Originally Posted By friendofdd This was the most memorable toy of my childhood. We would play it a lot and I got rather good at it. But, seriously, I was outside as much as possible playing games that used imagination rather than items. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pixie-Pic-Up-Stix-Schylling/dp/B000GX41LA" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Pixie-Pi c-Up-Stix-Schylling/dp/B000GX41LA</a> I could give you a link to our "family" game, but I am sure all of you are already familiar with Monopoly.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Oh friendofdd, these games were all played at night for me. Trust me, I was kicked outside, the screen door was locked and I was told to GO PLAY and only come home for lunch and dinner most all summer days. LOL!
Originally Posted By threeundertwo >>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. >> ditto, but I ironed to save money for the 64 color pen set. I was definitely the Queen of Spirograph in my neck of the woods.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Yes indeed at the time they were. Sorry TDG didn't see the question. Back in the day, the spill the beans box we owned had a little mexican man on it with a sombrero NOW it's the funny face guy.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The thing about Spirographs were, you had to know when to quit. Disaster often struck after you had completed several successful multi--colored designs. The Spirograph gear wheels had a tendancy to slip a bit, completely ruining a design. So, you had to pull out the little pins and start all over again, get the whole thing all set up and start over. About that time, I would decide it was time to go outside and play with my 'Pitch Back'. It was an orange metal frame with a big yellow square net in the center, with a red 'strike zone' in the middle. You threw a baseball at it and it bounched right back to you.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo ^^yeah, boys never were any good at Spirograph. You don't see many "Spirograph Kings" around, do you? ;-)
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