussing and screaming like I never heard before. By noon the next day, each and every plastic army man I had was collected in two trash bags and shipped out. Never was allowed to buy another. Maybe I will now though....

Dating from the same apocalyptic tragedy, I wasn't allowed to keep Legos or Lincoln Logs after that either.

[Kanamori]

Definitely the rubik's cube type puzzles... from what my sister tells me, they're making a resurgence in highschools.

Also, those miniature war games are fun, War Machines would be the best IMO.

Legos as a kid, so much you can do with them, being a nerd, I loved to do lego versions of Star Trek ships :laugh4:

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Do board games count as toys? If so, I nominate Risk and Cluedo.

Lego is, of course, the undisputed king of toys, with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Pizza Firer coming in a close second.

[Strike For The South]

i had An Alamo army men set when I was younger played with granpa all the time. the good ol days

[Alexanderofmacedon]

How'd I know that was coming?!?:laugh4:

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Well that depends...

How old are you now?


57


I used to save up and order them out of comic books. I had WWII, WWI, Civil War, Revolutionary War, you name it.

Same here. Some of those from the comics were teribble though as they were really only two dimensional and cheap breakable plastic. Id line them up and march them out to battle. Then set up lines or maybe an ambush. It was like MTW but much slower and I got to decide who won.


Risk is fun!

Best board game ever next to chess. Stratego was always fun. Monopoly has to be up there somewhere.

[Sjakihata]

Lego is, of course, the undisputed king of toys, with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Pizza Firer coming in a close second.


I had a machine where you could strap a turtle down on, and some green slime would drip down on the turtle and he would :skull:

[Craterus]

That's sick...

[Slyspy]

Lego was my favourite. My brother and I used to build up castles or pirate ships and then destroy them by throwing marbles at them (simulating catapult rocks or cannon balls depending on the target) which was great. Sometimes a orbital bombardment would hit Legotown as well.

Oh and once we had a six hour long game of Risk.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

That's sick...

I'd have to agree if the turtle is real...

[Sjakihata]

Not a real turtle naturally, the plastic toys one

[Don Corleone]

Oh and once we had a six hour long game of Risk.

You're just getting started, then, or somebody wasn't all that good. I once played with 2 friends in high school and we played through the night until about 8:30AM the next day (grand total about 17 hours). If everyone knows what they're doing and the dice don't take a nasty bounce for one player, it is conceivable to have an unwinnable game.

[Beirut]

Lego and GI Joes. :bounce:

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Well, although Risk can take a long time, Diplomacy has to be the king of endurance board games.

Plus, with Diplomacy you're normally not speaking to any of the other players after the game ends.

[Mongoose]

You're just getting started, then, or somebody wasn't all that good. I once played with 2 friends in high school and we played through the night until about 8:30AM the next day (grand total about 17 hours)

Wow. And I thought the 5-6 hour monopoly games I've played with my cousins over the years were insane.



My favorite board game would have to be Monopoly, though I've never played diplomacy before. Risk is good too, but it seems to be a little too random at times(Same goes for monopoly, but it doesn't seem to be as bad, at least with 4+ players)

It's funny how after enough games, you get all sorts of strange knowaldge about the game... Board walk and park place r trh sux0rz, for example. The best monpoly would the orange ones(St.James place, new york, etc)


The best non-board game toy would have to be Lego. The possibilities are Endless.:2thumbsup:

[Mongoose]

double post...

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Originally Posted by Don Corleone
You're just getting started, then, or somebody wasn't all that good. I once played with 2 friends in high school and we played through the night until about 8:30AM the next day (grand total about 17 hours)

Thats nothing. Ive had games last for weeks. Me and my friends would play everyday after school and most games lasted a few days at least. We did go home for dinner and sleep though. I rarely lost at risk. In fact I can only remember losing once when everyone at the start said they were sick of me winning and all ganged up on me from the start. Just take Austrailia and Indonesia plus india and sit there and let everyone else fight it out while you build up your armies.

Well, although Risk can take a long time, Diplomacy has to be the king of endurance board games.


No way. Besides half of the game of Risk is diplomacy. Also many avalon hill and SSI board games could take weeks or even months to finsh.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Deck of cards would be my current favorite.

Played a lot with legos and playmobil and brio traintrack and building blocks.

