# The "I wonder what ever happened to..." MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 21, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002 "2009-12-21T00:08:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/21 "2009-12-21T04:47:54Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > beer to **VBob** and **swampy** AHEM.:dubious: Survived work, more tomorrow. It was 54 in the store today, colder than the hockey arena. My mother sent me my Spirograph set, and my Atari 2600. She still has my 10k pieces of Legos, and my real metal Tonka trucks( :grunts manly: ). I wonder if she still has the Jarts? **kai**!!!😃 Welcome **T** and **kid**! **Ruble** , I had a [dog](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/dogbutler/Picture090.jpg) like that. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/22 "2009-12-21T04:48:43Z")
Morning all. It’s Monday! I think all the stuff I used to play with is still around in one form or another - Barbie, Cabbage Patch Kids, Lego, etch-a-sketch. Hell, even my favourite TV programs as a kid are still around - Sesame Street and Play School, which is now HRH’s favourite (albeit on DVD, since we live on the other side of the world from the regular programming!). Sorry to hijack early on, but I spoke to my gynae yesterday to get the histopathology results from my loop excision and the news isn’t good. It seems the weirdness has progressed beyond the epithelium (“invasion” is the word, apparently), so I officially have cervical cancer. All of which means I have to have a hysterectomy, maybe next week, hopefully just after New Year (so I can go out with hubby, get pissed, have a laugh and then go and have major surgery). On the upside, they will leave me with my ovaries, so I don’t have early menopause. Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/23 "2009-12-21T04:51:31Z")
Lego was my ultimate favourite toy I think. I used to make Transformers out of them, but I could never make really intricate ones because I never had enough hinge pieces, and sets were pretty expensive at the time, and since I had tons of all the other stuff, it never seemed worth the bother buying a whole set just for a few more hinges. They should have sold those separately. I remember SSP Smash Up Derby, but I never got to play with it. It was just one of the many things I drooled over whenever the ads came on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/24 "2009-12-21T04:51:58Z")
Le suck, **dotty**! ☹ And this MMP had already gone un-hijacked longer than usual. Remember, it’s the un-hijackable thread because it’s meant to be hijacked! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/25 "2009-12-21T04:59:02Z")
{{{{ **dotty** }}}} **Mork** , I used my Legos to build vehicles for my G.I. Joes. I sold my G.I. Joes to a neighbor who burned them.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/26 "2009-12-21T05:08:32Z")
I doubt that Pick-up sticks still exist, they were either plastic or wood sticks, pointed on both ends. You could have done emergency open heart surgery with those suckers. We had a kitty scare this week. [Max](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/picunurse/kitties%20from%20all%20over/Maxxty1.jpg) our youngest has been cranky for a couple weeks, then he started peeing in the bathtub. We took him to the vet, to find he had $255 worth of stuff wrong with him. (Read: bladder infection.) He got a pain shot, antibiotics, liquid pain medicine and a case of expensive food. We now have to spend $40 a week on food just for him. I think I’ll look for it online. The vet insisted that buying anything other than what she sells would guarantee his ultimate demise. :dubious: He’s much better today. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/27 "2009-12-21T05:11:34Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > I’m still one of the slightly younger folks 'round here, having spent my growing up years in the 70s and 80s, so there aren’t a whole lot of toys I remember from my youth that aren’t still around today in one form or another. Ha! I clearly remember I had one of those Fisher-Price toy record players, with the plastic records. And I was born in the late 70s. They don’t make _those_ anymore. I suppose they have toy iPods these days or something like that. Get offa my lawn! _waving cane_ **Dotty** , I haven’t been in the MMP much lately but have been around enough to know what’s going on with you. That indeed sucks. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/28 "2009-12-21T05:32:21Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Ha! I clearly remember I had one of those Fisher-Price toy record players, with the plastic records. And I was born in the late 70s. They don’t make _those_ anymore. I suppose they have toy iPods these days or something like that. Get offa my lawn! _waving cane_ I HAVE ONE OF THOSE!! I drove my mom nuts playing “Pop Goes the Weasel” about a zillion times. And remember Click-Clacks? I found 'em at a local Cracker Barrel awhile back along with Pick-Up Sticks and Silly Putty. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/29 "2009-12-21T05:44:33Z")
Aaagh…the name is ringing a bell, but not quite! And of course I had Pick-Up Sticks and Silly Putty, but they still make those, so I don’t think they count as far as the topic goes. As if that really matters in the MMP. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/30 "2009-12-21T07:52:35Z")
How about those slates where you write on the plastic cover and then lift it up to clear it? Do those things still exist? Pound Puppies? My Pet Monster? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/31 "2009-12-21T08:37:47Z")
