Hey guys what where your favorite toys. My favorites were my plastic dog collection. Way back then I could get them for a nickel each. I was very fussy and noticed the boxer had a full length tail. So I bit it off to crop. Unfortunately I cropped it too severely. Chalk that up to early OCD ???? Also the breeds werent to scale but, whadda want for 5 Cents?
My most favorite toys were cowboys and horses. The original ones you had to send products labels to whatever brand co. and they would send you one free set. It was meant to Roy Roger's on his Palamino(?) stallion Trigger, along with his faithful German Shepherd Bullet. The horse is rearing up at the sight of a rattle snake and Roy presumably is going to shoot it. A store my sister took me to had the same type of cowboy and horses but in different colors. They were 29cents each (no dog included).
When I got my report card they graded 4 subjects, if I got an E (excellent) my mom gave me 25 cents for each E. So I would run to the store with $ 1.00 and alas could only buy 3 at a time. I didn't have enough for 4 plus whatever meager tax was in effect at that time. I ended up with quite a herd, black horses, white, some tan colored and my favorite a deep rich brownish red. Never found that color again.
There were no Native American figures that I recall. Schools through high school never mentioned them.. Of course they never mentioned Jews either in all my years of schooling, or the holocaust. I fashioned little string lassos so my cowboys could catch a horse they fancied from my ever growing herd. I was in heaven.
Okay I also had an ever growing number of stuffed dogs that slept on the bed with me. My totally controlling father had a fit about them - why??? He issued a proclamation that I couldn't get any more. HA!! My mom, aunt and sister were more than willing to pick up the new stuffed breeds I wanted and smuggle them into the house when my father was at work. I think he was just jealous. When my grandfather bought me a 20" two wheeler bike with training wheels my father had a conniption fit. He NEVER had a bike- therefore no one else should have one. I'm surprised I was able to keep it. Maybe because my grandfather lived across the street and would know if it suddenly disappeared.
Grandpa had also given my sister a full sized Roadmaster bike because she was much taller(and older than me). My baby brother was also offered a bike at the appropriate age (whatever) and turned it down. He wanted the $$ instead. Funny how actions reveal a lot about us early. My brother ended up as always being the sibling with money.
Toys give way to other things - I ended up breeding and showing dogs many years later. All the horses had moved on? But some years ago I found (the one in photo) on ebay and bought it for nostalgia sake - at Buy it Now for $ 15.00 -talk about inflation. The dog is from my collection.
Okay guys, would love to know what you adored as kids even if just nice rocks, or Block City (forrunner to Legos). My cousins had that and we were allowed to watch them play with (but not) touch any.
My most favorite toys were cowboys and horses. The original ones you had to send products labels to whatever brand co. and they would send you one free set. It was meant to Roy Roger's on his Palamino(?) stallion Trigger, along with his faithful German Shepherd Bullet. The horse is rearing up at the sight of a rattle snake and Roy presumably is going to shoot it. A store my sister took me to had the same type of cowboy and horses but in different colors. They were 29cents each (no dog included).
When I got my report card they graded 4 subjects, if I got an E (excellent) my mom gave me 25 cents for each E. So I would run to the store with $ 1.00 and alas could only buy 3 at a time. I didn't have enough for 4 plus whatever meager tax was in effect at that time. I ended up with quite a herd, black horses, white, some tan colored and my favorite a deep rich brownish red. Never found that color again.
There were no Native American figures that I recall. Schools through high school never mentioned them.. Of course they never mentioned Jews either in all my years of schooling, or the holocaust. I fashioned little string lassos so my cowboys could catch a horse they fancied from my ever growing herd. I was in heaven.
Okay I also had an ever growing number of stuffed dogs that slept on the bed with me. My totally controlling father had a fit about them - why??? He issued a proclamation that I couldn't get any more. HA!! My mom, aunt and sister were more than willing to pick up the new stuffed breeds I wanted and smuggle them into the house when my father was at work. I think he was just jealous. When my grandfather bought me a 20" two wheeler bike with training wheels my father had a conniption fit. He NEVER had a bike- therefore no one else should have one. I'm surprised I was able to keep it. Maybe because my grandfather lived across the street and would know if it suddenly disappeared.
Grandpa had also given my sister a full sized Roadmaster bike because she was much taller(and older than me). My baby brother was also offered a bike at the appropriate age (whatever) and turned it down. He wanted the $$ instead. Funny how actions reveal a lot about us early. My brother ended up as always being the sibling with money.
Okay guys, would love to know what you adored as kids even if just nice rocks, or Block City (forrunner to Legos). My cousins had that and we were allowed to watch them play with (but not) touch any.
she was the perfect little playmate to boss around!
They had clothes on, we undressed them - then what ???
