NUance Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Just got it Sunday. Had to get it for myself because I'm on the Naughty List. : 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratt Mhule Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 A Gateway 2000 desktop computer to play Oregon Trail 1 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The original Atari. Man I freaked out when I got that! Pacman, Pole Position, Frogger & Football were my faves. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thinking back there are very few presents I remember getting, though there is one I do remember well from how out of place it seemed at the time, but means the most to me now. There was the wired remote controlled '57 Chevy, all plastic and silver, a very late 80's toy. Most of the things I got at that time were things like G.I.Joes, Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and here was a battery run car. I learned years later is that that year my mom, who was recently divorced at the time, was really struggling more than we ever knew, and had absolutely no money for Christmas presents that year. Her coworkers had put some money together and bought a few toys for my brother and myself, and told her that these came from 'Santa.' So, what had stood out as kind of odd at the time, was really a great show of the good that are in people. 3 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Thinking back there are very few presents I remember getting, though there is one I do remember well from how out of place it seemed at the time, but means the most to me now. There was the wired remote controlled '57 Chevy, all plastic and silver, a very late 80's toy. Most of the things I got at that time were things like G.I.Joes, Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and here was a battery run car. I learned years later is that that year my mom, who was recently divorced at the time, was really struggling more than we ever knew, and had absolutely no money for Christmas presents that year. Her coworkers had put some money together and bought a few toys for my brother and myself, and told her that these came from 'Santa.' So, what had stood out as kind of odd at the time, was really a great show of the good that are in people. Geez man...that is kind of a tear jerker! Very nice of them! Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 this was not a christmas present, but my parents got me sega channel and i still miss it. strigori, beautiful story. +1. Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 An expensive leather baseball glove from my grandpa. It was a little big for me for my age, but I spent hours and days and weeks breaking it in with oil and a baseball. Over the years I eventually grew into it and it became an extension of my hand as a middle infielder and eventually a third baseman. Played with it through middle and high school. Don't remember making an error with it. But I do recall a lot of spectacular plays because of it. I loved that glove. Somehow through a family move immediately after high school, it got lost and disappeared. So when I went and played a little minor league ball without it, I just wasn't the same player. Had a hard time mentally & physically adjusting to something else. Something real strange about baseball and superstitions. Plus I wasn't quite as talented as the others, so there's that too lol. My grandpa played for the Omaha McDevitts. Not sure if anyone has every heard of them before. I think they went something like 33-1. Maybe someone's older relative remembers a little bit about them. They ended up winning a national championship. Anyway, that was my greatest Christmas gift. http://www.nebaseballhistory.com/legion/fontenelle1939.html Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The divorce papers from the ex-wife.. 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 The divorce papers from the ex-wife.. Ha! Did she wrap it? Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Daisy ten pump air rifle.Oh man, I still have mine. There's a penny welded where the front sight used to be haha. Side-by-side 12 gauge and original Nintendo were probably my top 2. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 AT-AT for me as well, and the Navarone Mountain Army Men playset. This was the BEST!! 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 The kids down the street had that Navarone set, and I was very jealous. This is the only mountain/tower set I had, the One Million BC dinosaur set. Worked well enough with the green Army men: Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Wow that playset looks a lot like Skeletor's castle set from He-man. My best present...didn't know if I'd get it or not but my parents came through... Fell in love with the game after renting it from the local Dillons. I was in 3rd grade? Just that excitement and thrill of opening it. Ah memories... Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Anyone remember the board game, Crossbows and Catapults? Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 AT-AT for me as well, and the Navarone Mountain Army Men playset. This was the BEST!! Holy crap. Is that based on the Guns of Navarone book? I loved that book when I was a kid. In fact . . . I'd kind of like to read it again. Never knew this existed. Edit: apparently there was a movie too. Crazy. Quote Link to comment
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