# What toys and games did you want when you were a child?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** toys-models\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-toys-and-games-did-you-want-when-you-were-a-child/952321 "2021-10-11T21:01:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-toys-and-games-did-you-want-when-you-were-a-child/952321/21 "2021-11-22T00:36:25Z")

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My sibs and I were never allowed to have Legos either.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-toys-and-games-did-you-want-when-you-were-a-child/952321/22 "2021-11-22T01:01:41Z")

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My brother and I attempted to persuade my Dad to allow us to get a Nintendo Entertainment System. We never got it. He was sure a “new one” was going to come out at some point(obviously the SNES) and that we would no longer want the old one once it came out. He was kind of right.

Anyway, we had a computer and played games on that.

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-toys-and-games-did-you-want-when-you-were-a-child/952321/23 "2021-11-22T01:22:05Z")

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[Marx Toys Medieval Castle](https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/36703-marx-fighting-knights-playset-1967)

[Their Fort Apache](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-marx-4685-fort-apache-carry-1934544951)

Lithographed tin suitcases that opened up into fortifications. There was also an Alamo, IIRC

[Marx Toys mounted knights, gold and silver.](https://www.stewartsattic.com/marx/includes/imageviewernew.cfm?imagepath=specials/images&imagefile=marxcatalogUK1970-page7&imagetitle=Marx%20-%20UK%20-%201970,%20Page%207) about the same size as GI Joe.

[Johnny West and the Best of the West figures](https://www.pinterest.com/charlicowgirl/best-of-the-west-toy-collection-johnny-west/). Johnny, Custer, some grunt for Custer to boss around; Chief Cherokee and Geronimo.

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**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-toys-and-games-did-you-want-when-you-were-a-child/952321/24 "2021-11-22T02:51:01Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> My sibs and I were never allowed to have Legos either.

Mom told us point blank “I am not going to be constantly cleaning up Legos”.

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