Originally Posted By Lisann22 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Milton-Bradley-Dont-Spill-Beans/dp/B00000IWDP/ref=cm_lm_fullview_prod_12/002-7694727-6387204" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Milton-B radley-Dont-Spill-Beans/dp/B00000IWDP/ref=cm_lm_fullview_prod_12/002-7694727-6387204</a> AND this would never happen today with all the political correctness! LMAO! I remember my sister had this game. We switched out the beans for pinto beans.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 Oooooooo, Hands Down! I remember that! We loved playing games. I hated straightening out the game closet....but loved the games.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230076459615&ih=013&category=2533&rd=1" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA PI.dll?ViewItem&item=230076459615&ih=013&category=2533&rd=1</a> And for us more intellectually minded kids there was always this. LMAO!
Originally Posted By velo If I'm remembering correctly, we broke Hands Down by smacking it too hard, lol. And, I loooved Password (the little red "window" that revealed the word!) Hushed voice: "the password is....." Other good games: Careers, Life, Sorry (I'm sure TDG knows that one..), Aggravation (loved that!)
Originally Posted By Ursula I foresee a Mastermind competition at the next big meet. I loved that game so much, I couldn't find anyone to play it with me! Everyone else got bored with it. And thanks for the Dynamite Shack blast to the past.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg We loved Hands Down. It usually escalated to trying to guess if someone was going to hit their hand, then trying to smack their hand before they made it to the game... it's really amazing the game wasn't taken away from us more often =)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I had Cootie<< That's because you're a girl. We all knew girls had cooties back then, but thank you for admitting it at last. ; )
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Yes, threeundertwo, that was the ad! What a rip off that thing was. I imagine some creepy retired guy sitting in the Bahamas today, enjoying a tall tropical drink, twisting his handlebar mustache, still laughing and telling anyone who will listen about the million$ he made on that evil Frankenstein monster scam.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan 'Hands Down' was a great game. I also remember 'Tip-It' -- a little acrobat balancing on his nose on a little wire, and players had to add little plastic disks on each side, trying not to be the one to make him fall. 'Go For Broke' was a game that worked the opposite of Monopoly. You had some huge amount of money to spend the fastest. Seems like it would be a short game, but you would constantly win money, and the game would go on for days. 'Kerplunk' was another fun one. You put a zillion plastic sticks through this plastic cylindar, loaded a bunch of marples on top of them. Then one by one you removed the sticks, trying not to let any marbles go 'kerplunk'.
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 <<<>>I had Cootie<< That's because you're a girl. We all knew girls had cooties back then, but thank you for admitting it at last.>>>
Originally Posted By velo Kerplunk! was a blast! And speaking of the back of comic books, how many of us sent away for those friendly Sea Monkeys?!?! I just never understood why they didn't really wave back....
Originally Posted By velo Actually, we used Mastermind a lot in the Tutoring Center I worked in. Great exercise for memory. I've used it with my kids too.
Originally Posted By velo and.. anyone remember that the first Mr. Potatohead was just parts meant to be stuck into a real potato?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Speaking of which I was THE queen of ... SPIROGRAPH. I had 2 different sets for which I saved all my bottles and cans to get. I had to mow lawns to get the 64 color pen set so that I did major groovy spirographs. I want to now apologize to all my aunts and uncles who had to hang my "art" projects on their refrigerators. Here you go, you too can still spirograph... <a href="http://www.skool-days.co.uk/Games/spirograph.htm" target="_blank">http://www.skool-days.co.uk/Ga mes/spirograph.htm</a> I think I might have to order me a new spirograph set. ;>
Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 OMG! I loved Spirograph!! I could play with that thing for hours on end! I want one now too.....I may have to buy one and a Lite Bright as well. I also loved my Lincoln Logs and Tinker Toys.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I'm still extremely bitter about my Lite Brite. <sniff sniff> Being I have a home with my mom I'm not sure it's a good idea I purchase one any time soon, unless it's to get even somehow. When I was a kid I kinda sorta got yelled at a LOT for leaving my Lite Brite pegs all over the floor <gawd, what's the big deal it was MY bedroom?!> Anyway, after many many threats, she finally did it, she she she... Made me watch as she brought out the Electrolux and sucked every last one of colored pegs up with vacuum cleaner. Oh the pain, oh the tears, oh the bitterness!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 So all I had left for many more years was a blank Lite Brite. We used to turn it on and make hand animals on the wall with it. ;<
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I had the Underdog! board game... Can't find it online, but I did find these for ya'll... <a href="http://www.webundies.com/games.htm" target="_blank">http://www.webundies.com/games .htm</a>
