...what was the best Christmas present you ever got as a kid❓
Think: ...shortie up through Jr. High give/take...
...and the bestest of the best... the coolest of the cool... Christmas present; was, what???
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turner66
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The 2 sets of players that came with the set were the Broncos and Cowboys from the previous year’s Super Bowl (XII).
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Loved that thing. Always wanted a BMX bike, never got one.
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the name of it.
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I was probably about 4yo. They were assembled by the fireplace into a 6-ft tall robot just like in the pic.
Doesn't get much more magical on Christmas morning than being 3 ft tall, and getting a 6 ft tall robot.
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7mo
Link:
Click
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middle guy haha. Take the puck to the corner, hold it, then feed the middle guy charging to the net.
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some other kids got them later but I was the first!
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From grades 6 thru 8 I assembled a laboratory bench of beakers and retorts and bunsen burners, plus all the little chemical jars. It all went to hell as soon as I took high school chemistry, which was completely beyond me.
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EDGEMAN
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Heard they came with a child size sample of U238.
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EDGEMAN
7mo
The deciding factor was how long I used them.
Rode both of those for years...the banana bike until I outgrew it, then the 10 speed.
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*One Man Army...
owned the neighborhood
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launcher. It was awesome.
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Once we out grew them, we pull them with bikes until we blew out the back wheels.
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But I only got this one, not the one below.
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KCHokie2
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I lost it. And with it, my childhood innocence.
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Played with a ping-pong ball that settled over a hole that had spring-lever that could shoot into a basket. First guy to 100 wins.
One side 'worked' better than the other so when first guy gets to 50, switch sides. The guy behind at the half usually won because he got to score the most points on the 'good side".
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7mo
Close second was ping pong table.
In third place was 410 shotgun!! Age 11.
Killed a bunch of quail with that shotgun. As did my son. And I hope my grandsons.
Now that I think of it, move the 410 shotgun to number 1.
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