Fluther: Which toy would you choose to induct into the Toy Hall ...

That’s exciting. I have two authentic Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls from the early 1940’s.

gailcalled (54644

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Lincoln Logs
Tinker Toys
Slinky
Yo-Yo
Hula Hoop
Frisbee
Cap Gun

dpworkin (27085

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Lego

hearkat (22917

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Lite Bright
Play Dough
Legos and Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs
Silly Putty
(just some of my faves)

RedPowerLady (12598

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My talking Flip Wilson doll or Chrissy and Velvet the dolls with hair that really grows!

SuperMouse (30845

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Jump Rope

hearkat (22917

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Check the list. Some of them are already there.

gailcalled (54644

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I never could jump rope, only the cheaters way, talk about uncoordinated child

RedPowerLady (12598

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Tetris

trumi (6491

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Oh! Silly Putty!

dpworkin (27085

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@gailcalled: Was the OP asking us to add to the existing list, or generate our own list?

hearkat (22917

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Sit ‘n’ Spin
Lite Brite
Battleship

aprilsimnel (30749

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Operation
Twister
Mr. Potato Head
Gumby and Pokey I still have the original Pokey.

jonsblond (43665

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tricycle
bottle (spinthebottle)

virtualist (2442

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Uno

hearkat (22917

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Spin N’ Say
Is that w\hat they’re called? See N’ Spin? I dunno. But I liked it.

Clair (3832

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Fisher Price Little People

hearkat (22917

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Monopoly
Chutes and Ladders
Gyroscope
Easy Bake Oven
Spirograph
Whiffle Ball
Milles Borne
Boggle
Scrabble

dpworkin (27085

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I had a pretty kick ass Stretch Armstrong.

Blondesjon (33994

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CANDY LAND
Even though I hated it. Somehow, it’s lasted all these years.

Clair (3832

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I’d like to change my answer to paper airplanes and mud.

I’m allowed. I’m female. hmmph!

jonsblond (43665

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What, no Rubik’s Cube in there?
Or Monopoly? That game is classic. I can indulge my inner corporate moneygrabber.

kyanblue (1182

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The Nintendo 64. In my opinion, still one of the best video game systems ever made.

ekans (1529

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I despise Rubiks cube.

RedPowerLady (12598

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little balsa wood airplanes you put together yourself

inverted wooden clothespin held together with a rubberband so you could should paperspitwads about 20’ at 50mph across the classroom

virtualist (2442

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Pogo stick.

jonsblond (43665

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Apparently Sock ‘Em Boppers did something to my head because I sing that jingle at least once a month.
Straws and wadded up paper…and a little spit…

Clair (3832

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Monkeys in a Barrell
Those pictures you could sew onto, they already had holes in them.

RedPowerLady (12598

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@RedPowerLady They’re surprisingly easy to solve. If you buy one from Wal-Mart or Target they come with a book that teaches you the algorithms to solving one.

kyanblue (1182

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Hot Wheels/Matchbox
Speak ‘n Spell
Cabbage Patch Kids

ThePeanutGallery (345

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Atari 2600
Star Wars action figures
Shogun Warriors

FutureMemory (24753

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Army Men

Clair (3832

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Paddle Ball!

aprilsimnel (30749

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@kyanblue Maybe I should look at one of the books. As a kid I would pull the stickers off to win. But as an adult I just assumed my brain doesn’t work that way or I don’t have enough patience.

RedPowerLady (12598

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Hungry Hungry Hippos
Sorry!
Connect 4

FutureMemory (24753

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Boglins
Wacky Wall Walkers

ThePeanutGallery (345

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Etch-a-Sketch!!!!!!!!!!!!

FutureMemory (24753

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Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots!

these are all coming back to me now

Blondesjon (33994

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Those bead things that you could put in formation and iron.
SHRINKY DINKS!! I love those.

Clair (3832

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does a trampoline count?

how about bunkbeds because I had loads of fun doing flips off of them, lol

RedPowerLady (12598

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Cap Guns

FutureMemory (24753

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R/C cars, love ‘em, absolutely love ‘em.

jfarmer1978 (148

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@Clair you might appreciate this application of shrinky dinks

Beta_Orionis (3410

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Radio Flyer wagons and Red Ryder BB guns

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities (20019

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Spirograph

hearkat (22917

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Plastic creatures! (Lions, Dinosaurs, Manta Rays, Whales, Lizards, etc.)
Mason Jars (collecting pill bugs, growing crystals. If cardboard boxes made it, so can my jar!)

Beta_Orionis (3410

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Crayons

hearkat (22917

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Major Morgan
Not to be confused with Captain Morgan

ThePeanutGallery (345

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Simon Says!

