From your youth...

[Ummgawa]

A little off topic but...

What (if anything) do you have from your youth, say single digits or very early teens, that you considered your prized possession? I mean Hot Wheels, GI Joe, a cool Bike, etc. Even if it's something you had but replaced via Ebay. And I'm not talking your first car, girlfriend, etc. Include a picture if you can.

This may be Goofy, but, what the hay.

[MaxHarvard]

I still have my hockey equipment... still play pick up games now and then. Yea, i feel like a big man whipping up on the 14 year old pee-wee's :D

[98ssnova]

still got my Gi joes me and cousin steve would plaay for hours when we were kids

[J2SpeedandCustom]

I have 2 trunks full of lego's, star wars stuff, and my chromoly mongoose bmx bike with "Mike Buff" Z rims...:unibrow:

[Streetking]

My hot wheels and.....

SW

[Ummgawa]

My hot wheels and.....

SW

My best friend had one of those posters, I swear I am convinced he thought he invented "Flogging the Bishop"* because of that poster.


*also known as:

"Wackin your Willie"
"Slammin the Ham"
"Chokin' your Chicken"
"Strangling Darth Vader"
"Turning Japanese"
"Polishing the Pole"

Insert anything Tennessee related here...

[mdprovee]

The thing I have from my childhood is my Lionel Trains. My dad put together 2 trains on two seperate tracks running around each other, and I would play till my hearts content.

Still have all the trains, cardboard building and all.

[Steve1968LS2]

I have a big ass magnifying glass that I used to check out (and burn) stuff with.

Just re-found my stable of pinewood derby cars. :woot:

[ProdigyCustoms]

Single digits would be my Schwinn Orange Crate

Here is a pic of a Apple Crate

http://www.sixpackfuryregistry.com/images/2005_0524_190007AA.JPG

[Hdesign]

I bought a few of the re-released transformers that I had as a kid. Can't believe my mother gave them all to the neighbor's kid! I had every single one of the original series, including special order ones.

[GTX]

I've still got every comic I ever bought,including .15 Superman/Batman ones,Weird War,Jonah Hex,Sgt. Rock,Archie,etc.:D

[Payton King]

but i do still have a Strombecker slot car track from the 60's. My little brother lost all of the cars. I thought about setting it up and getting new ones. This is a pretty cool track 1:24 scale. It has a lap counter and a Le Mans style start.

[JayR]

I still have my entire Hot Wheels collection in the original carrying cases and have since probably tripled the number of them in adulthood and have started my 5 year old daughter on an impressive collection of her own.

I also updated to a new and improved version of my old BMX bike, but what do you expect from a grown man who still draws cars, right Ben!

[ProTouring442]

Hmmm... My first real memeory as a kid is riding around the back yard, stuck between my old man and the tank of his Triumph Bonneville. Funny thing is, years later I bought a '69 Bonneville, turns out his was a '69 as well!

I also remember going to see my dad at his "office" when he worked at Congressional Oldsmobile in Rockville, Maryland. He moved up through to assistant sales manager before he left to run his own business.

As a little kid I had Adventure People... I had the whole deal, jeep, canoe, truck... spent hours playing with that stuff.

Also had a GI Joe, with the fuzzy hair. Don't know where that got off to.

Oh, let's not forget my Bionic Man, and Evil Kenivel stuff!

Had a Raleigh 5-speed "Chopper" for a bike.

As a little kid, I had my first car wrech while being pushed around the back yard at high speed in my fire engine pedal car. Lost control and hit the side of the above-ground swimming pool! Didn't hurt the pool, but bent the hell out of the left front fender of the fire engine!

Anyway, that's enough for now!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
'72 442 "Inamorata"
www.FQuick.com/ProTouring442

[jy211]

Tamiya Hornet! It was my first RC car I ever owned. Got it for one of my birthdays right after I saw a Hobby store while on summer vacation is Seattle. :thumbsup:

[NSAN1T]

I have a stuffed dog.. errr whats left of him :lol: that I got when I was 2 months old.. does that count?? (i'm 27yo now)

I also have 3 cases of baseball cards from before the first baseball strike in the 90's (which killed my baseball enthusiasm(sp) ) and now my step son has my Legos and my Hot Wheel and my 3 Hot wheel cities. you remeber those that folded in half and had the "hot wheels" handle, they had a lower "ground" level on one side and the other side opened to be the second level...

