The best AFN Radio (armed forces network) was "Gun Smoke." Loved that radio program in the early 60's. Then there was "Music in the Air" After that it was time for bed.
“Come on, Decepticon punk!”
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My ex-brother-in-law told some fantastic stories of what he did as a kid. Also, all the Tonka toys were fantastic and made of all metal.
I do not envy missing the Vietnam War. I was a Senior in High School when Desert Strom started. I was worried about being drafted.
I was a kid in the 1980s. It was all about robots. I was into transformers from the start.
Coyote Chris
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Me like Japanese toys better...1600 women shoot archery on their coming of age day.
mikesim
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The only transformer I was aware of when I was a kid was the one that powered my Lionel electric train.My ex-brother-in-law told some fantastic stories of what he did as a kid. Also, all the Tonka toys were fantastic and made of all metal.
I do not envy missing the Vietnam War. I was a Senior in High School when Desert Strom started. I was worried about being drafted.
I was a kid in the 1980s. It was all about robots. I was into transformers from the start.
Mike
YES!! You could run a wire from one connection to the other, and it would glow and then POOF! it was gone. As much fun as the train. Did yours have a place to add 3 In 1 oil so the smoke stack would smoke?
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Mellow
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Remember this:
What you didn't use the Lionel Authentic Smoke?
It was only $1.00 a bottle for about an ounce. Versus 3 in 1 oil at 50 cents a can that was the equivalent of 8 bottles of Smoke. No, but it might have been really popular in the barracks I lived in back in 1972....
When I was younger I had this helicopter:
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Transformers is a Japanese toy. Original developed by Takara in Japan. They sold the North American rights to Hasbro that started selling them in the US in 1984. Hasbro and Takara still work closely together in the design of new Transformers. The Takara Transformers are only sold in Japan and are much sought after by collectors in the US.Me like Japanese toys better...1600 women shoot archery on their coming of age day.
My son has been collecting Transformers since he got his first one when he was four. His apartment is filled with them and he also has a 10x20 storage unit filled to the brim. I thought his interest (obsession) would have dimmed over time but after 35 years it is still going strong.
Yes, I remember having one of those, so much fun. It's probably what got me into the RC heli money pit.
mikesim
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I don't recall adding oil, but I do recall the Lionel Smoke Tablets and the litany of horrors that befell your train set if you used anything but the Genuine Lionel Product
Mike
For anyone interested in Lionel trains, in a great area to ride in as well, visit the Smokey Mountain Train Museum in Bryson City, NC. It is one of the best setups I've seen...
I got an American Flyer S-gauge model train for Christmas the year I was 6 (1949). I liked American Flyer because there wasn't a 3rd rail in the middle of the track, and you could cram more layout into the same space. It made smoke and I don't think Lionel did until later. I don't remember ever seeing the Whirleybird, and I never had one of the Vertibirds...probably because I was 39 when they came out and my son was 17.
junglejim
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Yep! Me too.
Man! Some of you guys are getting OLD!!
Ancient, no offense intended.
I wanted something like this back in the late 70s and early 80s. Years later, my best friend from middle school had one. He would not allow me to play with it.
I also remember browsing the Sears Catalog when I was at my grandparent's home before my grandmother's passing almost 40 years ago.
mikesim
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We had one of these! Must have been the early 70s. I'd completely forgotten it.