These were a lot of fun:

http://www.firebirdarts.com/artguy/knightpull2.jpg

Pull back motors, travel about 15 feet. Get two of them and you try to knock your opponents over.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Thats nothing. Ive had games last for weeks. Me and my friends would play everyday after school and most games lasted a few days at least. We did go home for dinner and sleep though. I rarely lost at risk. In fact I can only remember losing once when everyone at the start said they were sick of me winning and all ganged up on me from the start. Just take Austrailia and Indonesia plus india and sit there and let everyone else fight it out while you build up your armies.


No way. Besides half of the game of Risk is diplomacy. Also many avalon hill and SSI board games could take weeks or even months to finsh.

Say whaaa?

I must have some old simple version of risk where you just attack your enemies and that's it...

There is countries and diplomacy in a board game?

Link?!?!?:help:

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Say whaaa?

I must have some old simple version of risk where you just attack your enemies and that's it...

There is countries and diplomacy in a board game?


Well you dont know how to play then.:laugh4: Half the game is is knowing when and how to make and break alliances. Also talking people into attacking others . Im talking real diplomacy here. The secret s to build up your strength while others waste theirs and still get them to leave you alone. Generally everyone picks on who ever is ahead. The trick is to get ahead and not let them know it. Also there are many ways to play Risk.


Politics and alliances
Whenever there are more than two players remaining in the game, alliances will be an important — perhaps the most important — part of Risk strategy. There are no rules restricting the formation or break-up of alliances. A good Risk player will use diplomacy to arrange alliances to take down stronger opponents and will similarly attempt to use diplomacy to avoid alliances being made against him/herself.

The importance of this should not be underestimated. This "meta-game" is perhaps the single most important factor determining the outcome of Risk games amongst players who have already grasped basic Risk tactics and strategy.

Many good examples of powerful strategies can be found in the external links section.



LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_game)

[Viking]

lego is absolutely the best. If you ask my girlfriend what her best toy is, the answer will probably not be lego ... know what I mean, know what I mean, nudge nudge know what I mean?

How is that one driven, then; considering that this thread is about non-electronic toys. :gah:

[ah_dut]

Used to love Lego but my parents gave most of it away and I cannot afford to buy new stuff sigh, had hours and hours of fun out of that.

I like Monopoly if that counts...anyone else?

[Samurai Waki]

Micro Machines. I literally had enough Micro Machines to completely fill a 10 gallon tub. I mostly had Cold War era military micro machines, and I'd have wars and scenarios that I'd play with my friends that involved hundreds of micro machines that would last days. And then when I turned about 11 they stopped making real life models and did some stupid futuristic fantasy micro machines and I was completely disappointed. :furious3:

[JimBob]

Risk, Monopoly, Legos, and Juggling things (balls, clubs, knives, cigar boxes, and hats).

[octavian]

LEGO... Playmobil (i still have a castle that takes up about half a full size ping pong table in my basement) and most of all wooden swords etc. (i still play with those :D:D:D)

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Lego all the way.

I wish the sold buckets of troops - I always wanted to reeanct massive battles with them, but could only muster a dozen or so usually.

A bucket of Clone troopers - or better yet, the British (red) and French (blue) fusilier type soldiers, with the at and the really rare rifle. They don't make em any longer. :embarassed:

Lego should have bought the rights of LOTR, too. :wall: :shame:

[Reenk Roink]

Hmm...

Legos

Hot Wheels

Hockey sticks

Acoustic Guitars

POGS!! :jumping:

[The_Doctor]

Why do people, mainly from a far-off land of wonder, put an "s" on the end of Lego.

Lego is like sheep.

[Ianofsmeg16]

My Drums :jumping:

:2thumbsup:

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Well you dont know how to play then.:laugh4: Half the game is is knowing when and how to make and break alliances. Also talking people into attacking others . Im talking real diplomacy here. The secret s to build up your strength while others waste theirs and still get them to leave you alone. Generally everyone picks on who ever is ahead. The trick is to get ahead and not let them know it. Also there are many ways to play Risk.



LINK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_game)

Maybe it wasn't even Risk...it's possible

[Papewaio]

Played Monopoly yesterday for the first time in years.

I'm looking forward to getting Lego for the youngster once he is old enough.