I also have 5 models I built in my early teens.. can't think of anything else right now...

ooo I found a pic on the net of one of them LOL
http://www.inthe80s.com/toys/images/hotwc.jpg

[Hdesign]

I still have my entire Hot Wheels collection in the original carrying cases and have since probably tripled the number of them in adulthood and have started my 5 year old daughter on an impressive collection of her own.

I also updated to a new and improved version of my old BMX bike, but what do you expect from a grown man who still draws cars, right Ben!

You too? Nail on the head dude!

My mother dug up my first understandable "car rendering" from when I was 4...it's a blue tow truck. How random is that?

Also was able to snag a matchbox car collection from the 60's that was my uncle's when we were cleaning out my grandmother's house a few years ago. I was pumped about that!

[Blown353]

Let's see... I'd have to say it would be my old RC-10 Team Car that I bought back in 1991 (I had just turned 12.) Took a lot of lawn mowing to pay for that thing... $179 for the kit, $120 for the Novak 410-MXC speed controller, then motors, batteries, charger, tools, etc. It was the first thing I ever really had to save for and purchase on my own. I still have all the invoices, receipts, and the original box for it... LOL

Had a lot of good times with it both out in front of the house and out racing competitively with it and I learned quite a bit from it.

I found all new old stock parts for it including some very hard to find RPM "Worlds" conversion pieces a couple years back at a hobby store that was going out of business. It is now back to almost "out of the box" condition. It still sits proudly on one of my shelves.

Still into R/C too. :)

[Speedster]

Hot Wheels. Many of the originals. King Cuda, Light My Firebird, Deora, Chaparral, Corvette, Splittin' Image, T-Bird, Ford Vicky, Mongoose and Snake drag race action set, superchargers, Sizzlers - 69 T/A Firebird, Revin Heavin', you get the idea.

Probably 2 dozen the Monogram models designed by Tom Daniels and some Revell Funny cars - Jungle Jim, Snowman,etc. Dragsters - Tom McKewan, Dn Prudhome. Between those and the Hot Wheels, I think that is where the car bug hit. Loved all of those blower motors.

Estes Rockets - remember trying to light a few in the fireplace when the parents were gone. Went throught a bunch of those. C6-5 and D engines.

HO trains - Tyco, Athern, etc. My son has those now. Couldn't pry them away.

Cox model airplane - nitro on a string ! Comet wood airplanes.

The other cool thing that I don't have any more was a Raleigh Chopper bike. Big Tire in the back, little one up front and gears !!

Also, the Farrah poster that SW has and a few other Charlie's Angels ones.

Smoke Bombs and firecrackers - always a blast.

[d touring]

All i really keep was my guns from my child hood. Most of them arent worth anything just family air looms.
My grandad hunted with them, My dad hunted with them, an i hunted with them when i was a kid.
Damn them things been around. LOL

[McssGmachine]

Tamiya Hornet! It was my first RC car I ever owned. Got it for one of my birthdays right after I saw a Hobby store while on summer vacation is Seattle. :thumbsup:

WOW! I use to have the Tamiya Frog! I still have my RC10 that I had since I was 10!

[3kidsnotime]

I admire your ride Frank, The stud of 6th grade, My Mom did not have alot of money But I loved to tour the schwinn shop on a regular basis this was my love, when I turned 14 I gave it to a family member and was stolen, I replaced it off ebay I had been looking and looking and found the exact bike down to the date code and is not restored. Kinda a dark pic and no pedals so the kids dont try and ride it.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r194/3kidsnotime/Picture165.jpg

[Derek69SS]

Stole this picture from ebay... easier than snapping a pic of mine and uploading it myself.

http://i5.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/8a/e6/d7f9_12.JPG

I got one of these for my birthday when I was pretty young... They also made a "9600" version with a cab that was the "holy grail" to me when I was young. I now have 6 of those, and one of them in the box, which I paid more for than I did for the car I drive to work every day. :lol:

[novanutcase]

Single digits would be my Schwinn Orange Crate

Here is a pic of a Apple Crate

http://www.sixpackfuryregistry.com/images/2005_0524_190007AA.JPG

That thing is sweet!!!:thumbsup:

[Payton King]

My first car was an RC 10 that I took to a 4 state regional in Tx. I later sold it for a Losi car. The Losi was much faster and easier to drive

[Beach Cruiser]

I still have boxes of trading cards from the 70's Baseball, football ect... plus 2 sets of Battlestar galactica, some Charlies Angles and even Mork and Mindy Cards! Wish I still had the Farrah poster. What about Cheryl Tiggs? had that one too, but long since gone. Still got the Trains and some Revel models that I built. Turning the wayback meter up, I have some tools from my grandad that date to the 1800's and some famly heirlooms from the civil war!

