Remembering Those Great Toys Of The Baby Boomer Era

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    I knew you were cool, but not that cool. :cool:
     
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    2012 Christmas - 1950's Nostalgia Toys and Lionel Train Layout
     
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    "Make Neatness a Playtime Game." ..I never got one of these. :(

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    These scottie dogs were one of my favorites. Magnets attached to the bottom made them attract and repel.

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    I have a black one on my fridge. The white one fell and shattered.
     
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    I lost mine and was determined to find another pair. Then I lost those too. So I can't help you out. Maybe I'll find them one day. :)
     
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    I'm less responsible as an adult than I was as a kid.
     
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    I saw a thread elsewhere asking about Mexican Jumping Beans. Amazon has 2 sellers. One is 50ยข per bean (in quantities of 30) and the other is $1 per bean (in quantities of 15.) Reviews are mixed as to whether they "jump" or they just "stay."

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    Mine sat in a closet for a while, and when I remembered them, the box was full of beans with a little worm exit hole and a bunch of dead moths.
     
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    You were eighteen then, right?
     
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    I had one of these used to play with it for hours With my brother.

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    Twenty one. Finally legal to drink.

    Help, Cecil, help!!!
     
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    I think mine was a clown.
     
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    As the manager of a baseball team you pick your team your starting pitcher, then you're off playing the best baseball board game ever created.

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