Childhood photos with various toys

[vorko79]

Some photos of me waaaay back in the 80s haha













The first pic with my pops and I is hard to see but I'm holding a Lando fig.

[figurecollector]

That dog in the first picture is really lifelike!

Looks like you had a great childhood with all those toys.

All we had back in the Dark Ages were stick and stones. We tied them together with long blades of grass to make figures.

[vorko79]

Ha! Yes that was our first dog Penny (Penny Puddler) for all the puddles, I was pretty lucky back then, my parents were dirt poor but I had a grandma that would send big boxes via UPS filled with everything from toys to clothes to food stuffs to toiletries and back then with no technology to anticipate packages it was always a great surprise to hear the UPS truck rumblin up the road.

[figurecollector]

Oct 8, 2021 15:45:41 GMT -6 vorko79 said:

Ha! Yes that was our first dog Penny (Penny Puddler) for all the puddles, I was pretty lucky back then, my parents were dirt poor but I had a grandma that would send big boxes via UPS filled with everything from toys to clothes to food stuffs to toiletries and back then with no technology to anticipate packages it was always a great surprise to hear the UPS truck rumblin up the road.

Bet you were chasing the UPS truck like it was an ice cream truck.

[mylittleporkchop]

Wonderful photos.

[kylefromdirtnapp]

[vorko79]

Nice! I remember those construx and that looks like a MOTU peeking out on the left

[kylefromdirtnapp]

I have a SHIT TON of Construx. I had some other pix with MOTU and GI Joe but I can't find them. I think there's an old thread here dedicated to the subject.

[kylefromdirtnapp]

I have no idea what the Steelers shirt is all about.

[kylefromdirtnapp]

I just noticed the He-Man was from a giftset! Shoulda' left that one unopened. Also, I loved Popoids as a kid.

[figurecollector]

Parents should always buy their kids 3 of every toy they purchase. One to leave MOC, one to open and play with and one to store until they are adults and can sell them for mega bucks.

[vorko79]

Wow great pics looks like good Christmases indeed, the big 3 there with the transformers, motu, gijoe, that's so awesome! I remember playing with those popoids a whole lot nice to see them recognized, side question, since you were - are into the construx and recognized the popoids do you remember zaks? Anyhow I have some more pics in the garage gonna try n find em

[vorko79]

Ya if only the parents knew. . I feel like it's a common thing for parents of late 70s early 80s kids to say I threw away or sold all your old toys at a yard sale or whatnot.

[Ghouldrool]

I feel obliged to participate. And speaking of certain things that your younger self should have bought multiples of and left on the damn card, I see your Joe, MotU and 'Formers, and raise you... Cosmic Cowboys!!

[kylefromdirtnapp]

Oct 20, 2021 22:09:59 GMT -6 vorko79 said:

Wow great pics looks like good Christmases indeed, the big 3 there with the transformers, motu, gijoe, that's so awesome! I remember playing with those popoids a whole lot nice to see them recognized, side question, since you were - are into the construx and recognized the popoids do you remember zaks? Anyhow I have some more pics in the garage gonna try n find em

I think those pix are from 2 different years. I don't remember Zaks unless they were those little stacking blocks that had pix of robots on them and sort of transformed?