Favourite non-electronic toy DnD.

[octavian]

Why do people, mainly from a far-off land of wonder, put an "s" on the end of Lego.

Lego is like sheep.

quite true... "lego blocks" is also while true...redundant... people especially adults, seem to always refer to lego as legos or lego blocks... never lego :book:

[Slyspy]

You're just getting started, then, or somebody wasn't all that good. I once played with 2 friends in high school and we played through the night until about 8:30AM the next day (grand total about 17 hours). If everyone knows what they're doing and the dice don't take a nasty bounce for one player, it is conceivable to have an unwinnable game.

The reason it went on for so long is because one of my friends failed to make a winning move about two hours in.

[R'as al Ghul]

Why do people, mainly from a far-off land of wonder, put an "s" on the end of Lego.

Lego is like sheep.

Check out what Lego has to say about it:
http://craphound.com/images/legosrant.jpg
Found on boingboing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/08/legos_site_treats_vi.html

[Sjakihata]

Lego is latin, I believe and means I play, no?

It's a danish company and I had medieval, pirates, space and industry things. It is cool!

[English assassin]

Dinky toy tanks. The kind with the hollow gun barrel and the spring loaded plunger that fired plastic shells (for the first 15 minutes until you lost them all under the wardrobe) or half matchsticks.

Also Meccano, the proper stuff made of metal with the tiny little nuts and bolts that came with great 1950's era instruction sheets like "Build your own working automatic gearbox" (This was left over from my Dad's childhood in the 50s)

Aslo, to push the limits of Don's original question, does anyone else remember those weird hand held toys that were a bit like a clockwork gameboy? You had to get balls round mazes and things. I can't remember what they were called, which is a shame, as I'd like to have one now. It would be a handy prop to pull out when one of my children complains I am ruining their life by refusing to buy a 200 Ghz gaming thingie. "Eee, when I were a lad, computers were clockwork..."

[Adrian II]

(..) does anyone else remember those weird hand held toys that were a bit like a clockwork gameboy? You had to get balls round mazes and things.Of course, they are still around and quite popular with kids 4-8 years old. One chain shop even sold them in chocolate form this Sinterklaas season. So you could have your game and eat it.

[KukriKhan]

Like this?
https://img477.imageshack.us/img477/5145/ist2364472lostinthelabyrinth5x.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

Yeah, I remember those; some very elaborate, others pocket-sized cardboard & plastic.

Is a pool table a non-electronic toy? I've enjoyed billiards for decades.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

My dad made one of those for him...

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Heres a classic from my times that is still going.
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:Mqe7XVMWjOcJ:www.etchy.org/images/dyn/143.gif

The first hand held video game :laugh4:

[Kagemusha]

Oh Toys!Brings back a lots of good memories.My favourites were so many:Legos especially the castle and knight legos.Toy soldiers.I still remember that i had about 500 hundred Axis troops and about 700 hundred allied troops.Lots of epic battles!~;) Me and my friends dig a little trenches on the ground for the soldiers in the summer.And many times lost quite a few.
Also when i was about 6 years old my uncle made me a wooden bow.I was so thrilled.Unfortunately he had this greenhouse that was made from somekind thin plastic material So i soon figured out that my wood tipped arrows would stuck in the material and some also punctured it. Poor uncles green house looked soon more like hedgehoag then green house.
After he found out the disaster,he was ofcourse furios and started to look where i was so he could educate me on shooting innocent green houses.(His place was a farm so there was lots of hiding places for a little kid like me back then).Eventually he found me as i was playing Indians and suprised me.I turned around and shooted a reaction shot with my bow Straight to my poor uncles head.It was only luck that i didnt hit him in the eye,the arrow hit him straight to the forehead and bounced off.After that i really learned to respect greenhouses and didnt get another bow before i could do one myself.~:)

[master of the puppets]

OMG LEGOS!!!

i loved those things, i built so much stuff using them, hey wait a second *runs and checks closet until coats and stuff* YAY i still have them, i have a huge rectangular tub (20in/40in/25in) full to the brim with legos, i used to sit for hours building things, multicolored castles and planes and boats and skyscrapers, and more then once a scale modle of a tommy gun, IN LEGOS.:laugh4:
oh i miss those blissful days.