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Tag Archives: toys
Day 28: Star Wars Death Star Space Station
Back in 1978, this was without question my single favorite toy of all time, and in my opinion the greatest of the Kenner Star Wars toys back in the day. A given it’s pure awesomeness it in many ways remains … Continue reading
Day 29: Navarone Playset
I was never a big soldier figurine kid, I had my share of tanks and little green soldiers, but I was often far more impressed with the Fisher Price sets, which had all kinds of trippy nooks and crannies. That … Continue reading
Day 88: Air Hockey
About 10 hours ago 36 hours ago I became a happy home owner, and I realized something pretty remarkable once I walked in La casa di bava today. I bought my childhood home. It’s an 80 year old house with … Continue reading
Day 89: Putt-Putt Raceway
Image credit: Wishbook’s “1976.xx.xx JCPenney Christmas Catalog P358” I was never a big race car/race track fan, I had a few in my day put it never really got me excited like some other toys did. One of the few … Continue reading
Day 90: Good Humor “Bike”
As a very young bava this was without question one of the most magical toys I ever had. I mean the ice cream man was tantamount to God on my block growing up, and the idea that I could actually … Continue reading
Day 91: Rubik’s Snake and Sit ‘n Spin
Mikhail here, everyone’s favorite guest poster on the bava. No one does hospitaliano like the bava, no one. — We have a two-fer today, the Twist aka Rubik’s Snake and the perennial favorite, the Sit n’ Spin. I chose the … Continue reading
Day 92: Snake Mountain
Mattel’s Snake Mountain had pretty impressive design in terms of the facade, the rotating snake and laughing mountain mouth were pretty wild. And while the backside of the toy was pretty lackluster at best (no comparison to the Fisher Price … Continue reading
Day 93: Entex Electronic Baseball
This is another early hand held digital video game from 1979 in the vein of the Tomy series, though in my mind far more sophisticated. In fact, I wasn’t a sports video game fan as a kid, but after playing … Continue reading
Day 95: McDonaldland Playset
Image credit: Wishbook’s “1976.xx.xx Sears Christmas Catalog (Canada) P220” This is the second McDonald’s toy in this series thus far (the other being the Playskool McDonald’s set back on Day 107), and what separates this gem is the fact the … Continue reading
Day 96: Strawberry Shortcake figures
There have been some grumblings that the toy series has been dominated by my little boy toys, and I’m sorry about that. But, as fate would have it, I was a little boy, and society did that to me—and I … Continue reading