[Ummgawa]

I have a 1969 Orange Krate that I restored, A Schwinn StingRay from 1970 that I restored for my then 9 year old Daughter, 5 speed, tall sissy bar, etc. I have a mint GI JOE space capsule with a mint GI JOE in full space man uniform, GI JOE Jeep with trailer (working Cannon and Light). I also have a Major Matt Mason-anybody remember that?

Here is the cool part. I lived in Atlanta in the West End back when it was a safe area to live in (1 mile form Fort McPherson) during the 60's(64-69). Me and my buddies always played under my house in the crawl space and made towns out of the dirt. We had 100's of Hot Wheels. We moved in 69 and lived 23 miles from my previous address. About two years ago, I decided to stop by and knock on the door to my childhood home. The man and woman my parents sold the house to still lived there. I asked them if they minded if I went into the crawl space to see if any of my old Hot Wheels might still be there. They said "Go Ahead". I was under there for about 30 minutes with no luck. Then I remembered that I used to line my Hot Wheels up on the ledge of the foundation in the very back of the basement because my neighbor would get under there and steal them. First let me tell ya that that place was huge when I was 7 years old. It got smaller. Well. I shimmied my fat ass to the back and Lo and Behold, my faithful Hot Wheels were sitting there waiting on my return in 2005. They were all as rough as a night in Jail. I also found my Hot Wheels carrying case, still intact, laying on the ledge. Here is the kicker-I had gotten a new Hot Wheel called the "Boss Hoss" a chrome Mustang with stickers for the doors, badge, etc. It was still there in the original unopened package-right there on the ledge. I picked it up and the package disintegrated almost instantly in my hand. Here is the cool part- the Hot Wheel was in perfect condition. I have it on my shelf in my living room. The rest of the Hot Wheels were rusty and beat to Hell, now living in quiet retirement in the Hot Wheels Case. I'd post a photo but the picture is to high resolution- maybe I can send it to an administrator and they can post it.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

My black belt that took me 14 years to get.

and not because i never went.. but because the style was insanely hard to complete.

[69TAPoser]

My first "hat trick" and "playmaker" patches from youth hockey, and a trophy from my 1st "big" hockey tournament, all circa 1982. Ahhh, the good 'ole days. :cheers:

Phil

[JayR]

I have a 1969 Orange Krate that I restored, A Schwinn StingRay from 1970 that I restored for my then 9 year old Daughter, 5 speed, tall sissy bar, etc. I have a mint GI JOE space capsule with a mint GI JOE in full space man uniform, GI JOE Jeep with trailer (working Cannon and Light). I also have a Major Matt Mason-anybody remember that?

Here is the cool part. I lived in Atlanta in the West End back when it was a safe area to live in (1 mile form Fort McPherson) during the 60's(64-69). Me and my buddies always played under my house in the crawl space and made towns out of the dirt. We had 100's of Hot Wheels. We moved in 69 and lived 23 miles from my previous address. About two years ago, I decided to stop by and knock on the door to my childhood home. The man and woman my parents sold the house to still lived there. I asked them if they minded if I went into the crawl space to see if any of my old Hot Wheels might still be there. They said "Go Ahead". I was under there for about 30 minutes with no luck. Then I remembered that I used to line my Hot Wheels up on the ledge of the foundation in the very back of the basement because my neighbor would get under there and steal them. First let me tell ya that that place was huge when I was 7 years old. It got smaller. Well. I shimmied my fat ass to the back and Lo and Behold, my faithful Hot Wheels were sitting there waiting on my return in 2005. They were all as rough as a night in Jail. I also found my Hot Wheels carrying case, still intact, laying on the ledge. Here is the kicker-I had gotten a new Hot Wheel called the "Boss Hoss" a chrome Mustang with stickers for the doors, badge, etc. It was still there in the original unopened package-right there on the ledge. I picked it up and the package disintegrated almost instantly in my hand. Here is the cool part- the Hot Wheel was in perfect condition. I have it on my shelf in my living room. The rest of the Hot Wheels were rusty and beat to Hell, now living in quiet retirement in the Hot Wheels Case. I'd post a photo but the picture is to high resolution- maybe I can send it to an administrator and they can post it.