> [@kaiwik](#): > > Does McCall’s magazine still have a new Betsy McCall paper doll page anymore? McCall’s magazine doesn’t even have a magazine anymore. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/32 "2009-12-21T08:56:06Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > McCall’s magazine doesn’t even have a magazine anymore. I am as old as dirt… And I wasn’t even being consistent with the OP (and a nice one it is, too, rosie!) Do they still make the Creepy Crawly machines? I remember having great fun with the neighbor kid’s set, (we never got any cool presents) but also getting some wicked burns. Now I want another spirograph, they were the coolest thing ever! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/33 "2009-12-21T09:39:54Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I’m talking real Tonka trucks and Barbies and stuff. Those trucks were great! They could take an incredible amount of abuse, too. And if you ever broke something on them, you could take the truck with you when you went to the 'Cities to visit the Grandparents, and could get your parents to stop at the factory in Mound, where you could get the part needed to fix it. Usually, they would give it to you at no charge. And let you tour the factory, and look at the warehouse, with boxes of toys stacked to the roof. As a small child, my idea of incredible wealth was to have enough money to buy one of every Tonka truck, and a spare one! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/34 "2009-12-21T10:00:14Z")
Man, I was born later than the rest of y’all (1985), but I remember a lot of that stuff. I guess my family were traditionalists. Here’s some other stuff I had: I used to have these blocks that were shapes sorta like #, and you could use them to build cubes. I also remember this weird stick that you put concentric circles on. My dad passed on this thing that looked sorta like a snake, and you could shape it into various shapes, although you were supposed to make a cube or something. Each part was an attached triangle that rotated. Oh, I just remembered, I had a helicopter with a remote that was connected by wire. I’ve not seen anything like that in a long time. BTW. tank youse for makin’ me feel so welcome. I mean, I got one of those **rosie** -style nicknames already, for goodness sake! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/35 "2009-12-21T12:20:18Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Ha! I clearly remember I had one of those Fisher-Price toy record players, with the plastic records. And I was born in the late 70s. They don’t make _those_ anymore. I suppose they have toy iPods these days or something like that. Get offa my lawn! _waving cane_ Hey, you’re right, I had one of those too! I had a number of “records” too, though the only ones I clearly remember for some reason are _Camptown Races_ and _London Bridge_. > [@kidneyfailure](#): > > How about those slates where you write on the plastic cover and then lift it up to clear it? Do those things still exist? > > Pound Puppies? My Pet Monster? Those writing things are still around in various forms, though these days they tend to have neon colours. I don’t know about Pound Puppies, but I actually just saw a DVD release of My Pet Monster at Zellers the other day. > [@BigT](#): > > My dad passed on this thing that looked sorta like a snake, and you could shape it into various shapes, although you were supposed to make a cube or something. Each part was an attached triangle that rotated. I remember those – they’re still around in some places, too. > [@BigT](#): > > Oh, I just remembered, I had a helicopter with a remote that was connected by wire. I’ve not seen anything like that in a long time. I don’t know if this is the same thing, but I had something like that. The helicopter was attached by a plastic bar to a center point so that it would fly around in circles. There was a control box where you could alter its rotor speed and pitch so it would fly forward and backward. The helicopter itself had a hook you could deploy, and little men with eyelets on them you could scatter around its flight path and “rescue” with the chopper’s hook. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/36 "2009-12-21T12:26:13Z")
Happy Solstice to you all! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/37 "2009-12-21T12:29:15Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I swear that one still exists, of course it’s plastic now. There was an edition where half the pieces were glow-in-the-dark… [HAH!](http://juguettos.com/es/search/?search=mosaico) These ones only come in three shapes: round, triangles and squares. The pics look like it’s a screen but it’s not, it’s pegs. No - that one looks closer to ‘LiteBrite’ than the game I remember. eta - no matter what was or wasn’t painted on the pegboard, the result always bore a close resemblance to the kind of mosaics one finds in old plazas, especially in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/38 "2009-12-21T12:38:39Z")
Man **dotty** that is awful. My thoughts are with you. Get well. I am coming down with some new variety of the sick that has been circulating at work…hopefully it won’t materialise into anything to much but I have the sinus headache and a cough. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/39 "2009-12-21T12:55:00Z")
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ **Dotty** }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} > [@Mindfield](#): > > And _that’s_ why I wouldn’t have made a good soup. I had a general sort of idea about the rest of it, but I wouldn’t have thought to add something acidic. Salt, I get. Lemon juice wouldn’t have occurred to me – but it does go well with chicken. (As does lime and orange, though I’m not sure how good orange chicken soup would taste.) > > I’d _love_ to try and make Tom Yum or something similar – something with lemongrass and chili. That stuff is awesome. Even the cheap packaged stuff you get at Asian food stores is good, but the fresh stuff with real meat and veggies is to die for. Not a lot of juice or wine - usually a tablespoon will do the trick. Years ago (before AB), I made a turkey soup from TG leftovers, and although it tasted okay, it was missing something. So I salted it a few times, but it still tasted flat. I didn’t know what else to add, so I threw in some of the leftover gravy, which killed it. Now I know, some white wine, or even a tablespoon of vinegar, would have woken up the soup. I’m sure the [mumper’s recipe blog](http://mumpersrecipes.blogspot.com/search/label/Soup) has good soup recipes. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002/40 "2009-12-21T12:56:07Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > AHEM.:dubious: You can have mine. I talk a good drunk, but IRL I don’t drink for medical reasons other than addiction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-wonder-what-ever-happened-to-mmp/522002.md?page=3)