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I was getting lost in 60’s and 70’s era commercials on YouTube and I ran across a toy I had not thought of in years: The SSP Racer car called the Black Widow. This little car had a rip cord that you fed into the teeth of a friction(?) type motor wheel in the center of it.You pulled it hard and that center wheel would make that toy car go like hell!. There were several versions of the SSP car besides the Black Widow, but I Always thought it was the fastest and the coolest looking one.
Another favorite, of course, was the Big Wheel. I mst have worn out two to three of those in my youth, before I could ride a bike.
Hot Wheels and track were fun to set up, seeing how high of a ramp you could make to run the cars down.
Green Army men and Lincoln Logs in war. We’d spend a half hour setting up fortifications in the back yard, making fortresses out of dirt and logs, placing the men where we thought they could survive incoming dirt clods that we’d throw at each others Army.
Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots!
Football and baseball were common too. Home video games didn’t exist and aside from “Pong” they didn’t exist outside anywhere, either.
Another favorite, of course, was the Big Wheel. I mst have worn out two to three of those in my youth, before I could ride a bike.
Hot Wheels and track were fun to set up, seeing how high of a ramp you could make to run the cars down.
Green Army men and Lincoln Logs in war. We’d spend a half hour setting up fortifications in the back yard, making fortresses out of dirt and logs, placing the men where we thought they could survive incoming dirt clods that we’d throw at each others Army.
Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots!
Football and baseball were common too. Home video games didn’t exist and aside from “Pong” they didn’t exist outside anywhere, either.
