Our shit didnt work out the box. Father thought we fucked it up. We showed him, the damn controllers was DOA. And some of the tracks were flimsy as fuck.
If you had one of these as a kid you was da shit.
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Our shit didnt work out the box. Father thought we fucked it up. We showed him, the damn controllers was DOA. And some of the tracks were flimsy as fuck.
I had 2-3 sets of both Tyco and AFX.
My parents never bought me that shit when we was kids so to have fun we took my father's tape measure and would run marbles up and down and see if they would stay on the ramp (tape measure).
If you could roll the marble without a jumping off you won
As poor kids, we found shit to do
My father wouldn't buy us a football so my brother and I took like 6 to 12 pair of his old tube socks and rolled them up like a football and would play catch around the house. And when it started to lose its shape we said we needed to inflate it so we just unrolled the socks and roll them back up again.
If you could roll the marble without a jumping off you won
As poor kids, we found shit to do
My father wouldn't buy us a football so my brother and I took like 6 to 12 pair of his old tube socks and rolled them up like a football and would play catch around the house. And when it started to lose its shape we said we needed to inflate it so we just unrolled the socks and roll them back up again.
My cousin had the glow in the dark joint. His mom was divorced, so his pops would buy him all the cool toys.
My folks got me Hot Wheels...Criss-cross Crash! The one with the wind-up... And yes, I got hit with the tracks a few times, lol!
My folks got me Hot Wheels...Criss-cross Crash! The one with the wind-up... And yes, I got hit with the tracks a few times, lol!
That’s something I wanted that I never got
I had one, at least a smaller one and loved it.
on our side of the pond (caribbean) this was more popular.... we got Tyco but not much variety as this:
You sound like my cousin.... His Dad bought him one of these, you couldn't make it around 1 time, the tracks didn't always line up, the siderails didn't mean shyt!!! 
Mann that thing never worked right LOL it was slow as a turtle
Never had one personally, but I think my friend down the street had the smaller one.
That's the first thing I thought about.
I had that as a kid and I can say that it NEVER moved that fast!
It only worked well on VERY smooth surfaces like kitchen floors, floors in schools and some garage floors.
That's when it performed the best, and still nothing like those commercials!
The best you'd get was
but it was still cool to have.
It worked until I took it to test in a friends pool, he jumped in right next to it splashing water all over it having me looking at him like
We were poor but come Christmas time my mother and pops always gave us a great Christmas. I remember when my brother got a Stretch Armstrong. We actually tore it apart because we stretched it that hard.. LolAfter looking through this thread I see that my parents really loved me and worked hard to provide and give me a good life.
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That's what I love about Black people, no matter what we'll do whatever we can to make sure our kids have a good Christmas!
Those Tyco train sets were heaven. My grandma brought one for me for Christmas when I was in the 5th grade. I remembe coming home after a stressful day at elementary school and seeing that train set under the Christmas tree and it lifted my spirits.
Now that's crazy!
Most of us wanted it but didn't get it but in hindsight, what were we really gonna do with a 7 foot long aircraft carrier!
Man that brings back memories
My older brother had one like this and it kinda worked cause you would squeeze the trigger and it would go fast.....right off of the track and you would place it back on the track and the samething would happen cause there's no slow,medium it's just fast.I had this sumbitch right here!!
I know we all come from humble beginings but some of you....toys,motherfuckers was pitching rocks for fun.
Homie said he got the whole G.I joe battleship with no G.I joe's which basically made that ship not worth a damn til next christmas.lol
I was blessed to get just about everything I wanted but out of all of that fancy shit we always went back to what we could understand,didn't need batteries and something we could compete in:Connect four,Battleship,Monapoly,checkers,Uno,Old Maide,Sorry,Tiger held hand games,simon says,rubix cube,Yo-yo's,super soakers and my favorite was the little Tamagotchi keychain pets......
My father bought me the TCR slotless joint that could change lanes.
Follow this guy on Youtube to see some of the most expensive slotcars made. Ive gotten the itch to build a 4 lane track with landscaping and all. This guy's work is incredible....
Sonic 6
My first bike (and first car ) were got at auction. I had a yellow BMX dirt bike with a light on it that would light up when you pedaled fast. My lil auction shit was hotter than this Huffy joint. I was about 5 or 6. Dad musta copped some of those cheap pads people used to put on the frame for jumps and shit. Learned my first lesson in situational awareness when a pack of kids tried to jack me for it in the park. City wasn't sweet.Sonic 6
I was just happy to have that joint riding in the park when me and my brother got run up on. He was trying to get me to leave when he saw the crew of maybe 7-8 kids run up on us and try to take it. If I was listening to him we woulda just been out.
We fought they asses and they got the pads off the bike but we both got out of there with our bikes. My bro was eleven. Maybe one or two of them was his age.
Pops beat my ass for not listening to bro and not paying attention later that night. Problem solved.
That track was hot to death. The most amazing track I saw had two tractor trailers racing. A train that crossed the racing tracks and an ambulance running on auto. It was the most amazing track I ever saw advertised. And hell naw I ain't have that joint. I wish I did. Shiiiiiiit I still want that track for myself to this day.
i remember my lil brother got one similar. it came with a tube of engine oil that you could put in the locomotive so that smoke could come out the chimney. man we ran outta that engine oil one day and decided to put some of that Crisco lard in that bih. Melted that shit down and poured it in the train. Had the house smellin like burnt bacon and shit all day.Those Tyco train sets were heaven. My grandma brought one for me for Christmas when I was in the 5th grade. I remembe coming home after a stressful day at elementary school and seeing that train set under the Christmas tree and it lifted my spirits.
The rich kid on my street had it though not nearly as big and everyone played with it at his house.
Word. I could never get my Hot Wheels cars to complete a loop... instead of finishing the loop, it would fall when it got to the top of the loop.
Let's not even talk about the orange tracks being the man-made version of a switch...the physical scars are gone, but the mental ones as still there.
Good point. Them racetracks were garbage. And always had that burnt electricity smell too.
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