12-02-2004, 07:27
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Who is running this world?
I heard on TV yesterday that "Kids are DEMANDING electronic toys for Christmas."
This should be bad for the electronics industry since parents shouldn't cave in to DEMANDS from kids and the sales of electronic toys should drop off abruptly/ 
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12-02-2004, 07:57
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If your kids demand electronic toys, then give them the business end of a taser. That will give them loads of electronic fun!
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12-02-2004, 08:03
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Frontsight.
The rest of us are just waiting for Reaper's dot to move. 
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12-02-2004, 08:44
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Ms. FS (Femaul Superior?), is out of the office for a couple days.
No dots are going to move unless someone can hack her system.
Electronics when I was little meant the toy had flashing lights.
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12-02-2004, 09:53
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Does this mean Santa's not going to bring me that shiney new PDA? 
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12-02-2004, 10:05
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I want to run the world. Then I would have a harem, a GPMG, a...oh wrong thread.
Seriously, whatever happened to the wooden rifle and the Tonka trucks? I loved my Tonka truck, lasted for years until it got a comprehensive crash test with a plastic car and a knife.
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12-02-2004, 12:30
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My 12 y/o step-son has all the blinky-blinky crap a kid could want. My 21-month old is getting a Tonka truck, building blocks, and in a year or so, GI Joes or Dragon figures, and sporting goods.
I remember getting plastic model kits, and other stuff I was interested in. My first electronic thingy as a kid was Pong, and a Coleco hand-held soccer game that just had the LED display. Of course there were the required Erector sets, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Matchbox and Hotwheels cars. Bags of plastic army-men, tanks, the zip-strip pull racers, Evil Kneivel stunt-bike/action figure, comic books, etc.
I wanted to get the oldest one a Ruger 22/45 for christmas, but the spouse said "Umm, I don't think so....."
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12-02-2004, 12:44
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Originally Posted by QRQ 30
I heard on TV yesterday that "Kids are DEMANDING electronic toys for Christmas."
This should be bad for the electronics industry since parents shouldn't cave in to DEMANDS from kids and the sales of electronic toys should drop off abruptly/ |
Scrooge! 
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12-04-2004, 11:32
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Grinch!
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12-04-2004, 11:50
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Originally Posted by bberkley
My 12 y/o step-son has all the blinky-blinky crap a kid could want. My 21-month old is getting a Tonka truck, building blocks, and in a year or so, GI Joes or Dragon figures, and sporting goods.
I remember getting plastic model kits, and other stuff I was interested in. My first electronic thingy as a kid was Pong, and a Coleco hand-held soccer game that just had the LED display. Of course there were the required Erector sets, Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Matchbox and Hotwheels cars. Bags of plastic army-men, tanks, the zip-strip pull racers, Evil Kneivel stunt-bike/action figure, comic books, etc.
I wanted to get the oldest one a Ruger 22/45 for christmas, but the spouse said "Umm, I don't think so....."
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When I was 8 or 9 I got a full size replica of a .30 cal machine gun complete with tripod. We terroized the neighbors for a couple of years before it got broken. My dad was a carpenter at the time and made really nice replicas of thompsons and garands. (gotta remember Combat! was on the air at the time)
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12-04-2004, 22:13
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I remember in the 60's it was Johnny West and G.I. Joe.
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12-04-2004, 22:52
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Johnny Quest
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12-06-2004, 05:42
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NDD,
I believe CATTD11R is refering to the Johnny West cowboy figure. I had pretty big accumlation of those. Including the Gernimo, Gen Custer, a gambler/bad guy, horses etc.
For a 10 year old who saw wayyyyy too many John Wayne movies they were it. The reason was GI Joe didn't have a cowboy outfit!
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12-06-2004, 09:50
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I grew up in Texas and never heard of him. Strange. Must have been a poser. 
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He knows only The Cause.
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12-06-2004, 09:51
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Who is running this world?
Well, if the doll world is like the human world, Barbie is in control.
TR
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