DocAndersen
Another childhood memory, although this one was brought by LaJenna!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW5QWcVWCx0
yes, Tinker toys!
build anything thing you want!
i have to warn you my sense of humor is a bit off.
This video made me laugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYMd27idXds
I remember building a catapult with Tinker Toys. We used to use it to launch things into the air. As a kid growing up we were outside all the time. Tinker Toys came with us, we dragged them to the walk-out basement porch in our first house and build things.
Lot’s of happy memories with Tinker toys!
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Did you have Tinker Toys as a kid?
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Did you have the wooden ones? (Tinker TOys)
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Or the plastic ones? (tinker toys)
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We had wooden painted blocks and some plastic ones. We did not have tinker toys nor LEGO.
Lego are everywhere now. I think tinker toys were mostly US toys.
I do have to say Doc that you come up with very interesting posts. I was never good at building things then and now. I am also not good at puzzles either.
thank you so much for the kind words! i loved building stuff as a kid. Later i really got into taking things apart.
50 years ago and many moons too. I did enjoy them with my siblings.
we did play with them for hours. It was so much fun!
These toys are very interesting! I wasn’t familiar with them until now.
they were a huge US Thing, I suspect few made it out of the US.
I never heard of Tinker Toys, so I guess they are an American phenomenon. My favourite toys were the Airfix models, soldiers, farmers, animals, aeroplanes (that’s airplanes to you!) In fact that name (Tinker Toys) wouldn’t wash here, as ‘tinker’ is viewed as an ethnic slur on our travelling community 😮
tinkerers in the us were people that came up with creative solutions to problems, the toys were supposed to do that.
I did model airplanes (aeroplanes to you@@) when i was 11 or 12 and beyond!
I remember wooden blocks and my sister’s friends had these toys. Cool videos again.
the videos always make me laugh – i love the catapult!
Yes it was priceless. Thanks for the smiles.
i have a friend that wants to make movies using tinker toy creations. I told him to start a youtube channel!
We have a similar toy. I haven’t seen you yet.
i think as Norman pointed out they were a big US toy.
Rare American toys came to our country in those times.
yes there was an iron curtain that toys bounced off of.
really so much nice post!!!
thanks Hamza as always glad you found value!
I still have my wooden tinker toys and I still play with them. I don’t share them with my grandchildreln! These are mine.
i have a fire truck I play with that is mine. I never let the twins touch it!!! i don’t blame you!!!
Thank you for this walk down memory lane. You always were the best Tinker toy maker ever.
i spent a lot of time building things as a kid. I loved that toy!