FutureMemory (24753

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Skip It

mramsey (794

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lights out

RedPowerLady (12598

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LITE-BRITE!

Beta_Orionis (3410

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Simon

aprilsimnel (30749

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Those balsa wood airplanes

FutureMemory (24753

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@Beta_Orionis See? It’s genius!
@FutureMemory OMG I loved those things!

Clair (3832

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My favorite toy as a child might very well have been an empty cardboard wrapping paper tube.

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities (20019

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@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities YES!

Beta_Orionis (3410

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@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities . . . Yes?

Blondesjon (33994

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Life (with the spinning thing in the middle)

FutureMemory (24753

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@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities You’ll shoot your eye out!

jonsblond (43665

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@jonsblond I was waiting for that.

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities (20019

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Green Machine

FutureMemory (24753

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@FutureMemory The Naked Juice ?~

Beta_Orionis (3410

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@Beta_Orionis No, this thing Green Machine

FutureMemory (24753

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@FutureMemory I know, I know. Hence the tiny, tiny tilde.

Beta_Orionis (3410

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@FutureMemory . . . the green machine was far superior to the big wheel. not only did you have the aerodynamic advantage you had dual brakes.

Blondesjon (33994

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OMG (oh my god) I love this question….

Board Games: Candy Land; Free Parking
Computer Games: Mist; Tetris (1, 2, and 3 dimensional); Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (for 18 and over, of course)
Actual Toys: Trapper Keepers, those flip bracelets that got taken off the market one someone accidentally slit their wrist; Slime (from Ghost Busters fire house accessories)

nmac (213

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@Blondesjon Oh I know! I remember doing nonstop spin outs, soooo fun.

FutureMemory (24753

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Mr. Potato Head :)

pinkparaluies (1888

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Did anyone have that large Godzilla toy with the spring loaded shooting fist, and a lever on the back of his head that extended a vinyl flame thing?

FutureMemory (24753

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Anything that appears in Toy Story.

shrubbery (10326

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@FutureMemory . . . I had a couple of kick ass Shogun Warriors.

Blondesjon (33994

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Teddy Ruxpin?

ThePeanutGallery (345

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Major Matt Mason

Greatest toy ever!

AstroChuck (37609

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

FutureMemory (24753

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Stretch armstrong!

pinkparaluies (1888

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My Little Pony
Jacob’s Ladder
Kazoo
Care Bear
Cabbage Patch Dolls

mramsey (794

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Water Rockets!

FutureMemory (24753

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Erector Set

FutureMemory (24753

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I wish now that I had kept all of my original Star Wars toys. Unfortunately, I played with them instead.

Blondesjon (33994

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What were those one things called that you held and shook to make to two balls clack together…a clacker?? lol

mramsey (794

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I’m surprised I can remember all of these

FutureMemory (24753

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@FutureMemory Water Rockets sounds vaguely familiar. Refresh my memory?
Slip ‘N Slide

ThePeanutGallery (345

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A loop of string and 2 kids…Cat’s Cradle or Jacob’s Ladder

…on Utube

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virtualist (2442

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@ThePeanutGallery water rockets

You pumped ‘em full of water, pushed a button or some sort of release mechanism on the pump(can’t remember exactly) and the pressure would shoot the rocket way high in the air, sometimes 100+ feet.

FutureMemory (24753

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@Blondesjon – None of your action figures are cherry? Aww. :(

aprilsimnel (30749

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T r a n s f o r m e r s

virtualist (2442

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@FutureMemory—…pressure would shoot the rocket way high in the air…
...or at the nerdy neighbor kid! TY/GA

ThePeanutGallery (345

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OK, what was the name of that 2 lane race track thing where you could rearrange the shape of the track and the cars were powered by an electric charge? The idea was you could race against a friend, but it was tricky because you had to be careful how much juice you gave the car since it would fly off the track? And if you turned the room lights down/out it looked like sparks buzzing around in circles?

FutureMemory (24753

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@FutureMemory Slot Cars!

ThePeanutGallery (345

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Damn, all these old toys… my dad spoiled the crap out of me.

FutureMemory (24753

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They were made by Tyco and could be used to beat a child’s ass.

Blondesjon (33994

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Bop It! and Bop It Extreme.

I loved playing with those.

evegrimm (3714

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Not a toy so much as a game: Oregon Trail. Best. Game. Ever.

bezdomnaya (1440

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You sunk my Battleship.

tinyfaery (44083

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What a fun question! @Blondesjon you made my night, thank you.

FutureMemory (24753

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Transformers. Soundwave was the best one. It was a robot that transformed into a boombox.

