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"Operation".  I love anatomy. ;)
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Hmmmm.....  ???

Seriously, tho' I still have my operation game, plus about 4 dozen others that I mangaed to save before my mother went on a throwing away binge. :)

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Hmmmm.....  ???

Seriously, tho' I still have my operation game, plus about 4 dozen others that I mangaed to save before my mother went on a throwing away binge. :)
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And, of course, they are worth tons-o-coinage today!!! My Mom is SO regretting the clean sweep she made of my stuff of few years ago...! ;D

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And, of course, they are worth tons-o-coinage today!!! My Mom is SO regretting the clean sweep she made of my stuff of few years ago...! ;D
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My problem is that everything I own that is worth money, is something sentimental that I cannot sell. So I have lots of valuable "stuff" but I'm broke. :'(

In the mid sixties, my mother gave a brand new "Howdy Doody" still in the box, to Goodwill. >:(

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I still have Operation, and most of the MB games that I have always owned, including an old Mouse Trap (still with fully functional pieces). They were always fun when we used to just play them as a family.
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My mother threw away my Mousetrap game! >:( It was from 1965 and still had all the original pieces, except the rubber band had been replaced of course. She also threw away my Silly Safari game and my Feeley Meeley game. I see them sometimes on Ebay, but cannot afford to bid. :'(

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My mother threw away my Mousetrap game! >:( It was from 1965 and still had all the original pieces, except the rubber band had been replaced of course. She also threw away my Silly Safari game and my Feeley Meeley game. I see them sometimes on Ebay, but cannot afford to bid. :'(
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No !  Not mousetrap !  Great game.  Bobo's still got all his pieces and they're all functional.  Well he's only young.  Wait till you get older Bobo, then you'll find that all your pieces are no longer functional and furthermore some go missing  ;D

Like the other posters here, if only I still had the games that my Mum threw out....

History repeats itself though.  I am always retreiving things that my wife throws out - then I get in trouble for being a 'hoarder'  :(

Fuss

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I was extrememly fond of Mr. Potato Head. I got a new one every year for Christmas. :)  I don't have my Mr. Potato Head tho'. :(
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Funny you mention that. Here I was, at a one-cent sale and I won myself a Mr PotatoHead. Had him on my fridge until I turned forty.

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Funny you mention that. Here I was, at a one-cent sale and I won myself a Mr PotatoHead. Had him on my fridge until I turned forty.
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Then what happened ?  Did his magnet wear out or something.  Or did those people who robbed your house take him (Those Bastads !)

FB  ;)

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Funny you mention that. Here I was, at a one-cent sale and I won myself a Mr PotatoHead. Had him on my fridge until I turned forty.
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I hope not the version using a real potato! ;D

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I hope not the version using a real potato! ;D
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Now I know why everytime the cleaner cleans my house, she complains of the sticky fridge...I now understand. ;D ;D

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Now I know why everytime the cleaner cleans my house, she complains of the sticky fridge...I now understand. ;D ;D
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With an ancient potato that should read stinky rather than sticky! ;D

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..... and she also picked up a Mini Dragons set on Ebay. So after 30 years of waiting, I finally got to make this:  :D

www.lanset.com/azazella/dragon.jpg
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Hmmm...reminds me of someone I work with !

FB  ;D

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I'll have to scan and post some of those, given that I haven't kept any photos of me from that era  8)
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Sorry about the bandwidth for those of you with slow connections, but I said I'd post some of these:

http://www.cix.co.uk/~philbo/lego/legoacdc_s.jpg

http://www.cix.co.uk/~philbo/lego/legoasia_s.jpg

http://www.cix.co.uk/~philbo/lego/legodio_s.jpg

http://www.cix.co.uk/~philbo/lego/legomaiden_s.jpg

http://www.cix.co.uk/~philbo/lego/legojrny_s.jpg

;-)

Phil

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Those are so cool, Phil!  You're a man of many talents!   ;)
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Aw, shucks  :-[

I was pretty surprised at what I did all those years ago...

Phil

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Phil's post about lego sculptures made me think.... Does anyone remember the popsicles that came with the plastic interlocking sticks in various colors? You could build all sorts of stuff with them. I made great sculptures and mobiles and once a little carriage (used some wheels of an old tonka truck...) that I harnessed up to my toy horses... :)
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I remember them Zella - we had them in Aus - but for the life of me I can't remember what they were called.  I shall consult Reddyrules....

I do remember that like all things they started out good but then they started making them of thimnner plastic and if you held your Ice Block (that's what Popsicles are called here) the stick used to bend over at right angles.... >:(

FB  :)

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We had all colours !

FB  :D
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We did too, we just had to eat four billion popsicles to get them all. And the red ones were extrememly rare... :)

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They're over here in various colours too - still, I think.
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Gee Bobo, can you send me some? I think my mother threw all mine away.... :'(

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I don't remember the brand. It is the sticks we are talking about, not the sicles... :)
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Are you talking about Tinker Toys?

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Are you talking about Tinker Toys?
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No, those interlocking plastic popsicle sticks that came in different colors and you could build things with them.... I cannot remember the brand... :(