tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post116501464190573407..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Favorite Toys Memejo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-69671358378749420422007-12-06T13:34:00.000-05:002007-12-06T13:34:00.000-05:005. The game that you put together so that marbles ...5. The game that you put together so that marbles run down ramps. I don't know what it was called but it was so much fun to watch the marbles zoom around. <BR/><BR/>OMG i remember this game.. all i can think of .. is the haunted house, purple.. somehow i remember these claw hands you held to catch the marbles in? Or am i wrong. Well. Email @ adirondack6@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1167086271050874612006-12-25T17:37:00.000-05:002006-12-25T17:37:00.000-05:00oh yea you forgot light brite. :)oh yea you forgot light brite. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165435295287264592006-12-06T15:01:00.000-05:002006-12-06T15:01:00.000-05:00Ooo, another great post! At least three of the cl...Ooo, another great post! At least three of the classic toys on your list will be under the tree for my boys (or is that actually for me??) this year: the marble run, Chutes and Ladders and trains and tracks. If I have my way, also a toboggan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165422266466897292006-12-06T11:24:00.000-05:002006-12-06T11:24:00.000-05:00Was the marble toy the one with the metal musical ...Was the marble toy the one with the metal musical bars, like the ones on a xylophone? I had that...and you could arrange it so the marbles would play songs as they fell. I loved that dang thing.Psycho Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633634991906191853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165156875979914242006-12-03T09:41:00.000-05:002006-12-03T09:41:00.000-05:00I love all those toys too. My boys love the blocks...I love all those toys too. My boys love the blocks and wooden trains. Other toys I loved: legos, card games, slinky, kites, jacks, jump rope and kick balls. And tree climbing, of course.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165116506780900792006-12-02T22:28:00.000-05:002006-12-02T22:28:00.000-05:00I adored my Spirograph. It made me feel like I cou...I adored my Spirograph. It made me feel like I could make something beautiful even though my skills did not include creating Great Works of Art. <BR/><BR/>I also liked Raggedy Ann and Andy, but my favourite dolls EVER were Oggie Doggie and Doggie Daddy. They rocked.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165115535983633322006-12-02T22:12:00.000-05:002006-12-02T22:12:00.000-05:00Good meme, I'm going to have to do this one too. L...Good meme, I'm going to have to do this one too. <B>Loved</B> sledding as a kid.landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165077766415941172006-12-02T11:42:00.000-05:002006-12-02T11:42:00.000-05:00Oh, yeah. All wonderful wonderful toys. My littl...Oh, yeah. All wonderful wonderful toys. My little one is just 2 and we're just (re)discovering some of these, but others he's so totally into. We play trains, blocks, legos, and a whole lot of pretend every day, and I have to say it is wonderful. Your grandkids are going to be so lucky to play with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165072836113389792006-12-02T10:20:00.000-05:002006-12-02T10:20:00.000-05:00Thanks--this really is a great meme, and I can use...Thanks--this really is a great meme, and I can use it for ammunition in the battle about what toys are appropriate for kids and are appreciated over time. My MIL likes to buy DS whatever is "new" in the world of cheap (but not inexpensive) plastic crap. DS rejoices for the first six days and then it gets tossed in the corner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165070875194050112006-12-02T09:47:00.000-05:002006-12-02T09:47:00.000-05:00Loved loved loved the Spirograph. I'm half tempte...Loved loved loved the Spirograph. I'm half tempted to go out and get myself one now; that would be the greatest break-from-grading toy. Do they still make them?Pilgrim/Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588407758172717893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165062887489324092006-12-02T07:34:00.000-05:002006-12-02T07:34:00.000-05:00I loved Candy Land. The picures on the cards were...I loved Candy Land. The picures on the cards were so magical looking. Spirograph was hours of entertainment. I also had a huge doll house for my barbies. That was fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165026176934255062006-12-01T21:22:00.000-05:002006-12-01T21:22:00.000-05:00Lego, tinker toy, anything Fisher Price, my record...Lego, tinker toy, anything Fisher Price, my record player and Dr Seuss books...just to name a few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165023106119965712006-12-01T20:31:00.000-05:002006-12-01T20:31:00.000-05:00I loved my Spirograph. I also loved trains, too. ...I loved my Spirograph. I also loved trains, too. Still do. If I had a spare room I'd buy a 9 gauge model train and build a village for it to run through. This is great. I might have to do it later myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165022625364027682006-12-01T20:23:00.000-05:002006-12-01T20:23:00.000-05:00Like the Cheeky Prof, I loved my spirograph and Ca...Like the Cheeky Prof, I loved my spirograph and Candyland, too! I remember loving to make up my room into a haunted house and using blankets to make tents. You've got me thinking about things I should write about . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165022339989002012006-12-01T20:18:00.000-05:002006-12-01T20:18:00.000-05:00I'm totally going to do this meme. Several of my a...I'm totally going to do this meme. Several of my answers will be the same as yours. :)<BR/><BR/>I had Raggedy Ann and my sister had Andy. And my kids have trains without names. I built my lifetime masterpiece train track with the kids this afternoon, in fact--but we're ONE curvy piece short of making the last loop connect.purple_kangaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543172194041505144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165022009575738652006-12-01T20:13:00.000-05:002006-12-01T20:13:00.000-05:00This is a great meme, but what I'm struck by most ...This is a great meme, but what I'm struck by most are that your answers are the same ones that I would give (with the slight exception that the wooden train tracks were the norm for me). And the marble games, which used to be wooden, soon turned to plastic.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you have good taste in toys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165019915130944432006-12-01T19:38:00.000-05:002006-12-01T19:38:00.000-05:00Good meme, jo(e).Good meme, jo(e).Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165019778734813382006-12-01T19:36:00.000-05:002006-12-01T19:36:00.000-05:00Oooh, this is such a warm fuzzy meme. I think I'll...Oooh, this is such a warm fuzzy meme. I think I'll have to do it to cheer myself up a bit! I loved the spirograph and Candyland game, too. :)Cheeky Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551369816646303313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165019644265604902006-12-01T19:34:00.000-05:002006-12-01T19:34:00.000-05:00snakes were my specialty, too!snakes were my specialty, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165018321613086142006-12-01T19:12:00.000-05:002006-12-01T19:12:00.000-05:00This is a great post, Jo(e). You write about thes...This is a great post, Jo(e). You write about these toys with such affection that the reader can't help but love them, too. Your future grandkids will be lucky little sprogs.BerryBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.com