Too Cool, Jim! Great story and congratulations on going back and recovering them!

[AAW]

Jim,
I LOVE that story! Awesome...:thumbsup:

[907rs]

I have a 1969 Orange Krate that I restored, A Schwinn StingRay from 1970 that I restored for my then 9 year old Daughter, 5 speed, tall sissy bar, etc. I have a mint GI JOE space capsule with a mint GI JOE in full space man uniform, GI JOE Jeep with trailer (working Cannon and Light). I also have a Major Matt Mason-anybody remember that?

Here is the cool part. I lived in Atlanta in the West End back when it was a safe area to live in (1 mile form Fort McPherson) during the 60's(64-69). Me and my buddies always played under my house in the crawl space and made towns out of the dirt. We had 100's of Hot Wheels. We moved in 69 and lived 23 miles from my previous address. About two years ago, I decided to stop by and knock on the door to my childhood home. The man and woman my parents sold the house to still lived there. I asked them if they minded if I went into the crawl space to see if any of my old Hot Wheels might still be there. They said "Go Ahead". I was under there for about 30 minutes with no luck. Then I remembered that I used to line my Hot Wheels up on the ledge of the foundation in the very back of the basement because my neighbor would get under there and steal them. First let me tell ya that that place was huge when I was 7 years old. It got smaller. Well. I shimmied my fat ass to the back and Lo and Behold, my faithful Hot Wheels were sitting there waiting on my return in 2005. They were all as rough as a night in Jail. I also found my Hot Wheels carrying case, still intact, laying on the ledge. Here is the kicker-I had gotten a new Hot Wheel called the "Boss Hoss" a chrome Mustang with stickers for the doors, badge, etc. It was still there in the original unopened package-right there on the ledge. I picked it up and the package disintegrated almost instantly in my hand. Here is the cool part- the Hot Wheel was in perfect condition. I have it on my shelf in my living room. The rest of the Hot Wheels were rusty and beat to Hell, now living in quiet retirement in the Hot Wheels Case. I'd post a photo but the picture is to high resolution- maybe I can send it to an administrator and they can post it.

Cool story, Jim. Send that pic over and I'll post it up.

[trapin]

This is going to sound kind of weird but I have this poster I used to have hanging in my parents old garage. It's a rear view shot of 4 women in thong bikinis sitting on the back of Harley Davidson motorcycles (you may have seen it, it was a pretty populer poster back in the 80's). I kept the poster up at my friends request but I always felt uneasy looking at it because the girl on the far left was my cousin Dina. LOL!!! She was a model for about 10 years and lived out in California. She sent it to me when I was 15 and told me not to tell my aunt and uncle or my parents where I got it. She was pretty wild back then. She got in a couple of videos for Bon Jovi and dated the bass player for awhile. The day I got it I showed it to my friends and it was all over, they wanted that thing up in the garage or I was getting my ass kicked. They LOVED Dina. My garage was the big hangout when I was in high school. When my Dad saw it he didn't approve but he allowed it. They didn't find out that Dina was one of the girls until years later. She's a really great friend of mine today and I guess it's just something that reminds me of my teenage years. Plus I like to break it out at family functions to embarrass her...it's always good for a few laughs.

I still can't look at it to this day, though. Yikes. :rolleyes:

[907rs]

Jims Hot Wheels pics:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r156/907rs/Lateral-GPix002.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r156/907rs/Lateral-GPix001.jpg

[Musclerodz]

My most prized and irreplaceable possession is a denim blanket my grandmother made for me when i was 5 or 6. I litterally wore out the inner lining and luckily she enough enough material to fix it before she died.

My brother still has all our hot wheels, many of the originals although in rough shape, hundreds of them. I still have all our HO train stuff.

Mike

[Ummgawa]

Thanks Bill.

Just so every body knows, the picture of the little girl jumping for joy is my daughter. My wife just happened to have a camera and snapped that picture. It's the first time she ever saw the beach and the ocean. It was pure joy to her. Anytime I feel crappy I look at that picture. I hope you dudes are that lucky.:D