The_Compassionate_Heretic (14634

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Colorforms
Hotwheels
Mousetrap
Stompers 4×4s

forestGeek (9310

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HOT WHEELS.

cyn (6913

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I can’t believe nobody said Pong. I think it might have been the first video game ever. I don’t remember who manufactured it, but it was long before Nintendo or any of the others.

And it was so __damned boring__ compared to today’s games and we loved it!!!

rooeytoo (26981

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Mattel Electronic Football (and I still have one!)

forestGeek (9310

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@Clair – oh yes, Sock em Boppers…how wonderful is a toy just meant for punching the shit out of one another? Classic and timeless! :)

forestGeek (9310

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Uhhh is it just me or did no one say Barbie? Why did no one say Barbie?

I love Barbie. I used to play with my Barbies for hours.

nayeight (3353

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Anyone remember Klic Klacs? There was a lot of talk about outlawing ‘em when I was a kid in the late ‘60s. (you’ll put your eye out!)

stratman37 (8691

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Cardboard appliance boxes!

Once, when someone on our block got a refrigerator and a washer/dryer combo, we went nuts making forts and castles and “houses” with those boxes until they disintegrated.

@stratman37, we called them “Kebangers” in the late 70s, and I wasn’t allowed to play with them after my guardian saw the big, heavy ceramic or whatever sort of plastic balls they were shatter into big chunks that flew everywhere. This was when they were only on strings and not attached to the handle.

aprilsimnel (30749

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Really!!!! Nobody said Pogs!!!! Do you people know what pogs are!?!?!?

Barcybarce (339

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No one said Pogs for a reason!

My list:
Monopoly
Pictionary
Skip-po
Rockem, Sockem Robots
Tetris
Slip and Slide
Mouse Trap
Scrabble
Trivial Pursuit
Donkey Kong
Dinky Bomb
Twister

filmfann (52220

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@Barcybarce I’m certain most, if not all, of us are familiar with pogs, but personally, I never understood the fascination with them. They reminded me more of tiny advertisements that toys.

@aprilsimnel you’ll be happy to know that cardboard boxes are already part of the hall of fame!

Beta_Orionis (3410

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Old school legos and mr potato head.

PooperDood (290

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I would qualify that by saying Mr. Potato Head when he was still dangerous, and involved a real potato. (For those who don’t remember, the toy was the facial parts, each with a sharp point, that you stuck into a real potato to make a character.)

dpworkin (27085

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Whoa I didn’t know that ^ good point. (no pun intended)
also pong would make a great one

PooperDood (290

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I didn’t see Pick-up sticks there or Mumblety-peg; you do need a sharp pocket knife for that.

We used to amuse ourselves with paper dolls also and many games requiring only a deck of cards – Old Maid, 52 Pick-up, Crazy Eights, Go Fish, I Doubt It, , Memory, Slapjack, Spit, War.

gailcalled (54644

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Electric football

CMaz (26303

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@Barcybarce Yeah..pogs! I had thought of those too but I couldn’t remember what they were called. lol
I remeber having them and loving them..but I don’t really remember what I actually did with them!

mramsey (794

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Gnip-Gnop (for purely sentimental reasons. You had to be there)

hearkat (22917

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I loved the slap bracelets even though they weren’t technically a toy, but that’s what I used them for. And those looms for kids to make pot holders and stuff. And! And those sticky amphibians on a gummy string that would stick to anything if you threw them! Uggg! My poor hair!

Clair (3832

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Spirograph.

azlotto (2456

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@azlotto: Spirograph has already been mentioned above.

hearkat (22917

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Dungeon’s & Dragons, D&D

ipso (4481

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@ipso Dungeon Master’s Guide…Players Handbook…Fiend Folio….Deities and Demigods…

FutureMemory (24753

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@FutureMemory

20-sided die! (re-rolling [cheating] to get a >18 “constitution”)

Graph paper

Buckets of little painted lead monsters and warriors and wizards.

ipso (4481

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Almost forgot about the Fisher Price Movie Viewer. I absolutely loved this toy when I was a kid.

Another I think should be included is the ViewMaster.

forestGeek (9310

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OK I though of a few.
1) How about MASK figures and Vehicles? Kind of a cross between GI Joe and Star wars thing I guess. They were pretty bad ass.
2) The original Lawn darts. The one with the point. They were really dangerous, but we loved them. The ones they made to replace the dangerous design just skipped out of the circle, then you had to fight with whoever you wer playing with to see if you got the points.
3) I know it not a “manufactured toy” but neither is a box. How about a tree house. I built one out of scraps from my grandfathers garage and random carpet trimmings that I asked the guy at the neighborhood carpet store for back in the day. It was awesome, especially on rainy days we would go there and play monopoly, go fish, or just go read and stuff.

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